The Best of the Best on the Nintendo Entertainment System

[@abemontes2518]

The NES is the reason a lot of us older guys became the gamers we are today. The 1980s were truly magical.

[@OriginalRyan]

100%.

[@derekchatcavage9180]

I was a 90s kid 😢 lol

[@redcrimson1028]

Best comment ever and you're absolutely correct! I say 95% too. No nintendo there would be no gaming. I could care less what the haters say. U know the haters won't admit that. I remember I had the atari and I hated it. I stop playing video games. Then my Dad came thru with the Nintendo, and it was a wrap. Nintendo for life. Funny thing is, when thr smoke finally clears, watch nintendo be the only one left standing.

[@cjarmour7288]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 FACTS!

[@cusernament]

Amen. Born in '79 made me the perfect age for the NES.

[@MikeB-p1q]

I'm 41.. I remember getting my first Nintendo.. Both my parents are now gone. Getting old sucks. These vids bring me back in time. I had a great childhood.. Horrible adulthood..

[@nicholassharp3799]

Damn, same age and same theme..... getting old does suck.

[@alemswazzu]

That really sucks. Sorry to hear that.

[@csj9619]

Well, things can only get better from here.

[@user-nj6hs8zy9b]

I'm 41, as well, and while I still have my Dad, my Mom has passed. She played the NES as much as us. Her favorite game was Castlevania. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@thecowboy3217]

In TMMT 2 the new bosses, Tora and Shogun, were designed by Kevin Eastman exclusively for the NES home version.

[@themadatheist1976]

And what about that free pizza coupon. lol

[@phattjohnson]

@@themadatheist1976 That's a love for the customer that devs often no longer have!

[@bobbyologun1517]

i remember doing extra chores so my parents would buy me TMNT2. one of the best days of my life was going up to Pizza Hut with my coupon to get my PERSONAL PAN PIZZA :D@@themadatheist1976

[@HeroQuestFans]

I was intrigued by the new content at the time, but the huge downgrade in visuals (and the lousy duplication of the gameplay) made TMNT 2: the arcade game, a huge disappointment for me (thankfully I didn't own an NES at the time so didn't spend any money on it), nearly as bad as Double Dragon on NES (to this day that latter game only appeals to me for the Vs. Mode, which still could be better, but was the best thing about it at the time!). we all wanted the arcade experience at home... and back then you could save your money and go to the arcade.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

What!? That's basically unprecedented in its time. A licensed game in the early 90's having actual creative input from the IP's creator? Holy turtles, Batman! Mad respect to Eastman for sticking his creative nose into the project in a good way. Most IP owners at that time had only one question regarding the games based on their IP: "when does the check arrive?"

[@Crackles83]

Yes, you’re Sega Lord X, but we love you for your style, not just for Sega! Go for all!!

[@fappening-j6c]

Agree 💯

[@arloMI6]

Gonna have to turn into “Gaming Lord X”

[@lldjslim]

Yeah, me too, I'm waiting for sega Lord x to do a sports video on all sports games on the ps1

[@amadsadr-semnani5170]

​@@fappening-j6c❤

[@chivalrous_chevy1163]

Hey, if Sega is his favorite system, he still played other systems.

[@ianvanwyk3707]

The most heartbreaking part of this list is how many times Konami featured on it. It is really sad to see how greed has eroded the artistic ability of that once great gaming giant to such a degree that most gamers now await their releases with sceptism and uncertainty.

[@ragnakak]

Yeah, when you saw Konami (or Ultra Games) on an NES box, you knew you were getting a quality game more often than not.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

The NES, SNES and sometimes Mega Drive was Konami at their very best.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

​@@Adamtendo_player_1I agree wholeheartedly.

[@thomasbeall9069]

It’s normal, look at movie studios that aren’t even around. Record labels etc, the legacy will always be there.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

@@Adamtendo_player_1 And YGO before XYZ's as well lol

[@dejatwixt9214]

i'm 42 going on 43. i was the 'nerd' as a kid. and my dad was into sci fi (trekkie here) but i have grown friends with gaming and now with online/discord i i have a best friend. they are far away from me but hopefully one day we meet. but we literally chat everyday. we met in an mmorpg. gaming brings people together. also genesis is dope, all systems are. but long story short: its amazing how gaming brings people together.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

True. Butw, if i may ask, where does your friend live? I'm also uessing you may be a black person or what i call an Eminem ( white people acting black) due to your use of the word "dope" lol

[@dejatwixt9214]

im white. 'dope' has been using since like the 90s from any ethnicity. ive always used it. its not a 'black word'. as my friend, east coast. @@VixXstazosJOB

[@FreddPhucks]

*Tecmo SUPER Bowl* should have been here whether runner up or best sports game. Has the NFL license, players, stats, season mode, vs, exhibition. It was hands down the complete sports game for the NES.

