Classic Nintendo Games...Your Favs?

[Avenger]

so heres the thing. im going to be startin this weekly column at my site...toocubed.com ...ever week there will be a new mini review of a classic game that deserves to be recognized...these will be to inform classic gamers that there was in fact games before Halo...you know the kinda people...

these have to be games that revolutionized the way people thought of games, and to this day still inspire gamers, and game creators a like

obviously i have started work on the Zelda series and Mario series...

i think this will be a great way to inform people of how games today came to be, and i think itll be a fun little project

so what games would you want to see mini reviews of?

note: there will be no actual review/scores for these games...this is mearly to inform the masses of games they probably havent even tried, and to get more people interested in classic gaming

[imanerd0011]

Here are a few classic NES games that not to many youngsters would know about :
Crystalis
Faxanadu
Battle of Olympus
Bionic Commando
Little Samson


Then there are always the famous games that you could review :
Super Mario Bros. 1-3
Contra
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Final Fantasy
Duck Tales 1,2
and countless others

[suppafly]

It´d be great to let new gamers about some NES games like:

* River City Ransom
* Clash at demonhead
* Double Dragon 2
* Faxanadu

[SMB]

Here are a few classic NES games that not to many youngsters would know about :
Crystalis
Faxanadu
Battle of Olympus
Bionic Commando
Little Samson

Great Games :)

[Kilik Kurosawa]

Castlevania series
Fester's Quest
Kid Icarus
Boy and his Blob
Baseball Stars
Metroid
Life Force
Fanxanadu is a must
Megaman
Ninja Gaiden Series
Super Dodge Ball
Trojan
Rush n Attack
River City Ransom
Wrecking Crew
and more

[MegaDrive20XX]

hmmm

CastleVania
CastleVania 2: Simon's Quest
CastleVania 3: Dracula's Curse (RIPS EVERYONE A NEW ONE!)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master(Capcom goodness)
Gargoyle's Quest 2: The Demon Darkness (Only true hardcore NES fans know the Red Blaze/Firebrand)
MIGHTY Final Fight (Best reason to own an NES)
Dr. Mario
River City Ransom
GI Joe: The Atlantis Factor (Capcom goodness)
Gunsmoke
Kirby's Adventure (ugh, did I mention how SWEET this game was?)
Wario's Woods (Personal fav of mine :D )
Mega Man 1-6 (Pick one, anyone! They have their charms!)
Hudson's Adventure Island (shear classic)
Metroid! come on! how could you forget it??
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ultra Games baby!)
BAD Dudes (DATA EAST give up some love!)
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden 3: The Acient Ship of Doom (All three, if you please)
Kung Fu (Ha..ha..ha.ha...)
Dragon Warrior IV (woot)
Gradius
Life Force
Super C
Contra


I could name some more...but I think I can get a little help from my friendly NES-fanatics around here on DP

[Avenger]

all those are great choices...i guess i gave the wrong impresson...by saying Ninteno i ment all classic nintendo systems, not just the NES...but whatever i love the picks so far :D

[MegaDrive20XX]

all those are great choices...i guess i gave the wrong impresson...by saying Ninteno i ment all classic nintendo systems, not just the NES...but whatever i love the picks so far :D

Well that's the horse of a different color then!

Lemme link ya my good man!

N64 Favorites ~~> http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43365

What happened?? Can someone fix this thread? its all jumbled :(

[Nesmaster]

lol at this thread in its state right now. as for classics, mostly everything said already :P ;)

[classicb]

Tecmo Super Bowl let all those Madden kids know where it started

[atari_wizard]

mike tyson's punch out
karnov
contra
ninja gaiden I
wrecking crew
mega man I-VI
Metroid
double dragon
adventure island
smb

[max 330 mega]

shadow of the ninja
kid klown
adventure island 2
bubble bobble
rainbow islands
bubble bobble 2
snow bros.
mega man 2
1942

[XxMe2NiKxX]

1942, Final Fantasy, Rad Racer, Gunforce, Super Star Fox, Starfox 2B, Super Bomberman series, Marble madness...

[lendelin]

Blaster Master
Blaster Master
Blaster Master

[whoisKeel]

no love for fire 'n ice ? :(

[EnemyZero]

bubble bobble, mario RPG, paper mario, earthbound....i can name games for ever

[Cauterize]

Maniac Mansion!

