Classic NES games

[Compnewbie01]

After watching that marimba google video thing (posted here) of the Mario NES songs, I started thinking about how much I enjoyed that system and how great the games were back in the day and they could even be fun today! Really an example of how the games make the console. I wonder what you all think are the classic games. I only remember the three Marios, duck hunt, and some dragon game. So, list away!

 

[Chompman]

FF1 and dragons quest 1 were uber...

Not much else really since snes was were I had the most fun.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I played Tetris for hours on end.

 

[Compnewbie01]

I am thinking about dusting off my NES and buying some games on eBay (cheap!) just because it seems like a neat idea.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Compnewbie01
After watching that marimba google video thing (posted here) of the Mario NES songs, I started thinking about how much I enjoyed that system and how great the games were back in the day and they could even be fun today! Really an example of how the games make the console. I wonder what you all think are the classic games. I only remember the three Marios, duck hunt, and some dragon game. So, list away!

probably dragon warrior... i remember nintento power magazine offering a package with that game, like the game and a guide book or something... thats how i got it. jeez, that was like 20 years ago.

 

[xboxist]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: Compnewbie01
After watching that marimba google video thing (posted here) of the Mario NES songs, I started thinking about how much I enjoyed that system and how great the games were back in the day and they could even be fun today! Really an example of how the games make the console. I wonder what you all think are the classic games. I only remember the three Marios, duck hunt, and some dragon game. So, list away!

probably dragon warrior... i remember nintento power magazine offering a package with that game, like the game and a guide book or something... thats how i got it. jeez, that was like 20 years ago.

I remember that deal. God, it was so great. An entire GAME, if you subscribed to NP. Not even parents could refuse that.

For a couple of years there, receiving my NP in the mail was almost like a religious experience. I would so completely look forward to it each time of that month. If it didn't come, I was so disappointed. Coming home from school with a new NP waiting was the best thing ever when I was about 10.

Technically, the magazine was fairly bad. But you didn't care or even notice back then. That's what makes childhood so great.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: xboxist

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: Compnewbie01
After watching that marimba google video thing (posted here) of the Mario NES songs, I started thinking about how much I enjoyed that system and how great the games were back in the day and they could even be fun today! Really an example of how the games make the console. I wonder what you all think are the classic games. I only remember the three Marios, duck hunt, and some dragon game. So, list away!

probably dragon warrior... i remember nintento power magazine offering a package with that game, like the game and a guide book or something... thats how i got it. jeez, that was like 20 years ago.

I remember that deal. God, it was so great. An entire GAME, if you subscribed to NP. Not even parents could refuse that.

For a couple of years there, receiving my NP in the mail was almost like a religious experience. I would so completely look forward to it each time of that month. If it didn't come, I was so disappointed. Coming home from school with a new NP waiting was the best thing ever when I was about 10.

Technically, the magazine was fairly bad. But you didn't care or even notice back then. That's what makes childhood so great.

i remember when they started breaking the news of the SNES in NP..... man!!! so exciting.. that and getting to see what games were coming out.... memories.... i feel priveledged to have been my age when that all went down... I got my nintendo when it first came out, literally, and I was barely old enough to comprehend what it was... it was the shizzle, is what it was... duck hunt with the gun, gyromite with the bot... ROB....

 

[xboxist]

Oh, and to stay on-topic... some games that I really enjoyed off the top of my head:

Battletoads
TMNT
Cystalis
Kid Icarus
Metroid
Mega Man 2 and 3
Final Fantasy 1
Strider
Legendary Wings
Contra
Zelda 1 and 2
Rad Racer (LOL at that name)

 

[PsharkJF]

FF1 ftw

In other words, the game that shows you just how easy the subsequent games have gotten.

Others:
Tecmo Super Bowl
Megaman series
Bubble Bobble
Duck Hunt
Basewars

 

[crownjules]

Double Dragon
Ninja Gaiden

 

[cKGunslinger]

I was just watching a speed demo of someone finishing "The Legend of Zelda" in 20-minutes and thinking about the weeks it took me to finish it the first time. That game, and Dragon Warrior, and FFI were awesome.

 

[Mavrick007]

Hehe I have a speed demo of someone completing Super Mario 3 in like 11 minutes. I couldn't believe it.