Best (and worst) NES games of 1985 - 1994

[@JohnRiggs]

This is a marathon of all of the NES through the Years videos, all at once. Perfect for background noise or video game stores ;)

[@Dwayne-m4t]

Did you have Army Ants?

[@freddyvidz]

Thanks!!! These are my years of NES and I love it.

[@Dwayne-m4t]

I dont think I need to say my favorite NES game. I talked about it all of the time.

[@geodio]

This is a smart format. Props John.

[@chrisdoe3642]

As back in the 90s by pro jared bites the dust you pick up the slack. Way to hold the line. The world needs more people like you John.

[@Roger-fs5yo]

I love it when Mr. Riggs puts these collections together in one big marathon. It means I can let it play while I go to sleep😁

[@jonspreadthedread]

Hell yeah Riggs. More of these compilation vids. Love having the long vids play in the background while I work!

[@TheJimbo1791]

Same here. This kind of videos are total ASMR for me :)

[@lwhite647]

I’m actually one of those people who legitimately likes Ice Climber. I think the controls were designed to be that way to make it more challenging and you have to really plan out every move you make. Not to mention the music is phenomenal, and the game all around just has a particular vibe to it that I love.

[@johngavalas712]

I also love Ice Climber

[@garb7477]

The neat thing about NES Golf is unlike latter golf games; the slope arrows I believe all go the same direction once you are on the green. I had experience the Mandela effect with this game as I thought there was multiple directions for the slopes on the greens.

[@diplenski]

jaws is a good game. i don't think i have it anymore, but i did in the '80s

[@Darth_Nerd]

Good Morning! I learn about so many games that i would have never seen otherwise!

[@Metal-Josh]

Fun fact: so I have the bootleg multi cart “31 in 1”. And it has Ice Climber WITH the baby seals. I didn’t know that that was only an Eastern thing

[@BDBD16]

THREE HOUR?!?! YOU MAKE THREE HOUR LONG VIDEO?!!?!? Oh Mr Riggs!

[@robertanderson2898]

Getting up near Mike Matei territory......

[@timothyroyer270]

I think it may be a Mashup of all the different videos for each year.

[@diplenski]

i always start mega man 2 with flash man, then metal man

[@Rountree1985]

No one asked 😊

[@diplenski]

@@Rountree1985 are you ok?

[@BURRITO44]

Two best game magazines in the 80s and 90s - Electronic Gaming Monthly and Gamepro !!

[@Wil_Dsense]

Where’s MC KIDS (Mcdonaldland in Europe) that’s the only game I have for the NES in fact I bought an NES JUST so I can play that game. I was able to download and play the Amiga version on Windows 10/PC and it has save states. Nostalgia is Helluva Drug! 😊

[@Retro_Beek]

Love these videos so much. Thanks for sharing!

[@BURRITO44]

Some retailers charged high prices for some NES titles - like $75 !!

[@BURRITO44]

Milan’s Secret Castie -- a hard puzzle game !!!

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome !! Love your marathons !!!

[@BURRITO44]

Blaster Master -- a classic must - have game !!

[@BURRITO44]

Each game cost back in 1985 - $50 !!

[@BURRITO44]

Games from Brøderbund - originally on the PC - ported a few for the NES !!

[@BURRITO44]

Paperboy - great arcade port !! Great graphics in the arcade version !! But better player control on the NES !!

[@BURRITO44]

Adventure of Zelda - huge hit !!! This one started the RPG craze !!

[@BURRITO44]

Main retailer for NES games between 1985 and the 90s - Toys R Us !!

[@BURRITO44]

Karate Champ - one of the worst arcade ports on the NES !! Arcade version had lots of moves !! Back in the 80s, 90s - gamers wanted arcade ports !!

[@eurosoe]

Hey! I wanted to thank you for sharing the Midwest Gaming Classic event. We drove over from Toronto, Canada and it was a great time. downtown Milwaukee was very cool too!

[@PhillipJackson-rl5ty]

I'm watching it because of pure nostalgia and it's raining here over 1ft of rain in three days...🤣

[@Jinsell37]

This was an extremely ambitious video and you did a great job. I couldn't help but notice that you missed Taxan's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero from early 1991. You did mention it when you discussed Capcom's G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor though.

[@BURRITO44]

Punch-Out - huge hit in the arcades !! Good port - sold well !!

[@BURRITO44]

Best game developers for the NES - Capcom, Konami , and Taito !!

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

Hey this is awesome! Thanks John!

