The 21 Best NES Games of All Time

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@Shankbuster 2 жыл бұрын

The music not matching up to the actual games being shown is really messing me up.

@Shankbuster 2 жыл бұрын

@@SgtSega Its like input lag I tell ya!! :)

@prawnstarrr 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shankbuster i was about to say the same

@krisfrederick5001 2 жыл бұрын

I kind of stopped paying attention to it

@angelriverajr11 2 жыл бұрын

Was just gonna say the same thing lol

@thechristophers4750 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah like the ducktales moon theme that starts at lifeforce (although ducktales would end up being next anyway, but still)

@chadbizeau5997 2 жыл бұрын

This list is missing: Metroid Kid Icarus Final Fantasy River City Ransom Blaster master Bionic Commando Double Dragon The NES had some classic games..

@BenjaminAnderson21 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't the original metroid pretty bad, though?

@chadbizeau5997 2 жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminAnderson21 hell no

@originalsleepyjon 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge fan of The Guardian Legend, but I understand it's not one of the "big name" NES games

@rupman27isback 2 жыл бұрын

Metroid is amazing

@TheActs2021 2 жыл бұрын

and Double Dribble, Blades of Steel, Jackal, and Metal Gear

@j0nnyism 2 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to describe just how exciting Zelda was to young people now. When it first came out there was nothing like it. The closest was adventure on the Atari 2600 and that was incredibly simple. Zelda was so revolutionary. It created a new genre

@aubreyholman1951 2 жыл бұрын

Other than the game boy additions (which I never got into). I have played (and conquered) every Zelda game since the first one. Were you not fascinated by that shiny GOLD cartridge?

@InvaderZim2189 2 жыл бұрын

@@aubreyholman1951 I still am, and treasure it very much

@doom5895 2 жыл бұрын

Action adventure games weren't good untill then

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@aubreyholman1951 i beaten 99 NES games. You? Have u beaten one?

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@doom5895 yes. In 1986 it was still amazing.

@merrimac290 2 жыл бұрын

Mario 3 is the Citizen Kane of NES games. The people who made it gave the world a gift that people to this day are still enjoying.

@michaelloughery6100 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a Nintendo specifically for that game 💯

@ILOVEGOOOOOOLD Жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it. Mario 3 is a game I've played on NES, SNES, GBA, WII and now the switch. Easily one of the most replay-able games of all time

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder Revenge I Hate Shredder Revenge I Hate Indie Games I Hate Tribute Games I Hate Dotemu I Hate Action Brawler I Hate Brawler I Hate Arcade Beat Em Up Game I Hate Retro Beat Em Up Game I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Video Games I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle in Time I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade Games) I Hate Compilation Games I Hate Digital Eclipse I Hate Konami I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle in Time I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The HYPERSTONE Heist I Hate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Video Games

@FemboyBlake 2 ай бұрын

Except Mario 3 wasn’t really a failure like Citizen Kane was at first.

@SolBuster 2 жыл бұрын

Kirby looks way too damn good to be an NES game lol.

@denimchicken104 2 жыл бұрын

Aside from sprite flickering and the screen edges popping in, it’s indistinguishable.

@dabud8454 2 жыл бұрын

@@denimchicken104 but at the cost of low framerate

@wesreleases6346 2 жыл бұрын

It’s kind of crazy that Kirby’s Adventure runs on an NES. It was a very late game, but probably the one that’s aged best.

@gonkdroidincarnate4237 2 жыл бұрын

@LordBeMine 2 жыл бұрын

If im not mistaken, it was developed during the latter part of the NES lifespan. Devs pretty much know how to maximize all NES resources by that point.

@12thMandalorian 2 жыл бұрын

Kirby and Super Mario Bros 3 have aged so well, they look like SNES classics more than NES

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@LightspeedAdventurer Ай бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543 💀💀💀

@Clooger- 6 күн бұрын

@@MonsterfromHell2543OK Kendrick

@WayWardWonderer 2 жыл бұрын

It may not be one of the greatest games ever, but I have fond memories of "The Adventures of LoLo".

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

It is DEFINITELY one of the greatest games ever! Lolo defined that kind of character-based puzzle game. Before that, most puzzle games were things like Tetris. No hate on Tetris, it's great. But the idea of moving a character around in an environment to solve complex puzzles with (potentially) multiple solutions, items, enemies, etc.. what a wild ride in the 80s. I went back and played the original again last year and it was still great.

@getaloadofthisp3d036 2 жыл бұрын

LOVED that series. There are even more games that released in Japan under the "Eggerland" name. Worth checking out.

@poodudeelite 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing puzzle game!

@Peder7berg 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the second installment of this series I played with my dad and have a lot of fond memories from.

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeltathRiylaan hi Deltath. Have u beaten any NES games yet? I have. 99.

