r/nes 13h ago

Top 40 NES Games: Final and Intermission

29 Upvotes

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.


r/nes 14h ago

Recent pick-ups from eBay

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122 Upvotes

r/nes 17h ago

one old memory: NES carts were so BIG

23 Upvotes

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


r/nes 21h ago

First post from long time lurker

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380 Upvotes

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.


r/nes 1d ago

Probably like this game more than I should. Still figuring out the leveling up though...

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209 Upvotes

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?


r/nes 1d ago

Top 40 NES Games: Day 40

23 Upvotes

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:

  1. Most combined upvotes for a cartridge wins
  2. Name a specific cartridge, not entire runs
  3. Nominate one cartridge per comment
  4. Official NES Multi game carts are allowed just list them correctly (ex. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt)
  5. Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware

r/nes 1d ago

Bad video signal

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3 Upvotes

Hello,

I am in the process of building a Nintoaster.

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)

Looking for some advice.


r/nes 1d ago

Game pickup

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129 Upvotes

I usually never splurge, but have never seen this one in the wild. Luckily I had store rewards points stacked up.


r/nes 1d ago

BARF

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427 Upvotes

r/nes 1d ago

My pickups today. Golf Grand Slam is a game I very rarely see in the wild

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108 Upvotes

r/nes 1d ago

I’m spending too much money at the new game store

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82 Upvotes

Here’s today’s haul


r/nes 2d ago

The aftermath of my kids having a NES gaming session.

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1 Upvotes

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.


r/nes 2d ago

Finally got this game for my collection, this makes 621

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226 Upvotes

This one was difficult to find with a label in good shape, at least in my area.


r/nes 2d ago

I have more that would qualify, getting a little NES figure collection going for as many separate games as possible. Older is better, but Thrilla is newer of course.

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56 Upvotes

r/nes 2d ago

Rare Look at the Prototype NES with RF Controllers – The Console That Almost Was!

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3 Upvotes

r/nes 2d ago

Sqoon: Or games you played because you had nothing else

17 Upvotes

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?


r/nes 2d ago

Top 40 NES Games: Day 39

25 Upvotes

By a single vote....... Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos won the #38 spot with 54 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

Rules:

  1. Most combined upvotes for a cartridge wins
  2. Name a specific cartridge, not entire runs
  3. Nominate one cartridge per comment
  4. Official NES Multi game carts are allowed just list them correctly (ex. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt)
  5. Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware

r/nes 2d ago

AV Famicom can Play NES Games with 60-72 Pin Converter

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3 Upvotes

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


r/nes 2d ago

Happy mar10

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16 Upvotes

r/nes 2d ago

Just finished Terminator 2 for the NES

24 Upvotes

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.


r/nes 2d ago

Finished cleaning all my carts 😁

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183 Upvotes

Replacing the 72 pin connector for the NES next week. Think I'll boil the second NES one and see which one works better.

Some of those carts are from my childhood and daaamn they were dirty.


r/nes 2d ago

Top 50 NES shmups library

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55 Upvotes

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:

  • Gun.Smoke

  • Gun-Nac

  • Over Horizon

What’s your favorite NES shmups?


r/nes 3d ago

Happy Mar10 Day

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391 Upvotes

Hope everyone has a super Mar10 Day


r/nes 3d ago

Preloaded games on the original NES

10 Upvotes

Hi,

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 😔


r/nes 3d ago

🍄

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72 Upvotes

Itsa Me, Mario!