Author Topic: Come in here and talk about the best NES games (Read 12859 times)

JCKnife · « **on:** December 30, 2004, 09:01:09 pm »

What are the cream-of-the-crop NES titles? Of course Mario, Metroid, Zelda...Castlevania and Mega-Man (which I never played before and they seem freakin' HARD!).

What are some other must-play NES titles?

A personal fave of mine that was not one of those top names was Blaster Master.

Trenchbroom · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:14:57 pm »

Bionic Commando. I play it to completion at least 4 times a year. Every year. Since 1989.

thrdbace · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:16:42 pm »

techmo super bowl, and rbi baseball, clearly.

NIVO · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2004, 09:41:19 am »

of course any zelda title, and tysons punch-out.

Will · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2004, 03:58:11 pm »

Ninja Gaiden,Super Dodge Ball and Excitebike come to mind..

SirPoonga · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2004, 11:36:06 pm »

Is this thread really on topic for this forum?

Anyway, my favs are Mario 3, Dusty Diamond's All Star Softball, Hoops, NES Football, Guantlet 2, Dr. Mario, Tetris, TMNT, TMNT 2. Bases Loaded, MegaMan 2, 3D World Runner, Ice Hockey, and Excite Bike.

NIVO · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2005, 05:28:38 am »

actually, good point sirpoonga, seeing as we arent really reviewing these games and just making a faves list, ill move it to consoles.

SOAPboy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2005, 12:26:54 pm »

Double Dragon

Arkanoid

Ballon Fight

GryroMight

Tetris

And more im sure, i just have to run to work

Daniel270 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2005, 12:38:28 pm »

Some of the games that still get played on my NES are...

Metroid
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Super Mario Bros.
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
Blaster Master
Metal Gear
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: Adventures of Link

but then again, that's most of my NES collection... lol

nipsmg · « **Reply #9 on:** January 01, 2005, 04:50:49 pm »

Best NES games:

A boy and his Blob :-D
Super Mario Bros 1,2,3
Metroid
Castlevania 2
Dr. Mario
RC Pro Am
Excitebike
Micro Machines
Excitebike
TMNT

mozzer · « **Reply #10 on:** January 01, 2005, 09:55:36 pm »

Super Dodge Ball
Tecmo Super Bowl, love those stats
Metroid
Super Mario Brothers

and the best....... River City Ransom

crashwg · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2005, 02:17:29 am »

W&W2 Ironsword
Pinball Quest

SOAPboy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 02, 2005, 05:36:50 am »

Quote from: crashwg on January 02, 2005, 02:17:29 am

W&W2 Ironsword

Ohhhhhh good one..

Pyro · « **Reply #13 on:** January 02, 2005, 03:54:08 pm »

I recall playing Rygar and Blaster Master quite a bit, back in the day.

Pyro

CthulhuLuke · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2005, 05:48:53 am »

Zelda
Metal Storm (classic)
King's Knight
Super Sprint
Castlevania 1-3 (1 is best)
Milon's Secret Castlea (ok, its not good but I used to watch it all day at the neighbors)
River City Ransom
Jackal
Mega Man 2
Skate or Die

just to name a few classics

namzep · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2005, 09:45:02 pm »

Everyone's forgetting Final Fantasy (the one that started it all). Also, for some reason I've always loved the Who Framed Roger Rabbit? game.

iwillfearnoevil · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2005, 01:27:15 pm »

Quote from: thrdbace on December 30, 2004, 11:16:42 pm

techmo super bowl, and rbi baseball, clearly.

yep. my two faves. there's also tons of modified roms and editors available for download to keep the game even more fresh with updated rosters or great teams from the past.

crashwg · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:24:31 pm »

Quote from: namzep on January 03, 2005, 09:45:02 pm

Everyone's forgetting Final Fantasy (the one that started it all).

I vomit on all you FF crap!

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:17:19 am »

Life Force rocked. And Jackal. And Bionic Commando... Golgo 13... Crystalis... too many more to mention... must go PLAY!!

(leaps for his NES)

*blink blink blink*

Ah... NES...

spiffyshoes · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2005, 03:41:59 am »

Batman, Burger Time, Back To The Future, Jaws, Dragon Warrior 1-4, North and South

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2005, 10:08:01 am »

Kirby. One of the greatest games and a late release for the system.

NightHobbit · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2005, 04:08:40 pm »

How about Kid Icarus? As a kid I remember playing that one alot.

nipsmg · « **Reply #22 on:** January 06, 2005, 10:59:13 am »

Quote from: NightHobbit on January 05, 2005, 04:08:40 pm

How about Kid Icarus? As a kid I remember playing that one alot.

TOE JAM AND EARL!!!

Oh wait, wrong system..

owenowen · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2005, 03:09:56 am »

The game i used to play are (and still do thanks to emulation, i sold the games years (a decade ago?)) mario three, i'll still be playing the when im in a home i reckon, street gangs, i think that was called river city ransom in the US, The flinsones, the one were after about 10 levels you meet george jetson, duck hunt, battle toads...................

