Where all my oldfags and zoomers who know their roots? Give me your top 10 favorite, not what you think are the best games, or the most influential, but your FAVORITE games on the NES. These are the games all these years later you still pop in and play from time to time.In no order...>Bubble Bobble>Super Mario Bros.>Sky Kid>Super Mario Bros. 3>Mega Man 2>Gun-Nac>Tetris>Mega Man 3>Super Mario Bros. 2>Jackal
>>729206878For me? It's Battletoads.
>>729206878petrified fossilslopthere are like 5 good nes games
>>729206878Mario 3Kirby's AdventureDragon SpiritShadowgateCastlevaniaZelda 1DucktalesDuck HuntMario 1Wolfling (homebrew game but I like it)
Ninja Gaiden 2That intro, the music, so goodNever killed that final boss, pure bullshit
>>729207815https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inQHzAo-TE
>>729207160This even though i never got past that bike section. I wanted the whole game to be like the first level. More double dragon thing and less whatever it was later.
also speaking of games i really liked the first level of, the skateboard game with the monkey. town & country surf designs wood and water rage. i don't think i ever cleared that first level.
>>729208154thrilla's surfari. i guess there was a first game i never played.
>>729206878SNES is when gaming got good, sorry unc
>>729208269I agree for the most part, it's why I didn't pick anything like Contra, Castlevania, RPGs, Metroid or Zelda.
>>729206878I will count series as one unless noted otherwise (like MM). In no particular order:Snow Bros.Double Dragon ISMB (All 3)Megaman 2/3Zelda I + IIXexyzTMNT(all 3)Battletoads Double DragonFire N IceJurassic Park
1. Mega Man 22. Mario 33. Tetris4. Zelda 15. Ninja Gaiden 26. Dragon Quest/Warrior 47. Final Fantasy8. Castlevania9. MOTHER10. TMNT 2t. 97fag
>>729206878final fantasy 1final fantasy 3dragon questdragon quest 3those are the only games i return to regularly, sorry
>>729207854KinoNever heard that
In no particular order: SMB3Life ForceSuper CRecca: Summer Carnival '92ShatterhandMetal StormJourney to SiliusThe Guardian LegendStingerGradius
Gunna include some aftermarket. Fight me.1. Garbage Pail Kids 2. Super Mario Bros3. Super Mario Bros 34. Micro Mages5. Metroid6. Contra7. Tetris8. Castlevania9. Legend of Zelda10. Life force
>>729206878No particular order:Super Mario Bros. 3Zelda IIMega Man 2-6Battletoads (unironically a great game)Donkey Kong Jr.Gaiapolis (homebrew i think)JackalRiver City RansomMagical Kids DoropieMega Man 2Mugen Senshi ValisCastlevaniaWario's WoodsMechanized AttackMother 1Dragon Quest 4ContraDigital Devil Story: Megami Tenseithere was another one but I forgot it
River City RansomContraPower BladeKabuki Quantum FighterMario 3BatmanDuckTalesMega Man 2Life ForceTurtles 2
>>729206878Code name: viperGalagaZelda1Mario3CastlevaniacontraZelda2Megaman3Ninja gaidenMario2.
>>729208269that was one of two very dramatic jumps in visuals and design complexity between console generations. the other being SNES/Genesis to PS1/N64. both were mindblowing to me.
>>729208627alsoVice: Project Doom
womp'em
Crystalis is the GOAT.
>>729208830For me the jump from ps1 to ps2 was the most dramatic. I mean resident evil 3 to resident evil 4??? We went from low poly wiggly models to practically photorealismAlso to all the people mentioning battletoads: am I wrong for thinking battletoads x double dragon on SNES was way better?
>>729209009>am I wrong for thinking battletoads x double dragon on SNES was way better?no, it was better
Zoomer chiming in, with no particular order beyond the first game:1. Punch-Out!!Castlevania I + IIIMega Man (all of the series, but especially 4)Mario 3MotherZelda IIContraRiver City RansomDonkey Kong I + IIShatterhand
Adventures of Lolo Chads RISE UP!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZilEDl2zi4Snakes are a CUTE!
