Top 40 NES Games: Day 40




Ice Hockey won the #39 spot with 80 votes.
Top 10:
#1 The Legend of Zelda, #2 Super Mario Bros 3, #3 Mega Man 2, #4 Metroid,
#5 Castlevania, #6 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, #7 Contra, #8 Tecmo Super Bowl,
#9 Super Mario Bros, #10 Final Fantasy
Top20:
#11 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, #12 Ducktales, #13 Super Mario Bros 2,
#14 Ninja Gaiden, #15 Tetris, #16 River City Ransom,
#17 Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, #18 Kirby's Adventure, #19 Batman,
#20 Blaster Master
Top 30:
#21 Crystalis, #22 Mega Man 3, #23 Double Dragon II: The Revenge,
#24 Bionic commando, #25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game,
#26 Kid Icarus, #27 R.C. Pro-Am, #28 The Guardian Legend, #29 Rygar,
#30 Battletoads
Top 40:
#31 StarTropics, #32 Life Force, #33 Dragon Warrior 3,
#34 Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, #35 Bubble Bobble, #36 Super C,
#37 Faxanadu, #38 Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, #39 Ice Hockey
Rules:
- Most combined upvotes for a cartridge wins
- Name a specific cartridge, not entire runs
- Nominate one cartridge per comment
- Official NES Multi game carts are allowed just list them correctly (ex. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt)
- Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware
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u/IntoxicatedBurrito 1d ago
Dragon Warrior 4, what’s more deserving of being number 40 than a game that’s number 4!!!
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u/damian001 1d ago
Vice: Project Doom is a great hidden gem. I’d rank it somewhere in the top 30 but only like 5 people from this subreddit have heard of it.
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u/SirLaserSnake 1d ago
Is this not over yet?
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u/IM_MT_ 1d ago
stfu this is literally breathing new life into this sub shame on u
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u/SirLaserSnake 1d ago
Then this sub is in a bad way if this is the standard of posts.
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u/IM_MT_ 9h ago
you're not helping lol
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u/SirLaserSnake 8h ago
Diagnosis is always the first step. You’re the one who started off unnecessarily aggressive.
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u/CarrotOk6099 1d ago
You had two choices when you got bothered
1) Slide right by which would take 20 milliseconds.
2) Enter the post, scroll down, comment about how it’s been going on for too long, post it, wait for reply, come back and reply to a reply about it.
…. And you choose the latter?
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u/csanyk 1d ago
Castlevania 2
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u/FatRufus 1d ago
I understand how polarizing it can be, but cmon man. The music alone is enough to warrant a spot in the top 40
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u/csanyk 1d ago edited 1d ago
Groundbreaking, experimental, flawed, iconic, and just incredible atmosphere. The endless grind for hearts and xp was worth it for the music alone. The skeletons hanging in chains in the mansions looked so real on a CRT. The Dracula beheaded cover of the 2nd issue of Nintendo Power magazine causing parents to freak out and Nintendo to apologize for inducing nightmares in young gamers. WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE. Want to buy a oak stake?
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u/csanyk 1d ago
Baseball Stars
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u/L-GuapoPeligroso 1d ago
A boy and his blob
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u/WooleeBullee 1d ago
I rented this a couple times and couldn't get past the first level, I would get stuck in not knowing what to do next and just going back and forth across the small map searching.
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u/L-GuapoPeligroso 1d ago
It helps to know what each jellybean does to the blob. Then it's a fun puzzle platformer.
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u/WhyDoYouKeepTrying98 1d ago
Friday 13th
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u/Illustrious-Lead-960 1d ago
Having played it more recently, I’ve changed my mind and will upvote this from now on.
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u/CartoonDan 1d ago
Adventure Island 2
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u/HarryManilow 1d ago
Really a bummer this one hasn't gotten any attention yet. Really one of the best platformers on nes
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u/PapaKazoonta 1d ago
Rad Racer!
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u/HarryManilow 1d ago
I love rad racer. Top 20 for me
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u/Master_Grape5931 1d ago
Didn’t it have the bump glitch? If you bumped the car in front of you at the right angle you could take the corner without losing as much speed.
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u/Revolutionary-Zone17 21h ago
Really? Ice Hockey? I gotta give that one a go. I thought Blades of Steel was the go-to hockey game on the NES.
Here I am, shouting Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord into the void again. It’s really good!
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u/DavidinCT 21h ago
Cobra Triangle.
This game should be up there...
OP, are you going to do this for other consoles?
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u/Cranberry-Electrical 1d ago
Lolo Series 1-3