@skins4thewin 2 жыл бұрын

Castlevania is a literal case study on how sound design can make or break a game. The literal impact you feel with that PERFECT sound that the crack of the whip makes any time it makes contact with something is absolutely perfect & is one of the reasons that game is so great! Without that one simple thing, the game would not be nearly as good. It's the same way for games like Streets of Rage 2, one of the key factors of that one is the sheer impact of the punches & kicks & the sound they make. Stuff like that elevates games from being good to being fantastic.

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@leeartlee915 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know the guy who did the music for Metroid & Earthbound did Tetris. Cool stuff.

@vitorkk328 2 жыл бұрын

Neither did I, and I've been playing NES Tetris for years.

@timmyp6297 2 жыл бұрын

Look at how he made the music for EB, there is a whole video on it. If you are a fan of music (The Beatles for example) it will blow your mind. Genius and it really shows the power of the snes apu, which was a decade ahead of pc sound!

@leeartlee915 2 жыл бұрын

@@timmyp6297 I haven’t seen that video but I have watched a lot of ‘how it was made” videos. The one on Tim Foley is amazing.

@timmyp6297 2 жыл бұрын

@@leeartlee915 Oh yeah. Thats them. The Earthbound one is very memorable. The SNES had sampling capability, and many of the songs are actual recordings from real songs (*remixed obviously).

@kaspervletter290 2 жыл бұрын

Damn

@donnydudzinski2019 2 жыл бұрын

chip n dale , TMNT, Mega man 2. punch out, mario bros, battletoads, little nemo dream master, Duck Tales, Contra, Ninja Gaiden, paper boy, double dragon, and others…… so many childhood memories

@JONATHANP1619 2 жыл бұрын

Konami was to the NES what RARE was to the SNES and the N64.

@vallaurianv6024 2 жыл бұрын

Konami was to the NES what Konami was to the SNES to be fair

@Krisipoke 2 жыл бұрын

What did Rare have on the SNES? The three DKC games, sure. Those are amazing. What did Konami have, though? Super Castlevania IV and Dracula X, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (and all other Goemon games that stayed in Japan), Contra III, Pop'n Twinbee, 3 Parodius games, Tiny Toon Adventures, Sparkster, and Gradius III. I think that's a better lineup.

@JONATHANP1619 2 жыл бұрын

@@Krisipoke Battle Toad was also on the SNES and Killer Instinc. But still, my point was that Konami back in the day was a legacy. That logo meant quality.

@Ninten70 2 жыл бұрын

I can say the same thing about Capcom being to the NES as well.

@EM-ve9bh 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ninten70 capcom and Konami are so close, I give the edge to Konami I think but i could probably go either way depending on the day

@mh_golfer Жыл бұрын

Contra and Excitebike were my 2 favorites growing up. I loved how Contra started over after you beat it but was harder and started to send men after you from behind. My record was beating the game 3 times without dying one time. Good memories.

@andrewstewart1859 10 ай бұрын

That’s impressive because I can’t get through the first level without starting over 😂 being 40 sucks

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@lemonfed 2 жыл бұрын

River city ransom was and is still my personal all time nes favorite. The mix of Rpg and beat em up is fantastic.

@elmalloc 4 ай бұрын

If I create one similar to that nowadays, will you play it and buy it for $5?

@lemonfed 4 ай бұрын

@@elmalloc if it's look decent , yeah , I've got the RCR underground and both City girls on steam , great games.

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@davidspringman751 4 ай бұрын

Don't know y this 1 didn't make the list

@isupportthecurrentthing5225 2 жыл бұрын

As a die hard megaman fan who played the entire series as a child, mega man 3 was the one that captured me the most. It had all the awesome elements of megaman 2 and improved upon it.

@sweet_sukeban4022 2 жыл бұрын

Until it was surpassed by 5

@isupportthecurrentthing5225 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet_Sukeban i really liked 4 and 5 too. They were all good TBH. Though i didnt care for 7 & 8.

@spiderman2638 2 жыл бұрын

My main problem with 3 was the frame rate.

@ryan20028 2 жыл бұрын

My problem with 3 is that it brought back a lot of the cheap deaths. Such as the final boss having spikes come from the side of the screen.

@SailorPalutena 2 жыл бұрын

@@sweet_sukeban4022 exactly. Althought I liked the Charge system from 4 over 5, as you didn't lose charge upon hit.

@bru_boi 2 жыл бұрын

Chip and Dale rescue rangers is one of my all time favorite NES game (along side DuckTales, Startropics, and SMB 3) so happy to see it included in a list finally!

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 2 жыл бұрын

You might also like Felix the Cat.

@bru_boi 2 жыл бұрын

@@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 i didnt even know there was a felix the cat game, ill check it out!

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 yes. Is Ninja Gaiden NES have the same violent GAME OVER screen like in arcade? Or just a generic game over screen?

