The Tetris cartridge was circulated amongst us and our various neighbors forever after collected dust. Or you can just skip the work and enter the Konami Code to get fully powered up in a matter of seconds. Qix for NES is the definitive home version due to its spot-on emulation and availability, although it was also resurrected on various PC platforms and Nintendo even published a GameBoy version featuring characters from the Mario pantheon. Either way, there's a lot to see and like about Fester's Quest. Konami's The Goonies II followed on the heels of a little-known Goonies game for Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcade machines. This game kicks a wave of unrelenting ass, so while people bitch and moan like the cartridge killed their parents I'll happily relive this dare-to-be-different classic with all its quirks. Post by dink Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:32 pm. Awesome! Gamers' apprehension quickly dissipated, though, when what resulted was an amazing game full of an inordinate amount of depth. I still believe that the NES original is the greatest top-down racer ever developed. Using a sort of glorified stamp tool, you could concoct you own mixture of bricks, ladders, ropes and baddies, then set it to life. Wyatt Earp's Old . The care gameplay is right on, the visuals aren't bad at all, and it stinks of Mega Man inspired robot blasting. We're still eagerly awaiting a Goonies III. One of the major debates among NES aficionados is the sheer amount of ports that appear on the console, and how many of them are inherently sub-par to their arcade counterparts. Who knew The Goonies were big in Japan? Despite the unparalleled hype, no one was disappointed. And then, of course, the difficulty starts off easy enough, but advance through half a dozen areas and you find yourself in a fight for your very life. Its top-down view makes it a bit of an action-shooter, while its emphasis on collecting items and upgrading weapons lends it more to the RPG and adventure crowd. While friends moved on to Super NES, I made do with Kirby. The beloved NES game is every bit as addictive today as it was 20-plus years ago, which is a testament to the quality of its design. Find these and other excellent NES titles in our online store. How could I forget the cutscenes? Capcom listened to clamoring gamers' wants and introduced Mega Man's brother Protoman as a character of consequence. What I think is funny is that my strongest memory of Skate or Die 2 is the amount of time I spent explaining to my friends that the game was different than T&C Surf Designs or 720. The inability of the NES to more accurately render detailed animations continues to be one of the system's greatest charms, though, so it's no real negative against the game, just a chuckle-worthy aside that might leave you just a bit embarrassed today. Konami's Castlevania was followed up by Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, a game that strayed entirely from its origins. The main game is an arcade-like collect-athon with a puzzle-solving aspect. Though Nintendo didn't develop Faxanadu in-house, it's easy to see why the company decided to grab publishing rights for it in America it was a unique side-scrolling action/platformer with RPG elements reminiscent of the company's own Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. But while the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were starring in lame TV and movie spin-offs on the NES, Rare actually spent time crafting Battletoads into a surprisingly arcade-like beat-'em-up. The ever-flatulent Bub and Bob enter the Cave of Monsters in a blaze of bubble-blowing glory, trapping all manner of beasts in their sticky, spherical emissions. Many gamers wanted a port of Konami's arcade beat-'em-up of the same name instead, but had to wait until 1991, when a port of the arcade classic came to the NES under the TMNT 2 moniker. Wizards & Warriors is the debut title of a classic, if depressingly anti-climatic NES trilogy. All the while, Pit must work his way through four unique worlds, each with multiple unique stages and an end fortress where Pit must navigate through a labyrinthine set of screens to reach the boss. Super C, like Contra, is a nearly perfect cooperative experience, and is best enjoyed with a buddy to high five as the iconic level finish tune plays. The versus play is simple and even repetitive, but it holds up today. For instance, a giant mouth spouts out vortexes that suck you into a side-scrolling stage with a creepy worm mini-boss. (which also just so happens to be placed at the bottom of that hole in his yard). A dumbed-down port of a superior arcade title by Irem, Kung Fu holds accolades simply for being one of the first third-party games released on the NES. Each world in SMB3 features a unique style, and Mario's quest takes him through desert, grasslands, above the