/vr/ - Retro Games

not even close.

>incoming gameoverthinker book advertisement

>according to casual onlookers of the NES
Try playing some more 8-bit games.

this is the best 8bit game of all time

Don't think we can all agree on it being the best, but it's certainly amongst the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyfSdJ0a1w4

It's a fun game, no doubt. But it's definitely not the best.

>>492142
It has an amazing sound chip, but I don't understand the sudden and complete obsession with this game.

>>492142
Gimick certainly has some of the best graphics and sound on the system (no wonder it was released in 1992), but is it as great a game as it's being tooted as these days?
I'm not inclined to agree so readily on that.
The controls aren't as tight as one would like them to be and it can be overly difficult at times, slipping from challenging into unfair territory.
That said, I don't think it's a bad game either. Just kind of overrated here because it's an overlooked near gem many people didn't get the chance to play back in the day and are still being dazzled having made a fresh discovery.

>>492153
The GCCX episode featuring it was subbed recently.

>>492179
That explains it.

I used to think this but I'm slowly starting to see Castlevania 3 as my favorite 8bit game

It's amazing how it was leagues beyond the first game.

Isn't the Turbografx 16/PC Engine technically an 8-bit system?

>>492212
Doesn't mean the best 8-bit game wasn't still on the Nintendo.

>>492212

You can't call Rondo of Blood 8bit. It was on a CD system and utilized the PCengine expansions.

>>492217
Protip: There is no single "best" 8-bit game, just a list of games many people consider amongst the greatest. Pic related and not even Nintendo.

>>492221
That was still being handled on an 8-bit processor. Just like the Sega CD is still a 16 bit system.

Good level design,good graphics,good music.Damn shame it's quick as fuck to finish

>>492212
yeah it had an 8-bit cpu. But it still belongs to the 16-bit generation of consoles

>>492238
>Protip: There is no single "best" 8-bit game, just a list of games many people consider amongst the greatest.
Obviously. Way to pull the brakes on the conversation though.

>>492246
Because of its graphics processor, which makes it a hybrid system between generations, kind of like the Dreamcast.
And like the Dreamcast, it was a lovely console that got a much worse fate than it deserved.

Pic related might not be the best game of all time or even the best version of that game, but it was the 8-bit start of one of the greatest action rpg series of all time.

>>492286
Don't worry mate. This isn't /v/ where everything has to be black 'n white and full of implications and insults in order to catch peoples attention before the thread drowns. Lets just discuss great 8-bit games. Like pic related, a Metroid/Impossible Mission hybrid based on a somewhat obscure 80s anime and light gun toyline. Horrible cover though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsE42YRtws

Favorite game on the NES is probably Megaman 3. Or Bubble Bobble.

>>492352
Bubble Bobble on the NES was far from its best port though. Love the original and its many ports all the same.

>>492112
word

>>492142
i don't understand the props this game gets. it's pure meh to me

>>492395
It's probably because people have differing opinions.

While I do respect all of your opinions, Other than the completely wrongfags, I believe Castlevania 3 would be mine. First NES Game I ever played, Went to a friend's and started up whatever was in there, And the magic happened. To this day, I still remember when I beat Dracula. Four fucking bars of Life and I was inches away from getting hit by a Laser.
I don't know what younger me had going on, But now I have difficulty with GETTING to Dracula again.

Shadow of the Ninja. Maybe not the best 8-bit game, but seriously underrated.

>>492412
It's probably because of retrobabbys watching Arino. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

SMB2 was better.

There's a lot, but SMB3 sure is one of the most polished and perfectly crafted games on the 3rd gen.

Here's a contender

Snake! Snake!? Snaaaaaaaaake!!!!!

>>492112
Well it is the best original version of an 8 bit third installment of a Mario trilogy of all time.
I'll give you that.

>>494296

If it wasn't because of the Solid series, Metal Gear games from MSX wouldn't be rembered much now, maybe it'd have a small cult following and that's it.

NES Metal Gear is horrible, even Kojima admitted it.

>>494259

Going to have to disagree there.

The characters were way too slow in that game.

It makes it kind of boring.

Lolololol <<<<newfag just found auto update option on imageboard

>>494318
>NES Metal Gear is horrible, even Kojima admitted it.
the only reason people think it's horrible is because Kojima said he didn't like it. it's a good game

>>492112
Huh, that's funny, that picture doesn't look anything like Mega Man 3

Have a wallpaper

>>492371
Thought I read somewhere that the NES port is actually MORE sophisticated than the arcade.

>>494565

I tried to get into it but it seems unplayable. There is no sthealth in the game, just pray to get out of the screen as fast as you can.
As far as I'm concerned, the MSX version actually lets you play using sthealth which was the main point of the game to begin with.

That's why it's just, not just because Kojima said so.

It's like pretending the Pac-Man port of Atari2600 is good.

>>492142
Sunsoft games are mediocre as hell outside of their music

>>494682
Nigga I will CUT you.

Super Mario All-Stars made it even better.

>>494605

>megaman 3
i think you're mistaken

The best 8 bit game is metroido.

>>494605
>>494712
both flawed games that were bested by 9, but that's not true 8-bit

>>494682
Try again, kiddo.

>>494735
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjthVEVYEW0
I sure love generic roguelikes

>>494723

>metroido

>>492247
Gotta back up this guy.
The gameplay is just so perfect.

Recca is pretty good as well.

>>494682
>Batman, Gimmick!, Journey to Silius, Gremlins 2, etc.
>mediocre
No.

Blaster master

>>494757
Yes.

>>492112

Wizards and Warriors 3 is the best 8bit gaem of all tiem.

i dont get the love for SMB3. i never liked it. the levels always seemed more annoying than fun. my least favorite of the 2D marios

>>494712
Mega Man 3 had much better weapons balance, better boss fights, and better music.

>>492112

Most overrated game ever made. Not even kidding.

>>494654
The Master System version also got those and both looks and handles better, and they kept on improving on the visuals and adding extras on other ports well into the 90s and 00s.
Pic related, the excellent Game Gear version.

>>494830
But OP didn't post OoT.

>>495381

OoT isn't anywhere close to the most overrated game ever.

>>494797
so they did in fact include dreidlman in megaman3 in the ntsc versions?

>>495619
Not as bad as Soapywaterman.

>>494605
>yfw Shadow Man is an alium