[@stephenjohnson9632]

We are so tired of seeing Tecmo Bowl and not seeing Tecmo Super Bowl.

[@wizardninja7gaming764]

he showed super tecmo bowl in the footage

[@stephenjohnson9632]

@@wizardninja7gaming764 He showed the original Tecmo Bowl, not Tecmo Super Bowl.

[@andrewdyke5561]

I agree super has bo

[@cliffordfrazier8124]

@@andrewdyke5561 so does the original. But Super Tecmo has all of the teams.

[@jaredwhite200]

NES is definitely one of the best gaming consoles ever. Some of my favorite games on the NES are Super Mario Bros 1,2 & 3, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Contra, Tetris, Blaster Master & Mega Man 2 just to name a few

[@miamimagicians]

So much fun

[@CAPCOM784]

Loved Metroid 👍

[@retrobiggy]

Hell of a combo there 🤟

[@SupaStah01]

SM bros 3, Punch out, TNMNT 2, Contra

[@bakerfresh]

Double Dragon was pretty awesome... Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania trilogies

[@HighFiveGhost50]

Dude, no RC Pro Am in racing? One of the favorites in our household. My dad would come home from work in the morning when we would be going to school and he would play Pro Am. Fun times.

[@mauriciomedeiros4679]

Punch Out!! is my personal favorite NES game. The technology was so limiting, yet the game excels in every category. It has superb gameplay, it oozes personality, such a strong experience on a tiny toy cartridge. It achieves so much with so little. It is timeless.

[@Gatorade69]

Punch Out alongside Super Mario Bros 3 are my top two favorite NES games. The game has a lot of personality and the characters all have a lot of, well, character. Could never beat it as a kid but returned to it in Highschool and finally kicked Mike Tyson's ass. As with a lot of Nintendo developed games at the time it really has a great difficulty curve that slowly ramps up from opponent to opponent.

[@cleonituk]

I remember jotting down the password between each fight. Man those were the days.

[@senseicorey9979]

Just picked it up at a pawn store for $25. (Along with double dragon) both are really great .

[@AngryCalvin]

It was a mind blowing arcade game in 1984. The home version was very well designed. It really holds up well even today. It’s very different from other NES titles and very unique.

[@thomasbeall9069]

Seems limited now, but then it was cutting edge compared to something like the Atari 2600. I grew up on Odyssey 2. When we seen NES we all jumped when Mario kept moving and the staged scrolled. It was like voodoo to us. We expaected it to look like SMB3s intro. We didn’t understand games could be like that yet.

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Why do people keep picking Tecmo Bowl when it is clear that Tecmo Super Bowl is superior in every way, shape, or form? Tecmo Super Bowl is the one people still play today, has both NFL Players & Teams licenses, and, at the time it was made, had every NFL team.

[@Phil926]

This.

[@Detroit-gx5nd]

Tecmo Super Bowl is better but the first one is still lit and is more nostalgic IMO

[@tylerpemberton3134]

Bo Jackson 😊

[@artemis9789]

Because Bo Jackson

[@Christopher-fr1sj]

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[@allnamesaretakenful]

I got my NES Christmas of 87, one year before most of the kids in my town. Everyone seemed to get it in 88. Jackal is amazing. I still play it.

[@xp8969]

Really? Everyone in my town got them in 86

[@Sinn0100]

I got my Nes and Master System in 1986. Most kids around me got one or the other by 1986'ish. I believe the Nes really wasn't available to all markets in the US until early 1987. While the Nes launched in 1985 the video game market was dead in the US. Nintendo had to jump through a lot of hoops just to get retailers to carry it at all. After the Nes sold well in its two test markets (New York City and Los Angeles) Nintendo began releasing it solely in other very big markets. Mine came from Miami, Florida which is why I got it so early (same for the Master System). It really depended on where you live. After the Nes and Master System things got a whole lot better for everyone as the industry was thriving. My mother found my Sega Genesis in 1989 with no problems at all.

[@bdunk914]

I got NES in 1986 and then I got TurboGrafx 16 in 1989

[@matthewburkett4678]

Everybody in my area got it in 87. But it is a smaller populated area.

[@CAPCOM784]

​@@bdunk914Turbografx-16 was on another whole level back then. I loved many of the games and music released on the system .

[@zed-xr4353]

Dude, you ain't lying. I can't believe it's been 37 years since I first saw the NES and today. Almost 4 decades and it still feels like it could have been last week.

