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    Given I'd probably only know as much as I saw on the back of the boxes, or maybe an in-store display.....Maybe Sega Master System. It had the 3D and arcade games I liked at the time like Outrun. However, by 1986 Metroid and Zelda were out on the NES. It would be a toss-up, without significant knowledge.

    One thing's for sure, no chance I'd pick the 7800, the graphics alone being an easy reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg2600 View Post
    However, by 1986 Metroid and Zelda were out on the NES.
    Both those games came out in North America in 1987. Same with Castlevania. All of the great games I can think of only came out in 1987 or later, this question really is tough for me as all the games that really appeal to me wouldn't have been available at the time.

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    Well, being in Europe, has to be a SMS, better games, more games, better game play, better graphics than any of the also-runs (NES, 7800), except VCS which is, of course, god, but I would have purchased a VCS already in 82/83.
    But also, in 86 the C64 was rockin, that would be the best choice allround.
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    My most favourite-est of favourite NES games wouldn't have come out yet ('87 being the magic year), whereas the getting was very good indeed for the 2600. My family bought a 2600 Jr. around this time and I really loved the thing, so my choice of 2600 over NES in 1986 may not be totally insane and ungrounded in reality.

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    I did buy an NES in '86 - and knowing what I know now, I'd still stick with the NES.
    I got an SMS the following Christmas. I don't regret either purchase.

    As a matter of fact, my SMS got more attention than my NES, after the good arcade ports started coming out. You have to remember - Sega literally owned the arcades from 1986 until SF2 came out.

    I had a VCS since 1980. I never considered the 7800 a viable option - I was one of those people who believed Atari was dead and buried before the 5200 was even released.

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    NES...Super Mario Bros...Excitebike....Commando...Hogan's Alley..

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    SMS all the way.

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    Being as I was there and all, I choose (chose, actually) the Atari 2600. Or rather, I was still contentedly playing the 4-switch woodgrain I first got back in 1981.

    I remember seeing the NES and Sega Master System available at the time and I just didn't find the available games all that interesting. Admittedly I was basing this opinion on what appeared to me to be a glut of side-scrolling platformers which I just didn't find all that compelling. Had I known in 1986 about RPG's like the Legend of Zelda or Phantasy Star, I might have felt differently, but I don't remember seeing these advertised anywhere, believe it or not.

    Somehow the 7800 was off my radar screen as well .

    If there was any one system circa 1986 other than the 2600 I wish I would have investigated further at the time, I'll say it was probably the Sega Master System.

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    Around 1987 I bought my first Intellivision, a model 2, from a co-worker. The games he had were okay, but the best part was he gave me the INTV mail-order catalog they sent him. I really got into the Intellivision the next three years, and along with the 7800, was one of the reasons I lost interest in the NES (also having to do with Nintendo screwing over the American public with price gouging and anti-competitive practices). And that INTV catalog was ordered from pretty heavily. That's how I got my Super Pro Wrestling cart and my Stadium Mud Buggies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinobiMan View Post
    But this IS a tough one for me. This is what I would pick had I chose the NES:

    Metroid
    Castlevania
    The Legend Of Zelda
    Super Mario Bros

    ALL GREAT GAMES! CLASSICS!
    Classics yes, but Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda didn't come out until '87.

    NES had slim pickings in 1986, but Excitebike, Mario Bros., Popeye, Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Hogan's Alley and Kung Fu, the system still maintains to be pretty entertaining. Even if all the games are light-gun games and arcade ports.

    And then 1987 rolls around and you see how fantastic you're purchase has become...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baloo View Post
    Classics yes, but Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda didn't come out until '87.

    NES had slim pickings in 1986, but Excitebike, Mario Bros., Popeye, Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Hogan's Alley and Kung Fu, the system still maintains to be pretty entertaining. Even if all the games are light-gun games and arcade ports.

