What NES games do you recommend?

[moora101]

well, it was the 20th anniversary of the famicom in Japan... and gamespy had an excellent article on the famicom/nes.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july03/famicom/

it covers a bit about the actual system and then goes into detail about what the best games are on the nes. Very interesting and should help anyone who is unfamiliar with the nes!

 

[hepcat]

I recommend:

Super Mario Bros III
Megaman I and II
Any of the Lolo games
Tengen Tetris (it's a trillion times better than Nintendo's version, and I haven't had any trouble controlling it B) )
Gyruss
Gauntlet
River City Ransom

Enjoy!

--Jason

 

[Mofokubik]

dragon warrior
final fantasy
mad max
bases loaded
bubble boble
zelda
altered beast
micro machines
1943
arkanoid
blaster master
bomber man
kirbys adventure
...
and mighty bomb jack (if you like stupid games that arent fun to play)

 

[GP32 Kirby]

Ok I've just listen down all the recommended games I have not played back in my day of the NES.. it's an awfully huge list, but thanks for help putting it together

Just so you know, the NES games i played before were..

Mario Bros (game where you knock turtles offscreen)
Super Mario Bros 1, 2, japanese version of 2 (aka the "Lost Levels" over here) and 3
Zelda (only played some of this)
Zelda 2 (only a tiny bit of this, I havent seen much)
Little Nemo Dream Master
Carlifoina games (Little John doesnt seem to run the BMX event if you choose it in practice, apparently)
Solar Jet Man (try using one letter for the whole password and most of 'em work, like for example try typing H throughout the password space given )
Turtles 1 (i somehow love playing that game a lot)
Turtles 2 and 3 (didnt play much o them at the time, I'll try playing them more on Little John
Kirby's Adventure(!)
Metroid (actually i never did play this in the NES days, but i unlocked it as a minigame in Metroid Prime.. )
Duck Hunt
Low G Man (damn why dont a lot of NES emulators run this game fully? )

..I think that's about it..

 

[Azure]

Battle Toads & Double Dragon
Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Caveman Games
Contra
Donkey Kong
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II
Double Dragon III
Dragon Warrior IV
Duck Hunt
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Gauntlet
Karate Kid
Klax
Marble Madness
Megaman
Megaman II
Megaman III
Megaman IV
Megaman V
Megaman VI
Metal Gear
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punchout
Monopoly
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
Ultima: Exodus
Zelda

 

[Betty 2001]

Die Hard.

It's in Japanese and rock hard, but it's kinda like the film.

 

[Chip]

OK, I compiled an alphabetical list of all the suggested games to date (including

my personal suggestions). Games that got more than one vote have a # after them

for each additional vote. If you have any games to add, post them and I'll update

the list after there's enough new games to make it worth the trouble.

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1943 ##
Altered Beast
Arkanoid #
Arkanoid 2
Bases Loaded
Battle Toads & Double Dragon #
Blaster Master ##
Bomberman
Boy and his Blob
Bubble Bobble
California Games ##
Castlevania ##
Castlevania II ###
Castlevania III ##
Caveman Games
Contra ###
Dig Dug
Digger T Rock
Donkey Kong ##
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong Jr
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II #
Double Dragon III
Dr Mario #
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV #
Die Hard
Duck Hunt
Earthbound 0
Elite #
Exitebike
Final Fantasy ##
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III ###
Galaga
Gauntlet #
Gunsmoke
Gyruss
Ice Climber #
Karate Kid
Kickle Cubicle
Kid Icarus #
Kirby's Adventure ####
Klax
Little Nemo the Dream Master
Mad MAx
Maniac Mansion #
Marble Madness
Mario Brothers
Megaman ####
Megaman II ####
Megaman III ###
Megaman IV ###
Megaman V ###
Megaman VI ###
Metal Gear
Metal Storm
Metroid ####
Micro Machines #
Mike Tyson's Punchout ##
Monopoly
Ninja Gaiden series #
Paperboy #
Rainbow Islands
Rampart
RC Pro Am
River City Ransom
Skate or Die #
Ski or Die
Solar Jetman
Spy Hunter #
Startropics 1&2
Super-C
Super Mario Brothers #####
Super Mario Brothers 2 ##
Super Mario Brothers 3 #######
Super Spike V'ball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tetris ##
Tetris 2
The Last Ninja
TMNT #
TMNT 2 #
TMNT 3
Ultima: Exodus
Uni rally
Wario's Woods
World Cup
Zelda ###
Zelda 2

 

[A600]

I also suggest Journey to Silius, Shadow of the Ninja, Sweet Home and SCAT - Special Cybernetic Attack Team

 

[Klown]

Kickle cubicle.

Classic

 

[hando]

gun Nac - fantastic shooter
Gun Dec
Final Fantasy 1,2,3

and many many more

 

[Twimfy]

Don't quite know why I said Uni rally seeing as its a SNES game....it was late.

 

[EvilDragon]

Kickle cubicle.

Classic

Ahhh yes... I remember... NICE game!

I just didn't finish it (I couldn't do the second last level of the Special Stage... ooohhh... only two more to go and I would've finished it... daaaamn...)