[@RiffSL4YER]

If I came up with a list it would be really close to this . I loved Life Force and Double Dragon 2 growing up . Good times back then .

[@adamkane7513]

I only got into NES games in my 40s. The system has some great games, some of the best from the 8 bit era.

[@SegaLordX]

Better late than never.

[@jasonlee7816]

NES games weren’t graphically (visually) the best 8-bit games 8-bit Sega Master System eats NES for breakfast, lunch, dinner

[@ragnakak]

@@jasonlee7816It doesn’t matter. NES had many more great games. Hardware is useless without software

[@scaleworksRC]

Some of them are so hard, you'll need a Game Genie to enjoy them. Good luck!

[@Bloodreign1]

@@jasonlee7816 Graphics aren't everything you know. Gameplay, replay value, and music can play a major part in someone's joy for games. Don't be the person to piss in the punch that everyone else is trying to enjoy.

[@rod0524]

The NES has some of the best platformers in gaming history: Castlevania 3, Mega Man 2, Metroid, Ninja Gaiden 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Shatterhand, Vice: Project Doom.

[@penismightier9278]

Vice Project Doom never gets the attention it deserves. Shatterhand is pretty up there too.

[@JopieHaargel]

Powerblade 1 and 2 could go on that list as well.

[@michaelmccormick1152]

Vice: Project Doom was one of my favorite games and I almost never hear anyone mention it

[@fappening-j6c]

Such a perfect list. No need for Powerblade

[@penismightier9278]

@@JopieHaargel Power Blade 1 and especially 2 are great games, but I don't know if I'd put them on the top of the system's library.

[@josephwilkinson6561]

Great retrospective. Getting an NES on Christmas 1988 was the happiest moment of my young life, and building a collection from flea market/thrift store finds in the late 90s/early 00s was another amazing experience. Its so true that you could play a variety of games back then by borrowing among friends. Some of my favorites that weren't mentioned here are Blaster Master, Metal Storm, and Magic of Scheherazade. You seem to have similar taste in games to me, so I'll bet you would like any of those.

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

I hear you man. I was lucky enough to be able to recreate that magic with a switch for my son. I even did it at the same age I was when I got my nes. Little so and so just broke my switch but he still has his…

[@jeremybowers3181]

Man this was PURE nostalgia mainlined to the brain, totally made my night experiencing these again in vid form. You rock SLX🤘😎

[@drumtum]

Super Mario Bros 3 and Kirbys Adventure were my favourite games on the NES. Late releases that really pushed the system.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I'd have too hard of a time trying to come up with a list like this, as there's just too many good games to pick from.

[@penismightier9278]

Seriously. The amount of categories he's got in this help make sure as many games as possible don't get missed.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

This list is missing RC Pro Am, Blaster Master, Skate or Die...

[@phattjohnson]

@@Blas4ublasphemy Yeah I was expecting RC Pro Am to feature in the racing category! I suppose a limiting factor in any list is going to be the titles that you yourself have actually played :P For best music I'd have put Journey to Silius, hands down. That stage 2 theme is basically a fully realised EDM track.. the NES had NO business pumping out bangers like that.

[@egl12fen]

@@Blas4ublasphemy Kid Icarus, Metroid, Golgo 13... Kung Fu should have been in the running for best arcade port as well, imo

[@SumDumGy]

R.C. Pro-Am gets my vote for best racing game, with Super Off-Road runner up.

[@FFVison]

I always got my butt handed to me with RCPA as a kid and could never master the steering. I will say that I played Super Off-Road in the arcade and enjoyed the heck out of it more than the NES version. I think that it worked really nicely with the pedal and steering wheel, an experience that you just don't get on the NES.

[@SumDumGy]

@@FFVison I absolutely agree with you about the differences between Super Off-Road arcade vs. NES!

[@wizzgamer]

I imported the Nintendo way back in 1983. Games like Excite back and Mario Bros blew me away and where a huge upgrade over the 2600. Crazy to think it's now over 40 years old.

[@lgmediapcsalon9440]

lol doubt.

[@CAPCOM784]

Blew Atari away back in the day . Loved the graphics and bgm on the NES.

[@balaam_7087]

Remember when Nintendo was completely dominating and Sega said “We need to spend $70 Billion to buy up huge chunks of the industry under the thinly veiled pretense of competition?” Pepperidge Farm doesn’t remember either.

