And then the Speeder Bike level in Battletoads Battlemaniacs.

I don't mind instant death scenarios, as long as there is a quick restart and no game over mechanic (Celeste got this perfect, IMO). It is wild to me just how many of these kinds of scenarios there are in memorable games from the 8/16 bit (and before) era.

This was the game with the DOS port that had a jump you literally couldnt make. And someone somehow worked out you could proceed by going to a totally different area and glitching through a wall.

That video was deeply cathartic, I only got that far once at a friend's house and it was great to finally have confirmed that it wasn't me, the physics were completely broken.