Worst...Level...Ever...

In response to Kris' best levels post, I am forced to haul out the worst level I've ever seen in a video game. It's in Bubble Bobble (the NES version), which you may remember I praised for level A6 (a completely freefall level). However, even though I love Bubble Bobble, I can never forgive the developers for level 57:


The baddies at the top are "Super Sockets". They shoot beams down at you. To beat the level, you must either pray for a "kill all the enemies bonus" or bounce on your own bubbles all the way to the top (without being hit by a beam, which is an exercise in luck most of the time), and then kill the baddies before they run into you. Oh, and the bubbles float downward in this level, so you get one chance to jump on it before you start falling all the way back down the wall.

I challenge anyone to come up with a worse level.

Props to Sydlexia.com for the picture. Check out their Top 100 NES games entry for Bubble Bobble.