[@TheYa2000]

I was born in the USSR. And when I was 6 years old, the Soviet Union collapsed. We have never had an NES in Russia. But there was a Taiwanese clone called "Dendy". My parents bought me a Dendy when I was in the second grade of school. It was in 1994. Unfortunately, many games simply did not exist in our country. In particular, I've never saw Kirby or Punch-out games in my childhood. So I'm still discovering something new for this amazing game system. Thank you so much for the video! When I was a student, I gave all my cartridges to one guy at the university. Now I regret it.😄😄😄

[@Mike-nf6nf]

I saw a boxed NES/ROB bundle at my local retro store recently for $750. I didn't even know that bundle existed. Somebody ended up buying it. Crazy prices these days.

[@RobotacularRoBob]

Even at that price, I’d still consider it an investment. It’s not as though something like that will go down in value and it could easily be resold at the same price or more down the road.

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

@@RobotacularRoBob ...Not familiar with this specific bundle, but if you die, I could see clueless family members unloading NES games at a garage sale for a $1 each, lol.

[@iinemesisii8964]

It was one of the first bundles back in the day. I didn't know anyone who owned it and only seen it in my Nintendo Power magazines back then.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

One of my best friends had that bundle. His dad purchased it for him for Christmas in '86. Along with ROB, it also included two spinning disks, a light gun, and the games Gyromite and Duck Hunt. Damn, those were the days.

[@SumDumGy]

@@RobotacularRoBobit absolutely can go down in value. The market fluctuates as it is and something is only worth what a person is willing to pay for it.

[@InitialDL84]

NES was my first console, I remember getting the Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt pack and having a blast with it, even though I was pretty young to know what the hell I was doing most of the time. I ended up getting more games over time, but the games that had a special place in my heart were Metroid, TMNT 3, Adventure Island, and Dragon Spirit.

[@bdunk914]

Man I didn't know Dragon Spirit was on the NES. I spent countless hours as a kid trying to beat the TurboGrafx 16 version!! Thanks for the memories

[@Supersayainpikmin]

I feel like it's been literal years since I've seen an NES video where I didn't already know of all the games in it, so seeing The Gaurdian Legend and The Krion Conquest was pretty awesome, they look awesome.

[@alkohallick2901]

Guardian?

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

​@@alkohallick2901 I can be a jerky mcdoodle, "I'm smarter than you," virtue signaler also. However, I choose not to be. The youtube comments section is not an english major only community. Are you aware that english is not the first language of everyone on here? Are you aware that auto correct is highly fallible? Are you aware that most people don't consider youtube comments as literary masterpieces that require imaculate spelling, punctuation, and grammer scrutiny? I personally apologize that we can't all be as smart and perfect as you, who never makes any mistakes. BOO SPELLING AND GRAMMER POLICE, BOOOOOOOOO!!! Don't you have a shopping cart, buggy, trolly to NOT put back into the corral? DO BETTER, BE BETTER!!!

[@Riz2336]

Lots of great choices. I'll always have a soft spot for the old NES because it was the first game system I ever played because my brother had one when I was a little kid and didn't really know anything about gaming then. If it wasn't for that grey box I don't know if I'd be a gamer right now

[@danbauer3669]

I crawled out of the womb begging for an NES! And all these years later I think my greatest NES achievement is 3 million points on Contra, no Konami code. I used the code and game genie as a kid all the time, but now I'm good enough to beat the game multiple times on a single continue. Super C is much harder for me as I need to use all the Continues to finish the game once! Great video as always, Mr. Sega Lord X!!

[@alemswazzu]

UUDDLRLRBA-SS. 🎉

[@AvoidingHumanSociety]

I’m 42, the nes is what got me into gaming and it’s a passion I will never give up. The NES was magical, still is.

[@J3D1xKN1GHT]

Another awesome video! You’re definitely one of my favorite gaming content creators on KZbin! Thanks for another awesome video!

[@SegaLordX]

Appreciate that. Thank you.

[@J3D1xKN1GHT]

You’re welcome!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Ninja Gaiden 1, Super Mario Bros. 3, Double Dragon II and a few others are my 5 favorite games on the NES. Plus, it also had amazing hidden gems like Felix The Cat and, my personal favorite, Guardian Legend.

[@TheAoalec14]

Double Dragon 2 was amazing played countless hours of that with my brother in the 90s.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

@@TheAoalec14 Did you like 1? It was ok but without co-op, Double Dragon 1 and Final Fight (on the SNES) were meh to me.

[@TheAoalec14]

@@kenterminateddq5311 I never owned double dragon 1 or really played it TBH..I played final fight a lot but without CO op it’s meh. Streets of Rage 1-2 are my favorite 16 bit era beat em ups

[@stonerdemon]

Excellent picks. On my own list, I would have picked MegaMan 2 as the best music winner. Those tunes are so groovy!