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@bru_boi 👍👍

@riversart2030 2 жыл бұрын

No Metroid or Final Fantasy? Crazy.

@genegetz 2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Final Fantasy 1 was THE game for me what I was a kid.

@Compucles 2 жыл бұрын

The original games of those series aren't that great anymore. Even among NES games, there are lots of other games that have aged a lot better. "Metroid" is still currently ranked 29th, though.

@xolrak 2 жыл бұрын

@Craig Adams me too.. what happened?

@riversart2030 2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench I haven't played DQ 4 yet but I definitely agree with you about 3. Final Fantasy was way more popular in the West though, which is why I'm surprised more people didn't vote for it for this list.

@christiant.-sg7719 2 жыл бұрын

I like how Jon just came in when Zion mentioned Panel de Pon. That was funny!

@Lilly-Gorney 2 жыл бұрын

Gimmick! is my favorite NES/Famicom game. It's a game with such an astounding amount of attention to detail for an NES game. It was a late title, releasing in 1992 in Japan, and it shows. It looks and sounds amazing. It's a very hard game, but I have played it so many times I can beat it only dying once or twice (I could definitely beat it deathless if I tried more) I think it's definitely a game you might want to use savestates your first time getting the true ending. (Which requires not getting a game over and collecting a hidden item in each stage) Other favorites would probably be SMB3, SMB2, Castlevania 3, Mother 1, Dragon Quest 3, Little Samson, and Mega Man 3. I have a pretty hard time accurately ranking things, so I'm sure I'm forgetting something that'd be in the same range as those for me.

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@sourandbitter3062 2 ай бұрын

It's a shame most NES enthousiasts outside of Japan did not play Gimmick!. I discovered it recently, just thought I'd give it a try because it looks beautiful and I liked the music. Well I was hooked. I'm in awe, best game I have played in a while. Very difficult and very rewarding. It's much easier once you know the levels and get better at riding the star but man did I curse at my tv screen the first time. Totally agree, it's my favorite NES/Famicom game as well.

@gaminggenius88 2 жыл бұрын

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@originalsleepyjon 2 жыл бұрын

The Guardian Legend will forever be my favorite NES game

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 2 жыл бұрын

Gun-Nac is pretty damn good, too.

@Heliocentric 2 жыл бұрын

Zanac was great too, if not impossibly difficult.

@k.reichard6578 2 жыл бұрын

@@Heliocentric I played Zanac as a youngin' and then 13 years later picked it back up, just messing around one day...and I beat it! I was bonkers. I didn't think it was possible but it happened. It was like I was in a zone. When the game sees you doing well, it goes ape trying to throw everything at you. I somehow kept dodging everything for what seemed like forever...

@Kritigri 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who was born in 95, this really brought home just how young videogames are as a medium to me. Like, I already knew, but in the context of how long I've been alive vs how long home console gaming has been a thing... it's pretty wild to think about. (I know some consoles came before NES, though admittedly I don't know a lot about them.)

@originalsleepyjon 2 жыл бұрын

As someone born in 1980 who remembers a world before Nintendo, it's been quite a ride. I personally miss the simpler, fun times of gaming over the modern scene.

@ainsbass 2 жыл бұрын

Same, I was born in 93 and grew up in the PS1/N64 era and as a kid NES era felt like a long time ago, when it really wasn't... I think that's probably because of the massive advances made in graphics/hardware capabilities in the late 80s-mid 90s. We'll never see a jump like that again.

@jemmabean 3 ай бұрын

Here's a fact that might blow your mind (sorry for being two years late): the earliest video games were built out of radar equipment in the mid 20th century. Google "tennis for two" and enjoy the rabbit hole. ❤

@topfranluis1 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games by far is Crystalis. It’s a shame that nobody knows the game, or else it’d be on many, many lists

@markasscop 2 жыл бұрын

worst part is it's on NSO, so most people should know about it

@cujomiller 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has owned and beaten Crystalis, I think it’s fun, quirky and interesting. But forced level grinding, obtuse puzzles, and the absurd difficulty spike once you hit Dragonia make it more of a cult classic than “best ever.”

@jaxxh6529 2 жыл бұрын

Its on the nes app (switch online) as well. There is also a game boy color version of crystalis so your not alone my friend

@topfranluis1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaxxh6529 I actually got in contact with the game from Switch Online

@paperluigi6132 2 жыл бұрын

Blame (most of) the Nintendo fanbase for refusing to try anything niche or obscure.

@benhmedia 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Zion, you should do a video on the NES homebrew community! Some of the best NES games I’ve played have been developed in the last 10 years (yes, games developed to run specifically on an NES). It would be a great way to shed light on some incredible indie developers!

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

Well, they aren't really NES games, then. It's cool people do that, but you can't take design philosophy and even comprehension of the hardware nearly 40 years after a system debuts and compare it directly to what people were doing and could do then. In terms of them being counted as some of the best "NES" games.