clouds and below the sea there's so much to explore that we still make discoveries every time we dust off the cartridge today. Have you played the Lost Levels? It was integral if you wanted a high score. Their next door neighbors' kids ended up being me and my siblings' friends as time passed, and they had a basement dedicated to NES gaming. DuckTales was probably my favorite show on television when the game hit, yet I could hardly sit through an entire after-school episode before powering on my NES to play it. Zombie Nation pushes the NES graphical capabilities more than any other shooter on the system, with lots of moving enemies, building destruction and a steady stream of pixilated chaos. It was sort of like Mega Man meets Strider, which I thought was spectacular for the time. Metroid was unique for so many reasons, among them the ability to explore at your own pace. Cue Fester's Quest, a 1989 offering from Sunsoft that put gamers in the role of Uncle Fester, a character from the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. Perhaps the NES's only intentional B-game, Zombie Nation is actually pretty fun, and always good for a laugh. When I say "twin stick shooter," I'm referring the the gameplay style of Super Smash TV and Total Carnage on SNES. Rocket? Getting him to grow a body was the goal of each stage, and that was accomplished by consuming the dot/pellet/balls of semi-sentient foodstuff known as Nibbley Pibbleys. I bet 75-percent of them stop whining about regenerative health after getting their arrows taken away by an Eggplant Wizard for the eightieth time. The music rocks, the night/day system inspired my brother's own work with Shantae, and like Zelda II it's truly unique among the series. Go back and grab it, either on cartridge or through the Wii's Virtual Console, and experience for yourself the defining console debut for one of the Big N's biggest mascots. It only took a year for Tecmo to follow-up the smash-hit status of the original Ninja Gaiden with its sequel. Fusing action with platforming, and even some RPG elements, Kid Icarus is one of those key first party NES games that often finds itself ignored. You can't do that! Stiff control, demanding jumping and misdirecting puzzles all gave StarTropics' many dungeon sequences a considerable challenge factor. My mom and one of my sisters were out all day, and when they came home, my mom had an NES box in her hand. Welcome to the 80's. In premise, the Lolo games were as simple as can be. Jackal and Ikari Warriors on the NES. It was the gameplay that was at the heart of Castlevania's epic rise from unknown brand to Konami flagship. An interesting take on the Tetris formula, Dr. Mario presented gamers with a new puzzle-based quandary how will you use the multi-colored pills thrown into play by a white coat-wearing Mario to eliminate the viruses plaguing your screen? The great thing about TMNT was its ability to let gamers use all four Ninja Turtles at will, even though it was only a one-player action game. I also loved the take-offs of popular wrestlers that Tecmo had going on here. From Link and Samus Aran to Mega Man and Bowser, Nintendo's 8-bit machine was the debut platform for countless classic heroes and villains that are still active in the industry today. It's not only the hardest in the franchise, but one of the hardest NES games period. It has its quirks, and the water level is insane, but it crams a lot into an NES cart. The Boy was virtually helpless without his Blob and his stash of flavored Jellybeans, making this title an interesting mix of action-adventure and puzzle gameplay. Nintendo was pretty heavy handed about content on the NES, so some of the ribald stuff in MM was yanked. Just be careful writing down those passwords! This is a Rare sleeper and one of the most creative games those guys made. But Bionic Commando's Rad Spencer gets by just fine with the help of his bionic appendage. What stuck out most for me about Double Dragon II was how varied the game was. Taking cues from open-ended adventure games like Metroid, you'll need to find certain weapons and equipment to progress in Bionic Commando, and that sometimes means returning to area you've previously visited to take care of unfinished business. As the name of the game suggests, the idea of Ice Climber is to climb, climb, climb. 