[@iinemesisii8964]

Man I recorded them through my radio/cassette player when I was like 8/9. I used to listen to the stage music going to sleep at night back in the late 80's😂 hahaha. Love all the stage music from Mega Man 2.

[@_JellyDonut_]

You make a good point about the role NES (and other systems) played in building friendships. Somehow that had never occurred to me. To this day I can still remember which one of my friends had which games, or some of the times we stayed up late trying to beat certain games

[@SENTRYXX]

Today Is SEGA génesis 35 aniversary ❤️

[@MaxAbramson3]

The Master System's 35th Anniversary in America? I had such high hopes for it, and it never saw limit pushers until it was already discontinued by SEGA, a pattern that would repeat itself for the next 15 years until no one would invest in the crazy company.

[@Gatorade69]

​@@MaxAbramson3Sorry, not to be rude but he clearly stated "Genesis" and said nothing about the Master System nor America. How do you read what he said and jump to that conclusion ?

[@Gatorade69]

You're off by a day, well I guess that all depends on time zones.

[@mrlaidback83]

That's pretty awesome. The Sega Genesis is my 2nd favorite console ever only behind the Sega Dreamcast.

[@MaxAbramson3]

@@Gatorade69 That would be 1988. Okay, it was released in Japan in October of 1988, but it may have well not even existed as far as the rest of the world was concerned. The world had the Atari 2600, NES, SMS, and rumors of the PC Engine on its way to America. The people at the store didn't even have rumors of some other system out in Japan nor bound for the States.

[@omegaweapon116]

Best thing about Double Dragon II was the jumping knee move. Just blasting mofos across the screen was too fun

[@andrewdowell6474]

Glad to see Rygar get some appreciation. That game was rad.

[@Freshbrood]

Epic. Open world action rpgish. One of my favorites. Way better than the arcade version too.

[@BobbyHo2022]

I had to beg for 2 years til I got my nes in 2nd grade about 1987. I look back on how innocent times were back then. Everything now is soo amped up compared to then.

[@lhfirex]

Sega Lord X's videos are so top quality. I wouldn't watch a 33 minute gaming review video from most other channels, but I knew this was going to be worth it.

[@windytech2084]

Great list. Just can’t abide the racing category. RC Pro-Am was superior in my opinion.

[@SegaLordX]

Wasn't a fan. My buddies loved it, though.

[@windytech2084]

Right there with you. With your love of shmups I figured you’d like the faster gameplay of it. I do expected to see it. To each their own!

[@XTRABIG]

I loved RC Pro AM. personally i thought it was the best

[@bmwolgas]

And RC Pro Am II was even better than the original. That would have been my choice for #1, with Excitebike not far behind.

[@Freshbrood]

@@SegaLordX I loved them both and ironically I'm not a racing fan on the 3d consoles

[@nickparsons337]

The Guardian Legend is, in my opinion one of the best games ever made. Great gameplay, great graphics, and an amazing soundtrack.

[@nicholaswhaling7233]

I would like to see INTI CREATES take a crack at a remake seeing how they handled Blaster Master.

[@elevatedscience1087]

Tecmo super bowl most definitely the number 1 sports game. Waaaayyyy better than tecmo bowl

[@SegaLordX]

That's a good one too.

[@Killbomb]

Punch Out as the number 1 sports games is a solid pick but yeah, Tecmo Bowl over Super Bowl was an interesting choice. Both were really good but Super Bowl took it to another level.

[@volvoguy804]

Been working on Kabuki Quantum Fighter lately. Simon's Quest is my all time fav on the NES.

[@penismightier9278]

KQF is really a great game.

[@ravagingwolverine666]

Kabuki Quantum Fighter is such a weird game conceptually. It's cool, but that timer is cruel as I recall.

[@volvoguy804]

@@ravagingwolverine666 Yea, the story is a bit bland. 5th level is kickin my ass.

[@Buckeyefarmer]

Wizards and Warrior, Bionic Commando, and Milon's Secret Castle are also in the best list.

[@videogamepolak0]

nobody talks about freedom force on nes, that game def slips under the radar. I knew the game cause my dad would talk about it cause relatives had it when i was too young to understand/play nes and he would talk about it, i later got it in my collection from funco land.

[@mzealtb]

I played jackal extensively as a kid until we lost the cartridge and I forgot the name of the game, for the last ~10 or so years I could never figure out what the game was; always wanted to play it again. You blew my mind! Thanks for including it in your video!

[@jshepard152]

This battle will make your blood boil. Good luck.

[@scaleworksRC]

The Track and Field series and Super Spike V-Ball were some of my favorite sports games to this day. The Punisher was one of my personal faves too. So many classics & good list!

[@TheAoalec14]

Ahh super spike volleyball..such an amazing game..almost forgot about it.

