Greatest N.E.S. Game of All Time?
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Super Mario Brothers III
SMB 2 was so forgettable because it wasn't even supposed to be a Mario game. Nintendo released the real SMB 2 in Japan (later released for SNES as "Lost Levels") and it was basically a carbon copy of the original game only significantly harder. 13 year old me tried for hours to beat Lost Levels and never pulled it off, the only Mario game I could never beat.chuck said:
I loved the flying suits they introduced in SM3 and how well they designed levels so that, while the suit could basically help you cheat past early levels, it was the only way to pass later ones and you had to be really good with it.Purple_Pills said:
SM 2 is a clear lagger for me. 1 is great because it is the OG, and 3 is in my top 3 because of the “choose your own adventure” (as opposed to linear style) interface suited perfectly with my personality.chuck said:Tetris and Tecmo Bowl were both right there, but I couldn't put SM 1-3 down until I mastered all of them. 3 was the best of the bunch iirc.
When I try I can easily visualize 1 and 3, but can't actually remember much from #2. I think there was some kind of flying suit thing in it too, but it was more like a glider thing where you'd come crashing down.
The SMB 2 they released in the US was another Japanese game that they reformatted to have something to sell for Americans when they realized the one they had was too similar to the original / too hard. The American SMB 2 was pretty difficult too, I don't think I ever beat it until I played it on SNES (which had a saving option).
The one significant thing SMB 2 added to the MB universe was the ability to play as different characters and not just Mario and Luigi (and different characters having different strengths and weaknesses - IIRC Princess could float, Toad could dig quickly, Luigi could jump higher IIRC and Mario was just decent all around - you needed different characters to beat different levels) which of course they didn't come back to until later on. It's not a terrible game, but doesn't compare to it's predecessor or it's successor.
/Mario nerd
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Super Mario Brothers IIIOh yeah you could also go left in SMB 2 which was a good step forward for future Mario games.
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TetrisI'm weird in that I actually really liked SMB2, for many of the reasons @dnc mentioned. I always rocked Luigi because girls were stupid and gross and Toad couldn't jump.
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Super Mario Brothers III
Luigi was my go to as well1to392831weretaken said:I'm weird in that I actually really liked SMB2, for many of the reasons @dnc mentioned. I always rocked Luigi because girls were stupid and gross and Toad couldn't jump.
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TetrisMy Nintendo ranking went:
1.) Tetris
2.) Blaster Master
3.) Metroid
4.) Tie between a series of similar but competent platformers. The Disney games (Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, Duck Dodgers, etc.) were all surprisingly good, and there was a game called Adventure Island II that rocked.
5.) Nintendo World Cup (soccer)
6.) NES Play Action Football
7.) Battletoads (hardest game I've ever played, and only one I never beat)
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...Super Mario Bros 2 is a great game. As DNC pointed out, it wasn't originally a Mario game. But it was a game developed by the Mario team, and they upgraded the hell out of it when they turned it into Mario 2 for NA release.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
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The Legend of Zelda
I missed Dr. Mario on NES, but I bought one of these when COVID starteddnc said:SMB 1 and 3, both Tecmo Bowls, Double Dribble, the RBIs and Excitebike are all great answers.
I probably spent more time playing this one than any of them though.
Another write in option would be Double Dragon.
I play Dr. Mario the most of the 30 games.
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Super Mario Brothers III
Probably the most on brand post you ever made @Purple_PillsPurple_Pills said:
I missed Dr. Mario on NES, but I bought one of these when COVID starteddnc said:SMB 1 and 3, both Tecmo Bowls, Double Dribble, the RBIs and Excitebike are all great answers.
I probably spent more time playing this one than any of them though.
Another write in option would be Double Dragon.
I play Dr. Mario the most of the 30 games.
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Tecmo Bowli got a raspberry pi off amazon and loaded mods onto it. tried to add some n64 games but the buffer rate was shit.
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Super Mario Brothers III
What specifically are you disagreeing with, the list of games I said are great answers, the fact I spent more time playing Dr Mario than any of them, or my suggestion that Double Dragon is another good write in option?DerekJohnson said:dnc said:SMB 1 and 3, both Tecmo Bowls, Double Dribble, the RBIs and Excitebike are all great answers.
I probably spent more time playing this one than any of them though.
Another write in option would be Double Dragon.
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Super Mario Brothers I
I wasted a solid year of my life on this, Zelda and Metroid.
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Tetris
Wasted? Sounds pretty cool to me!Swaye said:
I wasted a solid year of my life on this, Zelda and Metroid. -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...Super Tecmo > Tecmo Bowl
Eight plays vs four
All the teams
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Duck HuntOne Duck Hunt vote? The fuck? I was born to be a Dawg.
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Tetris
One Christmas, we got a different gun game called "To The Earth." Way better than Duck Hunt.YellowSnow said:One Duck Hunt vote? The fuck? I was born to be a Dawg.
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The Legend of ZeldaFirst off, this is an invalid pole and you all are fucking idiots for me scrolling through 3 pages of this shit and not see a single reference of Bases Loaded
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The Legend of ZeldaTo me, Zelda will always be the best game because while it was "easy" enough that you could beat it on your first player, no matter how many times you played the game it never got "easy" in terms of beating it
Super Mario 1 is the OG of OG games ... I never respected anybody that just warped their way to winning. Once you got good enough I then lost respect for any player that didn't have colors/patterns for their number of Mario's after beating up on 3-1
Super Mario 2 was a complete switch versus Mario 1 and IMO they are only comparable in name only ... Mario 2 required a little bit of thought going through the game as DNC mentioned ... there were many worse games
I didn't own Mario 3 because by the time it came out I was transitioning a bit out of gaming at the time so I've only played it here and there ...
