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Favorite 25ish NES Games


This is a list of my favorite 25 games for the first console I ever owned, the original Nintendo.  I'm really hurting my head trying to remember all of this stuff, but the wiki nature of this site helps a lot.  I might add some more or edit the list if I can think of some more stuff.  But in a premptive measure against possible postings on my wall, I did not "forget" Zelda or Metroid.  I liked the first two Zelda games alright for the NES but never really got into them.  Metroid always got me frustrated, because I'd roll into a room and there would be nothing there and I wouldn't know where to go.  
 
*i went over 25, ooops.  I kept remembering or finding stuff on this site and was like "oh yeah, that definetly should make the list".  Sue me.

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  • I remember being really impressed by the fact that the game allowed you to pick which level you could play in whatever order you wanted, plus you got the enemies weapon. I'd play this today and still think it was a great game.

  • Memorable soundtrack and boss fights highlight (for the most of us) the first Castlevania game.

  • I still think it's the best Mario game ever, certainly it set the stage for where the series would go in a 2D sense.

  • Arguably better than part 2, Mega Man 3 is one of the best in the series. It added Rush the dog and Proto Man came in, but it wasn't yet at the point where there were a million stupid characters. It was basically Megaman vs the evil robots, plus *Spoilers!* you get to battle it out with the masters from the previous game. That was exciting.

  • I know the original is generally held in higher esteem, and more memorable for the awesomeness of Bo Jackson. But I prefer the sequel which had every single NFL team and a mode that let you play the entire season with every team.

  • One of the first coop games I played where my friend and I could play together at the same time instead of having to take turns. That made the game a lot better and easier...well especially after I got my 30 lives.

  • Though the end is kind of stupid, where it's all a dream (as if the "real world" Mario inhabits isn't nonsensical enough), this was a great game and in my opinion a major improvement over the original, in terms of graphics, level design, and gameplay (Each of the characters had different attributes). Great game.

  • A return to the original Castlevania style, except this time you could play as multiple characters, including a crappy version of Alucard (Grant was way better in this game he could climb on the friggin ceiling). Plus there were times when you could choose your own path which seemed like the Simon's Quest influence creeping in slightly.

  • Initially I didn't like Simon's Quest as much as the original game because it was so different and I didn't know where to go. But eventually I came around and now recognize how important this game is to the direction the series has taken. Also getting the flame whip was awesome.

  • I think this is one of the best platformers of all time. It kind of has the mega man "pick which level you want" going for it. But besides that it is just a great platformer. Lots of character to it and it didn't hurt that this was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid either.

  • The movie is great on it's own, but I can't help feel that my reverance for it is somehow tied to this game. I remember getting the submarine was a big deal, and finally nailing Jaws at the end with the boat felt epic (well for the time).

  • They're back! And they're bringing the spread gun with them. That's all you really need too quite frankly.

  • This was the first game I ever rented, being a major Godzilla fan at that time (age 6) I was really jacked up...thankfully it delievered. It had a lot of the famous monsters from the series and let you play as personal favorite Mothra. The levels didn't make much sense but it was all about the boss fights. Plus it was a rare game where you could use the "select" button. For some reason that's a highlight to me.

  • "Pin bot circuits activated!". The game could actually talk, wow. Plus you could turn the balls into triangles, innovative game design if I ever saw it.

  • The most memorable part of this game to me was the fight with on the helicopter. The door could suck people out to an instant death. Very satisfying to roundhouse a stupid Abobo and watch as he slides out the door to certain doom.

  • Yeah it's not as good as some of the other games, but I still liked it a lot. Afterall it's the same basic mechanics and premise, plus I liked the acid rain weapon you got for beating the almighty Toad Man.

  • I played this before I played Gradius and so it holds a higher place in my heart, though they are very very similar games. These games sure loved the eye ball/brain monsters, they were always showing up in some form as a boss fight.

  • It could be really hard at times and difficult to figure out exactly where you needed to go. But the tank was awesome to control and the enviornments were great.

  • Long infamous in my childhood home because the Clintonville Video claimed we stole it, and thus ended our rental privleges at that store. Sad to say that wasn't the case, because this was a great game, and I would have loved to have owned it. It had rideable dinosaurs! My favorite was the plesiosaur because it really helped the tricky underwater levels.

  • Loved the cast of characters though I never could get to the end without the help of the Game Genie. Even then I got stuck in an infinite loop of the Tyson Punch, but couldn't get out of it because I was invincible, so I had to reset the game. Now that I think of it, I don't think I ever actually finished it. Damn you Tyson!

  • On paper (no pun intended) this should be a terrible game. It's about delievering news papers. But all the bizarro events and imagery, like the Grim Reaper showing up make this a memorable experience. The kid trying to breakdance is a sprite I won't soon forget.

  • Another Gradius/Life Force type game, it came out a few years later though so the graphics were a little better. Once again there was no shortage of the infamous eyeball/brain monsters that these games are so fond of.

  • First off, I totally forgot Fabio was on the cover for this game. I miss box art/movie posters from this era, can we all agree to bring that back? Anyway the character you control looks nothing like that but it doesn't matter. I loved duking it out with all the elements and the game had a memorable jump and slash attack that was fairly lethal.

  • It didn't have all the teams and I seemed to lose a lot but it was still a lot of fun. Will Clark was a demon at the plate.

  • Another fun but difficult run through the Double Dragon world. Much like the third Castlevania game this one added other playable characters. Chin was pretty tough stuff if you could unlock him.

  • Just another forum to stick it to the treachourous Soviet Union (that's like 1/3 of every NES game from the period). Load your team up with big fat guys and let the pounding begin.

  • I kind of think of it differently then the rest since unlike all the other games I didn't play it back when I was a kid with a NES. I read the Chinese epic it's based off of in college and then got inspired and played this on an emulator. Still I really got into the game, much more than I probably would most other games from that era (they just can't keep my attention). There is a fair amount of depth here and it's pretty fun once you get going.

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