[@scaleworksRC]

@@TheAoalec14 The music still goes hard, too!

[@RalonsoF1]

Superb! I have a NES System since 1985, and bought Super Mario 3, Mike Tyson s Punch Out etc when they were released and I have all those games still until today here wirth me!

[@jshepard152]

Same, but I bought mine in 1987. It was $99 plus tax, $105. K-mart, baby.

[@roberto1519]

Aren't games such as Super Off Road representing a far off camera filming the race from afar, thus, making the cars look small, while games such as Micro Machines the opposite? I just found it a bit funny you mentioning the trucks being small as toys, but I don't think it's the case. I didn't grow up with the NES, but did with the SMS and MD, still I find the NES, specially the Famicom fascinating.

[@SegaLordX]

I used "miniature" to describe only how things looked on the screen. The actually game was meant to be actual dirt track racing.

[@sonicsega1699]

i love the way you make compilations like this. you're the only one who knows how to properly categorize everything

[@WhatWouldVillainsDo]

I can rember my aunt telling my mom about how addictive Tetris was, she was in her mid 30s at the time but that game almost literally killed her. Not sleeping not eating and some times playing 16 hours a day and wore the skin off her fingers and none of this is a joke.

[@senseicorey9979]

It's not a joke, but I'm laughing

[@notsure4648]

Most weird negative comments like this have matching initials.

[@WhatWouldVillainsDo]

@@notsure4648 There were actually a lot of people who experienced health problems like this due to the game..and it wasn't who you would think like teenage boys it was housewives. You must have been born in the 2000.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Then your aunt must have had preexisting mental problems during that time. Almost always the case with any addiction

[@MC-hammered]

I was 16 when the NES came out. I was so wrapped up in Apple IIe gaming that I missed out on consoles until the Genesis, then it was mostly for Madden. It’s crazy the good games I missed out on.

[@PaladinDusty]

My first console was the ColecoVision. So, the NES was also a massive leap forward to me. Not a massive as the 2600 mind you, but still substantial.

[@bernbern3496]

I miss being a kid talking to all my buddies on the bus and playground about all these games. Everything we did was all new so it was so awesome.

[@kingbaby8761]

Super Mario Bros 2 and 3, best games on the system hands down.

[@jshepard152]

I played Mario 2 today on my original NES from 1987. Such a great game.

[@JGComments]

So happy to see the love for Duck Tales and Jackal! Total classics.

[@jshepard152]

This battle will make your blood boil. Good luck.

[@JonAuc77]

The whole video, I'm wondering where is Mario 3... I should have known you'd get it in there. Easily my all time best NES, by a LOT.

[@ROMBomb001]

Tecmo Super Bowl outclasses the original Tecmo Bowl in every way... Have you not played it? Regardless, great video! We love your work!

[@stevesteve0521]

What a video, much love to the nes, long live the 8 bit era!

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

LMFAO I'm sorry but the names of your final fantasy characters at 12:00 cracked me up. Go Bob! Damm that Krion Conquest looks beautiful. Let me check the price real quick. Yup that's alot lol.

[@alkohallick2901]

Need a best of the SNES.

[@markkevorkian]

Im so pumped you put jackal. I was obsessed with that game. Jackal, Gunsmoke, Ninja Turtles Arcade ,Mario 3, Blaster Master,Rygar, Punchout and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers were my absolute favorites. I still remember leaving the nintendo pause all day while i went to school so i wouldnt have to start my game over. I just shut the tv off so my mother didnt know.

[@jshepard152]

I thought the same about Jackal. That game was my childhood. And Rygar was the first NES game I ever saw. What a remarkable system NES was.

[@Gildog77]

Nintendo Lord X!

[@Scott-vr3kf]

Dude, I love the vibe of your videos. No cheesy console war bullshit, just appreciation for great games.

[@The_Badcompany]

I'm with you on the winner & runner up in every category with the exception as Abadox being my favorite shooter.

[@snwrist_3]

Metroid was the best game on the console. Early open world, leveling up (energy tanks), equipment upgrades, battles with Kraid/Ridley/Mother Brain. The game was epic and far ahead of it's time.

[@griffgames9538]

The Zeldas, the Marios, the Mega Mans, the Contras, the Castlevanias, peak Natsume, the Final Fantasy releases, the peak Sunsoft games, and the beloved standouts. Also, for Western players on a Sega Master System with no FM synth, the NES sound chip produced some wonderful 8-bit tunes that pummelled the SMS music. Inventive ways to produce sweet drum tracks on NES, which was totally impossible with SMS stock sound chip. NES music -- Batman, Konami's games, Journey to Silius, and have you heard Silver Surfer (poor game, crazy Tim Follin music)?

