Kickle Cubicle's appeal seemed to be centered in its balanced approach. Mega Man 5 continues the tradition of tight action-platforming which made the series incredibly prolific by the time of its release. If you nibble enough of the Nibbleys, your snake's body would grow, his tail extending longer and longer behind his comical head and forked tongue. But the original is still the best, which is probably why it was singled out for a Game Boy Color release ten years after its Nintendo console debut in 1999. Voodoo?) Add Cyberball, which is missing but appears on this great list, and you get 675.If you choose include Miracle Piano & Punch Out (non-Tyson), which I didn't, then you get 677. Two guys with a knife and a suicide complex decide to invade Russia. This was a defining day for my brother and I, though I'm sure neither of us knew it then. If you have to play one Mega Man game to familiarize yourself with the series, make it Mega Man 2. Why would you buy Mario Bros. when you can buy Super Mario Bros.? But it belongs on our NES list as well, for the port of Lode Runner was pixel-perfect and provided something that only Excitebike had done prior: a level editor. And if the gamer managed to finish with $10 million in funds and has two special hidden treasures, a unique ending can be unlocked, as well. The NES classic is surrounded by so many standout features and moments that it's hard to decide on just one, from the collectable gold cart to its battery-powered save function. Super Mario Bros. 3 does everything an NES game possibly can, and pushes the NES to the very limits of its capabilities, and we can unequivocally call it the greatest NES game of all time. Oct 17, 2015 - Arkista's Ring is an extremely pleasant action/adventure... More game featuring cute enemies, soothing music and an elf girl as the main character. I obsessed over Metroid for months, explored every nook and cranny of the game world, bested Mother Brain in battle dozens of times and still couldn't get enough. Armed only with a brick-zapping raygun, your only defense in Lode Runner is the ability to bury your opponents alive, thus freeing them of an enticing pile of gold. It was unique, novel and also pretty confusing. Only later did I learn the convoluted history of who made what, so Hudson, I owe you an apology for my playground rants about your integrity. Rocket? A very good sports game for the NES! Taking a chance on a game with a title like "Wizards & Warriors" in the video game section of my local rental store was a risky venture in an era of a crappy Dungeons & Dragons-inspired RPGs. The permutations through Mega Man were many, giving the game great replay value. I found it hilarious that Nintendo had to shrink down Little Mac to a third the size of his replicate the arcade version's over-the-shoulder effect on the NES hardware, but even with the compromise, the game was better on the NES! Lode Runner's saga begins some time before the NES, and many people may correctly classify it as a seminal PC title. With Mega Man veterans like Keiji Inafune and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi getting the most out of the technology, Duck Tales proved to be an amazing game in its own right. Nonetheless, the two games were quite different from one another, sharing their main stars and nothing more. Because of that, there was no rushing around; Dragon Warrior was for patient gamers only. I was one of those poor saps that actually enjoyed a similar and ultimately less impressive game, Legend of Kage, so I took to this game immediately. From simulated parallax – that means multiple backgrounds moving at varying speeds – to precise, multi-celled animation, this mech platformer pushes the NES to the very limits of its hardware capabilities. Fester's Quest was an amazing game that was both deep in its delivery and excruciatingly difficult in its execution. There are over a hundred single-screen levels to conquer in Bubble Bobble, clear all the enemies before you timer is up and you are safe to move on. My Games - Build your game collection, track and rate games. Even though Dragon Warrior IV approached the act of storytelling in a unique way, most of Dragon Warrior's gameplay conventions remained unchanged. Things just get weirder from there, with household appliances eventually standing between you and whatever your adorable goal may be. But while the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were starring in lame TV and movie spin-offs on the NES, Rare actually spent time crafting Battletoads into a surprisingly arcade-like beat-'em-up. Instead of being an arcade-style driving game (such as Rad Racer, Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing or Formula 1: Built To Win), World GP more closely resembled a simulation (, Step into the land of Cron with MIGHT & MAGIC II: Gates to Another World. An arcade system board by Sammy, based on Sega's NAOMI hardware, that was used for a variety of arcade games in the 2000's. Go find a movie of it if you don't believe me – it's amazing. - Unlocked 475, Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble, Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, NES was recently named the best console of all time. I guess some things never change, eh Ikari Warriors? DuckTales was probably my favorite show on television when the game hit, yet I could hardly sit through an entire after-school episode before powering on my NES to play it. Platformers were my favorite genre during the 8-bit generation thanks to Mario and Alex Kidd, so why wouldn't I fall for Castlevania? Watching my neighbors play the series endlessly as a child, my first independent go-around with Dragon Warrior was when I was in the 8th grade in 1997. I think Tetris is the better game, but Klax is very creative and the NES version was surprisingly well developed and accurate to the original. Who knew The Goonies were big in Japan? Mega Man 6 is considered by many to be the last worthwhile NES release in the catalog, and though that's not saying much when looking at the title's contemporaries, Mega Man 6 is still as good as it gets in many respects. You can't do that! Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament USA August 25, 1995 SNES; PC; Fishing game from Sammy Studios in 1995. (which also just so happens to be placed at the bottom of that hole in his yard). Unforgiving, head-scratchingly perplexing, deep, dangerous and unlike anything else on the system in theme and feel. The car is called the G-6155. Unfortunately, this game didn't satisfy everyone. Willow on the NES, then, was notable for having the likeness to both actors, as well as many of the supporting cast from the film – it was a movie tie-in adventure developed by Capcom, and was in many ways that company's take on Nintendo's Legend of Zelda formula. If you can stomach the Princess in all her pinkness, her levitation ability will get you over the game's widest gaps. - Sam Claiborn, IGN Game Help Associate Editor. But even without it, Maniac Mansion was still an excellent adventure game with a good sense of humor. We encourage you to read our updated PRIVACY POLICY and COOKIE POLICY. Whether or not the game was a blast to play is how we decided the order of our beloved NES carts - so don't be surprised if you see an important or influential title below something we loved to play over and over and over again. Have you played the Lost Levels? Platforming... with zombies and mummies? Castlevania was not only a brilliant vid, but the music too is timeless – I can still hum it on cue. Completely unlike anything else at the time. Gradius was hard but fully powering up the Vic Viper made things a lot easier. Fond memories for this one really only go a year or so back. While The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. are unarguable pinnacles of videogame creation, if we were stranded on an island with a power source, an NES and a single game, it would unquestionably be Super Mario Bros. 3. The game is brutal. Final Fantasy also offered new ways to navigate its sprawling overworld. Whatever!). You'll soon realize how much better off you are without a rookie to keep track of. - Sam Claiborn, Associate IGN Game Help Editor. You play as The Guardian, a female cyborg warrior tasked with preventing Earth's impending destruction via a collision with a rogue alien world, Naju. Dragon Warrior III continued to open up both the gamer's party and the enemy parties to more than one per side, creating for the first time in the series a real feeling of strategy. The sequel features the same great stuff as the first: catchy, mead-swilling tunes; stylized fantasy graphics; and the peculiar use of "ye olde Engrish." In the game, players take the role of Amagon, a Marine who is trapped on an island after his plane crashed. Taking cues from open-ended adventure games like Metroid, you'll need to find certain weapons and equipment to progress in Bionic Commando, and that sometimes means returning to area you've previously visited to take care of unfinished business. Once again I say "screw you Angry Nintendo Nerd" with this one. The fourth game in the franchise had little to offer fans that was different, other than a new cast of interesting Robot Masters, a new character (Eddie) and a new ability for Mega Man to exploit (charging your arm cannon). The detailed, cartoon-like graphics go a long way towards easing the pain of the game's extreme difficulty, as does the inclusion of cooperative play – at least you have someone to blame when you run out of continues on the second level. The concept added some strategy to the mix, and makes this one fondly remembered to this day (along with that unforgettable name). Nevertheless, it was still pretty cool when the NES finally made it possible to hunt spies in the comfort of your own home. No sooner would an unprepared adventurer leave a town and cross a bridge into a new area than he would find himself smashed by an enemy much stronger than he. The 125 stages are chock-full of weapon power-ups and other useful items, and each mission is very stra It was the gameplay that was at the heart of Castlevania's epic rise from unknown brand to Konami flagship. Seen from a three-quarters viewpoint that placed every environment on an angle relative to the player, you were tasked to take command of a snake that, initially, had no body. programmer and designer David Crane abandoned his traditional Activision backing, formed Absolute Entertainment, and went on to create what has become known as one of the NES catalog's quirkiest games, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble in Blobolonia. But in reality, the games were different enough, and Ice Climber so much better to me when I finally played it, that I felt silly for ever thinking that. Nevertheless, I spent many hours with this awesome sequel – in the game, the cover model was substituted with a protagonist tastefully clad to the nines in iron plating. Haha, the box art to this game was awful (just a guy that looks like Iceman from Top Gun with enormous sunglasses). This grappler was unmatched in its diversity of moves and over-the-top personality, and remains today a favorite of thousands of fans across the world. Fester's Quest also takes its cues from a hodgepodge of genres, which will appeal to many kinds of gamers. You had sniper shooter levels, like those you might remember from The Adventures of Bayou Billy. Along the way you'll explore – via many, many knightly leaps – lofty treetops, labyrinthine caverns and an unexpectedly tall castle tower. The tank felt like a portable fort, like home with a cannon mounted on the roof. What stuck out most for me about Double Dragon II was how varied the game was. Could you get past the bee-throwing enemy on stage four without losing a life? Early adopters who made the next-gen leap without looking back missed an incredible game design. 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