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[Anonymous No.7242117]

what was the best game on the NES?

[Anonymous No.7242136]

>>7242117
SMB3 no contest

[Anonymous No.7242154]

>>7242136
>Blocks your path

[Anonymous No.7242187]

>>7242154
unironically too hard, but good game

[Anonymous No.7242198]

>>7242154
Winrarrrr

[Anonymous No.7242201]

Sucky's Sidequest

[Anonymous No.7242207]

>>7242117
I'm wrong and nobody should agree with me, but i think it's Metroid. I see it as this game that's really ahead of it's time, a 16bit game in 8bits. It has depth that shouldn't exist in the NES. The lack of a map is a big flaw, but i accept it. It's kinda part of what i like about it. It blows my mind that is possible for you to get lost on a 8bit game.

SMB3 is probably the objective answer. I also quite enjoy Gargoyle's Quest 2.

[Anonymous No.7242420]

>>7242117
A Nightmare on Elm Street

[Anonymous No.7243676]

>>7242117
Zelda II, no cap

[Anonymous No.7243693]

Mario Madness.

[Anonymous No.7243696]

Ninja Gaiden 1. The third one steps things up with graphics, but the movement feels sluggish or something compared to the first one.

[Anonymous No.7243701]

>>7242117
there are about 150 perfectly valid choices, it is the best console that will ever exist

[Anonymous No.7243702]

Punch Out or Mega Man 4

[Anonymous No.7243710]

>>7242420
No.

[Anonymous No.7243786]

>>7243710
I do love Enteractive bideo games.

[Anonymous No.7243787]

>>7243702
>4
based

[Anonymous No.7243804]

>>7242117
Sunsoft is always a fun time

[Anonymous No.7243824]

>>7242117
This one.

[Anonymous No.7243847]

>>7242117

[Anonymous No.7243860]

>>7243696
What about 2?

[Anonymous No.7243865]

[Anonymous No.7243868]

>>7243860
I think it has the same handling feel as 3, but doesn't have as good graphics or music.

[Anonymous No.7243869]

>>7243701
Best answer

[Anonymous No.7243889]

>>7242117

[Anonymous No.7243893]

>>7242207
This anon has it right.

[Anonymous No.7243898]

>>7242207
>The lack of a map is a big flaw
That's one of the best things about it compared to later games in the series

[Anonymous No.7243920]

>>7242117
Batman

[Anonymous No.7243939]

>>7242117
Have played <20 games, but enjoyed CV, CVIII, Rygar and Trojan and Kirby the most. First CV was a real experience for me. Kirby is an SNES game you can play on NES.

[Anonymous No.7243947]

>>7242207
Being ahead of time doesn’t mean best game

[Anonymous No.7243980]

>>7242117

[Anonymous No.7243991]

>>7243693
>game has big ass SUPER MARIO BROS 2 on the upper part
>has a smaller subtitle on a black line at the bottom
>LMAO GUISE AM I FUNNY YET FOR SAYING THE SLOGAN IS THE TITLE?
No you aren't, you've been doing it for years and it's still stupid in 2021.

[Anonymous No.7244072]

>>7243991
See you tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.7244154]

[Anonymous No.7244162]

>>7243898
As you can see by my post, i agree with you, but to the general public it was definitely a flaw.
>>7243947
Sure, but it's an achievement still. A big one.

[Anonymous No.7244171]

>>7244072
I won't be online tomorrow but I know you will.

[Anonymous No.7244186]

Seriously, no love for Lunar Pool?

[Anonymous No.7244191]

Little Ninja Bros and then maybe World Cup.

[Anonymous No.7244205]

>>7244186
pretty fun game, I think americans and other 1st worlders outside of Japan are not familiar with it, it was a classic in famiclone multicarts though.
Also: Battle City, Circus Charlie, Twin Bee

[Anonymous No.7244215]

>>7242117
It's OG Legend of Zelda. But Mario 3 is also an acceptable answer.

[Anonymous No.7244234]

>>7242207
No map is actually fine, the problem was either starting with only 35 energy and/or having no way to get to full health without grinding. Starting with 35 health in kraid or ridley is fucking stupid and you have no choice but to go back. Even with 99 health the game would be vastly less bullshit and trying to explore without max health would be a choice. But with less down time, I think getting lost in the map wouldn't be such a big deal.

