Your Personal Top 5 NES Games

[NightSprinter]

For me:

 

5.) Pac-Mania (unlicensed game, but damn what a great port!)

4.) The Guardian Legend (I can't even begin to describe how much I liked this one)

3.) Rygar (now that I know how to sequence break, it's even more enjoyable)

2.) Chip 'n Dale - Rescue Rangers (played it recently this year with a friend, much enjoyable rage in 2-player mode, but a breeze to go through in single-player)

1.) Kirby's Adventure (to me, it has everything that makes a great game)

[bomberpunk]

1. Double Dragon II: The Revenge

2. Mega Man III

3. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

4. Super Dodge Ball

5. Bomberman

[Armonigann]

Mighty Final Fight

Castlevania

Vice: Project Doom

P.O.W.

Metal Storm

[Cynicaster]

Tyson's Punch Out

RC Pro Am

Megaman II

Cobra Triangle (extremely underrated, IMO)

Pro Wrestling

[chrisbid]

ill have a different list of 5 tomorrow (and these are in no particular order)

 

super mario bros 2

cobra triangle

crystalis

guerilla war

mega man 2

[Gregory DG]

1. Super Dodge Ball

 

The rest aren't in order.

 

SMB

Contra

Punch Out!

Battletoads

[BDW]

Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!

Contra

Ninja Gaiden

Double Dragon

Kirby's Adventure

[Gabriel]

Let's see, top 5 favorites. That means I'd want to play the game on the NES and that I'd STILL want to play the game on the NES. There are some games which can manage the first bit, but I'd never want to touch the NES version of the game again thanks to superior remakes and sequels.

 

So, that leaves:

 

5. Blades of Steel = The only hockey game I've ever felt was worth playing, and one of only a handful of sports games I feel has any merit.

 

4. Gradius / Lifeforce = I kinda view them as the same game. And I admit I enjoy the old home versions more than I enjoy the increased difficulty of the arcade versions which are more prevalent.

 

3. Castlevania = I still love the original and keep coming back to it.

 

2. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord = Very good port of the Apple II game. For some reason it's just comfier to play this version. But if the SNES compilation had been localized, then this wouldn't be on the list.

 

1. Ultima: Quest of the Avatar = An amazing port which shows a game can be simplified without being dumbed down (as nearly all NES games were). This one is just different from it's PC counterparts and has a charm all it's own. I love playing this one.

[4Ks]

5. Mega Man IV

4. Defender II

3. Super Mario Bros. 2

2. Kirby's Adventure

1. Super Mario Bros. 3

[Taskmaster99]

In no particular order:

 

1. Zelda

2. Kid Icarus

3. Castlevania 2 :Simons Quest

4. Mike Tysons Punch Out

5. Ice Hockey

[johnny_boy]

International Cricket

Otocky (by Electroplankton's Toshio Iwai!)

Quarth

Deadly Towers

Fire Hawk

Edited October 31, 2010 by johnny_boy

[GKC]

1. Jackel

2. Contra

3. Tecmo

4. Super Mario Bros.

5. Excitebike

[yell0w_lantern]

M.U.S.C.L.E.

Blades of Steel

MT's Punch Out

RC Pro Am

Rygar

 

Admittedly, although I had NES, Genesis and Sega CD most of my videogaming was done on the 2600 and the C64 so I never had many games for later systems.

Edited November 3, 2010 by yell0w_lantern

[Mario Bros.]

Five is too hard for me. In no particular order...

 

Super Mario Brothers

The REAL Super Mario Brothers 2 (Do FDS games count?)

Super Mario Brothers 3

Doki Doki Panic

Contra

Super C

The Legend of Zelda

[The_Laird]

Its pretty hard for me to pick as many as 5, I hate the NES

 

Here we go anyway:

 

1. Double Dragon 2

2. Ice Climber

3. Track & Field 2

4. Bionic Commando

5. Blades Of Steel

[Tr3vor]

(Do FDS games count?)

 

 

Sure, why not.

 

they are NES (famicom) games anyway.

[Sonic R]

this is a tough task as I love a many games on the NES… with that, these are some of my lifelong favorites:

 

(not in order)

The Guardian Legend

Mega Man

Balloon Fight

Metroid

Contra

[Lord Helmet]

SMB3

Tecmo Super Bowl

The Legend of Zelda

Castlevania

Ice Hockey

 

Amazing how many fun sports games there are on the NES.

[WatchVenusSpa]

Here's my list in no particular order:

 

Super Mario Brothers 3

Friday the 13th

Mega Man 2

Blades of Steel

Ice Hockey (gotta love kicking ass with a whole team of fat guys!)

 

Honorable mention: Technos Ice Hockey

[+Sargon]

It was extremely difficult to narrow my list down to 5, but here is my best effort:

 

1. Tecmo Super Bowl

2. Dragon Warrior IV

3. Punch-Out

4. Zelda

5. Metal Gear

[+jd_1138]

RC Pro AM

Super Mario Bros.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Commando

RBI Baseball

[Ryanw]

1. Super Mario Bros.

2. Double Dragon 2

3. The Legend of Zelda

4. Mike Tyson's Punchout

5. Final Fantasy

 

Edit: Put Final Fantasy at #5 played that game too much to not put it there.

Edited November 6, 2010 by Ryanw

[TheGameCollector]

1. FDS Super Mario Bros 2 (repro cart that I have) - SMB1 isn't challenging enough anymore so this takes its original spot on my list.

 

2. Super Mario Bros. (Mario 2j may have bumped it, but it's far too addictive for me to put any lower than #2)

3. The Legend of Zelda

4. Faxanadu

5. The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy

 

So many more I would like to mix around, but when measuring which games I am most addicted to, this is about right.