10 Brutal Video Game Opening Levels That GUARANTEED Game Over

At least most games on this list let players get to the game proper, but not the action-driving "classic" Driver, which lays claim to featuring the most infuriatingly difficult tutorial in video game history.

The tutorial kicks off in an underground parking garage where the player is given a shopping list of manoeuvres to pull off within a tight 90 seconds.

Beyond the annoying precision required to execute the listed moves correctly, when you're a child with no idea what words like "burnout" and "slalom" mean, it's tough to know what to do next.

Because Driver released long before the days of YouTube, afflicted players had to either find the solution in a games magazine or walkthrough, or get their dad/older brother/uncle to do it for them instead.

Otherwise, players were out of luck, with the Driver game disc condemned to become the world's most expensive drinks coaster.