My two:
Very cliché, I played Ocarina of Time a ton as a child, have memories of playing it both on N64 as a wee child and on game cube as a less small child. Never got past water temple even with the game guide.
Yu-Gi-Oh forbidden memories. Played the crap out of that game on play station, constantly playing on free play praying for the cards I would need to get further. I was never able to beat more than 1-2 of the high mages. Watching speed runs on the game it turns out I was never ever going to beat that game as a kid. The final 6 are just disgustingly brutal.
I don’t know why but we had Myst and it never failed to annoy 8yr old me every time.
The most frustrating thing is that you technically don’t need to ever leave the original island to beat the game.
Ha! I didn’t even know that. Thanks to your comment and this thread, I’m gonna go and try to figure Myst out. Strategy is to think like a Vulcan. That should work, right? Lol