Famicom Top 30 list [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

Anonymous

11-30-2003, 08:41 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6084624.html

Here's the list, as voted by people polled by the exhibit's organizers:

1. Dragon Quest III, Enix, 1437 votes
2. Super Mario Brothers, Nintendo, 1420 votes
3. Mario Brothers, Nintendo, 887 votes
4. The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, 838 votes
5. Dragon Quest, Enix, 770 votes
6. Dragon Quest II, Enix, 753 votes
7. Final Fantasy III, Square, 614 votes
8. Dragon Quest IV, Enix, 604 votes
9. Xevious, Namco, 590 votes
10. Ice Climber, Nintendo, 543 votes
11. Balloon Fight, Nintendo, 461 votes
12. Super Mario Brothers 3, Nintendo, 456 votes
13. Spelunker, Irem, 449 votes
14. Excitebike, Nintendo, 424 votes
15. Kung Fu, Nintendo and Irem, 423 votes
16. Tower of Druaga, Namco, 416 votes
17. Stinger, Konami, 378 votes
18. Earthbound, Nintendo, 369 votes
19. Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, Enix, 354 votes
20. Super Mario Brothers, Nintendo, 347 votes
21. Mappy, Namco, 346 votes
22. Lode Runner, Hudson, 339 votes
23. Goonies 2, Konami, 338 votes
24. Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom), Technos Japan, 327 votes
25. Bomberman, Hudson, 313 votes
26. Milon's Secret Castle, Hudson, 305 votes
27. Gradius, Konami, 299 votes
28. Gal Force, HAL Laboratory, 294 votes
29. Metroid, Nintendo, 286 votes
30. Kirby's Adventure, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, 281 votes

It's nice to see some recognition from games like Balloon Fight and Goonies 2.

jaydubnb

11-30-2003, 09:23 PM

lol...How the hell did Kung Fu place so high?

pango

11-30-2003, 09:33 PM

First of all Downtown Nekketsu Ganbaru Dunk Heroes needs to be on it.

Anonymous

11-30-2003, 09:45 PM

You mean number 24?

Dr. Morbis

11-30-2003, 10:20 PM

lol...How the hell did Kung Fu place so high?

Kung Fu RULES!!! I absolutely love that game. My question is how did Spelunker rate so high?

jaydubnb

11-30-2003, 10:21 PM

24 is just River City Ransom. Sounds as if he was referring to one of the many Kunio sports games.

Anonymous

11-30-2003, 11:48 PM

Ah, thank you. Is there a whole series of 'River City' games?

jaydubnb

12-01-2003, 12:31 AM

Yup.

Theres als dodgeball, baseball, soccer, a track and field type game, and I believe an ice hockey game.

The Super Famicom baseball game was pretty asstacular but Super Dodgeball rocks the house 8-)

Ed Oscuro

12-01-2003, 09:12 AM

...Interesting. I guess I can't feel so bad about not knowing about all the lesser known titles from later on since it appears these folks don't either :P

An' why the heck IS Spelunker on that list? O_o

Scoots

12-01-2003, 10:03 AM

What's the point of the top 30 Famicom games when the list is primarily stuff that was also available on the NES? You'd think they'd want to rank the best games that were never released in the US...

I actually have Tower of Druaga coming in the mail from Japan some time this week with some other Famicom carts, can't wait!

Anonymous

12-01-2003, 10:51 AM

I think the main reason is that the list came from Japan. In the article, it explains that there is a 20 year retrospective with all 1200 famicom games on display. The poll was done by the exhibitors, in Tokyo.

Scoots

12-01-2003, 11:05 AM

I know, but I don't have to like it. :P