[@JB-df8hl]

10 yard fight from I-Reem lol

[@BURRITO44]

Arkanoid - it dit come packaged with a special controller !!

[@BURRITO44]

Some NES games had great music !!

[@BURRITO44]

I saw Lengendary Wings in the arcades but not one of Capcom’s best !!

[@BURRITO44]

Marble Madness -- great arcade port !!!

[@TheRobotDevil66]

Bump n jump is one of my sleeper favorite games. Great control, great pace, amazing music, and fun courses. It's a winner

[@joshwofford9321]

Great Videos! Love the nostalgia! Would be awesome if we could have some more audio from the games, just to get the full effect.

[@BURRITO44]

Sky Kid -- a lot of fun !!

[@Sinn0100]

3 hours and 9 minutes of Riggs talking about Ned games?! Sign me up! I love these videos especially in really long form. Addendum- Clu Clu Land coins? Man, they look like gold rupees to me. I bet I know who made Clu Clu Land...;)

[@thescream1868]

excellent video man. Brought back so many memories....booting up that emulator

[@joe-yuugen]

Great job, this personal review index was a great accomplishment for all of us to enjoy.

[@dotdecorandmore7480]

0:55 Sure, it means nothing in English, but the term "kuru-kuru" in Japanese means to go around and around, hence why the gameplay is the way it is. And most likely to make it easier to say (or maybe even for more appeal), Nintendo changed it to "clu-clu".

[@GZAndrew]

I absolutely loved the T&C game as a child. I also was obsessed with the T-shirts too. Haha

[@TheDuke013]

Rambo was where you learn to right codes correctly, love the marathon.

[@jarrettriley5967]

3 hours of NES yessssss

[@BURRITO44]

Games based on Disney -sold well !!

[@WilliamRyan-h2y]

Sky Kid is still one of my favorite NES games. I remember playing it at this pizza place by my house as a kid. I probably could've bought an NES console with the amount of quarters I spent on that game over the years lol.

[@mjdf122]

John Riggs Marathon

[@johngavalas712]

Love this video totally revisited my childhood watching this thanks John!

[@robertanderson2898]

Heh, I had a paper route when I was 9 or 10. Was over 100 papers, good thing I had a bike (sometimes I got driven). Then they ended up just putting that paper inside of the main one...... WOW big ups to you, I love every second of this!

[@BURRITO44]

Athena is on several bad game lists !! Same goes for Deadly Towers !!

[@duncangroobridge2606]

I am a big suikoden fan . My best console is Nintendo Switch

[@CptKennyLoggins]

I remember thinking how cool the Trojan cover art was a kid. I never played it. I bought a NES game as an adult and the cases must have been switched. The game turned out to be Trojan. I had fun and finished the game!

[@BURRITO44]

Gun.Smoke - super hard !!

[@64bitRewind]

This entire video confirms I was so blessed to be a kid in the mid 80s/early 90s 🔥🔥

[@BURRITO44]

Karnov - good arcade port !! Renegade - not that great.

[@thetrophysystem3697]

Ireem? You mean Irem :P

[@mammoth3579]

Love your videos and saw you in the Louisville Arcade Expo, keep up the great work!

[@aldorechiasson]

I loved Urban Champion! I couldn't find it for sale anywhere but I could rent it. Every snow storm or holiday as much as I could I was renting it.

[@JGKingCrusher]

Solomon's Key was amazing. Loved that game. Sadly, my mother beat it way before any of us did. My mom didn't want anyone to know she was a gamer, but... she was. 🙂

[@chocolocojames213]

This video takes me back to my childhood. I miss it so much 😊😊😊

[@astralmass]

Weird. I fell asleep with this on and dreamt me on John were hitch-hiking to go see a show (the concert I'm going to tonight) and worried that we wouldn't make the beer store before it closed. He talked about NES games the whole time. So I basically had a John Riggs road trip buddy comedy in my head.

[@andremarc1275]

in 1989 Punch Out was impressive... i was intimidated by the big characters as big as me on the huge TV on the ground/mat

[@jeremyhouston3438]

I’m hinking now of the old Konami ads that were in many many comic books back then.

[@patriot-dv6dh]

“Two player alternating games, shouldn’t even be a thing…” SMB3: Hold my beer! 😂

[@robertanderson2898]

I think 1990 was the best overall year for NES games. I'm glad they made Mega Man 4, 5, and 6! Oh the name of the cat from Tiny Toons was Furrball (yes, with two R's).