[@jasonlee7816]

SMS audio chip eats the NES audio chip for breakfast, lunch, dinner it doesn’t matter what NES game was developed (made) NES games still sound awful, crap, dreadful, garbage, horrible, rubbish, shit, terrible

[@griffgames9538]

​@@jasonlee7816Without the Mark III revision's FM chip, the SMS lacked any impact drums or percussion. In 99% of SMS games (sans FM synth assist), there's no low end, no kick bass, and the snare sounds like someone tapping a pencil on a table. NES games like Ninja Gaiden, Super C, and Batman annihilate the music of SMS games. Punchy, pounding drums and low end to drive action games. This is coming from a SMS-raised Sega fan. It was clear to me even as a child that the SMS had the graphical advantages, but inept sound. Sega didn't update the hardware with a FM synth module because everything was fine and great with its stock sound capabilities. It's because it was very limited. Look at it this way - people do mod porting of games like Mega Man 2, Castlevania, to the Master System. They really try to push the visuals and sound. In every case, side-by-side the original NES version of the same music demolishes the SMS version.

[@r-rod8116]

NES. The gaming console that rescued the video game business after the 1983 video game crash. Great video. Love to hear your intake on one of the greatest video game era's of all time. The great 16bit wars between SNES & SEGA Genesis on your future videos.

[@Aragorn7884]

*Kirby's Adventure* ☺️

[@michaelp6786]

Dragon Spirit is not at the top of the list for most people when it comes to shooters but the NES port is quite good. Big detailed bosses, a variety of colorful enemies and great music. They even threw in some pseudo scaling in. It is quite an underrated gem IMO.

[@robertthompson5084]

Excellent video, as always.

[@jshepard152]

17:52 Jackal was my childhood. I recently hooked up my original NES from 1987 and played it through. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to pick up a new/old game.

[@Killbomb]

I honestly can't remember if I got my first NES for the Christmas of 86 or 87 but either way it was a huge part of my childhood.

[@xp8969]

It's 1986, I'm in the first grade, Workin really hard to get Mario laid...

[@JopieHaargel]

I remember renting TMHT2 (yes, I'm in Europe) and me and my friends were struck by how 'beautifully drawn' it was. That's what we called good graphics. We also didn't know about the arcade original and we were ten. I would add to the arcade ports that Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Galaga and Bubble Bobble on NES were pretty stellar as well.

[@domls1317]

Your videos are the best of the best!

[@SegaLordX]

I appreciate the kind post. Thank you.

[@xp8969]

​​@@SegaLordX bruh, severely disappointed that you left Ice Hockey out, Tecmo Bowl was ok but Ice Hockey waaaay more fun lol

[@jsttv]

I was unable to get the NES in Christmas 1988, because they were all sold out. So my Dad got me the Sega Master system instead, w/the free Double Dragon offer. I had to wait Christmas of 89 to get the NES. I enjoyed Double Dragon II, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Castlevania III.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

The entire games industry is built atop what Nintendo did in the 80s

[@Marcus_K]

Arcade machines, computer games and Atari played a big role as well.

[@Peeps7468]

Great video. Thanks For strategy games I would recommend Archon and Mule. Both look pretty unassuming but are magic when playing with a friend or friends.

[@jesseshaw5774]

This format makes for the most agreeable list of top nes games on you tube. What a fantastic list.

[@Nourishtoflourishcookbook]

RC Pro Am 2 was my favorite racing game. The added jumps were awesome!!

[@djrqd2661]

OMG!! You nailed each and every category for me. Fantastic work! I may have changed Rygar (which I loved!!) with Blaster Master (not 100% if this was an NES exclusive though). Still can't argue putting Rygar in that position. Spot on video sir!!

[@aaronsnowden6311]

I remember when I was a kiddo my mother drove me to every toy store to find the first Double Dragon, it was impossible to find. Aww the good ole days. 😁

[@Kylefassbinderful]

I got my NES in 1994 at Funcoland. For $45 my mom got a used NES, 2 controllers, a zapper, a cartridge cleaner and SMB/Duck Hunt. I remember it was a lot of fun until I got step siblings and then they took it over and I rarely ever got to play anymore. This is a big part of why I never got into video games to the same degree as my peers. I still like to play games, but I don’t have that nostalgia for specific games that a lot of my friends played. The Genesis was my favorite from my childhood though. I loved playing sonic and streetfighter. And I thought the Genesis controller was a lot more comfortable to use over a long period of time.

[@bradystardust7708]

Dude, I love you. Already loved your videos but seeing Rygar up there just cemented that you know what The Good Games are.