@benhmedia 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeltathRiylaan They are though. They use the exact same limitations as NES designers had back then. Look up the video “How we fit an NES game into 40 kilobytes” and you’ll see what I mean.

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

@@benhmedia My point is they have almost FOUR DECADES of game history, design philosophy as well as the inspiration of every NES game every made, plus decades of understanding the capabilities and limits of what an NES can and can't do, plus the software and technology to reproduce that work for an insignificant fraction of the budget and effort that went into it in the 80s. It's not a fair comparison. You may as well take two students in a classroom and give one a supercomputer and six weeks to study for a math test then give the other student an abacus and no time at all to study for the same test and then grade them both just as harshly. Just look at the games made at the start of a console generation versus the ones from just a few years later. The difference can be staggering in a few years with the same hardware as costs go down, developers understand the tools more, inspiration comes from other released games, etc. I'm not saying they aren't good or that they can't be amazing, but they can never and will never be true NES games that can be compared or contrasted and placed on lists of "best NES games of all time".

@benhmedia 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeltathRiylaan That is a reasonable comparison, and I do see your point. I guess I should have been more clear in my original comment: I think NintendoLife should make a completely separate video highlighting the NES homebrew community, and how they bring fresh modern game design to an old console.

@robertpetrie6847 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think they would be able to cover that since it might burn the bridge they have with nintendo

@That1PissedOffBoomer 2 жыл бұрын

Just hearing the Zelda intro theme gives me goosebumps and takes me back to simpler times.

@jswright2005 2 жыл бұрын

Fun list and great delivery as always, Zion! Love that you all take time to make content about games from all generations. There’s stuff worth playing everywhere!

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@sonicmario64 2 жыл бұрын

"Super Mario Bros. 2" will always be one of the best NES games to me, and I think it deserves as much love as the other games in the series regardless of it being a re-skin of the Famicom Disk System game "Doki Doki Panic", especially since there was more to its development than one may realize.

@legoboy7107 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like how actually ORIGINALLY it was supposed to be a Mario game, but then got shelved, then brought back and turned into Doki Doki Panic as a licensed game. So really, the Mario version, SMB2, is arguably what the game was originally supposed to be in the first place. Heck, even Doki Doki had some Mario items in it that were not added in the SMB2 reskinning, such as the starman and pow block, those were in Doki Doki Panic and were already-established Mario items.

@sonicmario64 2 жыл бұрын

@@legoboy7107 Exactly, and I think it's also surprising that most people fail to realize that "Doki Doki Panic" was actually made by the same development team that worked on the original SMB game, especially since Shigeru Miyamoto was even more involved in the game that he was in the Japanese version of SMB2, which was released in America under the name "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels" (to which the US version of SMB2 was actually renamed as "Super Mario USA" when it was released in Japan).

@mikeypierce3635 2 жыл бұрын

What about Mario 3?

@sonicmario64 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeypierce3635 I still love playing "Super Mario Bros. 3" from time to time, especially since it has some of the best power-ups that Mario is able to use such as the Super Leaf, Frog Suit, and Hammer Suit. The problem with that game, however, is that it's way too long to beat on a single setting (unlike the SNES and Game Boy Advance versions, which have a save feature), and the fact that Luigi still looks like a pallet-swap of Mario despite his redesign in "Super Mario Bros. 2".

@purwantiallan5089 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeypierce3635 yes. SM3 (Super Mario 3), another legendary NES platform game.

@blacksheephero2539 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t expecting Mega Man 3 to show up on here but I’m glad it did. It’s overall my favorite Megaman game from the classic series

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 2 жыл бұрын

I like Mega Man 3 a lot, but its lack of polish makes it difficult for me to rate is as highly as 4.

@blacksheephero2539 2 жыл бұрын

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I get that. Honestly the fact that I can play 3 while my wife tries to kill me with the Debug mode makes it all the sweeter to me!

@hackmaa 2 жыл бұрын

I personally really enjoyed the first TMNTs NES game but it was super difficult. The swimming levels were just horrible. Oh and hi Grandpa Jack.

@dukemon6163 2 жыл бұрын

My top 5: Super Mario Bros. 3 Dragon Warrior IV Mega Man 3 Castlevania Kirby Adventure I wish Zelda and Metroid hadn't aged like milk and were possible to beat without a guide or farming.

@RonaldCiubuc 2 жыл бұрын

Dr Mario is all my parents would play aswell everyday for hours on end!

@Wolf-vt9mv 2 жыл бұрын

It is a very addicting game. I had it on Gameboy and played a lot. Loved it!

@SaviTheGamer 2 жыл бұрын

Kirby is amazing.

@thebuccaneersden 2 жыл бұрын

METALSTORM was pretty badass as well. If you've never played it, it's worth going back to. Oh, and hi grandpa jack!

