Even though I was completely taken with the new 16-bit game systems by the time this came out, Dragon Warrior IV was still one of my most anticipated games at the time. Instead of focusing on just one character or one group of characters, Dragon Warrior IV tells its fragmented story in chapters, which the gamer takes on one at a time. . If you rammed into a player often enough in a round of Blades, he'd lose it, throw down his gloves and start pummeling the snot out of you right on the spot. This kiddie Capcom platformer gave Mega Man a run for his money, though, and while I'm still not sure who this Nemo dude is, I had a great time pelting animals with candy all the same. Firepower 2000 is notable for being one of the few shoot em' ups on the Super Nintendo that allows two-player action. But the action/platforming was a lot of play to fun regardless. TMNT II: The Arcade Game for the NES was an incredibly impressive 8-bit conversion of one of the most popular coin-op cabinets ever created the original side-scrolling Turtles brawler from the early '90s arcade scene. Oddly, I remember the original Mario Bros. as the first game I ever played on a big screen TV. It's a good thing, too, since this was the last Dragon Warrior game to appear in the United States for nearly a decade. Things just get weirder from there, with household appliances eventually standing between you and whatever your adorable goal may be. Zelda was one of the biggest console games of the time, and that got gamers excited. The sluggish junker you start out with is soon augmented with shields and weapons of your choosing. And that's saying something when I was surrounded by a dozen new G.I. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit of all about Duck Hunt, however, was the stand-alone product's incredibly small size. But those 4 are the only ones I know! It's these adventure game elements that make River City Ransom the thinking man's beat-em-up. Instead, it was a lot easier to take your time and advance through each level slowly, as waves of soldiers spawned from all direction to charge you and kill you dead. 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. Capcom considered the NES obsolete at this point and refused to publish the game in the United States. The hero, Mike Jones, is just an average kid from Seattle who's looking for a lost archaeologist in the tropical archipelago of Caribbean-esque islands. Life Force's moderate difficulty sets it apart from its peers in a genre generally geared towards the masochistic. But not all licensed titles are bad. This original and its sequel, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, are still fondly remembered by faithful Nintendo fans to this day for their unique and light-hearted twist on genre conventions. Before even embarking on your quest you must choose your team of four characters. 2. Or maybe it was just that I died so much. Finally we rented it, played co-op, and dominated the game, even leaving the NES on overnight during the dreaded "Everyone looks like player 1 and 2" level. chasersgaming. But even if we never see it again, it's earned its spot on this countdown. The game's protagonist, Master Higgins, a yachting playboy with a knack for taming giant lizards, sets out on his adventure with little more than a ball cap and a grass skirt. Kung Fu is an enigma. The music is as memorable as anything from Nintendo. And back in 1987, the franchise started off with a bang with one of the most ambitious replica-gold-plated cartridges to ever grace the NES. In an era of 8-bit graphics and MIDI music, Konami crafted a game that immersed you in the horror of Dracula's castle, while all you were looking at and hearing was an artful combination of the typical sights and sounds of the day. I was introduced to the NES version of the game after I played the arcade/Neo Geo edition, but I have to say that the NES version was infinitely more awesome. Why would you buy Mario Bros. when you can buy Super Mario Bros.? Zelda was an action-adventure game with RPG elements, and in an age without the Internet, people were on their own about how to get through the game in one piece. We politely declined and purchased it later, but Showtime Video must have made a good $100 off of us on that one cartridge in the meantime. The original Battletoads was definitely awesome, but I seemed to favor the design that paired up those TMNT-ripoff characters with the classic brawler characters. Meanwhile, the company worked rapidly behind the scenes to override Nintendo's infamous lockout device that kept unofficial cartridges from being played on its console. Oh Little Samson, we hardly knew ye! Years before Yoshi first crammed a fat plumber on his back, Adventure Island II offered some of the coolest dinosaur wrangling in the business. Punch-Out!! An arcade-inspired action run and gun starring sweaty shirtless men charging through tropical