Old school Gaming (Sega, NES, SNES)

[Unholyknight]

I broke out the old consoles today and I guess somewhere along the line I got rid of, gave away, or sold some of my SEGA, NES, and SNES games.  What I am wanting to know now is what games should I track down?  What was the best of the best back in the day?

Here is the list of games I have so far:

NES:

Double Dragon
Blaster Master
Ninja Turtles
Mario Bros 3
Battletoads
Megaman
Hogan's Alley
Punchout
1942
Bad Dudes
Batman
Bomberman
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Contra
Dr Mario
Tetris
Excite Bike
Bigfoot
Final Fantasy 3
Gauntlet
Ikari Warriors
Kirby
Metroid
Amagon
Rad Racer
Rampage
Paperboy
River City Ransom
Ninja Gaiden
Metal Gear
Robocop
Top Gun
Kung Fu Heroes
Legendary Wings

SNES:

Zombies ate my neighbors
Smash TV
Aerofighters
Battletoads and Double Dragon
Breath of Fire
Bubsy
Captain America
F Zero
Pilot Wings
Off Road
Yoshi's Island
Mega Man 7
Final Fantasy 6
Mortal Kombat
Killer Instinct
Primal Rage

Genesis:

Pirates!

[shardian]

I don't know if it is considered a classic or not, but get Kung Fu Heroes for NES. It was my favorite game by far.

[More Cowbell]

Legendary Wings was my favorite NES game of all time.

[horseboy]

Tecmo Super Bowl
Kung Fu



Wait. Final Fantasy 3 on the NES. Final Fantasy 6 on the SNES. Where are you from?

[vidmouse]

SNES:
Gundam Wing Endless Duel
Super Smash TV (oh you got that one; well, worth mentioning twice

Genesis:
Pirates!  (by Sid Meier)

[Unholyknight]

Tecmo Super Bowl
Kung Fu



Wait. Final Fantasy 3 on the NES. Final Fantasy 6 on the SNES. Where are you from?

USA, but I've got a Japanese library of the games and English, if it wasn't confusing already for most people, its even more confusing for me.  You know which games I mean though, lol.

[Chris G]

NES:

No votes for Zelda?

I'd also add Kid Icarus, Rygar, and Wizards & Warriors to the list

[NiteWalker]

NES:
Star Tropics 1 and 2
The rest of the mega man games
Clash at Demonhead
Castlevania II and III
Ninja Gaiden II and III
Crystalis

Super NES:
Zelda
Super Mario World (!)
Terranigma (Believe me, worth importing; only released in europe)
Illusion of Gaia
SkyBlazer
SoulBlazer
Demon's Crest
Final Fight 2 and 3
Final Fantasy II
Chrono Trigger
Terranigma
TMNT Tournament Fighters
TMNT Turtles in time
Super Punch out
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Super Metroid
Castlevania IV
MKII
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Secret of Mana
Terranigma 
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Pocky and Rocky 1 and 2
Secret of Evermore
Star Fox
Terranigma














oh yeah, don't forget Terranigma.
Best game ever made.

[horseboy]

oh yeah, don't forget Terranigma.
Best game ever made.

What kind of game is that?

[NiteWalker]

Action RPG like Illusion of Gaia. It has a very deep story which is why I love it so much. I like the main theme of the game which is the creation of the world. Saying any more will ruin the story.

Excellent ending that leaves just enough to the imagination so not many questions are left unanswered which is common is some RPGs and anime (looking at you neon genesis evangelion; make up your mind how you want the freakin story to end... And you too Berserk! How can you end the anime when the story just gets really good!?! Animate the rest of the manga for cryin out loud! ).

[Demon-Seed]

I have to say in the Genesis Category you have to get a few of the EA Sports NHL hockey games...too this day I believe they are the most enjoyable to play. Lots of big hits, fights, etc..lots of fun...

Nintendo-if your getting punchout you gotta go with the original Mike Tysons.. that has to be my favourite game of all time.

SNES-not sure if you had it on the list but Mario Kart was alot of fun, eventhough it was cartoon like..with mario, luigi etc...

anyways hope this helps

[horseboy]

Ya, Mario Kart is one of the greatest games ever.

Also, Super Punch Out.

[ahofle]

Not too many Sega games mentioned.  I'll throw out Ecco 2: The Tides of Time.  Opening music is probably the best of any game I've ever seen.

[SodaPopinksi]

A couple NES games I really liked besides the more obvious ones are Super Mario Bros. 2, Faxanadu and Wizards & Warriors. Double Dribble was ok too, spent countless hours with Tecmo Bowl and Super Tecmo Bowl, and NES Ice Hockey is hilarious. SNES I especially liked Star Fox, Super Metroid and the NHL94-98 games were fun.

[Unholyknight]

Thanks for all of the suggestions, keep them coming!

After I visit the classic gaming store on Tuesday (I'm taking about a 3 hour drive to go out to it) I'll post pictures and a list of everything I got.  I'll also compile everyones suggestions into one large list before I go and put it up in the original post. 

[Unholyknight]

Payload from the trip (all NES games, next trip I'll focus on SNES and SEGA)

Amagon
Bart vs. The Space Mutants
A Boy and His Blob
Bubble Bobble
Cobra Command
Contra
Donkey Kong
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II
Ghost's 'n Goblins
Hogan's Alley
Maniac Mansion
Metal Gear
Metroid
NARD
Ninja Gaiden
Operation Wolf
Super Mario / Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Top Gun

[SithMaster]

Would this store be gamecrazy?  seems like they always have their 3 for 10 sales now of course that means they dont have the good games anymore.

[squirrellydw]

NES - Rygar

[javeryh]

Do any of you guys put these games on you arcade cabs?  How do you handle save states and stuff like that?

[Demon-Seed]

Hey,
Most ppl use them on the arcades...they work great.. I havent used save states in awhile with some emulators..but I use ZSNES yesterday and the saves worked awsome.. I beat super punchout thanks to the saves... eheheh and the game genies work great too. I am sure the other systems/emulators work just as well.

[SodaPopinksi]

Do any of you guys put these games on you arcade cabs?  How do you handle save states and stuff like that?

Absolutely, in fact I split time between NES/SNES and MAME pretty equally. On my Punch-Out cab I use Nestopia for NES games and since I have 3 admin buttons, I keep one as Exit (esc) to FE, but the other two are load savestate and save savestate. You could then use a trackball and mouse buttons to maneuver the save menus, but since I and others might make the mouse pointer a dot... I then have TAB and ENTER buttons set as shifted ipac buttons, plus up/down left/right. Up/down for navigating the list of games to load and left/right for changing the names of files. A button or two set as a number or letter is helpful also for labeling many savestates like mario mario1 mario11 etc.

Only thing is, when loading or saving in Nestopia the small menu tab will stay up across the top in fullscreen mode unless you do a right-click on the screen.

If you don't plan on having multiple savestates for each game, in Nestopia at least, I think the savestate button automatically comes up with the name of the rom, all you have to do then to save is hit a button configured to Save and then hit Enter. To load, you need to be able to have a load savestate button plus hit Tab, plus Up or Down arrow keys then Enter. Or trackball/mouse buttons.

The easiest thing to do is have a keyboard drawer or a wireless keyboard handy I guess, but I like to use the Ipac shift buttons and the trackball mouse buttons.

I haven't set up the same type of thing for ZSNES yet though, hopefully it will work in a similar way.

[squirrellydw]

oh, Jackyl