[@kenhammscousin4716]

Agree, Tennis was a fun game! better than most sports titles for NES. IDK why but they got that one right for some 2 player fun. Tennis and RBI baseball were games i played with friends into middle school like 2001, we had a blast every time. RBI especially, it has more variety and skill based factors than you would think, and of course hilarious bugs that would have us laughing our asses off when a bug would screw someone over

[@duncangroobridge2606]

Hi big wonder boy fan and cliff is friend . I am from the uk i am Duncan

[@jasonbohy3777]

Oh man tu for the memories

[@Razor_Wulf]

Thanks!

[@BURRITO44]

Top Gun - not so bad !!

[@zrtaylor23]

I have been FOR YEARS trying to figure out the name of the game Jackal. Thank you so much dude. Such a good game.

[@Nick-qy3hu]

In Canada we had system rentals pretty quick. I played all of them except Neo Geo ( other than in arcades ).

[@russbatman3]

So happy I found these videos...awesome watch

[@exodous02]

Deadly towers was one of those games I passed with save states. Even with save states holy crap that game is frustrating.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

34:07 Sky Kid looks like a NES port of the old PC game Sopwith Camel.

[@RaymondoPerson]

Renegade/Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun on NES was a game I immediately wanted to defend since I think the arcade version is extremely underrated and its reputation as a terrible game is insane... but the NES port isn't great since it usually just encourages spamming one single move that's preferable in the overwhelming majority of contexts. Watch high-level play of the arcade game, then the NES game, and you'll see how spammy and unbalanced the latter is and how even speedrunning requires varying your moves a lot more in the arcade version. Sucks since I do like the little bits of variety they added in the NES version like the motorcycle sections.

[@vaper6262]

EXCELLENT VIDEO, GREAT INFO 👍

[@geoaltman9344]

made it 51 minutes in loving it. great to see these in order

[@reidsjaaheim8237]

1:52:48 lol

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

Way too much time showing Golf 😂

[@timbrown_nb]

*makes pop corn*

[@mymusic3354]

NES had a solid 9 year run. Then again, some people out there are still making games for it 👍

[@DoodMang7]

you are my go to for nes content your channel is awesome🔥

[@marty639]

Your old. These games are oirs now. For us. Your too old to enjoy them now and we make them expensive because we collect your nostalgia. So give up already. Its our time. Ill spend 200 on 1 nes game just to keep you from buying it. Our time not yours

[@diplenski]

t&c surf was a good game, i liked the skateboarding better. the music goes hard, especially the solo

[@MNATrevor]

19:00 I loved this game as a kid.

[@mattmctaggart8836]

Are you going to do any more ranking videos or open cart surgery videos?

[@masterroshi9942]

The laser weapon on Contra is my favorite I've played through the game with it many of times

[@Draven665]

Absolutely loved working my way thru this video, lots of nostalgia, think the games i played most as a kid were Trog anf Tiger Heli.

[@howy3333]

We have the same taste in games... I also liked spy vs and had a mad subscription..

[@Nick-qy3hu]

1942 is one of my favorite shooters. The arcade game is still the best way to play 🙂

[@zwallyzool1974]

Would love to get either a 74 strat or les paul Standard in honeyburst or red.

[@nathanieldotter3717]

I agree Metroid is amazing, but having no map is the reason I never beat Metroid 1, bet when you beat it you used a Nintendo power with the map it had, I didn't have that option.

[@anthonywright5613]

John Riggs you are appreciated

[@HECTORMONTALVO-le9cn]

Awesome compendium!😊👍

[@dustheg]

Hey truthfully he answered his own issues in the video that I see a lot of "collectors" dropping out have. The price is too high or they don't enjoy most of the games. Problem is not enjoying the games but trying to buy all the games you can is where the burnout starts. It takes the enjoyment of something and makes it a chore. I heard a lot of Sega and nes but I didn't hear like master system old school PC may be something he might enjoy as well. If 90%of everything on any given system is not for someone no matter the generation then you know it's high time to get out of the market or hobby as that means you only enjoy 10% of something you really dont like it. Oh well good luck finding that love you once had for the retro stuff

[@bradnimbus4836]

Cool stuff, Mr. Riggs!

[@itsjustagamechannel]

Good job on making this one John. Wow, it’s a lot of work… albeit fun work of course.😊

[@elialexander-tanner5784]

3+ hours of Riggs game review. My daily zen

[@alexshadowfax1119]

I cant picture John finishing a game lol, he has fun for a few mins and then goes ohh let's play this game, ohh let's play that game lol

[@Dwayne-m4t]

Calling a three