[Pr?nc?ss Sevenleaf !!wsFBUXg6cfz No.7244237]

>>7244171
Lies.

[Anonymous No.7244254]

>>7244234
Forgot to add, you could slap a health recharger somewhere in the game and your punishment for dying is walking to it instead of farming, but I think the best solution would be to make enemies drop more health, but be unfarmable (no infinite spawns with infinite drops). I always thought metroid was interesting for having additive health instead of subtractive health. You start low and build it up instead of starting from the top and being whittled down. That way if you played well in the beginning of a life, you had more health for when rooms get hard. But the way metroid is now you just kind of break even and die unless you hit an energy tank.

[Anonymous No.7244257]

>>7244237
One of the most shocking and unexpected moments now that the dust has settled was when a schizo decided to become a tranny tripfag as a "Joke" but actually became an unironic tripfag in the process

[Anonymous No.7244282]

>>7242117
Might and magic 1

[Anonymous No.7244287]

Bucky O'Hare.

[Anonymous No.7244375]

>>7242117
"MICKEY MOUSE?!?....FIRST OF ALL..."

[Anonymous No.7244934]

Mega Man 2. I cannot fathom a single thing wrong with that game, from it's platforming to enemies, and music to difficulty, if I had the time I'd replay it every year. If not mm2 then probably punch out.

[Anonymous No.7245004]

>>7244934
As a Mega Man fan, I will never understand why so many prefer the ok 2 over everything else besides nostalgiaflogging. So much still needed to be fine tuned.
>Bosses are either not in depth enough or flat out bullshit
>Half the weapon set isn't even good
>Heat Man's Stage with that One Part
>Wood Man's Stage with 3 minibosses in a row
>Respawning enemies like the Pipis and Flyboys
>Quick Man's Stage with that One Part
>Mandatory Items in the Wily Stages
>That 1 fucking hallway Sniper Joe in Wily 4
>Boobeam Trap
>Only 1 boss track unlike every other game
>"Emotional" ambiguous ending that adds nothing to the plot and drags on for far too long

[Anonymous No.7245048]

>>7242154
Imagine if the 3rd level and beyond were not a thing and we just got more of Level 1 and 2. The fucking game would have been a legend

[Anonymous No.7245073]

>>7245048
Just play it on Game Boy

[Anonymous No.7245104]

>>7243676
This. Every other answer in this thread is WRONG.

[Anonymous No.7245123]

>>7245004
I've always preferred 3 to 2 even though it's a janky mess but 98% of your problems are pretty much solved by git gud including Heat Man and Quick Man's stages.

[Anonymous No.7246919]

>>7244375
What are these supposed to be light bulbs? They look like hand grenades.

[Anonymous No.7246935]

>>7245004
Crashman's music is weird....other than that I have no complaints.

[Anonymous No.7246990]

>>7242207
Here's your map, sis

[Anonymous No.7247051]

>>7243869
that's a whole lot of really fun games anon

>>7245048
it IS a legend though? NES hardware couldn't do a pure belt scroller properly (Mighty Final Fight was close) so devs mixed in other things, maybe they difficulty/memorization was overkill but they had the right idea.

>>7243693
never stop, we're calling this thing Mario Madness 4ever

>>7244282
>Might and magic 1
Great music, we could have a whole thread on computer->NES ports that added great original music, like Maniac Mansion and (I think?) Shadowgate

[Anonymous No.7247078]

Mega Man 2 or 3, depends on if you like/use the power-slide really.

[Anonymous No.7247338]

>>7246935

Crash Man has the best music.

[Anonymous No.7247351]

Seriously, no love for Orb-3D?

[Anonymous No.7247416]

Blaster Master

[Anonymous No.7247909]

>>7242154
I bet you didn't even beat it

[Anonymous No.7248705]

>>7242117
Unironically Little Samson

[Anonymous No.7248846]

>>7242117
SMB3, then Metroid.
Honerable mention goes to zeldas, battletoads, Castlevanias, other marios, kirby, megaman 2.