Mega Man 2 is right behind Zelda to me in that it wasn't a "hard" game but it was never "easy" to beat it ... it could be frustratingly maddening if you fucked up just a bit
Mike Tyson's Punch Out is legendary obviously ... it's another one that if you didn't own it there was probably a limitation on how far you could get in the game. I never owned it and could get to Tyson but I never beat him
Tecmo Bowl ... fuck anybody saying 2 was better than 1 ... the best part of 1 was that with 4 players you could completely fuck up people and they never knew what hit them. Pro tip, call a running play for your defense, then be aware of the other running play and then leverage your controlled defender to take away the open receiver every single time. My "nephew" got the NES again whenever it came out a few years ago and started playing Tecmo Bowl ... he started running his mouth about how he was getting good and could beat me ... pretty sure I was up 42-0 at half on him and he was crying. Easily my favorite part of video games.
And as someone mentioned, GoldenEye is truly the original GOAT game of games ... spent so much time playing that in HS and college. -
Duck HuntTequilla said:
To me, Zelda will always be the best game because while it was "easy" enough that you could beat it on your first player, no matter how many times you played the game it never got "easy" in terms of beating it
Super Mario 1 is the OG of OG games ... I never respected anybody that just warped their way to winning. Once you got good enough I then lost respect for any player that didn't have colors/patterns for their number of Mario's after beating up on 3-1
Super Mario 2 was a complete switch versus Mario 1 and IMO they are only comparable in name only ... Mario 2 required a little bit of thought going through the game as DNC mentioned ... there were many worse games
I didn't own Mario 3 because by the time it came out I was transitioning a bit out of gaming at the time so I've only played it here and there ...
Mega Man 2 is right behind Zelda to me in that it wasn't a "hard" game but it was never "easy" to beat it ... it could be frustratingly maddening if you fucked up just a bit
Mike Tyson's Punch Out is legendary obviously ... it's another one that if you didn't own it there was probably a limitation on how far you could get in the game. I never owned it and could get to Tyson but I never beat him
Tecmo Bowl ... fuck anybody saying 2 was better than 1 ... the best part of 1 was that with 4 players you could completely fuck up people and they never knew what hit them. Pro tip, call a running play for your defense, then be aware of the other running play and then leverage your controlled defender to take away the open receiver every single time. My "nephew" got the NES again whenever it came out a few years ago and started playing Tecmo Bowl ... he started running his mouth about how he was getting good and could beat me ... pretty sure I was up 42-0 at half on him and he was crying. Easily my favorite part of video games.
And as someone mentioned, GoldenEye is truly the original GOAT game of games ... spent so much time playing that in HS and college.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...Great thread. One of my favorite consoles and it got me through a lot of otherwise boring trips to the grandparents in my very early childhood. So many favorites, but I'd probably go:
1. Castlevania III
2. Megaman 2/3/4
3. SMB 3
Castlevania (all but especially 3) were great. My perfect blend of dark medieval horror, atmosphere, music, platforming, and being difficult as fuck. The music for MM2 is still absolutely fantastic and I probably listen to it a few times a year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6WvoClWWbk
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Duck Hunt
I'm way out of my element here, but felt it needed to be covered with all the noyds we got here.Gladstone said:Great thread. One of my favorite consoles and it got me through a lot of otherwise boring trips to the grandparents in my very early childhood. So many favorites, but I'd probably go:
1. Castlevania III
2. Megaman 2/3/4
3. SMB 3
Castlevania (all but especially 3) were great. My perfect blend of dark medieval horror, atmosphere, music, platforming, and being difficult as fuck. The music for MM2 is still absolutely fantastic and I probably listen to it a few times a year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6WvoClWWbk
If you are nostalgic for MM2 that should get you as wet as October. -
The Legend of ZeldaYellow Piss
Don’t make me head down to your shit hole excuse of a town/city and take the gloves off to the point that by the end you’ll THINK and CARE -
Duck Hunt
I left the shit hole. Life is good now.Tequilla said:Yellow Piss
Don’t make me head down to your shit hole excuse of a town/city and take the gloves off to the point that by the end you’ll THINK and CARE -
The Legend of Zelda
You still live in a shit stain of a state … you just so happen to live in one of the few places there that doesn’t completely suck assYellowSnow said:
I left the shit hole. Life is good now.Tequilla said:Yellow Piss
Don’t make me head down to your shit hole excuse of a town/city and take the gloves off to the point that by the end you’ll THINK and CARE -
Tyson's Punch Out
You guys and your NES stuff.
@RaceBannon and I were there when the payoff was legit.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...Goldeneye was a good game when it came out, but it's practically unplayable by today's standards. The graphics are just way too blurry, especially on split screen multiplayer.
Such is the case with the many N64 games. -
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The Legend of Zelda
I was trying to find a Fauci gif of him saying "you're so wrong", but this was the closest I could find.dnc said:
What specifically are you disagreeing with, the list of games I said are great answers, the fact I spent more time playing Dr Mario than any of them, or my suggestion that Double Dragon is another good write in option?DerekJohnson said:dnc said:SMB 1 and 3, both Tecmo Bowls, Double Dribble, the RBIs and Excitebike are all great answers.
I probably spent more time playing this one than any of them though.
Another write in option would be Double Dragon. -
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
Oh completely agree vs games now. But man it was fun on old televisions. I was a damn Ted Kaczynski with proximity mines.Fenderbender123 said:Goldeneye was a good game when it came out, but it's practically unplayable by today's standards. The graphics are just way too blurry, especially on split screen multiplayer.
Such is the case with the many N64 games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXEob7o9jBI
