Ghost Soldier Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Friday the 13th <~still love this game with a passion. I don't see what's so horrible about it. Scared the heck out of me when I was younger. Milon's Secret Castle <~Awesome game Built to Win <~The best racer ever Rygar <~Loved playing this game, but never got really far on it. Bubble Bobble <~Cute bubble blowing dinosaur's So many more I cannot think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Shingen the Ruler - I'd buy whatever was on the $10 shelf back in the day so I ended up with this. Maybe it was because I had never played anything else in the genre but I really loved taking over ancient Japan. Shingen the Ruler is an amazing game for the NES and one of my personal favorites. I'll add a couple more to the list, i think, i didn't read the whole post, but how about The Guardian Legend -amazing game The Magic of Sheherazade (spelling probably) - but it's an amazing RPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Caveman games -- think BC meets the Olympics. Any game that lets you throw people by the hair to mimic the shot put is good in my book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Clash at Demonhead Rockin' Kats Shatterhand Journey to Silus Low G' Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaidbrad3141 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Galaxy 5000 Whoohoo! Another Galaxy 5000 fan! This game wasn't very popular (for some unknown reason), but most players that played it absolutely loved it. (At least, that's the impression I get from online reviews.) The game is challenging, rewarding, lengthy, has great voices (for the NES), is humorous, and is tons of fun to play with a friend or sibling. I've been looking for a copy for the past year or so, but no luck so far. Sky Kid I can't see Sky Kid as falling under the "not popular" category. It wasn't Rescue Rangers, but it was certainly well known at the time. The NES version was a pretty good translation, too. I have a copy that I picked up while I was looking for Galaxy 5000. I love Galaxy 5000. It's an Activision classic. Anyone who says different better put up their pinchers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 (edited) Deadly Towers has already been mentioned a couple of times so I won't go there.. No one seems to remember Super Pitfall for the NES! I heard it was bad (Seanbaby has it in his worst game list) but I still whip it out every now and then. True, the music was repetitive and the gameplay was generic Super Maryo clone caliber.. but, with over 250 some screens of platform fun I still dig it. Someday I'll collect a Tandy Coco and the cartridge and build a nice shrine Edited May 31, 2007 by theloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_drag0n Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 I need to add another - M.U.S.C.L.E. That game when played alone may be very bad but when played with a friend who has a good sense of humor it is a lot of fun especially if you collected the little figures (back in the 80s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 I forgot about The Guardian Legend! It's one of my all time favorate games for any system. I never knew until years later that it got lackluster reviews, and I'm still not sure why. There's nothing else out there like it. Faxanadu is also one of my favorates. I love the music and all the weird environments and monsters in that game. It was definately one of the most well constructed NES games. It doesn't get very good reviews either, and nobody's ever really heard of it. Perhaps it was hurt by the funny title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Low G Man is a VERY underrated game that is awesome. Glad jboy brought that one up. It's one of my favorite NES games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C. Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Friday the 13th <~still love this game with a passion. I don't see what's so horrible about it. Scared the heck out of me when I was younger. Milon's Secret Castle <~Awesome game Built to Win <~The best racer ever Rygar <~Loved playing this game, but never got really far on it. Bubble Bobble <~Cute bubble blowing dinosaur's So many more I cannot think of right now. Milon's Secret Castle and Rygar are pretty popular games in my opinion. I spent hours on both of them. I got pretty far in Rygar, but had your Rygar problem in Milon's. Milon's is too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxy warrior Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 castle quest - had it as a kid and hated it so much it was so hard. but i always tried i still try and get frustrated milons secret castle - another one really hard game play but was very addictive once you get going kid nikki - was one of my all time favs astynaxe - not as good as the arcade but still fantastic especially for nes werewolf - another great lost later title. i remember buying both this and astynaxe for 10.00 each at woolworth rolling thunder - love it guardian legend - great odd title played the hell out of it as a kid renegade - this was my all time both arcade and nes. its what lead to double dragon for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAULER Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 maniac mansion the legend of kage elevator action 3-d world runner stinger (awesome as it gets) who framed roger rabbit jaws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariJr Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 ... its my favorte nes game by far and i can play it forever and be entertained : Roadblasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Thought of another: Basewars... Awesome game, don't even remember it in the NES days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight and Super Dodgeball are the only oddball carts i need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastermaster Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I really liked MC kids and blaster master. and dajavu (sp?) was always good for a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Man, just on this page... Rygar, Blaster Master, Bubble Bobble, Maniac Mansion... I thought this thread was about UNpopular NES games. While we're at it, you may all find this odd, but i'm rather fond of this "Mega Man" who seems to have a couple titles floating around out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAULER Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 maniac mansion was anything but popular..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 maniac mansion was anything but popular..... Maniac Mansion was HUGE back in the day. (As were most LucasFilm/LucasArts games.) Wikipedia's article has this to say about it: Maniac Mansion has become known among video game players and programmers for its highly-acclaimed gameplay and its introduction of new ideas into gaming, including multiple possible endings, multiple user-selectable characters with significantly different abilities, and critical clues contained in numerous cut scenes. That doesn't sound like a little-known game to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAULER Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 maniac mansion was anything but popular..... Maniac Mansion was HUGE back in the day. (As were most LucasFilm/LucasArts games.) Wikipedia's article has this to say about it: Maniac Mansion has become known among video game players and programmers for its highly-acclaimed gameplay and its introduction of new ideas into gaming, including multiple possible endings, multiple user-selectable characters with significantly different abilities, and critical clues contained in numerous cut scenes. That doesn't sound like a little-known game to me. extremely popular on computers, sure, so was day of the tentacle, but not on the nes. i would say a "Popular" game would be a mario, a metroid, Mike Tyson's punchout, and the like. not some of the lesser known releases for the NES. oh and i forgot, shadowgate was awesome too, but had no replay value whatsoever also there were first party nintendo games i would consider not-so-popular Star Tropics, faxanadu, urban champion, to the earth, but by far the one game i should be shot for not remembering, is River City Ransom. looked uglier than sin, but had amazing gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog151 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 but by far the one game i should be shot for not remembering, is River City Ransom. looked uglier than sin, but had amazing gameplay. Who -hasn't- played RCR? I gotta say, I'm with scumm and jbanes on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Yeah, you ask most NES fans what their favorite games are, River City Ransom will be in the top 5. Star Tropics was pretty popular too, thanks to a cover story and extensive coverage in Nintendo Power at the time. I consider Star Tropics to be above even Kid Icarus in the "Why the hell would they abandon this?" pile over at Nintendo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticGamer Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Elevator Action, Mappy, Sweet Home, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAULER Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 ok i will eat crow on those two, but star tropics 2 did horribly but i will say that those games were not "Must Haves" either like Punch-Out, or Super Mario Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 ok i will eat crow on those two, but star tropics 2 did horribly but i will say that those games were not "Must Haves" either like Punch-Out, or Super Mario Brothers. To be fair, Super Mario Bros. was really a "must have" by default. Another fun obscure one i was just thinking about is Chiller. One of the things i miss the most about my old collection, and without a doubt the most messed-up light gun game you will ever play, on any system. The torture chamber level was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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