Battletoads is a platform scrolling beat 'em up released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Players control anthropomorphic toads through various levels featuring combat, racing, climbing, and vehicle obstacles. Starting with three lives, players can replenish them when continuing after defeat. The absence of saving or password systems, along with challenging gameplay, contributes to its reputation as one of the most difficult games.
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses. Players start with three lives each time the game is started, which get replenished every time the player continues after getting defeated. The game contains no saving system or password features. The player has a maximum of six hit points that can be replenished by eating flies.
It is by some considered to be one of the hardest games of all time, and it have previously been listed at 8th place in IGN's `Top 10 Most Difficult Games to Beat.`