2. Super Mario Bros. 3 does everything an NES game possibly can, and pushes the NES to the very limits of its capabilities, and we can unequivocally call it the greatest NES game of all time. In Little Samson you play as one of four different characters: a mouse, a robot, a dragon and a boring ol' human boy. In the game, our pajama clad mascot navigates the often psychedelic Slumberland with the help of wild animals. It's the touching tale of a young boy and his pet frog, Fred. Little Nemo, an American comic strip, had received the anime treatment in Japan at the time and thus the game was created, but the license was no doubt long forgotten by American audiences when Nemo came stateside. Now why couldn't real NHL be like that? Gradius is all about pimping your ride. Though a bit cumbersome to control with just an NES D-Pad and menu bar of potential actions to take, this tale of seven diverse high school kids exploring a kooky manor populated with wacky, blue-skinned mad scientists and alien tentacles was nevertheless addictive, thanks in large part to the great variety of ways to win. Once you beef up your defenses, you're free to start amassing a sprawling arsenal, making aiming your shots somewhat irrelevant. The Game Pak is truly worth tracking down for its multiplayer selection, including a wacky cooperative mode. From simulated parallax that means multiple backgrounds moving at varying speeds to precise, multi-celled animation, this mech platformer pushes the NES to the very limits of its hardware capabilities. None of those games ended up having the lasting appeal and addictiveness of one of its other contemporaries, though the first-party Nintendo sports sim known simply as Ice Hockey. It's an undeniable classic. A pretty solid movie, really. Interestingly, Micro Machines was also one of the rare, unlicensed-by-Nintendo releases for the NES but the lack of the Seal of Quality or standard cartridge design didn't keep it from being a great game. I was too ADD / illiterate as a kid to ever get that Zelda was the princess in the first game. Post by nia_prene Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:07 pm. A small contingent of NES gamers actually prefer Klax to its main competitors the simple, but accessible, Dr. Mario and even to the great Tetris, which does seem a little stuffy when stacked against the Day-Glo extravaganza that is Klax. Goonies never say die! I said it then and I'll say it now. Unfortunately, almost everyone agrees that Tengen's version of the game was far superior to Nintendo's, even including a two-player mode which Nintendo's version sorely lacked. If you can get past the partially naked winged dudes, Legendary Wings offers some other treats as well. During a time in gaming where linearity reigned supreme, it allowed gamers to choose from one of six stages to start, but at the end of each Mega Man would fight a Robot Master that would sacrifice his weapon upon defeat for use in another level. By the time Mega Man 6 hit the NES, the console was virtually dead. Pro-Am, and cast players as the captains of a high-speed, heavily-armored attack ship cutting through tropical waters to take on sharks, rival watercrafts and giant sea serpents. A different Konami Code can be used to get 10 lives in Super C, making it only 1/3 as awesome as the original Konami Code. So what if it wasn't originally a Mario game? The detailed, cartoon-like graphics go a long way towards easing the pain of the game's extreme difficulty, as does the inclusion of cooperative play at least you have someone to blame when you run out of continues on the second level. Although the game offers a fairly decent challenge, the experience of kicking serious alien ass can be had by less talented players, thanks to the legendary Konami Code, which, in its most famous implementation, gives you 30 lives to burn through as you please. You worked your opponent into submission, going for the pin, and victory gave you the chance to take on tougher challengers, but not before training your chosen warrior to be stronger with interstitial mini-games. And guess what? Dracula is the bad guy? It was a darker game, with less glitzy Robot Masters. Unlike other popular cooperative games like Contra, crowding the screen with blue and green bubbles was just as enjoyable with an experienced player as it was with a total novice I believe we called them "posers" back in those pre-n00b times. but this Sunsoft sidescroller, which originally was supposed to be a licensed Terminator game, holds up well enough to make this list with absolutely no nostalgia from yours truly. And back in 1987, the franchise started off with a bang with one of the most ambitious replica-gold-plated cartridges to ever grace the NES. The very last project created by Irem for the NES, Kickle Cubicle appeared to be a straight rip-off of the aforementioned Adventures of Lolo, but had gameplay features of its own that made it a unique offering, and one worth anyone's time interested in the genre. In an era of 8-bit graphics and MIDI music, Konami crafted a game that immersed you in the horror of Dracula's castle, while all you were looking at and hearing was an artful combination of the typical sights and sounds of the day. Doctor Hauzer. I will always have a special place in my heart for the original Super Mario Bros., but it was this sequel that took platforming to new heights with tighter controls, more complex levels and, of course, special