Best games to start a NES collection with?

[Nico87]

Well, won a CIB NES Action Set auction last night for $28, so obviously need some games. What would be maybe the 10 best games to start a collection with? You can include the obvious games in your list aswell.

[kaedesdisciple]

Congrats on the pickup. Search is your friend, enjoy!

Top 5 thread:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-50859.html

Underrated thread:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-16803.html

No Mario, Zelda, Mega Man or Metroid:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107896

[NESGamer24]

SMB
SMB 3
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Tecmo Super Bowl
Metroid
Legend of Zelda
Ninja Gaiden 2
Double Dragon 2
Ninja Turtles (any)
Paperboy

[NCN]

Based on nothing more than games I enjoyed above all else (and excluding the SMB/Zelda options):

Super C
Punch Out!
Little Nemo
StarTropics
Double Dragon
Wizards & Warriors
Bignose the Caveman
Bionic Commando
Castlevania
Ghostbusters II

[Oobgarm]

Ones that work, I'd say. No sense in collecting broken ones.

[Mason P.]

Other than the Mario/Zelda's

Solar Jetman
Contra
Double Dragon 2
Final Fantasy
Metroid
RC Pro-Am
Mike Tysons Punch-Out
Ninja Gaiden
Rescue Rangers
Duck Tails

[NESGamer24]

Other than the Mario/Zelda's

Solar Jetman
Contra
Double Dragon 2
Final Fantasy
Metroid
RC Pro-Am
Mike Tysons Punch-Out
Ninja Gaiden
Rescue Rangers
Duck Tails

Yeah Add Resuce Rangers to my list too. Fun game.

[Joe West]

start a nes collection, get the expense ones first......then the other 600 will be easy.........

[sav127]

couple I couldn't live without


Tecmo NBA basketball
Championship Bowling
Blaster Master


And they're all cheap

[Nico87]

How's collecting CIB games through eBay? Seems like there are ALOT more cart-only NES games there than for any newer system.

[Mason P.]

start a nes collection, get the expense ones first......then the other 600 will be easy.........

is funny you said that. It is exactly what I did (minus stadium events). I got bubble bobble 2 and Flintstones 2 at about the 150 mark in the collection as well as all the other B+ to to A+ games on the Etler list. My reason was they was they wouldn't get any easier to get and they would only get more expensive.

[Superman]

How's collecting CIB games through eBay? Seems like there are ALOT more cart-only NES games there than for any newer system.

There are a lot more cartridge only games for the NES because the boxes for them were made of paper. The boxes are damaged more easily and many people don't want to save paper boxes.

Newer systems have plastic boxes, which makes the games (which are also disks now) more protected.

[Nico87]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bubble-Bobble-Part-2-COMPLETE-CIB-Nintendo-NES_W0QQitemZ290281382364QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_ Games_Games?hash=item290281382364&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 :(

[leicamaster]

Racketboy.com has a good list and prices. Its a great website (not better than this) but good.

[thunderkid]

Kirbys Adventure is a good one to have. Also Bubble Bobble.

[MachineGex]

Good two player fun:
Micro Machines (one of the best games ever)
RC ProAm 2(not as popular as it should be)
Dr. Mario
Bubble Bobble
Sports:
RBI Baseball, Baseball Stars, Baseball Sim. 1.000, Tecmo S. Bowl
Others:
Solar Jetman, S. Mario 1-3, Zelda, Solomon's Key

[Insaneclown]

All I have to say is...

Double Dragon II

I own 6 sealed copies and 2 used copies. The best game EvEr! You...you can never have enough...DDII. I'm Lovin It!!!

[Trebuken]

Everyone so far is giving lists...ignore them...respectfully...

The virtue of the NES is that many games are cheap, and you can't go wrong. Just buy the first games you come across. Your bound to find some great classic games and you'll find some you never knew about. You'll enjoy them all, just some will stay with you longer...

[StakeRaiser]

Guardian Legend

[A Black Falcon]

Everyone so far is giving lists...ignore them...respectfully...

The virtue of the NES is that many games are cheap, and you can't go wrong. Just buy the first games you come across. Your bound to find some great classic games and you'll find some you never knew about. You'll enjoy them all, just some will stay with you longer...

That is good advice. It'll likely lead you to getting some not-so-good games too, but given how cheap NES games are, that's not much of a problem... but the system just has such a massive library of good games that there's a huge amount of stuff out there worth getting.

[apogee_vgc]

I agree, when casually collecting NES just let the games find you, unless there are any you really must have right away.

[Aussie2B]

It kind of depends on how you're collecting. If you're going out to thrift stores and flea markets and such, yeah, buy what you come across, but if he's acquiring his games through eBay, then it makes sense to have specific titles to search for.

I'll follow the crowd and leave out the no-brainer Mario games and such:

Crystalis
Dragon Spirit
Batman
StarTropics (get the sequel if you like it)
Castlevania III (or start with the first one and get to this later)
Cabal
Maniac Mansion
Shatterhand
Stinger
Goonies II

[BIGMIKE]

if u don't get Rygar I will hunt u down........

[ShinobiMan]

Super Mario 3
Batman
Mega Man 2
Castlevania 3
Ninja Gaiden
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
Punch Out
Metroid
Legend Of Zelda
Shadowgate

[KingGhidorah]

I'm not being at all snide(not trying to be), download the roms and play through them. Then you have a good idea of what is fun if you weren't there back in the day.

Anyway my top 10:
1.Mega Man 2
2.Double Dragon
3.Final Fantasy
4.Metroid
5.Ninja Gaiden 2
6.Pirates!
7.SMB3
8.Ultima:Quest of the Avatar
9.Nobunaga's Ambition
10.Godzilla(or sub in your favorite license.)
If you aren't a strategey or RPG fan substitute River City Ransom for FF, TeenageMNT 2 or 3 for Pirates!, 1943 for Ultima, and Galaga or Q*Bert for Nobunaga's Ambition. I recommend getting strat/RPG games CIB, it adds alot.

[Ajax]

Duck hunt. Just because it is cool to have when people come over. Everyone knows duck hunt and the controls are easy enough even for the drunkest person.

[Mnemonic]

SMB 3
Castlevania III
Startropics (747!!!)
Tetris
Final Fantasy
Dragon Warrior I-IV
Battletoads