Nintendo Hard Scale. You've beaten:
- 11 (Literal Legend): Any supposedly Unwinnable Joke Game.
- 10 (Insane): Kaizo Mario World (or any other games in the Kaizo genre)
- 9 (Masochist): Battletoads / I Wanna Be the Guy
- 8 (Outstanding): Super Meat Boy (Or the Newgrounds Original) / The Adventures of Bayou Billy (North American version)
- 7 (Excellent): The Dark Souls Video Games / Ghosts 'n Goblins / Doom Eternal on Nightmare Difficulty
- 6 (Determinator): Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
- 5 (True Gamer): Any game made by Treasure on the highest difficulty
- 4 (Great Gamer): Contra / Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- 3 (Respectable): Persona 4
- 2 (Commendable): Mega Man / Mega Man 9
- 1 (Promising): An otherwise easy game set on Hard or Expert Difficulty