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2005, 09:43:04 am »

spiffy, you did not say Back to the Future... $:-\$

That game was crap of the highest order.

It hurt me BAD because I'm a huge fan of the movies and was actually stoked they were making a NES game. I rented it and almost died.

nipsmg · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:40:01 am »

Quote from: Gunstar Hero on January 07, 2005, 09:43:04 am

spiffy, you did not say Back to the Future... $:-\$

That game was crap of the highest order.

It hurt me BAD because I'm a huge fan of the movies and was actually stoked they were making a NES game. I rented it and almost died.

It's ok gunstar, Spiffy said JAWS TOO!!! IMO, Jaws was the biggest stinking pile of crap of a game. WTF did those movies have to do with collection conch shells and trying to bomb a shark endlessly with cannonballs flying off the back of a cheezy boat?!?!?!

Same with goonies 2. What the hell was that? Goonies for the C64 at least slightly resembled the movie, kinda.

--NipsMG

Yander · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2005, 05:47:17 pm »

Contra, the marios, kirby, Adventure island 2, Tetris, Spy hunter, Tecmo Super Bowl, Marble Madness and the zeldas to name a few.

spiffyshoes · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2005, 11:27:34 am »

Oh come on how could you not like JAWs the game was great! And as for Back to The Future your right the first one was terrible I was thinking of Back to The Future II & III I liked that one a ton better. I just found it cool to have to use the Dellorian to travel to the Different times and collect stuff.

How about Duck Tales, Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, Super Spike V Ball, TMNT the Arcade Game, Spy Hunter, Paper Boy, Rad Racer, Mike Tyson Punch Out, Mega Man, Kung Fu, Excite Bike, Ice Hockey, Gradius, Tetris, Dr. Mario, Battle Toads, and Adventures of LOLO.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2005, 01:29:41 pm »

Dude, I'm sorry, but Goonies 2 was awesome.

crashwg · « **Reply #29 on:** January 09, 2005, 12:23:58 pm »

I like Jaws too!

missioncontrol · « **Reply #30 on:** January 09, 2005, 01:10:27 pm »

Top Gun
Super Mario Bros.
Contra
Zelda
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Mappy

geomartin · « **Reply #31 on:** January 09, 2005, 07:12:19 pm »

Moon Patrol, Galaga, and 1942 were great arcade ports that I had on my NES. I also loved Tecmo Super Bowl and RC Pro Am.

Redseven80 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 15, 2005, 03:37:59 pm »

Master Blaster is my it had some of the best graphics and music on the NES

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #33 on:** January 16, 2005, 01:32:37 am »

That's Blaster Master.

And yes, that game rules.

nipsmg · « **Reply #34 on:** January 16, 2005, 12:46:11 pm »

T&C

megashock5 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 26, 2005, 01:10:32 pm »

Mario 1 & 3
Castlevania 1 & 3
Super Dodge Ball
Excitebike
Tetris
TMNT

...now we need a thread like this for Genesis games!

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2005, 01:13:12 pm »

Blaster MAster was freakin hard

GGKoul · « **Reply #37 on:** January 26, 2005, 01:59:55 pm »

Quote from: jened on January 04, 2005, 01:27:15 pm

Quote from: thrdbace on December 30, 2004, 11:16:42 pm
techmo super bowl, and rbi baseball, clearly.

yep. my two faves. there's also tons of modified roms and editors available for download to keep the game even more fresh with updated rosters or great teams from the past.

What's the site address??

daywane · « **Reply #38 on:** January 27, 2005, 01:41:38 pm »

I like 90% of games listed but I do not see
battle chess
heavy barrel
or toobin
bump and jump

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #39 on:** January 27, 2005, 01:51:29 pm »

BAseball stars
Baseball simulator 2000

Trimoor · « **Reply #40 on:** February 05, 2005, 03:48:03 pm »

Kirby's Adventure, Chip & Dale, Tengen Tetris (the 2 player bootleg version)

tommy · « **Reply #41 on:** February 08, 2005, 03:33:01 pm »

pac mania was always, fun and i still have it

Redseven80 · « **Reply #42 on:** February 09, 2005, 12:24:08 am »

Quote from: Gunstar Hero on January 16, 2005, 01:32:37 am

That's Blaster Master.

And yes, that game rules.

Oh yeah, I always get that mixed up with that guy from madmax 3!

pmc · « **Reply #43 on:** February 09, 2005, 08:39:39 pm »

I thought I'd seek out some of these games (I had previously only played a few titles on the NES) so I took 5 minutes and consolidated the posts in this thread (so far) so it'd be easier to reference later. It might be useful to one of you.

No particular order. It's interesting to see as a single list.