Puzzle: Dr Mario.
Racing: RC Pro Am
Shmup: Gradius
RPG: Mother? Final Fantasies?

Light gun? DUCK HUNT

Black box best game is SMB1.

I personally like Kid Icarus a lot. But it has flaws the others listed don’t.

[Anonymous No.7248975]

>>7242117

[Anonymous No.7249048]

>>7244934
Did you ever play Mega Man 4? Or anything after 2 for that matter?

[Anonymous No.7249060]

my top 5 are

1. SMB 3
2. Castlevania
3. Ninja Gaiden
4. SMB 1
5. Legend of Zelda

[Anonymous No.7249394]

>>7243991
seethe, cope, and don't forget to dilate

[Anonymous No.7249931]

[Anonymous No.7250137]

>>7242201
Kirby really is something special, it's even better than sunsofts games

[Anonymous No.7250138]

>>7243847
it's so goooood but kirby is 10% more impressive

[Anonymous No.7250147]

>>7242117
>zelda
>kirby
>metroid
>crystalis
>mario 3/2
>castlevania
>megamans
>final fantasy games
>shadowgate/deja vu


of all of that zelda is the most fun for me and cystalis is probably the best designed as it's like final fantasy and zelda combined though kirby is the easiest. Mario 3, Metroid, they're super hard, but not as dick as castlevania nor megaman are.

Pros and cons really, so crystalis.

[Anonymous No.7250258]

It’s SMB3.

You can sort of be a contrarian and get away with claiming you like Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid or Mega Man better. But it really is SMB3.

[Anonymous No.7250410]

>>7242117
What a lazy thread. Janny should delete it.

[Anonymous No.7251438]

SMB3
Punch Out
Ninja Gaiden 1

The only NES games I still play regularly

[Anonymous No.7252061]

>>7248846
>Shmup: Gradius

Not Life Force or Abadox or something? Nothing against Gradius but it seems unfortunate to pick that one when the series became so good as of its second entry... which never came out for the NES, but could have done.

In the puzzle category I would put Lolo above Dr. Mario.

[Anonymous No.7252069]

Hollywood Squares

Well either that or Ski or Die. Or Eliminator Boat Duel. Okay it's definitely one of those three.

[Anonymous No.7252429]

>>7250258
uh no its KIRBY

[Anonymous No.7253226]

Most people would say Town & Country II: Thrilla's Surfari, and most people would be right. This game has it all!

[Anonymous No.7254156]

you'd have to be mentally retarded to enjoy kirby

[Anonymous No.7255013]

Either Ninja Gaiden or Castlevania III.

[Anonymous No.7255347]

Anyone have any experience with the NES multi-taps? The satellite version is cheaper but how well does it work compared to the four score? It using batteries isn't a deal breaker either.

[Anonymous No.7255382]

>>7245123
I can defeat Wood Man's minibosses just fine, its just boring

[Anonymous No.7255923]

>>7255382
Aren't they weak to a certain weapon. Blades I think.

[Anonymous No.7255941]

>>7252061
Well I havent played any of those three games so I’ll have to give them a try.

[Anonymous No.7256358]

>>7255941

Hey I mentioned four games. Don't leave out Gradius II.

Those are just the Gradius-ish ones, anyway. There are also non-Gradius-ish ones, like... well again if we're including Famicom games, which maybe we shouldn't be, then Recca is an obvious choice. Also I guess The Guardian Legend is arguably a competitor. Also there are like twenty different NES/Famicom games that all look exactly like Zanac. I don't know a whole lot about those, but maybe some are good? Listen I don't know what I'm talking about at this point I just like rambling about NES games.

[Anonymous No.7256374]

It's Punch-Out.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is the most overrated game on the NES.

[Anonymous No.7257562]

Strider is my personal favorite. Good graphics and sound. Kind of a Metroidvania before that was even a thing. The controls are slightly jank, but it's forgivable considering how much shit you can do. I didn't like the linear games in the franchise nearly as much. The reboot in 2014 was fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.7257576]

>>7245048
Play the PAL or Japanese version, they fixed the third level to make its difficulty more balanced so you can actually play the rest of the game after that.

