Author Topic: NES Circle-Jerk (Or Hate Parade) Thread (Read 1338 times)

Raban · « **on:** September 10, 2009, 03:59:57 PM »

Hey EB, I've recently been playing the shit out of some NES games and I want to build up a decent backlog now that I'm exploring the murky depths of classic video games. I've already got some Mega Man going on with 1 and 2 (my series favorites) and I'm ankle-deep in some Startropics action. Here are the games I will already be playing:

Bionic Commando
Mach Rider
Mega Man 1 and 2
Metal Storm
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 and 3
Rad Racer
Startropics 1 and 2

What other games are must-plays? And if it isn't already obvious, I'm excluding the common sense ones like Zelda and Mario because I've played them dozens of times already. The OP will be edited as I add games.

Beyond my own selfish needs, this thread can also double as an NES discussion thread, reminiscing, and hell, any old school gaming activity.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2009, 04:03:44 PM »

Dragon Warrior! The first one was pretty good, even when I replayed it a few years ago. Don't really know about the other ones though.

Also, Guardian Legend, it's part top-down shooter and part Zelda-clone. The merger didn't always work, but it had some really catchy music.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2009, 04:07:08 PM »

Excitebike brah

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2009, 04:09:11 PM »

Uh, dont touch Dragon Warrior NES. Throw in the SNES versions instead.

* Adventure Island
* Adventure of Lolo
* Bubble Bobble
* Deja Vu
* Shadowgate
* Uninvited
* Duck Tales
* Fire N Ice
* Gremlins 2
* Ice Hockey
* Monster Party
* Solstice
* Xexyz

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2009, 04:14:31 PM »

Quote from: demi on September 10, 2009, 04:09:11 PM

* Deja Vu
* Shadowgate
* Uninvited

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2009, 04:22:49 PM »

Power Blade (I think there was a sequel)
Kick Master
Shatter Hand
Shadow of the Ninja
Vice: Project Doom
Kung Fu (yep, the launch title. it holds up.)

There are a fuck ton of weird side scroller games on the NES. These are some of my favorites.

tiesto · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2009, 05:28:36 PM »

Crystalis
Wrecking Crew
Life Force
Ninja Gaiden 1-2
Metal Storm
Power Blade
Recca: Summer Carnival 92
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
Dragon Warrior IV (better than the DS version since it doesn't have those shitty accents lol)

Nice @ Kafka mentioning Kick Master and Shadow of the Ninja... thought I was the only one who played those games

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2009, 06:35:41 PM »

throw on:
--Base Wars
--Solomon's Key
--Snake Rattle and Roll
--Ikari Warriors
--Wrath of the Black Manta
--Trojan
--Tiger Heli
--Captain Skyhawk
--Abadox

muckhole · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:14:05 PM »

Golgo 13! Golgo 13!

Himu · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:14:38 PM »

megaman 3 > megaman 1 and 2 but all 6 of the nes MM's are worth playing. 4 is the worst of the bunch and entirely forgettable but MM1-3, 5, and 6 are pretty good games.

I suggest Faxanadu, Kirby, Super Dodgeball, Batman, Ghosts 'n Goblins, River City Ransom, and Castlevania 3.

Don't bother with Metroid nes. It sucks. Play the superior remake, Metroid Zero Mission for the GBA. Best Metroid ever.

tiesto · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:34:25 PM »

Oh yeah and definitely Jackal!!!

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:59:26 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on September 10, 2009, 08:34:25 PM

Oh yeah and definitely Jackal!!!

jackal, fuck yeah!!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** September 10, 2009, 11:43:51 PM »

PLAY GUARDIAN LEGEND OR I WILL MAKE A VAGINA IN YOUR BELLY

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2009, 11:48:55 PM »

you're giving me incentive to NOT play Guardian Legend

(only if I can pull a gun out of the vagina like in videodrome)

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2009, 11:49:29 PM »

I admire people that can stomach these games. I played the shit out of them when I was 12, but now it's like watching old A-team episodes.

Some still hold up (Star Tropics and it's sequel are good ones) but most are too hard or repetitive to be qualified as fun.

Even though it is more of a 2 player game (the AI is horrible) Dusty Diamond's All-star Softball was one of the great sports titles of the NES.

http://www.filmjunk.com/2001/02/22/dusty-diamonds-all-star-softball-nes/

Rman · « **Reply #15 on:** September 11, 2009, 12:08:27 AM »

Mega Man 2,3
Little Nemo
Ducktales
Rescue Rangers
Bubble Bobble
Rygar
Life Force
Gradius
Contra
Super C
Castlevania 1 and 3
BattleToads
Goonies II

E-DuB · « **Reply #16 on:** September 11, 2009, 12:18:41 AM »

Clash at Demonhead
Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales
Simon's Quest
Zelda
Blades of STEEL
...That is all

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #17 on:** September 11, 2009, 09:54:49 AM »

baseball simulator 1000

Trent Dole · « **Reply #18 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:26:25 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on September 10, 2009, 11:43:51 PM

PLAY GUARDIAN LEGEND OR I WILL MAKE A VAGINA IN YOUR BELLY

Seconding this.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #19 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:37:17 PM »

Little Samson, Gimmick!, Armadillo and Sunman are pretty cool platformers that don't get much mention.

cool breeze · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:57:50 PM »

No one said RC Pro Am. Play RC Pro Am.

Quote from: Professor Prole on September 10, 2009, 11:43:51 PM

PLAY GUARDIAN LEGEND OR I WILL MAKE A VAGINA IN YOUR BELLY

absolutely

compile

Brehvolution · « **Reply #21 on:** September 11, 2009, 02:54:17 PM »

Ring king
Baseball stars
Tecmo Basketball

Bildi · « **Reply #22 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:01:35 PM »

My faves:

Solstice
Faxanadu
Snake Rattle & Roll
Star Wars (gets really hard eventually, I never finished it)

I liked TMNT as well, although it did get too hard for me at Level 4 or 5.

I really wanted to play Duck Tales, Power Blade and Metal Storm, but never had them. Wrath of Black Manta was good, a little easy perhaps.

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Author Topic: NES Circle-Jerk (Or Hate Parade) Thread (Read 1338 times)