[@champagnedomain]

Nailed the exclusives portion, The Guardian Legend and Rygar are 2 of my favorites for the NES. A huge chunck of my early childhood were spent on these titles.

[@ab8057]

A couple of honorable mentions 1. The adventures of Lolo(maybe the most underrated Nintendo puzzle game) 2. Excitebike

[@kazinwho]

"Every Sega console felt like it was released by a different company each time" - 100%, yes. Wild how different they all feel.

[@BrianDavis13]

Great video, SLX. Here is my list for the heck of it, based on the categories you mentioned: 1. Puzzle: The Adventures Of Lolo 2. Sports: Punch-Out! (whichever version) 3. Light Gun: Duck Hunt (never played any others back then) 4. Racing: Micro Machines (with RC Pro-Am a close second) 5. Adventure: The Legend Of Zelda 6. Strategy: No opinion since it's not a genre I play much 7. RPG: Same case as strategy, unfortunately 8. Shooter: Abadox: The Deadly Inner War 9. Beat-Em-Up: Double Dragon II 10. Platformer: Ninja Gaiden 11. Arcade Port: TMNT II: The Arcade Game 12. Underrated: The Guardian Legend 13. Sequel: Castlevania III 14. Exclusive: Power Blade 15. Music: Journey to Silius 16. Graphics: Too tough for me to make a choice here. :D 17. Overall Game: SMB 3 (though my favorite for the console is still the original Castlevania)

[@Destro18723]

I’ll never deny that Double Dragon was amazing, but the feature of adding buying products to build the character in River City Ransom really made it an outstanding game for me. Never owned it but rented, or had friends with it. Great game. (Didn’t own DD either btw)

[@MyBrothersKeeper101]

As a die-hard lifelong Nintendo fan now in his mid-40s I got to say your Sega channel is easily one of my favorite on the web🤘

[@GuessTheSongMS]

Was surprised to see two Batman games on here, and one taking the top Platformer spot. Tried it out, definitely a good game, up there with Kirby's Adventure, Bubble Bobble, Bionic Commando, and Metroid. Thanks for the recommendation! And for the sports games, Tecmo Super Bowl really improves on the original in every way

[@danielespeziari5545]

I thought I knew everything about the NES, but I still didn't know Freedom Force. You surprised me once more! Out of the light gun games I've played, Gumshoe is my favorite, since it's basically a platformer that is played differently

[@visotoo3129]

WCW World Championship Wrestling, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, and Faxanadu are all games I remember fondly. Staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning playing games when I had to be at work by 8. Good times!

[@jeremyf1901]

I love seeing videos outside of Sega. Especially when you tell personal stories with the games.

[@Des_Zee]

I agree with Lifeforce. One of my all time favorite shooters on any system. And I'll say this, super Mario Bros 2 walked so super Mario Bros 3 could take off into the stratosphere.

[@alexgeorge501]

I beat ninja gaiden on the NES virtual console on my switch back while i had my nintendo switch online subscription, thanks for including it & Super Mario 3! (California...)

[@libardobohorquezgutierrez1366]

I have been watching videos of "hidden gems" and "Best of" for years, even more than a decade, and it is the first time I heard of The Krion Conquest. Is there no end to the NES games library?- Thanks Sega Lord for uncoverinfg this for me at least

[@Arv-6969]

I like watching your videos it's like a cool uncle or grandpa telling me how life was like gaming back in the day. I'm sure I'll be doing the same thing once I have a child or younger friend

[@SteadyEddie1983]

I might be a lone voice here but I LOVE Marble Madness! Intricate courses, killer soundtrack, awesome SFX, great visuals for the period, it has it all!

[@_JellyDonut_]

I'm with you, Marble Madness was a great game. I just remember it getting difficult pretty quickly and not having many, if any, continues. My only gripe with this list is that RC Pro Am has to be the best racing game!

[@SteadyEddie1983]

@@_JellyDonut_ Plus don't forget the terrible controls! My marble would always go off the side, or fall from a great height and shatter! I hardly ever made it past Stage 2

[@_JellyDonut_]

@@SteadyEddie1983 Yeah definitely. The great thing about emulators is now we can go back and use save-state to beat all the games we never could back in the day :)

[@snakebite6x6x6]

I was 9 years old when I got my NES Deluxe. The year prior I had stayed with a cousin of mine at his dad's house...we went to visit one of his friends whose dad worked overseas. That was my first experience with a Famicom. The following year....both of our moms drove 4 states away to pick us each up a NES Deluxe during the limited release. Although I had played video games before....starting with the Atari 2600...I only considered myself a "gamer" when I played the NES for the first time.