8. Goro Mortal Kombat
The devourer of arcade coins, many childhoods were ruined by this behemoth. Its a rite of passage to actually complete an arcade game, and after getting through the opening rounds of Mortal Kombat youre beginning to feel like youre on top of the world, like nothing could stop you. Unfortunately, Goros got something to say about that. Simply put, Goros name is enough to send gamers of a certain age into a cold sweat. Surprisingly agile and able to pimpslap you around the level like it isnt even a thing, theres a reason why the developers toned him down in later editions. As they later admitted, hes technically an imbalanced character. And god, was he difficult. A four-armed, eight-foot monster, he was so much stronger than you and if you ever got caught in his range, hed punish you for even attempting such a silly thing. This creature would beat you to death like you were little more than gum on his shoe, then laugh at you afterwards. Just face facts you will lose, and you will be torn apart in a fatality in what can only be called the reverse accordion. Frankly, it does more to mock you than anything else. Losing to Goro is a fact of life. Accept it and move on.