FAVORITE NES GAMES

Super Mario Bros 3, Dragon Warrior 3, Dragon Warrior 4, RC Pro AM, Super Offroad, Super Mario Bros 2, Chip n' Dales Rescue Rangers, The Little Mermaid, Little Nemo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Blade, Ice Hockey, Blades of Steel, Kid Icarus, Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Adventure Island 2, Double Dragon, Duck Tales, Duck Tales 2, Super Dodgeball, Nintendo World Cup, Ninja Gaiden, Bionic Commando, Karnov, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Super Mario Bros., Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

This is just off the top of my head. Once I look up a list I'll probably have more.

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Bubble Bobble is damn good. Surprisingly so. You would think its just pretty decent and okay looking at it, or playing it for the first time. But once you get hooked on it and actually look at the meat and potatoes that comprise it's design (and moreso on the arcade) its pretty genius.

Also, the NES version of Joust is pretty good. The sound effects are just quintessentially nintendo. I think the physics are a bit different too. I can't get more than 8 stages into it. Speaking of which Castlevania III is also a good game that's balls hard.

Ninja Gaiden I doesn't hold a candle to how much better II is. To me, its the only one.

The Legend of Zelda because huge awesome fantasy world with cool monsters, music, and all kinds of items.

I never played Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! when I was little, but that would be my new favorite if I could get my hands on it.

But over all the other games I've played, my absolute favorite is probably Gimmick! The version I'm thinking of is on the famicom though, so that might not count. BUT WHATEVER.

The Mario games hold up surprisingly well. Maybe not the first Super Mario Bros. But 2 and 3 are definitely good games still. 3 might even be bloody excellent.

One game that is my nostalgia pick that probably does not hold up (I tried it on emulator some years back and it wasn't great) is Tecmo Cup Soccer which combines RPG and the beautiful game (football). I can probably trace my love for Football Management games to Tecmo Cup.

Snake Rattle 'n Roll is another game I remember fondly but I also remember it being essentially impossibly hard on like the third stage. But the first stage was a lot of fun eating balls that run around. If only the whole game had been like that and not precision jumping with ass-backwards controls.

I guess those are two that haven't been mentioned by others...

I also see kentona mentioning Power Blade. That game is pretty bad.

During childhood:
-Crystalis
-Double Dragon 2
-Dragon Warrior 3
-Kirby's Adventure
-Megaman 5 and 6
-River City Ransom
-Totally Rad

In later years:
-Bucky O' Hare
-Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
-Gyruss
-Megaman 3
-Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 and 3
-Sweet Home

Mega Man 3, Blaster Master, and Kirby's Adventure are definitely my favorites.

The I find that the NES generally has a memorable library of games, both good and bad ones.

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Looks like Crystalis is on a lot of people's lists. I should check it out.

Check out the NES version, even if you have to resort to an emulator and ROM, which is much more superior to the remade GBC version.

The GBC version was terribly done since they altered the story, removed certain plot twists, fudged up the music (making it sound much more inferior) and even removed parts of the strategy (making the game easy instead of challenging).

Rockman no Constancy, if rom hacks count. It's a flat out upgrade on Megaman 2, the levels and weapon bosses are overhauled, the difficulty was increased but its still fair, the MM2 rom hack rule of Bue Beam Trap being easier than the original version was upheld, and the new music (ripped from other games and converted into a Famicom 8-bit format) is mostly a solid upgrade on the original MM2 music. It isn't as technically impressive as Rockman 4: Minus Infinity but I find RnC funner in its simplicity too. Putting it on my DS flash cart was the kiss of death for my other games; I could play Pokemon or Radiant Historia but fuck it it's RNC time!


e: If I got a flash cart and NES emulator for my 3ds Bravely Default would probably be in trouble too~