jungles and blasting everything in sight with an overhead, birds-eye perspective, Ikari Warriors was the definitive videogaming outlet for bottled-up aggression. Alternately, you can put Toad's speed to use in plucking coins for the game of chance at each level's end. Although it is fun to pummel some of Double Dragon's most notorious thugs, Battletoads fan will probably be the most satisfied with this cartoonish, goofy beat 'em up. My favorite design was the fighting system: the loser of the fight heads to the penalty box. Every Ice Hockey player discovered their own perfect combination of men, and then it was on to the ice. And Christmas of 1990 was when I finally got my hands on the game I would be obsessed with until this day. It was even more awesome when you drive far enough to reach the boathouse and change into the speedboat. Not content to just slash his foes to death, Niki had to slice and dice them with a whirlwind blade just to be that much more radical. is the original masterpiece boxing game that isn't really about boxing at all. The point-and-click adventure genre seems to be in the midst of something of a renaissance, as developers like Telltale Games are working tirelessly to bring series like Sam & Max, Monkey Island and Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People to modern platforms. Old-school arcade gamers have found and will continue to find a lot to love in any iteration of Mario Bros., but new gamers beware! And you had side-scrolling stages, the core of the game, in which your character ran, jumped and attacked the invading alien hordes with a laser-whip. What a glorious game, from the overall design down to the visuals and music. Developed by Konami and published by its subsidiary Ultra (a ghost publisher created only so that Konami could publish more games per year than Nintendo allowed), TMNT proved to be a fun, challenging game with crisp graphics and compelling gameplay. 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. After ripping open all of my other presents, all I cared about was Mega Man 3. There's nothing wrong with combining RC Pro-AM with boats, guns, and dragons. More than any other past gaming console, the NES was the birthplace of long-lived mascot characters. SMB2 added the ability to pick up and toss enemies and objects, a move that became part of Mario's permanent repertoire. Sure it was the sequel to an awesome medieval platformer, but we're pretty sure it was Fabio's bare-breasted likeness smoldering on IronSword's cover art that made this game a smash hit with kids and moms alike. We had two conditions: they had to be released in the U.S. and they had to be fun. Rush 'n Attack is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up/shooter that didn't reward new players for attempting its titular strategy. Every self-respecting gamer has fond memories of Bionic Commando, and most of the time those memories are of the first 12 minutes of the game or so. The key to Jackal's success, like so many other games on this list, is cooperative gameplay. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a smash phenomenon in the late 1980s. Skateboarding continues to be a sport explored in new and unique ways in video gaming today, with EA recently revisiting the concept with Skate and Tony Hawk's series adding the new Ride peripheral, but Skate or Die got it all going. In fact, Tecmo took a page from the book of another successful action-platformer of the day, Konami's Castlevania, and mimicked its special weapon system almost to a tee. Honorable mentions include: Burai Fighter, Section Z, Dragon Spirit and Legendary Wings. I happily rediscovered Stinger despite its unfortunate title and packaging (A space ship with boxing gloves? Metal Gear created the stealth genre, paving the way for Metal Gear Solid to later revolutionize and refine it. Taito's iconic dragon duo's first outing is also their best. Clouding Dr. Wily's actual involvement in the nefarious deeds coursing through the game's loose story, a Faux Protoman leads Mega Man on for most of the game until surprise! 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." 8 posts Page 1 of 1. It was integral if you wanted a high score. I only bought this game several years later, but in the meantime, I got a Mega Man 5 sticker in a box of Apple Jacks, and stuck it to a shelf in my room. Wyatt Earp's Old . Ah, Kid Niki, with your crazy hair and your even wackier spinning sword. But it was this release combined with Super Mario Bros. (and sometimes World Class Track Meet or Gyromite) as a bundled-in offering with the NES made it one of the most proliferated games on the console. To this day, this is still the only game that's ever shipped with a coupon for five bucks off an order at Pizza Hut printed on the back of its instruction manual. Sure, it borrowed from Mega Man apart from the engine selecting stage orders, for instance but standing on its own, Duck Tales is one of the must-have games in any NES aficionado's library. He's hidden himself inside the enormous, Tower of Babylon-esque World Tree a massive, multi-leveled living structure that holds the entire game's worth of town, fortresses and enemy lairs within its roots, trunk and branches. A port of a graphically superior arcade version, Konami gave Super C lots of love to help it make a successful transition, including the addition of several unique levels. 