@amazin1827 2 жыл бұрын

The reverse gravity was pretty cool.

@MsKornkitty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Grandpa Jack! Tetris is an all time classic, and one of the first things I ever played. :) (And I still play it all the time now.)

@xolrak 2 жыл бұрын

Its a great game... but it was more popular for the gameboy once it came out. I remember playing a lot of tetris for gb.... after that I remember wondering about the nes one.

@craiganderson7986 2 жыл бұрын

@@xolrak There we’re 2 Tetris games for the NES. It was the basis for one of the biggest lawsuits in videogame history!

@Nightmare-mk9wb 2 жыл бұрын

Mariio 3 was and still is one of my favorite games

@aname4931 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Just got my nes back and was looking for games to start collecting.

@robertworkman1419 2 жыл бұрын

Me too Bro!! I'm looking for Wall Street Kid!

@jmac79ers 2 жыл бұрын

Contra, my favorite couch co-op game ever. Great presentation and vid!

@Froge0 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see Gargoyles Quest II here! Extremely bogus to not see Dragon Quest III, Megami Tensei II and Earthbound Beginnings though...

@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын

This was NES titles. Stuff that was only on the Famicon are not listed.

@jaretco6423 2 жыл бұрын

Volbound. Dragon Warriors 3 was released on the NES.

@xolrak 2 жыл бұрын

Im sad that I missed Gargoyles Quest II back in the day... it looks amazing for the time

@JianimalGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video!! Thank you for bringing back all the good memories:)

@ViceCommando 2 жыл бұрын

Really solid list. Having two best Megamans and Castlevanias is ok, but strange. Mighty Final Fight is technical wonder, but kinda obscure to add in. Where's River City Ransom, Tecmo Super Bowl and NES Open?

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything except NES Open. It doesn't hold up like the rest.

@Compucles 2 жыл бұрын

"River City Ransom" currently ranks 36th. "NES Open Tournament Golf" isn't ranked within the Top 50. "Tecmo Super Bowl" still needs 3 more reviews to qualify for the list, at which point it would actually rank 2nd or 3rd!

@email6743 Ай бұрын

Make your own video then perhaps.. be ready for all the comments that will follow 🫣🫡

@hw5091 2 жыл бұрын

This is more of a "which games held up best" with a few early classics thrown in, made by younger people who didn't grow up with the nes, at the time. There were definitely games that were considered far and away better than a lot of the games on the list, back in the nes's day. To me, Kid Icarus, double dragon 2 and mario 2 has to make any top 20 list.

@thanhvt2707 2 жыл бұрын

Ninja gaiden is my childhood. They even gave us some cutscreens, that atmosphere in pixel is awesome.

@camharkness 2 жыл бұрын

For me it's: Zelda 1 Mother 1 Digital devil story megami tensei 2 Final fantasy 1 Mega man 2

@koemon_exe 2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to see someone else have Earthbound Beginnings on their list! I also love Mega Man 2 as well

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 2 жыл бұрын

Mega Man 2 is a great game. BUT, when paired with other NES Mega Man games like 4, it looks really poor.

@camharkness 2 жыл бұрын

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 i can see where you're coming from.

@gonkdroidincarnate4237 2 жыл бұрын

a Megami Tensei game on the nes??? I honestly never knew. I am going year by year until I get to the wii bcz thats the era I was alive for and played. And I thought I had to wait for the SNES to dive into Tensei-

@camharkness 2 жыл бұрын

@@gonkdroidincarnate4237 well... it was the Famicom. We didn't get digital devil story megami tensei 1 or 2. But it was remade on the super Famicom. Play that version.

@denlec_24 Жыл бұрын

Superb list! So many games could've been included (Battletoads, Metroid, Super Tecmo Bowl, etc.). Maybe seperate lists for different categories of NES games (sports, action/adventure, quest, fighting, games based on films/tv shows, shooters, etc.)? Great content, keep it coming!

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@nobbynobbs8182 Ай бұрын

I'm over 40 years old and I had a NES when I was a young child. I still remember those catchy tunes from some of these games

@mosheeske 2 жыл бұрын

Love the selection, i grew up playing Mario 3, Batman and punch out so i really love to see them in the video!

@koemon_exe 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite is Earthbound Beginnings 😁

@koemon_exe 2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench I absolutely love the DQ series, but I always preferred the contemporary settings of the Mother trilogy. It just gives a sense of familiarity and relatability that DQ just doesn't give me. While I acknowledge that DQ was what helped inspire the Mother games to begin with, Mother is what molded that framework into something even better, in my personal opinion.

@coachjas4040 2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed with your knowledge young man. I was there in the 80's and you have it all pretty spot on! Nice work.

@incognitro7634 2 жыл бұрын

The "Chicken" in 🏰-vania is actually a Pork Chop.

