Top 50 Nintendo NES Games

[captain nintendo]

baseball stars
super tecmo bowl
metroid
castlevania
zelda
super dodge ball

yes there are alot of great rpgs as well but this is my short list.

by the way, i still enjoy baseball stars so much, i think it is better than most baseball games produced today.

[jose.yoshitake]

PUT:

Gyruss
PinBot (or High Speed)
Rad Racer
Dr. Mario
Golgo 13
TMNT 2
Isolated Warrior
Burai Fighter
Blades of Steel
Super Spike Volleyball

DROP:

Archon
Chip'n'Dale
Goonies 2
Ice Hockey
Little Ninja Brothers
Pac-Mania
Pirates!
Wizards & Warriors

[irata]

Just wanted to second (sometimes third) the recommendations of
RC Pro AM
Gyruss
Super Dodge Ball
Tecmo Bowl or Superbowl - Either one

To this day though I would much rather play plain ol' Ice Hockey over Blades of Steel any day of the week.

And leave Kickle Cubicle on there. Same with Goonies 2 but keep Karnov far away from this list. Like back in Russia.

I don't mean any disrespect but Skate or Die is far superior to T&C. Always has been, always will. It was truly the predecessor to the Tony Hawk series.

[King_Collector]

wheres mario brothers 3?!

[-J-]

i only have teenage mutant ninja turtles and total recall they are great games one of them should be on the list.

[digitalpress]

i only have teenage mutant ninja turtles and total recall they are great games one of them should be on the list.

You're kidding, right? First of all if those are the only two games you have, you really need to EXPLORE this system. Second, Total Recall belongs on a "worst of" list. You'd probably really dig the NES if you tried a few of the games on the current top 50 list! Go forth and conquer. But please leave Total Recall out of it.

[Zubiac666]

i only have teenage mutant ninja turtles and total recall they are great games one of them should be on the list.

You're kidding, right? First of all if those are the only two games you have, you really need to EXPLORE this system. Second, Total Recall belongs on a "worst of" list. You'd probably really dig the NES if you tried a few of the games on the current top 50 list! Go forth and conquer. But please leave Total Recall out of it.

total recall? uuhhh
then u can add "Back to future" as well *pukes into corner*

back to topic:
delete "Solar jetman" (although it's a good game)
and add "Galaga"

[digitalpress]

wheres mario brothers 3?!

It's "Super Mario Brothers 3"... and it's on the list already!

[jgenotte]

I am new to the forum, so forgive me if I am overstepping my bounds. NES is far and away my favorite system: Tons o Fun! I suggest a new list be made from the suggestions of the people. I have complied a list using a formula: plus 1 for agreements and minus 1 for disagreements. There were 25 clear winners and i personally chose the last 25 rom the "+1" ties. Listed below are the top 50 games and their scores.

6 Shadowgate
6 Tecmo Super Bowl
5 RC Pro Am
4 Castlevania 1
4 Super Dodge Ball
4 Super Mario Brothers 3
3 Baseball Stars
3 Kid Icarus
3 Legend of Zelda
3 Mega Man 2
3 Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
3 Ninja Gaiden 1
2 Blades of Steel
2 Dr. Mario
2 Excitebike
2 Final Fantasy
2 Galaga
2 Ghosts and Gobblins
2 Gyrus
2 Karnov
2 Legend of Zelda 2
2 Life Force
2 Mega Man 3
2 Metroid
2 Rad Racer
1 Base Wars
1 Battletoads
1 Contra 1
1 Contra 2
1 Double Dragon 2
1 Dragon Warrior 1
1 Dragon Warrior 4
1 Duck Hunt
1 Jackal
1 Kid Niki
1 Kings of the Beach
1 Kung Fu
1 Metal Gear
1 Micro Machines
1 River City Ransom
1 Skate or Die 2
1 Spy Hunter
1 Star Tropics
1 Super Off Road
1 Super Spike Volleyball
1 Tetris (Tengen)
1 Tigel Helli
1 Castlevania 3
1 Ninja Gaiden 2
1 Super Mario Brothers 1


there you have it. PS: below are my approvals and addition suggestions (and yes they were counted in the above list).

Karnov
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tiger Helli
Jackal
Contra
Tetris (either one)
Super Mario 1
Super Mario 3
Mega Man 2
RC Pro Am
Final Fantasy
Exctite Bike
Super Dodge Ball
Base Wars
Dragon Warrior 4
Metriod


I hope most people agree with most of the my top 50.

[Dr. Morbis]

You're list looks good. Thanks for taking the initiative. Somebody had to do this because theaveng won't be updating the list anytime soon. The problem with the nes is that there are SO MANY good games. You will never ever get a list that everyone will even remotely agree to. This system is the king of closet classics. One person might have a game at #5 that most others haven't even played.

My only complaint is that it's not alphabetical. It makes it really tough to look for individual games.

Good job with the compilation though

[Rev. Link]

Whoa, no Zelda II? Blasphemy! I know it wasn't the greatest game in the series, but it's still Zelda! Drop Archon or Ice Hockey or Burgertime for Zelda II, please!

[whoisKeel]

#1 Star Voyager lol, joking, i still don't get this game

i vote shadowgate again, i didn't think it was too hard as i beat it as a kid
drop freaking wizards and warriors, i played the hell out of it as a kid, but the game is just weak now (look at this for laugh and nostalga of the game http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/useless.htm )

spy hunter ( true, not a good port, but i actually prefer this over the arcade)
dr. mario

[studmixer]

Hello everyone, just joined your awesome site!!

Although my favorite games are kinda easy, I still think they should make the llist.

Klax
Elevator Action
Burgertime

I dunno, I have liked burgertime since Intellivision!

Take care!!

[pango]

In my opinion the Kunio Nekketsu series were the greatest to ever hit the greatest 8-bit system of all time.

[bensenvill]

Perhaps it would be easier to appease people if the list was rephrased to something like "Top 50 games that made NES great". While I am a die hard Maniac Mansion fan, it pales in the comparision to the pc version (and there are others like Pirates! and especially tetris, every system had tetris).

Games that need to be listed are
Paperboy
Tecmo bowl
Dr Mario
Spy Hunter
TMNT2
punch out
excite bike

if it was up to me I'd also have
Pipe Dream but thats me

[adaml]

Predator.

[eze]

I think spy hunter should defenantly be in there. Also, menace beach/sunday funday is a really fun game if anyones played it. The simpsons series was a lot of fun as well.

[charitycasegreg]

Gotta have Super Mario 3 at #1. It was the highest selling game ever made right? And its one of the most fun games ever. Ducktales is fun. That should be high. The megaman games are awesome too. They should be 20 or better.

[originalnesmaster]

i think you can eliminate like 15 off your list and come up with some much better replacements. get rid of archon, journey to silus and some others. one of the best games to ever come out for nintendo is R.C. Pro-Am 2 it's too bad it's kind of rare but 4 players with this game is the best game on nintendo or even one player. the lolo series are fun, and dr. mario is great. tecmo bowl should be in there, mike tyson punch-out, star tropics is highly underrated and a few others.

[NintendoMan]

Definatley Rad Racer and Zelda 2 Adventure of Link. Maybe even Bionic Commando!