upgrades like the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suits. One of the counter-examples to this argument is Mario Bros., an NES port that's not perfect when compared to the 1983 arcade original, but one that is about as close as can be expected, with smooth gameplay and crisp graphics that do the original proud. Interestingly enough, my memories of Qix on NES were limited until many years later when I was playing the PS2 game Bully. The cartoony visuals manage to. I could whip through Super Mario Bros. in 10 minutes without losing a life, but progressing Link toward his final battle was an epic undertaking and one filled with surprises and satisfying rewards throughout. This game eats 8-bit novices for breakfast to this day. These powerhouse efforts were complemented by a robust library of third-party titles. Why is Baseball Stars so important? Despite their popularity, cooperative games were rarity on the NES and hey, when was the last time you got to spend some quality time with your little sister? It would be great to see Nintendo revive the Faxanadu concept someday. Amazingly enough, this game still holds up too. Last, you throw Radical into the mix. You'd think a sword that spins would hurt you, but it doesn't. There is an art to snagging territory, and players eventually must learn how to manipulate the irrepressible Qix itself. And, because our hero loves Fred so much that he doesn't care if he's a giant, disgusting mutant toad, he takes command of the equally-massive armored tank S.O.P.H.I.A. I couldn't stand the cartoon (I was a DuckTales sort of guy), but to my surprise the game was an addictive platforming masterpiece. Although I initially displayed the poster of IronSword's cover art that shipped with the game on my wall, Fabio's polished pectorals quickly became a discomforting presence in my bedroom. But those 4 are the only ones I know! is the original masterpiece boxing game that isn't really about boxing at all. You were fighting the clock, too, and if you ever ran out of torches then it was Game Over for you. Our own Mark Bozon has been working diligently to bring this title back to life, perhaps by way of the Virtual Console. Out of all of the great games on our list, Kickle Cubicle is one of the few titles I never got to experience until I was an adult. But it was this release combined with Super Mario Bros. (and sometimes World Class Track Meet or Gyromite) as a bundled-in offering with the NES made it one of the most proliferated games on the console. Over the years though Bionic Commando is a game I keep going back to, and it wasn't until I really realized the RPG-lite experience in there (trucks lead to 1Ups, kills equal strength and RPG-like leveling) that I was able to really dominate the game. Just to be extra cool, and to remind you you're still in the '80s. As the boy treks into the underground maze, Blaster Master presents its deviously challenging mixture of side-scrolling platforming, shooting, and overhead dungeon exploration with action taking place in and outside of the cockpit. Game Boy-shmameboy! Although prominently featuring traditional Japanese settings and mythology, Demon Sword seems to have suffered from a poor North American localization, as evidenced by the goofy box art featuring a naked blonde guy glaring at his sword. After ripping open all of my other presents, all I cared about was Mega Man 3. I might just pretend I have the rights. Several classic NES series seem to follow identical paths. Only later did I learn the convoluted history of who made what, so Hudson, I owe you an apology for my playground rants about your integrity. As a kid, I'd go to my grandparents' house for a big Italian dinner every Sunday. Although you control Mickey, Minnie accompanies you throughout the Mousecapade, which plays out as sort of a puzzle-solving platformer. The key to not being obliterated is, of course, power-ups. If you're stuck, quit crying and grab a guide, since you apparently can't hack it. Kid Icarus' extreme difficulty has turned off many a gamer in the past twenty years, but there's a lot to love as soon as you turn on the game. A hit among the new RPG crowd that was developing around Nintendo's 8-bit console, Dragon Warrior III continued with conventions set by, of all games, Dragon Warrior II. Zelda was one of the biggest console games of the time, and that got gamers excited. Initially, this appeared to make the game much easier, but in fact, Ninja Gaiden II's difficulty could easily be considered on par with the original, if not for different reasons. While many of you are still waiting for Neeso Games awesome looking Arcade platformer of 'Super Delivery Boy', which is due for release towards the end of this year. Mario receives some amazing gear in his third game, including the Raccoon Suit that allows him to soar high above the game's carefully crafted levels. Things just