@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 2 жыл бұрын

The more you know!

@Otiloak 2 жыл бұрын

Bucky O’ Hare deserved a spot on this list.

@derekarnold9 2 жыл бұрын

Classic

@genericsavings 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I hated that game as a kid. Could never beat the final escape sequence. Killer soundtrack, though.

@rudecrudesociallyunaccepta2200 2 жыл бұрын

Bucky O'Hare was a masterpiece in my humble opinion.

@Dan_Letters 2 жыл бұрын

Bionic Commando is one of my favourite NES games.

@6O8gamer07 2 жыл бұрын

Pizza Hut slapped in the 90s.

@BlagomirDao 2 жыл бұрын

Quite solid list. Personally I missed some great shmups: Gun Nac, Crisis Force, Over Horizon. And good platform games: Felix the Cat, Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, U-four-ia, Moon Crystal. Interesting European games - James Bond jr. and Hook. And Capcom's classic dream world game - Little Nemo. Oh, almost forgot New Ghostbusters II.

@nixel5695 2 жыл бұрын

Dragon Warrior IV. My favorite of all time. Hunted down a used copy 24 years ago for $55. Now looks like it goes for around $200

@andrewvevera3650 2 жыл бұрын

I got it when it was released,. Still have box and contents in mint condition for being opened.

@J.R.Unbound 2 жыл бұрын

That cartridge lick had a more priceless reaction than 99% of reactions to Metroid 5. Great video!

@TevorTheThird 2 жыл бұрын

As an Olde I just want to push back a little on the notion that people only beat games like Zelda because of Nintendo Power, help lines, playground crowd sourcing, etc. It's not like we didn't talk about games, but without the internet, you'd be limited to a very small candidate pool. Literally just your in person friends. Who likely wouldn't own the same games. As for magazines and the silly phone thing... again, not everyone would have access to such things. We just beat games anyways. I do mean as little children mind you. All the cryptic stuff was just how things were so we were used to it. You'd figure it out because you had too, as such the clues put in the game by the devs were enough. So to say the experience of Zelda is different between now and then... well the only real difference is that you can go online and be told how to play it. If you choose to. If you don't? Then you have access to the the authentic 1980's Zelda play experience. Everything you need to know is in there, you just need time and patience. Whether or not someone used to modern games would even want try and burn all ten thousand bushes and bomb every tile is a different matter. But that didn't come across as some terrible thing back in the day, to my recollection, at the very least.

@mitchelvalentino1569 2 жыл бұрын

Well said! As an 80s NES kid, this was my experience too.

@b-bum 2 жыл бұрын

For me it's Earthbound Beginnings, Kid Icarus, Mega Man VI and of course, Fire Emblem Gaiden, easily one of my favourite games ever.

@rockingpox2274 2 жыл бұрын

Earthbound Zero is ass

@rockingpox2274 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximumbeans9310 Pretending that trash is a masterpiece is bad for the industry. When gamers defend garbage companies know how much they can get away with. When people stop calling out trash for what it is the quality of games diminish greatly

@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын

Fire Emblem wasn't on the NES. It was Japan only.

@b-bum 2 жыл бұрын

@@rockingpox2274 Who said anything about masterpieces lol I fully admit to EBB and FE2 not being very good games but also like, I have so much fun playing them, at least relative to a lot of other games on the system. Personally I think they're very charming and embody a very specific type of flawed game that you don't really find in any other era. To me they're the quintessential NES experience and I wouldn't have them any other way.

@rockingpox2274 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximumbeans9310 don't care, don't tell me not to criticize games or people's taste. Next thing you know they'll charge $15 for this on the eshop and people will buy it not knowing that it's a bad game then Nintendo will do it again

@garchompelago 2 жыл бұрын

Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario Word are still challenging for me even if I already beat them. Great games.

@jaretco6423 2 жыл бұрын

I love both of those games.

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

Bionic Commando and the Lolo games are some of my personal favorites that never seem to make these lists. More people should check them out! Particularly Lolo, since it's on Nintendo Switch Online at least.

@extremekobe0451 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this because the creator recently passed away. It set the future for gaming consoles ❤

@davidpumpkinsjr.5108 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hurt not seeing Super Mario Bros. 2 on this list. There's something so satisfying about throwing a turnip and taking out a half dozen Shy-Guys.

@volcalstone 2 жыл бұрын

River City Ransom was awesome! It should've been on this list for sure. It was more then just your typical side scrolling beat'em up game, it has substance in it as well.

@davidtran9232 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, had so many great moments with River City Ransom. Loved how the game felt open world, even though it was very linear.

@originalsleepyjon 2 жыл бұрын

Those spicy sauna breaks haha

@jorymil 2 жыл бұрын

Metroid, Final Fantasy, Faxanadu, and Destiny of an Emperor are ones I keep coming back to. Dragon Warrior I, Super Mario 2, and Mega Man 1 also. You guys should probably have picked River City Ransom over Mighty Final Fight, but it's hard to go wrong with your choices.