[Anonymous No.7258464]

>>7242117
The Adventures of Cumby

[Anonymous No.7258637]

>>7250138
Kirby sucks. Gimmick's a masterpiece

[Anonymous No.7258640]

>>7258637
replay kirby, i was a huge gimmick fan until i loaded up kirby like a week ago now it's my favorite. absolute peak nintendo

[Anonymous No.7258646]

>>7242117

[Anonymous No.7258652]

>>7258646
the other sunsoft batman is better

[Anonymous No.7258660]

>>7258640
Adventure is the best Kirby game, but it's still Kirby, a fundamentally awful character for a platformer--unfun and unsatisfying to control, feels like a floppy mess; and you can fly over everything with boring flight mechanics. The flying doesn't even feel good unlike Balloon Fight for example. Kirby's physics and control are awful. And the shit icing on the dirt cake is that it's much too easy

It's easily the most overrated NES game

[Anonymous No.7258661]

>>7242201
mah nigga

[Anonymous No.7258670]

>>7258652
No, Return of the Joker is a decent game (it's still Sunsoft), but it's not even close to as good. In the first one Batman's agile and excellently animated, with a perfectly sized sprite that allows for lots of space to see the stages and maneuver through them. In the sequel Batman is wooden and in a similar manner to Mega Man 7 the stage-to-character ratio isn't ideal. And those are just a couple of RoJ's issues; there are more, while the first game is nearly perfect

[Anonymous No.7258672]

>>7258660
i'm kinda liking the casual, play as you want aspect of it. there's like 3 different ways to play any particular section.

[Anonymous No.7258676]

>>7258670
I like shooting up though

[Anonymous No.7258684]

>>7258676
K

[Anonymous No.7258686]

>>7242207
No, you are ABSOLUTELY correct. Metroid is amazing

[Anonymous No.7258693]

>>7249048
Mega Man 4's the most consistently good in the series, but it doesn't have the character or the memorable peaks that 2 has. For me they're equally good, and the two best Mega Man games, followed by the rough but excellent and iconic first game

[Anonymous No.7258714]

>>7258686
Metroid, Super Mario Bros. and Zelda were all part of that first wave of games that felt like adventures and differentiated from arcade games.

[Anonymous No.7259421]

Probably the best NES game is Gumshoe

[Anonymous No.7259914]

>>7242117
Super Mario Bros 3 Remix
Mario Adventure
Luigi's Chronicles

[Anonymous No.7260037]

>>7242117
Tecmo super bowl with new updated rosters !!

[Anonymous No.7260113]

>>7242117
Ufouria
It's probably a bit on the easy side, but the gameplay is flawless.

[Anonymous No.7260402]

>>7260113
password system absolutely murders it

needs a save hack

[Anonymous No.7260507]

>>7245004
and don’t forget the sprite flickering that causes mega man to just disappear during the dragon fight.

[Anonymous No.7260519]

>>7243865
Holy shit. The right answer.

[Anonymous No.7260526]

>>7242136
You spelled Zelda II wrong.

[Anonymous No.7260530]

>>7260402
It’s called emulation, you retarded nigger.

[Anonymous No.7260543]

>>7243865
>NES
>posts FDS shit
Imagine how the weebs would sperg if you posted a NES cart in an FC/FDS thread

[Anonymous No.7261680]

>>7260402
>he doesn't have a notepad full of codes, cheats and passwords for every game he's played
Do you even retro?
Just kidding, I actually forgot about the passwords.
Still, it's a great game and I actually prefer it to Metroid.

[Anonymous No.7261807]

An obvious and indisputable tie between Qix and Dance Aerobics, the famous "two kings" of the NES lineup - but it's cool that up to this point everybody took for granted that we were supposed to disregard those and point out the third best NES game; that's a much more interesting contest

[Anonymous No.7261898]

>>7242117
Chojin sentai jetman

[Anonymous No.7261965]

>>7258670
>the stage-to-character ratio isn't ideal
Lmao I never saw someone mention this before. That's like the most important thing for me in retro games. Hate when characters are too big. Feels zoomed in.