>>729206878Solar JetmanLegacy of the WizardThe Magic of ScheherazadeNinja Gaiden 2Castlevania 3NightshadeZelda 2Wizards and WarriorsPhantom FighterFinal Fantasy>>729207815I can do it now, but as a kid I'm not sure if I ever even got past the first phase of that fight.>>729208031Practically every other stage is some new bullshit gimmick, which is part of why it's so difficult. Getting good at the early stages doesn't do much to prepare the player for the rest of the game.>>729208269I'm actually more fond of the NES these days.>>729208627I'm a bit surprised to see Valis listed. I have a soft spot for the series even though it's not particularly good, but I really didn't care for the NES entry.
Super Mario Bros. 3Kirby's AdventureBlaster MasterBionic CommandoSuper Mario Bros.Mega Man 6CastlevaniaSuper Mario Bros. 2Castlevania 3Mega Man 2
>>729208627Sorry, remembered a lot more.Blue MarlinGimmick!Little SamsonYume Penguin MonogatariAntarctic AdventureMagical Tarutuuto-kun: Fantastic World!!Kid DraculaSweet Home (neat game but bit linear)Tiny Toon Adventures>>729209131Yeah, I know the Genesis Valis games are more well known, I still need to get around to finishing Valis IV, but I like a lot of games everyone elses seem to hate? Like I kind of like the Die Hard NES game and yeah it has some problems but I find it very interesting.
>>729209131I also think Jaws, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street are not that bad.
>>7292068781. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link2. Kirby’s Adventure 3. Super Mario Bros. 34. Super Mario Bros. 25. The Legend of Zelda6. Final Fantasy7. TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project8. Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse9. Mega Man 210. Super Mario Bros.T. 1986
I had no idea there were so many NESheads on /v/. Make sure to check out Splatterworld if you haven't already, it has an English translation and is awesome.
>>729209320>>729209374Fair enough. I had some fun with Deadly Towers and Bokosuka Wars, which I've seen others describe as some of the worst games ever.I think the PC Engine Valis games are the best ones, though Valis 3 (which is probably the strongest entry overall) is mostly identical on the Genesis.
Contra forceDoki doki mario USA madnessBionic commandoOnyanko townMegaman 3MetroidJourney to SiliusMario 3TetrisSolomon’s key
Calling all fellow thirdies to recall this classic
>>729206878Bubble Bobble should be played via MAME.
>>729209125Always go in wanting to play a puzzle game and get filtered by all the twitch reflex movement stuff.
>>729209374Those are all LJN and Rare made games, no?
>>729210023Yup that's Nintendo World Cup. Spike V'Ball and Crash 'n the Boys Street Challenge were two other ones I wanted to mention, but I've never gotten the chance to play them with living humans and not computers so I can't recommend it in good faith.
>>729210241>theme song plays in my headDo do do doo doo doo doo
>>729210474Yup.
Oh I finally remembered.Tetra Star: The FighterReally cool 3d shooter game but also really hard as I remember
>>729210687or pseudo 3dthey managed to get almost like a mode 7 effect
>>729209131 Honestly, I’ve got a weird soft spot for Magic of Scheherazade, even though it’s janky as hell and half the mechanics feel like they got made up halfway through dev. It’s got this endearing mix of Zelda, Dragon Quest, and absolute fever dream pacing. Also agree hard on Nightshade-janky point-and-click action hybrid with awful controls, but there’s just something about its tone and style that makes it memorable. It really feels like one of those games that only could’ve happened on NES: ambitious, weird, and charmingly busted.
Mario 3Zelda 2ShadowgateLittle Nemo's Adventures in DreamlandFaxanaduJackalBlaster MasterMilon's Secret CastlePunch-OutMega Man 2There's also this game that I cannot remember the name of for the life of me. You had a bunch of characters (maybe a family, I dunno) you could select that all played a little differently from one another and you had to explore this maze of sorts. My cousins had it and I'd always play the shit out of it whenever I stayed the night over at their place.
>>729209731Weirdly, I am convinced that the average age here is creeping upwards more than it used to when teens probably outnumbered everyone else 10:1. Now it's a bunch of 30+ dudes mixed in.>>729209976A lot of the games that get credit for being dogshit on the NES are just obtuse or have some fundamental issue like difficulty rebalance based on region. The actual poopoo titles aren't even memorable enough to come up, but you can at least do something in a game like Fester's Ques or Jaws. I don't get how anyone likes Bayou Billy though. The only way to survive combat are jump attacks over and fucking over.