    And then 1987 rolls around and you see how fantastic you're purchase has become...
    Yeah, the potential forth coming of NES (software and hardware[if you would consider an Top Loader NES]) is hard to pass up. Don't forget Donkey Kong 3, at least I wouldn't despite the name I don't care if it's Donkey Kong in name only, it's a good one.

    So for NES;

    Super Mario Bros.
    Balloon Fight
    Excitebike
    Donkey Kong 3

    I wouldn't mind the original Donkey Kong either, but I'd be content with a list like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baloo View Post
    Classics yes, but Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda didn't come out until '87.
    Are you sure? I know Wikipedia is not THE be all end all for knowledge, but it lists all three of those games as 1986 releases...EDIT [OH WAIT.... those were the Japanese release dates.] My mistake.

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    I never owned 7800 so that may be an option although i think it would likely be the Master system and this time i would aim for `Card` games and hold onto them,I used to own Ghost House on card and i just like the novelty of it

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcalder8 View Post
    If I know then what I know now?

    Then I'd go with:
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    Would've gone with

    NES

    1942
    Super Mario Bros.
    Gradius
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    Here are the NES games available 85-86.

    1985

    10 Yard Fight
    Baseball
    Clu Clu Land
    Donkey Kong Jr. Math
    Duck Hunt
    Excitebike
    Golf
    Gyromite
    Hogan's Alley
    Ice Climber
    Kung Fu
    Mach Rider
    Pinball
    Stack-Up
    Super Mario Bros.
    Tennis
    Wild Gunman
    Wrecking Crew

    1986

    Balloon Fight
    Donkey Kong
    Donkey Kong 3
    Donkey Kong Jr.
    Gumshoe
    Mario Bros.
    Popeye
    Urban Champion
    Chubby Cherub
    M.U.S.C.L.E.
    Ninja Kid
    Tag Team Wrestling
    1942
    Commando
    Ghosts 'n Goblins
    Karate Champ
    Gradius

    I'd have to go with the games from Capcom and Konami - 1942, Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Gradius and of course Duck Hunt and Super Mario come with the system.

    I didn't get my Nes until I was in 2nd grade and I got the package that came with the Strategy Guide. First games were Castlevania and Mighty Bomb Jack but I was so close to getting Solomon's Key. I didn't even own Super Mario Bros until we bought a conversion van that came with a Nes installed in like '92.

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    Since the SMS is the only one that can output a respectable video signal, I'd get that along with some RGB cables to connect it to my shiny new 1084S monitor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinobiMan View Post
    Are you sure? I know Wikipedia is not THE be all end all for knowledge, but it lists all three of those games as 1986 releases...EDIT [OH WAIT.... those were the Japanese release dates.] My mistake.
    Yeah that's why I was mistaken. I don't remember when the games were released but I never forget their copyright dates that show on boot up. After looking at that list, I don't think I'd be very enamored with anything the NES had other than Super Mario Bros. SMS had Alex Kidd, Space Harrier, Hang on, Rambo. Hmm, maybe I would have gone with a 7800, because I had heard of most of its early games!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Atarileaf View Post
    , best answer yet
    ...not necessarily, im sure few those where hard to find, even in '86.
    Im looking for Bonk for the NES. No need to pm me though, unless you would accept bits of string for tender.

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    I was around back then and I actually did buy the Atari 2600 Jr. that summer when I stayed with my dad in Arkansas, and bought Millipede, Stargate, and Boing!. Later that fall (Nov or Dec), I bought Jr. Pac-Man. All good, solid, fun choices. The only thing I would have done differently is to snap up a new, boxed Glib when I saw a stack of them the very same day I saw Jr. Pac-Man.

    Also, that October, my friend Lance got an NES with five games: Super Mario Bros., Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3, Ice Climber, and Wrecking Crew. Boy, did we have fun. And he subsequently sold me 60 Atari games for $100, and I was very, very happy indeed. I bought them in four installments, each month paying $25 for 15 games, to make it more affordable on my high school wallet.

    So yeah, except for picking up Glib, I wouldn't have changed anything.
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