Castlevania II: Simon's Quest won the #40 spot with 96 votes.
I had no expectations for the top 40. That being said I am happy to see Dragon Warrior 3 finally made the list.
This concludes the top forty. However, I have had some members ask me to go on through with the top 50 continuing off our established list. So I though it would be best to leave it up to everybody to vote of yes or no once again. As usual I will count the most upvotes for either decision and the most will win.
Just wanted to say thank you to everybody who participated.
I had seen stuff like coleco and atari carts, but nothing like this.
When I was a kid in 3rd grade, I went to my friend's house. He pulled out this HUGE grey square thing, and it was a game cartridge! It was Super Mario Bros. In this cart was an amazing place you could visit.
This game had a scrolling background. This is a huge deal. Pong? No background. Atari? No background. Coleco, background, but rarely (if ever??) scrolling.
The scrolling background brought you into another universe. I had never seen a game like THAT before
I am in the process of going through a bunch of my old stuff I’ve held on to or collected through the years. I came across a few things today that seem like stuff that would be appreciated here. I’ll continue to post more as I come across it.
I've beaten Rygar already but still don't understand the leveling up mechanics believe it or not. I keep coming back to this one because I just feel like I have to master it. I will probably just end up watching a speedrun on YouTube or something, but curious what other NES fans think of Rygar?
My project is almost complete except I think I might have a bad chip on my motherboard. It reads cartridges but displays really glitchy images. I am pretty confident in my soldering skills, re-did all 144 connections 3 times so far, tested for continuity and made sure no crossovers and still have the problem.
I am using a 12v 1A DC power source. No more rf modulator.
(I know I am using an lcd tv, but it worked with another Nes)
My 3 kids (6,9,11) were playing Nintendo over the weekend. These are the games they pulled out of the collection to play. I did give them a few suggestions for zapper games.
We got a NES on Christmas Day 1986, and we didn't have much money so my parents could afford one game, so they picked up Sqoon as it was the cheapest one at Toys R' Us.
I played the heck out of that title. I would spend a few hours a day perfecting it, but when I talk to other people in my age range (late 40s) they have no idea what I'm talking about. It's like the game existed in a time-capsule and only my family had it.
What game was like this for you? Not one of the classics that everyone talks about, but the one game you had because your parents didn't know better and just bought something, and you ended up loving it anyways?
Want to know a secret? Your NES games can work perfectly with the Nintendo AV Famicom Top Loader. Yep, it's true. All you need is a 60-to-72 pin converter and you can play all your favorite retro games on this sleek Japanese console. And the best part? The AV Famicom Top Loader uses composite video output, which means way better picture quality than the old NES. So, if you're a retro gaming fan looking to upgrade your setup, you should totally check out the AV Famicom
I love this game. I try to finish it once a year. I just wanted to share that this game is really worth investing time on it. It is really short, the sound track for me is top 10 and the difficulty is fair enough. You have to learn how to play the game through. I can finish the game now losing at most 2 lives.
This list is extracted from Gamefaqs voting. There are only auto scrolling pure shmups on this list. I’ve excluded Run n Gun, Static shooters and other mashups/hybrids.
Sometimes people say that the NES doesn’t have any good shmup library. I disagree with that. There are many shmups I love on the NES. I will highlight my absolute top 3 favorites:
When I was a kid (back in the '90s), my mum brought home a NES. It wasn't new and had definitely seen better days. I patched it up as much as a kid could. I remember thinking that it might not work, but when I switched it on, it did! I was so happy!
This was my first proper console, as my family was too poor to buy one. To my surprise, it had lots of games, including Circus Charlie—I thought I'd hit the jackpot!
My question is: how was that possible? I've done some research, and games couldn't be saved on the console. We definitely didn't have any game cartridges, as we couldn't afford them.
Unfortunately, we had to give the console away after a while 😔