>>729211637Legacy of the Wizard
>>729211857Was just about to say. The last thing I did was solve the most diabolical block pushing puzzle. I got through it but that part scarred me
>>729211343I still wonder what the thought process was for having both turn-based and action-based enemy encounters in Magic of Scheherazade. I don't object to it, but it's an odd choice.Nightshade made an impression on me because I was accustomed to a game's entire storyline being one badly translated paragraph in the manual, while Nightshade actually has some decent writing. It also somehow still has what is probably the most clever implementation of continues I've seen in a game.>>729211637You're probably trying to think of Legacy of the Wizard.
>>729211912Pretty sure the block pushing BS filtered me as a kid.
>>729206878Stealth ATFFirst game I ever had and I can still hum the tune to each level to this day
>>729206878Mario 1-3Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!Mega Man 1-6Ninja Gaiden I-IIISolstice: Quest for the Staff of DenmosZelda 1 & 2MetroidThe Guardian LegendStar Tropics 1 & 2Contra & Super CKirby's AdventureFaxanadu Kabuki: Quantum FighterFE 1 & 2Adventures of LoloLittle Nemo: The Dream MasterCastlevania 1 & 3Final FantasySorry I can't pick just 10 and I'm probably missing some
>Shatterhand>Double Dragon>Double Dragon 2>Mighty Final Fight>Kung Fu>Mega Man 2>River City Ransom>Castlevania 3 (the American one because it's dick ass hard)>
>>729212026Really? I just randomly played that one recently and thought it was ass.
>>729212032>Kabuki Quantum FighterFuck yeah
>>729212065It was ass, but I loved it. Used to play it with my mum.
>>729206878Metroid
>>729211857>>729211963Yep, that's the one. I remember that game being cryptic as fuck, but I definitely enjoyed it. I think I'm gonna find a ROM and give it a go this weekend when I have a bit more time available after Christmas.
>>729211912I imagine I know what part you're talking about; there's one section that requires you to get pretty creative with the glove (and to have read the manual or experimented a lot to understand what all you can do with it.) It took me an awfully long time to get through there as a kid.
>>729212194I want to get around to doing that some day too. I need to finally beat it to have closure.
>>729212224Yeah, it goes beyond any block pushing puzzle because you have to push blocks in midair AND diagonally with an nes dpad
Blaster master, life force, shadowgate, rc pro am, super Mario, mario 2 jp, duck hunt, ultima 4, defender, solstice.I was blessed to have a fairly decent variety of genres. Not just platforms and beat em up. All decent games. Recently sold most of the games and got a flash cart with the proceeds I still just play those anyway.
>>729206878CastlevaniaNinja GaidenRygarWanpaku Graffiti Final Fantasy
>>729212032Startropics and Kabuki are some blasts from the past. I had forgotten about them in my list, however, reading their names made me immediately remember them. I even recalled needing the damned manual for a code in Startropics.>>729212261That's definitely a part of why I want to beat it after all these years. It honestly reminds me a lot of La-Mulana with how goddamned cryptic it can be at times. I might have to make a map to know where I am in relation to some of the chests to see if that helps me out.
>>729212194>>729212261>>729212194If you do decide to revisit it, be sure to read the manual. There's some information in there that's really important and that you're unlikely to figure out on your own.I think all the secrets needed to clear the game are reasonably telegraphed, but it is hard to figure out. The later bosses can be pretty tough too, depending on who you confront them with.
>>729206878sorry i'm not american
>>729206878Snake rattle n rollJetsons SMB3Bubble Bobble Ninja GaidenCastlevaniaGimmickSmash TVRiver City RansomTetris
>>729206878Mario 3ContraSimon's QuestNinja Ryukenden 3Double Dragon 2Mitsume Ga TooruLagrange PointMashin Eiyuden Wataru GaidenHeberekeFaxanadu or Zelda 2Jackie Chan's Action Kung FuAnd others. >>729208761>Kabuki Quantum FighterKino>>729209983>Journey to SiliusKino