@jasonb.3902 Жыл бұрын

Faxanadu had my attention for years as a kid.

@seriaz3933 2 жыл бұрын

Mario 3 is one of my all-time favorite games, I still play it to this day.

@hybrdart3165 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome list Zion! So cool you got this channel going! I’ll never forget the days back at PacSun in wausau

@ThatAlienGamer936 2 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest, we have all licked a switch cartridge.

@jonathanwilson7949 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t and I don’t think I ever will

@ThatAlienGamer936 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwilson7949 i wish I hadn't, u are a smart man.

@thecunninlynguist 2 жыл бұрын

uh, nope...never have, never will.

@nintega9289 2 жыл бұрын

I was actually biting one of rage, and I regret it

@ThatAlienGamer936 2 жыл бұрын

@@nintega9289 😂 what made u do it?

@hrrrrghOtacon 2 жыл бұрын

I think that Metroid is the best NES game, right up with Kirby’s Adventure. While I think Kirby’s easier to come back to, Metroid’s huge map is just amazing.

@bencook130 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe it wasn't on this list! If you were a kid in the 80s and got that game, you didn't really know what it was and it sucked you in for many many hours

@The_Pariah Ай бұрын

Cool trivia fact about Kirby: He was named after the American lawyer John Kirby who helped represent Nintendo and was insanely good at his job. He was the reason Nintendo won the Universal City Studios v. Nintendo case where Universal was trying to say Donkey Kong was a rip off of King Kong. Kirby did such a good job that Miyamoto honored him by naming a video game character after him. That character is the enemy inhaling pink puffball we've grown to love.

@richardoaks8333 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent list! I might throw a few into the mix, but all of these are prime and deserved on someone's list!

@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't belong on the list but I had very fond memories of Legend of Zelda 2, Adventures of Link. I played it more than the regular game. Other honorable mentions would be Narc, Mario 2, and Final Fantasy. However, this list was pretty good.

@Facusblues 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best NES games that I never see on any list is Bucky O'Hare. An Amazing action-platformer made by Konami so you know it's gonna be good, I highly recommend it. Also Adventure Island 2 & 3, at least one of them should have been in the list.

@ZikkNixx 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it really dissapoints me to never see it on any lists. Bucky O’Hare is my second favorite NES game, and belongs in my top 10 of the best games of all time. I really love that game!!

@derekarnold9 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

Well, these lists are literally popularity contests. They take votes on the community's choices and then tally them up. Games like Bucky O'Hare were never well known enough, despite being great. For me, the worst omission will always be Bionic Commando. It never makes lists either and it's one of Capcom's greatest.

@Facusblues 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeltathRiylaan But a lot are personal lists and I don't see it there either. I guess I'll make my own list haha

@DeltathRiylaan 2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench I wasn't saying they aren't. Just that they'll always be populated by the better known good games. Hard to vote for a game if someone hasn't played it and Bucky O'Hare is just a lesser known title.

@alexandrewolvex 2 жыл бұрын

Blaster Master, Faxanadu, Solomon's key, Final Fantasy, Contra, Ninja Gaiden, Rad Racer, Milon's Secret Castle. Those were my young days, truly amazing games.

@dammoostrothman4503 2 жыл бұрын

Cobra triangle was a good one. One of my favorites

@NYCJoeBlack 2 жыл бұрын

Some of my all-time favorite NES games: Mega Man 3>Mega Man 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden II Duck Tales Little Nemo and the Dream Master Tetris Rescue Rangers Double Dragon II Contra Super C Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade The Legend of Zelda Mike Tyson’s Punch Out Wrath of the Black Ninja

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 2 жыл бұрын

Mega Man 4>3=1>2

@richardxavier5442 2 жыл бұрын

Wrath of the Black Manta*

@marcwomack 2 жыл бұрын

You missed Lifeforce was co op! That was why it was so fun!

@chadbizeau5997 2 жыл бұрын

And it also had the Konami code

@Rodanguirus 2 жыл бұрын

@@chadbizeau5997 And respawning on the spot and the ability to recover Options that you held in your previous life. Maybe that's less fun to hardcore shmup players, but it's among the most accessible and satisfying of its genre to me.

