
LISTEN UP! WE TRIED TO MAKE “THOSE GAMES” EVEN MORE EXTREME! SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY!
Game Overview
THOSE GAMES EXTREME turns deceptively simple mobile-style challenges into a demanding arcade gauntlet built around timing, logic, aim, and quick reactions. Its six minigames look approachable at a glance, but every stage is designed to punish careless clicks and reward players who learn its rules through repeated attempts. The tone is playful and colorful rather than grim, yet the difficulty has a deliberately unforgiving edge: failure often arrives instantly, loudly, and with enough flair to make another try tempting. It is a compact action-puzzle collection for players who enjoy shaving seconds off a run or finally solving a stage that has humiliated them for ten minutes.
Across 155 stages, players tackle upgraded versions of Pin Pull, Number Tower, Color Lab, Knock-Back Shooter, Draw & Guard, and Survival Scroll. Objectives vary between choosing the right order to remove pins, identifying numerical patterns, protecting targets with drawn barriers, blasting enemies off platforms, and surviving stages full of hazards and sudden gimmicks. Each mode relies on a different skill set, so success comes from reading the board before acting as much as it does from reflexes; later challenges layer animated attacks, tighter margins, and more elaborate stage-specific twists onto familiar foundations. Tutorial content borrowed from earlier entries provides a gentler route into the mechanics, while experienced players can focus directly on the hardest material.
The appeal lies in how much variety it squeezes from short, restart-friendly rounds. Flashier visual feedback and more active stage design give the collection a stronger arcade identity than a bare puzzle anthology, while monthly global leaderboards and Rank-Up Challenges provide a reason to keep refining successful runs. Completing missions earns currency for a gacha-style machine that unlocks decorative plates and titles, letting players personalize a profile-like Title Plate without distracting from the main challenge. Fans of WarioWare’s rapid-fire energy who want more exacting, single-player score chasing, or puzzle veterans looking for a sharp difficulty curve, find plenty to enjoy here; newcomers can participate, but patience is essential.
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Installation
- Select the Download button at the top of this page to open UploadHaven.
- On UploadHaven, wait for any countdown, then select Free Download. Optional: UploadHaven Pro for faster downloads.
- When complete, extract the archive to a LISTEN UP! WE TRIED TO MAKE “THOSE GAMES” EVEN MORE EXTREME! SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY! folder using 7-Zip.
- Open the extracted folder and start the game normally.
- For errors, check Setup Guide & Troubleshooting below. Keep your security software enabled.
System Requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD Phenom II X4 965
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2GB | AMD Radeon HD 7790, 2GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Setup Guide & Troubleshooting
How do I fix missing DLL errors for LISTEN UP! WE TRIED TO MAKE “THOSE GAMES” EVEN MORE EXTREME! SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY!?
After extracting LISTEN UP! WE TRIED TO MAKE “THOSE GAMES” EVEN MORE EXTREME! SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY!, navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.
What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?
The full archive is 526.27 MB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.
Do I need to run the game as administrator?
Usually, no. Start the game normally from the extracted folder. If you see a permissions or save error, check that the folder is writable and follow the game's documented fix. Only grant administrator access when a trusted game's specific setup requires it.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Check that extraction completed and your PC meets the system requirements, including Version 11. Note any error message before choosing a fix. If it identifies a missing runtime, install the required DirectX components or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
A warning needs to be investigated; the download source alone cannot confirm that a file is safe. Keep your security software enabled and review the detection details. Do not run or restore a flagged file unless you have verified that it is a false positive. If you are unsure, leave it quarantined.