[o2william]

Looks like everybody's got the NES pretty well covered, so here are some non-NES suggestions.

Arcade-wise, don't forget about Donkey Kong, DK Jr. and Mario Bros. Radarscope might be worth mentioning, although it's just a so-so game.

The Game & Watch series is always an interesting topic when discussing Nintendo history.

And don't forget the Game Boy! Tetris, Mario's Picross, the Mario/Wario games, and Metroid II are good ones. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is my personal favorite, although it's by Konami and not Nintendo.

[nesgamer]

Looks like everybody's got the NES pretty well covered, so here are some non-NES suggestions.

And don't forget the Game Boy! Tetris, Mario's Picross, the Mario/Wario games, and Metroid II are good ones. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is my personal favorite, although it's by Konami and not Nintendo.

I could play Tetris for hours.

[EricRyan34]

ZELDA! CONTRA! MARIOS!

[atomicthumbs]

Here's a list of not-so-mainstream games (WITH LINKS (http://jimmydean.com/product_flp.asp)):

Section Z (http://www.vgmuseum.com/pics/sectionz.html)
Raid on Bungeling Bay (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/raidonbb.html)
Kickle Cubicle (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/kickle.html)
Stealth ATF (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/stealthATF.html)
Tiger-Heli (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/tigerheli.html)
Dragon Warrior (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/dwarrior1.html)


Oh! Of course I couldn't leave without plugging THIS ONE (http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/bcomando.html) to death... Again.

[vintagegamecrazy]

All of the popular classics have been mentioned countless times in this thread. Let me suggest some of the rare and obscure greats.

Qix -Phenominal mind game
Puzzinc -same
Pyramid -AVE- An awsome tetris clone except this time it has triangles, graphics on par with tengen tetris and rocking music too. If you haven't tried this then you owe it to yourself.

Micro Machines
Treasure Island Dizzy series
Linus Space head
RC Pro Am 1 and 2
Snow Bros
Bubble bobble Series
Magician
Bonk
Pac Mania
Super Sprint
Treasure Master

And Kudos for Fester's Quest. That is one of my favorite games along with Pyramid

[atomicthumbs]

RC Pro Am 1 and 2


Shit! I didn't even know that there was a "2"! I'll have to get one (hope it's not rare)!

[Escape•From•Jenny•Island]

The Guardian Legend
Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Jackal
Hudson's Adventure Island
Hudson's Adventure Island II
Hudson's Adventure Island III
Crystalis
Ikari Warriors
River City Ransom
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Metal Gear
Snake's Revenge
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden Episode II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden Episode III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest IV
Final Fantasy
DuckTales
DuckTales 2
Contra
Contra Force
Super C

Noone Mentioned: StarTropics or StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Metroid
Kid Icarus
The Adventures of LoLo
The Adventures of LoLo 2
The Adventures of LoLo 3
Kirby's Adventure
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Wrecking Crew
Dr. Mario
GumShoe
DuckHunt
(Nintendo) Tetris

[Kamino]

RC Pro Am 1 and 2


Shit! I didn't even know that there was a "2"! I'll have to get one (hope it's not rare)!
HAAHAAHAHA
well its no air raid, or even chase the chuck wagon, or panzer dragoon saga, but GL finding one for under 15-20....i paid 24 for mine without blinking, but i got 7 for the box dragging it down to 17..then again i got it in person and i had $455 of store credit to burn in the space of four and a half hours 8-)
But i'd say for damn good games:
Punch out!!!, Contra, Gradius, Tengen Tetris, seicross...
games that are lesser known:
Fire N Ice, Kickle Cubicle, Thunder N Lightning....
Personally i always thought bucky o hare was pretty damn cool*ducks*
Maniac mansion too.

[Hep038]

http://www.myimgs.com/data/downfall/halo.jpg


How about this game avenger. :P

[XxMe2NiKxX]

THat's a pretty bad game, just like the x-box version...

[Lord Contaminous]

http://www.myimgs.com/data/downfall/halo.jpg


How about this game avenger. :P

That is teh funniest shit I've seen all freakin day! LOL

[Hep038]

Yeah Downfall did a kick ass job on this Mock up. I sent it to some of my Non-classic gaming friends and even they loved it.

[Sibs]

Don't forget to add:

Final Fantasy-NES
Final Fantasy II(IV)-SNES
Final Fantasy III(VI)-SNES

Some people just don't realize that there were good Final Fantasy games before VII.