I won't dispute that Super Ghouls & Ghosts was tough, but it doesn't compare to the challenge of the original Ghosts & Goblins, where play control was more limited and you had only one level of armor to aspire to above your underwear (versus the elite abilities bestowed on the wearer of the Golden Armor in Super GnG).
I actually found the elephants pretty easy somehow then I got my ass kicked later in the game lol. Great article and spot on about that skateboarding jump in the Simpsons that was hell as a kid.
Alien hominid? On a hard game list? I personally thought the first level was a piece of delicious cake, just like the agent smiths! Does this mean I'm speedy gonzalez?