get weirder from there, with household appliances eventually standing between you and whatever your adorable goal may be. Mickey Mousecapade was the first of these, and although it was published by Capcom in the US, it was developed by Hudson and has a different, more primitive feel than the great Disney platformers that succeeded it. There's another game you should be keep an eye on as developments progress, and that's Jackal; A remake of the NES top-down shooter of the same name, graphically enhanced to take advantage of the Amiga (OCS-ECS) hardware, which is . This was just the beginning of the Tengen/Nintendo feud. I was introduced to the NES version of the game after I played the arcade/Neo Geo edition, but I have to say that the NES version was infinitely more awesome. Other elements of Super Mario Bros. 2 have been assimilated into the greater Mario universe as well Shy Guys, Birdo, Bob-ombs, POW blocks making the game seem less like the oddball of the series it's been pegged as. The place was red and full of aliens to shoot or avoid Tengen's tetris was pulled from shelves almost immediately when it was revealed that Nintendo's hold on the Tetris name stateside was legitimate. You could jump, cling to walls, spew fireballs and hover with your demon wings in action stages and then chat it up with the denizens of the Demon Realm, earn upgrades and items and more. Dragon Warrior III continued to open up both the gamer's party and the enemy parties to more than one per side, creating for the first time in the series a real feeling of strategy. The visuals weren't as vibrant and the animations weren't as fluid, but the gameplay was spot-on. Gradius was hard but fully powering up the Vic Viper made things a lot easier. All I remember is the Konami Code only worked once on this game and it gave players 10 lives instead of 30 (per continue) and worse of all it only worked once. The point-and-click adventure genre seems to be in the midst of something of a renaissance, as developers like Telltale Games are working tirelessly to bring series like Sam & Max, Monkey Island and Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People to modern platforms. Welcome additions include the four giant Animal Kings, cool spells and shops. That's right if you've ever cursed the skies after falling prey to the infamous Blue Shell, you can trace the source of your rage all the way back to Rare's R.C. Gamers new to this unique genre could easily access the game, but gamers who were veterans of the genre could find enjoyment in the game as well, collecting items in order to reach each subsequent stage. It's like someone took the Gradius series' Vic Viper and transformed it from a spaceship into a jet ski. The game, presented in a manner similar to Epyx's popular California Games, came to the Commodore 64 and the NES. I guess it's no wonder that Super Metroid and Metroid Prime remain my two favorite games of all time. It's like Marble Madness turned into a platformerand it worked! Let's be honest if you are going to play Maniac Mansion, you really should try the uncensored Commodore 64 version. Even though Dragon Warrior IV approached the act of storytelling in a unique way, most of Dragon Warrior's gameplay conventions remained unchanged. The sluggish junker you start out with is soon augmented with shields and weapons of your choosing. The paths you choose to take during the game will bring you to stages and events you might otherwise miss entirely. Using awesome spy tools hood mounted machine guns, oil slicks, smoke screens you could take on each enemy in style. "Games are too easy now." Whatever!). Get ready to relive the days when shooting down enemy forces and dodging oncoming fire while sipping a can of Surge was all we needed for a quick adrenaline rush. Who ever thought I could be addicted to such a simple, repetitive game? Aside from scoring so many points to break the game, my brother and I enjoy the appearance of Blue Lander a spaceborne precursor to Kirby and Starfy with his own special jingle. In Qix, the titular entity bounds randomly about the playing field while the player attempts to gain ground by drawing boundaries with a stylus of sorts. I came back the next day to challenge Joker, but I don't think we ever beat him. Having more in common with Metroid or The Legend of Zelda than NES era brawlers, Rygar must find equipment upgrades a grappling hook, pulley, crossbow etc. And since everybody seems to be teaming up, you may as well take on the combined forces of the Dark Queen and Shadow Warriors with a pal the game's difficulty seems to indicate that it's built for two. chasersgaming. Enlist a second set of wheels and you'll be nuking twice the whatever-the-hell-you-want-to in no time. Built side-by-side with Metroid on the same engine and released at identical times, Kid Icarus is often the brother that's overshadowed. Navigate up