10 classic video games from the 80's that most of Millennials probably haven’t played

[brianmanahan]

Also, they did not age well.

mega man 2's music and gameplay have definitely aged well

 

[CraKaJaX]

mega man 2's music and gameplay have definitely aged well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMKWJ5e1kg

Another classic

 

[Fanatical Meat]

What was the name of the Cop game that had twisted criminals you had to chase down in an overhead car view, then once captured you had to make them "confess" by hitting buttons & wiggling the stick to shake the criminal before the commissioner walked down the basement stairs? Mid to late 80s arcade game.

 

[clamum]

Bubble Bobble
Wrecking Crew
Contra
Adventures of Lolo
Castlevania
Lode Runner
Mega Man 2
Tecmo Bowl
Double Dragon
Ninja Gaiden

Blah.

Highlighted the ones I'm pretty sure I've played (I'm on edge of Millennials, 32). "Bubble Bobble" was absolutely amazing. LOVE THAT GAME.

 

[Schfifty Five]

http://www.cheatsheet.com/technolog...ls-probably-havent-played.html/?ref=YF&tpl=op



Contra, Double Dragons, Ninja Gaiden, and Techmo Bowl are my favorites. Ah, the 80's, so much fun and carefree.

WTF do websites make you click/scroll through lists now? So f'n annoying.

To top it off, after clicking past the first game, I get a pop up window (yes I have pop up blocked and ad block enabled) that i have to close before I can see the 2nd game. Done w/ that shit.

 

[ControlD]

I have only played three of those games on the list (Contra, Lode Runner and Tecmo Bowl) but I only played the arcade version of Contra. I sort of missed out on most of the NES stuff because I was just a tick too old to have one and I think I was busy playing sports and chasing girls at that time. And I guess I was already a computer gamer by then. We played the hell out of Tecmo Bowl in college though.

 

[IronWing]

Bubble Bobble
Wrecking Crew
Contra
Adventures of Lolo
Castlevania
Lode Runner
Mega Man 2
Tecmo Bowl
Double Dragon
Ninja Gaiden

Blah.

I'm 0/10 on your list. I must be retaining my youth.

 

[ControlD]

I'm 0/10 on your list. I must be retaining my youth.

Yeah, if I were making such a list it would look quite different as well. For me, the best classic games are all arcade games.

 

[SunnyD]

Played all of them except Wrecking Crew. Fuck, I've never even HEARD of that game, and I'm from the era.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

If I had to pick my top 10 games from the 80s, they'd be, in no specific order

1. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out on NES
2. Double Dragon on Arcade
3. Shinobi on Arcade
4. Super Mario 3 on NES
5. Ninja Gaiden on NES
6. Zaxxon on Arcade
7. Tecmo Super Bowl on NES
8. Karateka on Commodore 64
9. Shogun on Commodore 64
10. Flightmare on DOS

Honorable mention: Tetris on Game Boy, Galaga on arcade, Simon's Quest on NES

 

[Possessed Freak]

List should be called

10 NES Titles.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Double Dragon, Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Super Bowl, and Simon's Quest had such great soundtracks too

 

[flexy]

Just LINKING to those "click for next page" "minimal content on one page for more ads" should be a punishable offense. Seriously I HATE those types of websites, I never click "next" to get to the next page and for sure not 10 times. Effing annoying.

 

[JTsyo]

What a terrible list... (missing are
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders
Empire Strikes Back
River Raid
Asteroids
Pitfall
Defender
Frogger
Berzerk
Yars Revenge


Super Mario Bothers 3
The Legend of Zelda
Mike Tysons Punchout
Super Tecmo Bowl
RBI Baseball
Ice Hockey
Blades of Steel
Pro Wrestling
1943
gradius
Bionic Commando
Guerilla Wars
Iron Tank

Where's Metal Gear?

 

[mrjminer]

I've played 7 / 10. Never heard of Wrecking Crew.

Anyways, wtf no StarTropics

 

[Mixolydian]

stupid list is stupid

 

[Ichinisan]

I'm bumping this thread...

1. because I missed it before.
2. because I need to brag that I can complete Ninja Gaiden (and have done so recently).

 

[Svnla]

I'm bumping this thread...

1. because I missed it before.
2. because I need to brag that I can complete Ninja Gaiden (and have done so recently).

Without the "slow down" controller or any other trick? I did have to use the "slow down" controller to beat the final boss.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Where the term "Beast Mode" originated.

 

[Ichinisan]

Without the "slow down" controller or any other trick? I did have to use the "slow down" controller to beat the final boss.

???

I thought there's maybe a couple games ever that work correctly with a slow-mo controller (the type of controller that rapidly auto-fires the start/pause button). It's a 50/50 chance that you'll press an action button like jump or attack while the game is paused and it won't register the button-down event. So, no, I don't use turbo...though I *do* use an NES Advantage joystick that has turbo capability, the turbo functions stay off because they don't help me.

My only trick is to die on Jaquio's second form and fight my way back, preserving the last spin-slash item without collecting any other item that would replace it. It defeats Jaquio in 1-2 hits. You lose the item when you have to fight the next form. I can do that one without the item cheat, but I usually die there and have to replay the last third of the game for a third time to get back to him. I've got most of the enemy patterns down pretty well, so it's not very difficult for me to play my way back to Jaquio from Malth ("Mars?") a few times.

 

[local]

Half those games suck, this is a stupid list.

 

[olds]

I've played 0 of those games

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Most of these are available as downloadable titles. Or have been remastered, remade, updated.

Bubble Bobble
Contra
Adventures of Lolo
Castlevania
Lode Runner

25 and I've played 5/10.

What a terrible list... (missing are
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders
Empire Strikes Back
River Raid
Asteroids
Pitfall
Defender
Frogger
Berzerk
Yars Revenge


Super Mario Bothers 3
The Legend of Zelda
Mike Tysons Punchout
Super Tecmo Bowl
RBI Baseball
Ice Hockey
Blades of Steel
Pro Wrestling
1943
gradius
Bionic Commando
Guerilla Wars
Iron Tank

The point is never played. Everyone knows Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, etcetcetcetc.

 

[Svnla]

???

I thought there's maybe a couple games ever that work correctly with a slow-mo controller (the type of controller that rapidly auto-fires the start/pause button). It's a 50/50 chance that you'll press an action button like jump or attack while the game is paused and it won't register the button-down event. So, no, I don't use turbo...though I *do* use an NES Advantage joystick that has turbo capability, the turbo functions stay off because they don't help me.

My only trick is to die on Jaquio's second form and fight my way back, preserving the last spin-slash item without collecting any other item that would replace it. It defeats Jaquio in 1-2 hits. You lose the item when you have to fight the next form. I can do that one without the item cheat, but I usually die there and have to replay the last third of the game for a third time to get back to him. I've got most of the enemy patterns down pretty well, so it's not very difficult for me to play my way back to Jaquio from Malth ("Mars?") a few times.

This is what I am talking about, the slow button to slow down the whole game when I faced the final boss in Ninja Gaiden on the NES. I think it was $50 or so then (a lot of money for a young buck like me then).

 

[local]

This is what I am talking about, the slow button to slow down the whole game when I faced the final boss in Ninja Gaiden on the NES. I think it was $50 or so then (a lot of money for a young buck like me then).

I have one of those sitting in my closet. Only way I could beat Back to the Future.