@phillipdymanski7436 3 ай бұрын

I miss Captain Skyhawk. It was the 1st NES game I ever beat without cheat codes & also my introduction to the existence of cheat codes from a friend who burrowed my game for a few days just to tell me he discovered a code while using the old arcade joystick controller he had, while I only had the standard d-pad controller. Captain Skyhawk was a better version of any Top gun style aircraft game back then & I loved it. My friend told me that he was just impatiently spinning his controller during the disclaimer credits screen that comes on once you turn on the console...10 second boredom wait to get to the start screen. So (where 7 & 8 years old) I tested his description of this discovered cheat code... UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT, UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, Up. I did that with the normal controller!!! : ) Invincible, unlimited missiles for all 3 classes, but only level 4 machine gun... You fly to stock up on everything you can hold when you can, dodging whatever planet or space, arming yourself to defend your home planet from some spaceship with eyeballs to shoot at... God memory sucks. After Burn just wasn't cutting it., Air Combat, Ace Combat... You and your team all try to have a good day/night. : )

@danielgervasi9567 2 жыл бұрын

This is definitely a solid list, but also have to mention that Hudson Soft had some great offerings on the good ol’ NES. Loved Adventure Island and Xexyz which was a weird space platform with a banger soundtrack.

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@thealexfish4480 2 жыл бұрын

add Tetris to your grandpa's NES mini for God's sakes

@dmtrsgrksrphl2501 2 жыл бұрын

Even a digital library of NES games emanates legacy

@markcurtis599 Жыл бұрын

This is a great list, all these give me so much nostalgia

@ryanc2115 Жыл бұрын

Damn! The nostalgia of playing nes back in the early 90s. One of my best childhood memories

@MonsterfromHell2543 4 ай бұрын

@James-gj8rn 2 жыл бұрын

Did someone say Super Mario Bro’s is number 1, no?! Well it is for me 😊

@Dylan-gq3uu 2 жыл бұрын

SMB3 is the best 2D platformer of all time, at least in my opinion

@thebuccaneersden 2 жыл бұрын

better than celeste or shovel knight? hm...

@Facusblues 2 жыл бұрын

@@thebuccaneersden Yes

@truepatriot3768 2 жыл бұрын

For me it's dkc2

@chriswells506 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think there is much debate about that.

@amazin1827 2 жыл бұрын

Tecmo Super Bowl, IIS Off Road, Excite Bike, Battletoads, Arch Rivals, and my favorite Final Fantasy.

@gametourny4ever627 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love this series! I look forward to the day when we get this video for The Wii U, The Game Boy Color, and hopefully a ranking of Every Virtual Boy Game. ;)

@idunno_ 2 жыл бұрын

There's one nes game I really like called Gimmick. It's not really brought up too often

@misclik_ 2 жыл бұрын

dude we have the same brain i ADORE gimmick

@Lilly-Gorney 2 жыл бұрын

I made a comment about it! It's my favorite NES/Famicom game.

@UndeadCollector 2 жыл бұрын

At the end, lists like this comes to more to what ppl know. Sure all games here listed are good, but if i think about NES, there are alot other great Games not many ppl played or even heared of. Like: Vice, Shatterhand, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, Guardian Legend and so on. But i must say, that im surprised that Gargoyles Quest 2 is on the list. Maybe it got more attention since most ppl know the first on the Game Boy.

@ZomCon7.62x39 Жыл бұрын

Why yes, a few of my favorites DID make the list! I don't have just one favorite game on the NES, best I can do is narrow it down to just a handful. That handful includes, in no particular order: Legend of Zelda, Zelda2: the Adventure of Link, Dragon Warrior 4(I own Complete in box copy for NES), Dragon Warrior 3, Crystalis, Little Samson, Metroid.. and a bunch more, but those start to drop off of my "favorites" list and fall more into "love it" territory. Awesome video, great list, thanks for this post👌👍✌

@xenos_n. 2 жыл бұрын

Man, this takes me back to my childhood. The NES hasn't aged well but god damn if there weren't some great games for it.

@bobbydazzler329 2 жыл бұрын

Gremlins 2 is one of the best games on NES very underrated

@danielfm81 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Grandpa JACK! ❤

@PolloPapiGNF 10 ай бұрын

My man hit all the vernacular for Castlevania 😂 “Slinging your whip at brick walls checking for chicken” - well done sir

@tinoramone 2 жыл бұрын

Great top, a lot of memories :) Mighty Final Fight!!!

@steven.events 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Life Force. Do you remember Bionic Commando, and Metal Storm?

@Artee023 2 жыл бұрын

List some underrated titles next list: 1) Moon Crystal

@awanderer5446 2 жыл бұрын

That's a great video, thanks a lot, really enjoyed it!

@Megamannerd4life 2 жыл бұрын

4:32 has to be the best line by far. 😂

@rodzaplana5074 2 жыл бұрын

No excitebike??

@HaohmaruHL 2 жыл бұрын

You can easily expand this to best 121 games if you Inc ude Famicom only ones too

@JeffreyQProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Great list. My only additions would be Double Dragon and Little Nemo Dream Master.

@andresgonzalez887 2 жыл бұрын

duck tales, mario 3, chip and dale and punchout were my favorite NES games, but i didnt expect him to mention Batman 3!!, great catch!!!