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. Good stuff. Amazingly enough, this game still holds up too. Yeah, it can do that too. However, Mario Bros. was eclipsed by Super Mario Bros. almost immediately upon release in the United States. It has its quirks, and the water level is insane, but it crams a lot into an NES cart. You had driving levels, featuring an overhead viewpoint straight out of Spy Hunter. By the time Mega Man 6 hit the NES, the console was virtually dead. Find these and other excellent NES titles in our online store. Unforgiving, head-scratchingly perplexing, deep, dangerous and unlike anything else on the system in theme and feel. The company got its start with Ikari as its first major hit, and the success of this game fueled the studio to go on and ultimately create classic fighting franchises such as Fatal Fury and King of Fighters on the Neo-Geo, as well as the timeless Metal Slug series. Or you can just skip the work and enter the Konami Code to get fully powered up in a matter of seconds. My initial exposure to what would become a gaming obsession in my life happened down there, when I played Mega Man for the first time. Mega Man started the craze. Soaring around as Mario in raccoon form simply cannot be beat. At least, they're our favorite NES shooters to play. Then, with enough mass amassed, you could jump onto the level-ending weight scale to trigger the opening of the stage-clearing door make it through there, and you're on to the next world. Initially, this appeared to make the game much easier, but in fact, Ninja Gaiden II's difficulty could easily be considered on par with the original, if not for different reasons. The NES had its fair share of unique puzzle games, and Adventures of Lolo 3 might take the cake as the genre's quintessential title on the console. 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. Borrowing ideas from Mega Man and Ninja Gaiden, Batman was able to toggle through a vast arsenal of weaponry and grapple to walls to assist in the platforming mayhem. 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. Sure, Duck Hunt's gameplay was as simple as pointing-and-shooting, and one could easily cheat by standing an inch from the television. - Levi Buchanan, IGN Wireless & Retro Editor. In this way, Castlevania III was like the original game on a considerable amount of steroids, with plenty of replay value to boot. Growing up, my neighbors seemed to have all of the great games, when we could only afford one here and there. We would have like to see more from our little balloon-riding friend. My best memories of Ring King are the epic fights I had on the higher difficulty levels. The tank felt like a portable fort, like home with a cannon mounted on the roof. Gamers new to this unique genre could easily access the game, but gamers who were veterans of the genre could find enjoyment in the game as well, collecting items in order to reach each subsequent stage. Unfortunately, almost everyone agrees that Tengen's version of the game was far superior to Nintendo's, even including a two-player mode which Nintendo's version sorely lacked. It was also the longest Mega Man title in the classic series, reintroducing all of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 2 in addition to an extended trek through Dr. Wily's dangerous castle. - Matt Casamassina, IGN Nintendo Editor-in-Chief. Unfortunately, virtually all televisions today render the game unplayable, so a new generation of gamer has yet to be exposed to the wonder of duck hunting and skeet shooting. Oops. And rely on it they did, making The Legend of Zelda one of the NES' most famous games, part of a franchise that thrives to this day. I felt such a sense of relief every time I returned to the vehicle from an on-foot segment, like running indoors to escape the Boogeyman in the woods. Excitebike was also the first game to offer a user-created content feature, through its track editor for a game that hit on October 18, 1985, that was way ahead of its time. And if racing in two dimensions isn't your cup of tea, grab your Power Glove, pop on a pair of 3D glasses, and experience Rad Racer in red and blue stereoscopic bliss. Thankfully, Zombie Nation arrived in the latter days of the NES to smash the zombie barrier. As for "greenish" color palette and "guy in spacesuit," Section-Z comes to mind, but there is no vertical scrolling shooter segments in that . In fact, I liked Willow so much that I'd put it up there on my top list of NES RPG favorites with games like Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy and Crystalis. Naturally, it was only a matter of time before a videogame followed the television show and toys. The music rocks, the night/day system inspired my brother's own work with Shantae, and like Zelda II it's truly unique among the series. A thinly-veiled plot about the resurrection of Adolf Hitler and an epic soundtrack go a long way towards making Bionic Commando a totally unique experience on the NES. Although you can't tackle Gradius with a pal, you can outfit your ship with "options" mindless, floating turrets that flank your ship. 