Excitebike Metroid Blaster Master Super Mario Bros Super Mario Bros 2 Super Mario Bros 3 Castlevania Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest Castlevania 3 MegaMan MegaMan 2 Bionic Commando Gradius Techmo Super Bowl RBI Baseball Mike Tyson's Punch Out Ninja Gaiden Super Dodge Ball Legend of Zelda Zelda II: Adventures of Link Guantlet 2 Dr. Mario Tetris TMNT TMNT 2 Bases Loaded MegaMan 2 3D World Runner Ice Hockey Double Dragon Arkanoid Ballon Fight GryroMight Ghosts 'n Goblins Ultima: Quest of the Avatar Kirby's Adventure Metal Gear A boy and his Blob RC Pro Am Micro Machines River City Ransom W&W2 Ironsword Pinball Quest Rygar Metal Storm King's Knight Super Sprint Milon's Secret Castlea Jackal Skate or Die Final Fantasy Who Framed Roger Rabbit Life Force Jackal Golgo 13 Crystalis Batman Burger Time Back To The Future 2 & 3 Jaws Dragon Warrior 1-4 North and South Kid Icarus The flintsones Duck Hunt Battle Toads Contra Adventure Island 2 Spy hunter Marble Madness Duck Tales Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout Super Spike V Ball Paper Boy Rad Racer Kung Fu Adventures of LOLO Goonies 2 Top Gun Mappy Moon Patrol Galaga 1942 Battle Chess Heavy Barrel Toobin Bump and Jump Baseball Stars Baseball Simulator 2000 Chip & Dale PacMania Tetris (Tengen) Dusty Diamond's All Star Softball Hoops NES Football

duffjr · « **Reply #44 on:** February 13, 2005, 06:31:58 am »

Most gamers played a variety of NES games, so we should expect a diverse list.

tommy · « **Reply #45 on:** February 14, 2005, 12:06:32 am »

nobody enjoyed playing klax i guess

duffjr · « **Reply #46 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:12:35 am »

anyone enjoy MULE? Genghis Khan? All those text-based strategy games never interested me much.

Daniel270 · « **Reply #47 on:** February 14, 2005, 09:50:09 pm »

There was one text based game for the NES that I played (and beat)...

Shadowgate

Fairly simple once you sat and thought out what the object of each area was...

duffjr · « **Reply #48 on:** February 17, 2005, 02:32:48 am »

do you mean those point and click adventures? i was thinking more along the lines of would you like to buy land, food, mules or work? what do you do with your army today? i mixed them up.

Redseven80 · « **Reply #49 on:** February 26, 2005, 08:44:09 pm »

Super spike volley ball with the double dragon brothers was a great two player title.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #50 on:** February 28, 2005, 04:49:09 am »

Can't......... Handle..........Overload.....................................................................

So many games(emu)..............................

So little time...............................

Crack has nothing on us. I can feel the neurons firing off. Can't go on........must shut off computer......I....I...Can't

(It's 5AM and I've had my cab done for a week. Must call for help....PLEASE!!!)

RayB · « **Reply #51 on:** March 03, 2005, 07:34:23 pm »

I think M.C. Kids is under-rated. Yeah it has a Mcdonalds license on the surface, but the game is really a Super Mario 3 inspired game. The developers managed to copy the SMB3 play mechanics almost EXACLTY the same, so the play control is there. There are lots of interesting play mechanics, like flipping the world gravity upside down, blocks you can pick up and throw around, boats, etc. The game was so much like SMB3 that Nintendo was upset. They forced a few changes to the graphics. That's nuts huh?

cholin · « **Reply #52 on:** March 03, 2005, 10:02:08 pm »

Haha I played MC kids back when mame.dk was up. My cousin showed me this like a year and a half ago and just recently I looked at it. I loved the simple games: Duck Hunt

There was this one game with a level editor where you were a tank and you shot crap around...there were like different terrains, grass, walls, etc. If anyone remembers, please tell me, I loved that game

dan57fina · « **Reply #53 on:** June 09, 2005, 04:26:37 pm »

one word......
Archon.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #54 on:** June 09, 2005, 08:04:35 pm »

Xanex, or wa that snes

elpresidente · « **Reply #55 on:** June 09, 2005, 08:55:46 pm »

Quote from: GGKoul on January 26, 2005, 01:59:55 pm

Quote from: jened on January 04, 2005, 01:27:15 pm
Quote from: thrdbace on December 30, 2004, 11:16:42 pm
techmo super bowl, and rbi baseball, clearly.

yep. my two faves. there's also tons of modified roms and editors available for download to keep the game even more fresh with updated rosters or great teams from the past.

What's the site address??

If you haven't found it yet:

http://www.tecmosuperbowl.com/

I liked the Tecmo Rose Bowl hack.

Zapper · « **Reply #56 on:** June 11, 2005, 01:51:06 pm »

Gunsmoke, Super Mario 2, Zelda, Gyruss, Dig Dug, Galaga, Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle and Tetris.

JonnyBoy · « **Reply #57 on:** June 12, 2005, 10:05:20 pm »

Comon' guys. Base Wars rocked!

chopps · « **Reply #58 on:** June 13, 2005, 03:52:39 pm »

Dusty Diamonds AllStar Softball...

forbiddenlyrics · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2005, 04:08:11 pm »

Here are my favorites:

Little Nemo
Advenure Island
Super Mario Bros 1 and 3
Bubble Bobble
Dr. Mario
Tetris

Prolly a few more I don't have my games in front of me.


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Author Topic: Come in here and talk about the best NES games (Read 12859 times)

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