the ramp of a moving semi and you'll instantly up your arsenal. If you nibble enough of the Nibbleys, your snake's body would grow, his tail extending longer and longer behind his comical head and forked tongue. If that was your name in high school, nobody would have ever messed with you. It should come as no surprise that the man behind the rock is Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, a composer that worked on the Mega Man series, also distinguished for its 8-bit anthems. Platforming with zombies and mummies? What a glorious game, from the overall design down to the visuals and music. Released in 1988, it pioneered something very important for the racing genre. Perhaps. While two Lolo games preceded the 1991 release of the series' third iteration in the States, the game known by fans as Lolo 3 is most fans' favorite. Then, Skate or Die 2 came along and trumped its predecessor in many ways, offering a full storyline adventure in addition to the standalone skating events as well as adding in the "Double Trouble" half pipe, a massive structure that spanned two full game screens and let you pull off highly stylish (for the time) vert skating tricks. Go find a movie of it if you don't believe me it's amazing. Could you get past the bee-throwing enemy on stage four without losing a life? Year: 1992 Genre: Shooter. But if you wait for the axe's power to fully recharge between swings, the individual swipes will pack more impact. And my older brothers, both casual players, could never get past the first stage. Tyson's name recognition was never needed, though. I had no qualms with wasting the POW block if I didn't get my way. I happily rediscovered Stinger despite its unfortunate title and packaging (A space ship with boxing gloves? It was so much fun to play that we didn't know many people who cared that it didn't look quite as good as its source material. In a cool adventure gaming twist, you'll need to meet a certain booty (diamonds, not damsels) quota before being able to exit each area, but don't expect a sign reading "Here Be Treasure." It's also the teams and roster customization including the ability to create players, mess with their stats, and pay them a salary. Thankfully, Rad Racer turned out to be a great racing game that was my second-favorite racer of the generation, right after OutRun on the Master System. Don't worry, Fred! But that didn't matter. Thankfully, unlike Nintendo's release of Tetris, Dr. Mario reveled in its two-player glory, and Nintendo's new hit proved not only to be a favorite among puzzle fans, but a game consumed by multi-player purists as well. Before Baseball Stars was released in the summer of 1989, the NES wasn't looked at for its ability to simulate real sports. There really is nothing quite like punching a guy in the gut, jump-kicking him in the face and watching him fall backwards out of a chopper's open side-door, then imagining his terror as he plummets to a watery death in the waves below. Kirby's Adventure was an epic, beautifully colorful swansong for the NES that focused on that new power for its vacuum-suction hero, as Kirby sucked up his foes, swallowed them, and then found that he could wield their signature weapons and powers himself. Astyanax is armed with a massive golden axe which has a unique mechanic attached to it it's linked to a power meter at the bottom of the screen which depletes and refills after every attack. Eventually I did finish it five years after the game was released. One of the NES's premier racing games may have a peculiar title, but we pose this question: would a racer by any other name be quite as rad? But when something isn't broken, you shouldn't attempt to fix it, and Capcom released what was in essence the same experience from the three earlier titles in the series. Nothing wrong with another action/platformer in my book. Above all else, what surprised me most about Rescue Rangers is that it was so fun to play. With Mega Man veterans like Keiji Inafune and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi getting the most out of the technology, Duck Tales proved to be an amazing game in its own right. Another epically popular franchise to this day, Nintendo's Metroid came to the United States in 1987 and immediately floored gamers not only with its slick presentation, interesting protagonist and open world, but from the fact that it was non-linear in nature. Old-school arcade gamers have found and will continue to find a lot to love in any iteration of Mario Bros., but new gamers beware! Unfortunately, this game didn't satisfy everyone. For all of these reasons and more, NES was recently named the best console of all time. Most memorable of all is Tales' peerless soundtrack, particularly the tunes for Transylvania, African Mines, and the Moon. - Craig Harris, IGN Nintendo Executive Editor. 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