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. Natsume may be completely stuck in the rut of cranking out nothing but Harvest Moon sequels these days, but back on the NES the developer had some unique and inventive adventures like Abadox, Shadow of the Ninja and this game, Power Blade. Though this is the penultimate entry in the trilogy, Wizards and Warriors III - Kuros: Visions of Power, followed as a largely forgotten (and Fabio-less) dud. Not one, not two, but three games in one. Any discussion of Contra wouldn't be complete without a nod to its iconic 8-bit soundtrack. Fusing action with platforming, and even some RPG elements, Kid Icarus is one of those key first party NES games that often finds itself ignored. This was so I could put on different weapons and gloat (because once you don the final tier of weapons and armor, you can't remove them). My brother and I used to go there on weekends to rent games, and we rented Mega Man 2 so many times that the owners of the store eventually offered to sell it to us. Opening up the initial level of Robot Masters from six, as seen in the first game, to eight as seen in each subsequent Classic Series title, Mega Man 2 was also the only Classic Mega Man game to have a difficulty setting. In other words, it's just about everything. 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. During a time in gaming where linearity reigned supreme, it allowed gamers to choose from one of six stages to start, but at the end of each Mega Man would fight a Robot Master that would sacrifice his weapon upon defeat for use in another level. Buy Buy Buy. VPD may in fact be in my top 10 NES games of all time personally, and I didn't discover it until back in 2002 when a few of the WayForward guys all got into retro gaming together. 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. This game had everything that made the first what it was: from the slick graphics and amazing music, to the awesome cutscenes and silky-smooth gameplay. Get the Best NES Shmups Here These are by far the best NES shmups for any retro gamer to try. This NES follow-up refined and focused what started on the portable platform, offering a polished action experience married with overhead map and town exploration ripped right out of the best RPGs of the age. I guess it's no wonder that Super Metroid and Metroid Prime remain my two favorite games of all time. If you were a space nerd who loved Stewart Cowley's Spaceships 2000 to 2100 AD, you too, would write up fictional technical specifications for the Vic Viper and the RoadBritish spacecraft. When one stage is cleared, Scrooge can pick from any of the remaining stages to undertake his next quest. I remember playing this a lot with my dad when I was younger. Few franchises in Nintendo's storied history are as famous as The Legend of Zelda. The game, presented in a manner similar to Epyx's popular California Games, came to the Commodore 64 and the NES. Thankfully, unlike Nintendo's release of Tetris, Dr. Mario reveled in its two-player glory, and Nintendo's new hit proved not only to be a favorite among puzzle fans, but a game consumed by multi-player purists as well. Using awesome spy tools hood mounted machine guns, oil slicks, smoke screens you could take on each enemy in style. Gorillas, lizards, frogs and other feral friends can be temporarily tamed when Nemo feeds them candy (do not try this at home), at which points he saddles them up Yoshi-style, allowing him to reach new areas. There is an art to snagging territory, and players eventually must learn how to manipulate the irrepressible Qix itself. Nevertheless, it was still pretty cool when the NES finally made it possible to hunt spies in the comfort of your own home. While a clipper ship and canoe allow you to access new areas of the map, it's the airship that's worth holding out for. Of course the objectives need executed while hordes of enemies swarm you. I remember the one clue you had to solve by soaking an included piece of paper in water to reveal it the answer. was a knock-out even without his celebrity status. the primary challenge is to obliterate chains of arthropods that creep down from the top of the screen. Essentially the '80s answer to The Lord of The Rings films, it was a fantasy film written by Star Wars' own George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard it starred Warwick Davis as a hobbit-esque Nelwyn and none other than Val Kilmer as his brash human companion Madmartigan. Punch-Out!! Journey to Silius wasn't experienced by many gamers in its time, but it has more than earned its place on our Top 100 for its smooth gameplay alone. This was a defining day for my brother and I, though I'm sure neither of us knew it then. I lived in Maine when Mega Man 5 came out, which was an SNES-dominated era in my life. Some people just aren't wired for old school gaming, apparently. An item-based menu allowed you to equip gems, whips and special weapons. 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. edited 2y. I used to apply the Konami code to every game from Konami just to see what would happen. The Micro Machines concept of incredibly little cars racing each other was adapted into this NES racing design, a game that featured overhead, birds-eye view action behind the miniature wheel and environments all designed to emphasize the diminutive scale of it all. Top-down games have been enjoyed by gamers alike for almost as long as video games have existed. Now you can see why I'm so messed up. Thanks to Saberman who contacted us earlier today, we have yet another Amiga news story to share with you all. Game developer Compile Game publisher Brderbund Software, Inc. Game published 1988 Game perspective Top-down Game theme Sci-Fi / Futuristic 5 votes Share on Facebook In fact, the first top-down game was a 2D shooter called Spacewar developed in 1962.. Someone brought a copy in, I played it, and instantly fell in love with it, playing over and over until I got my speed run down to around 14 mins on a real cart. Some people made maps. Welcome to the 80's. In 1991, Turtlemania was in full swing, and every marketer worth his or her weight in branded merchandise wanted a piece of animals-that-kick-ass pie. The visuals weren't as vibrant and the animations weren't as fluid, but the gameplay was spot-on. Ice Climber's biggest claim to fame for its time, however, was the ability for two players to play the game simultaneously. Qix for NES is the definitive home version due to its spot-on emulation and availability, although it was also resurrected on various PC platforms and Nintendo even published a GameBoy version featuring characters from the Mario pantheon. It's all a bit confusing, but with little perseverance and a lot of hitting walls with your hammer you'll discover a unique hybrid adventure game worthy of the Goonies license. In it, our metal-clad protagonist, Kuros, sets out on a quest to save not one, but several distressed damsels (and we're not talking about some ugly dude in mushroom regalia). The game is brutal. What's funny about The Legend of Zelda's title was that the gamer played as a character named Link, who was in turn trying to save the famed princess named Zelda. It wasn't because I was awful at it (though I do remember it to be challenging), but because there was almost something exciting about getting to make a choice of where I went next. A uniquely saccharine shooter, Stinger pits two quite capable, but very pastel space cruisers against some deceptively cute enemy forces. RPGs were still an extremely niche genre at the time and Dragon Warrior was no guaranteed hit. 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. Alternating both horizontal and vertical scrolling levels with cool 3D-imitating third-person view stages, Contra was designed with short attention spans in mind. Each blade offered a different ability, like the Sword of Wind that shot small tornadoes and the Sword of Water that could create bridges of ice. Simon earned experience points for killing enemies and collecting money to buy new goods. Rescue Rangers also ratcheted the difficulty down quite a bit, making it a good experience to share with a less-skilled partner. "A winner is you!" And besides, the game was officially backed by Fred Savage, the ultimate gaming Wizard. Metal Storm's awesome tech inspired me to seek out games with superior graphics, ultimately leading me to the used game store to trade in my NES and all my games, including Metal Storm, for a Genesis. If you have 120 lives, killing yourself was fun. You made your choice, and advanced to a different next level depending on your selection. Use that sword and you'll understand why this one has certainly earned its classic status. The Guardian Legend is an action-adventure/top down shooter released for the NES in 1989. While it was known mainly for platformers such as Super Mario Bros. and the like, it had a decent selection of shooters. Some of the islands' giant eggs pack ferocious but adorable dinos who will let you hitch a ride until they take damage. 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