Favorite 8-bit original nintendo games?

[cheezus]

I've finally acquired a NES, and I'm planning on building a sizeable collection of classic games (buying a few each month for cheap off ebay)

I've got mario/duckhunt and I've just placed an order for Dr. Mario. What other games should I get?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

1. Castlevania baby!

[Chovexani]

30. A man after my own heart!

Dracula is dead. Long live Dracula. :)

[LynzM]

2. Get Mario 2 and 3, too

And TETRIS!!! :)

[Sandpiper]

3. Tecmo Bowl

Greatest video football game ever!!!

[tcfrogs]

15. YES!!!

We played that forever in college...

[leeman67]

39. to this day, THE best football video game ever made!

[DrWeird]

4. The Legend of Zelda and Metroid.

Nintendo's still pimping those franchises for all their worth.

[cheezus]

6. oh yeah, zelda is near the top of my list

I love those games. Never got into metroid for some reason.

[Kid_A]

8. They're still pimping them because they're stil amazingly good!

The new Metroid and Zelda games are the best games on GameCube.

[DrWeird]

12. Yeah, but can't they do something new?

Seems to be that there's a real lack of originality with Nintendo.

[cheezus]

13. they have lots of original stuff

in fact, they're one of the companies that's an innovator when it comes to new games/technology

as prime examples, I'd pick pikmin and the nintendo DS

that said, if you own the Bond license, and you're going to make a spy movie...

[Chovexani]

31. Well, yeah they can actually.

Animal Crossing
Pikmin
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

And those are just three I can think of off the top of my head. Sorry, that doesn't wash. :shrug:

[cheezus]

14. except for the sailing

so much sailing.

[Kid_A]

21. I agree with you there.

Wind Waker had too much sailing, which was cool at first but by the end of the game. The dungeons were awesome, though.

[cheezus]

24. but there weren't enough

as I recall, the zelda forumla goes 3 minor dungeons, then 5 major ones


still, it was a good game. I like the cell shading (expecially the character expressions)

[Chovexani]

32. It's a moot point once you learn the one song

:shrug: I loved the sailing. I would always mute the TV and play "I'm saiiiiiiiiiling awaaaaaaaaaaay!" whenever I went someplace. :P

Of course, I'm also the only person on planet Earth that not only loved the Gummi Ship in Kingdom Hearts, but sat for hours designing ships, so I guess I'm just weird like that.

[cheezus]

41. if the song could warp to ANY spot, yes

but even with the song you still end up often having to sail 1-3 spaces.

[short bus president]

5. Was Mike Tyson's "Punch Out!" NES or SNES?

I LOVED that game.

Also "Bases Loaded." Cromulent video baseball game, complete with beanballs and brawls. For some reason, though, I'm thinking these were both SNES. I dunno. :shrug:

[cheezus]

7. there was punch out for both

punch out on nes, super punch out on snes (iirc)

quality game. thanks for the tip

[jpgray]

26. Punch Out!! was an awesome game

4'10" and 100 pounds and Little Mac can still beat the shit out of Mike Tyson.

[zbdent]

9. Why bother E-bay?

when any video stores or junk stores probably carry them cheap!

[cheezus]

16. too old for videostores, no selection at pawn shops

on ebay there's any game I want, and they're still pretty cheap.

I'll have to hit the garage sales next summer tho (worked well for the atari2600 collection)

[zbdent]

29. In my area (Cleveland/Akron area), there are numerous

"Game Stop"s (store name) or game resale shops - a lot of these places have old stuff (including the Hollywood Video near my workplace, rented out space to a game seller).

[Chovexani]

34. Try GameStop and Funcoland

Both mall stores, and I have found some real gems there dirt cheap.

[eyesroll]

10. Contra!

The soundtrack sucked, though, so we played G&R in the background.

[cheezus]

17. up up down down left right left right B A start

heh, the only way I could ever beat the first level on that game.

[DrWeird]

18. you forgot select.

up up down down left right left right B A select start.

Greatest code ever.

[jpgray]

20. Select is for two player, I think (nt)

[DrWeird]

22. That's the only way to play Contra.

It was one of the first, if not the first, co-op games out there.

[jpgray]

23. Damn straight (nt)

[GiovanniC]

43. Contra, Definitely

And check out this masterful review of Contra 3.

http://maddox.xmission.com/contra3_owns.html

[jpgray]

11. Ghosts 'n' Goblins, Tecmo (Super) Bowl, and North & South

Aside from those already mentioned here.

[DS1]

19. Ninendo sucks, Sega Master System!!

[Chovexani]

33. Get out of our thread fanboy!

Go play Night Trap on SegaCD. :evilgrin:

[DemWitch]

25. Vegas Dreams

I played for 30 hours straight once...

No, no gambling problem here...

[PVnRT]

27. Tecmo Super Bowl

I managed to get to the playoffs with every team except the Patriots on that game.

[Endangered Specie]

28. Tetris 2.

[Deja Q]

35. Super Mario Bros!!!

None of their other games really did it for me, though the Simpsons ones came close...

Nothing beats Yar's Revenge though (atari 2600) or the Shadow of the Beast series (Amiga)

[mark414]

36. bubble bobble is classic!

[Chovexani]

37. Ninja Gaiden

Fuck the X-Box version. :P I also second, third or whatever all the Legend of Zelda and Super Mario 3 recs. Super Mario 2 sucks (it's actually a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic that they just stuck Mario characters in). It's only worth playing for the history lesson.

You GOTTA get Bubble Bobble. It's a totally addictive game, and the damn cartridge is indestructible--everyone I know with an NES since childhood, self included, says it's the only original NES cart they have that still works.

Final Fantasy. Though it hasn't aged terribly well, it's still a damn fun game, and worth playing just for the history lesson. However if you have a GBA, you may want to hold off and pick up Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls when it comes out in November. It's a cart with Final Fantasy 1 & 2 with upgraded graphics and sound, spiffed up gameplay, and extra dungeons.

River City Ransom. And don't forget the cheesy goodness of Bad Dudes.

Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?! :D

[Xavi]

38. Video games

God, what I wouldn't give to re-set my NES up

Here's some good ones:

Trog
Bubble Bobble
Adventures of Lolo

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

40. Legend of Zelda!

It is a sin not to buy Zelda if you have an NES!

Oh, and try half.com for games. it's a branch of E-bay but there's no bidding. There's really great prices.

[cheezus]

42. thanks for the tip, i haden't even considered half

but I'm surfing over there right now.