Happy GLaD, everybody! Today I want to talk about the rest of my favorite games on the NES. As I said yesterday, Super Mario Bros. was probably one of the most influential games of all time. After all, it did single-handedly resurrect the industry after Atari crashed it. Anyway, onto the best of the rest!
Blaster Master! I still have good memories of this game. The first time your little dude jumps out of the cockpit, you knew that you were in for something different. Sadly, I never finished it. Nor did I own it. I think the farthest I ever got was to finish the fourth boss, thanks to the cheat where you can insta-kill bosses.
Bubble Bobble! Okay, I admit that I have a soft spot for those little dinos. It's probably because the original game was so much fun. I still remember writing down passwords. The farthest I ever got was to level 100. To this day, I still can't beat that huge badnik. He was ridiculously tough.
Crystalis! Great action RPG. The second one I ever beat. But be careful. Blink, and you'll miss the story. lol
Duck Tales! I was really big into the TV show back then. What can I say that hasn't been said before? Play it if you haven't already, you louts!
Heroes of the Lance! What the hell, Setz! Have you lost your mind!? No, but it's the only game based on Dragon Lance, so leave me alone. D= Even though it was pathetically easy and cumbersome, I still like it.
Link's Adventure! I know that the second game was the black sheep of the franchise, but it was my favorite. It was the first ARPG I ever finished, and it took me FOREVER. I look at it this way - OoT has more in common with this game than the first or third.
Little Nemo! Another game gotten for Christmas so very long ago. I still remember that my mom hid it in the tree so I would open it last. lol Anyway, it was a fantastic game. It took me a long time to beat, too.
Mega Man 3! My favorite MM game. While the others are great as well, this game took it to the next level. I really loved the Doc Robot stages, which had you fight the MM2 bosses again.
Ninja Gaiden 2! This is my favorite one because it was the only one that I beat as a kid. lol The story was great, too. My favorite part was getting the two ghosts and tearing stuff up.
So that's pretty much "it" for Best Of list for the NES. But wait, there's more! The best NES game of all time actually deserves its own blog. Plus, it ties into my next topic tomorrow. See ya then!
can't remember heroes of the lance. I was really into dragonlance as a kid though. Wish someone would do something with that property.
I beat Bubble Bobble with a friend one late night. Took forever. I still have the music stuck in my head.
Yeah, I have a love/ hate relationship with the song as well. It has a way of getting stuck in your head. lok
Nice list man! Although I can't really agree with Heroes of the Lance lol. I wish we would have got a decent Dragonlance game. I love that series. I bought Blaster Master a while back, but haven't put much time into it yet.
I couldn't agree more! There was a project started on the Dragon Age Origins forums to do a mod of the books, but I think it was dropped. It's too bad that they never did anything else with the property in game form.
Need to try another Mega Man game. I like the graphics.
My favorites in order were 3, 4, 2, 5 and Game Boy V. The rest are pretty average to me.
Glad to see some of my favorites like Mega Man 3 and Little Nemo on your list. Have you played DuckTales Remastered?
Yes! It was really good, too. I made a special trip to my aunt's house so I could download it. I'm also considering buying the disc version to support the developers.
I still don't like Zelda II, but I guess I can see what you mean as far as the OoT similarities.
It just felt like it was the spiritual successor to me. A lot of the elements of the original game were there. It's easy for me to imagine a remake of it with the OoT engine
Having missed out on the NES the first time around, I like reading people's lists of their favorite games. Gives me some place to start for when I decide to start buying NES games.
Definitely. There are plenty of other really good games for that system as well, like Faxanadu. I recommend that and a few others as well, most notably Pitfall.