Friday OT: Favorite NES 8-bit Games

[bos]

Add Back to the Future to that list. If you ever played it and advanced past the food fight in the diner, I salute you. **** that game.

Amen. I never progressed past that point;

 

[GTO]

Uncle Fester's Quest

 

[Wesley]

Zelda
Mario 3

 

[Farnsworth]

Kids nowadays have it easy with the ability to save games, cheats, and just generally easier games. The old games were all about memorization of patterns, mastering jumps, twitch reflexes, and no save features. If a game had a save feature, it was some overly complicated password that you always had to write down. These games were insanely hard, but I think our generation were gluttons for punishment. Today's youth would have no patience failing over and over again until they could master some of these games.

Ya I remember the days of trying to leave the NES on for days. Oh the horror when you returned to the system and the screen is just that solid blue, or god forbid, your parents shut the thing off.

 

[Farnsworth]

Also don't forget about the Simpsons games! I know I either really liked them, or really hated them.

 

[GTO]

Ya I remember the days of trying to leave the NES on for days. Oh the horror when you returned to the system and the screen is just that solid blue, or god forbid, your parents shut the thing off.

Yes, if we had to run to the store for a couple of hours, I would pause the game and leave the console on.

Mom: "Did you turn it off?"
Me or my brother: "Sure."

 

[CEO]

Great thread.

I just went through the whole thing though and I can't believe nobody mentioned RBI Baseball. The original. That's the best one.

 

[roundball]

Kids nowadays have it easy with the ability to save games, cheats, and just generally easier games. The old games were all about memorization of patterns, mastering jumps, twitch reflexes, and no save features. If a game had a save feature, it was some overly complicated password that you always had to write down. These games were insanely hard, but I think our generation were gluttons for punishment. Today's youth would have no patience failing over and over again until they could master some of these games.

I especially love how many in the "elder generations" were so confident that video games were rotting our brains, and now there's study after study showing that playing video games is great for cognitive development.

 

[roundball]

Great thread.

I just went through the whole thing though and I can't believe nobody mentioned RBI Baseball. The original. That's the best one.

A few people did. RBI Baseball I was the only game to accurately depict John Kruk's weight, but RBI Baseball III was the best one to play. AL All Stars was the best team. Rickey Henderson could steal bases off of anyone.

 

[CEO]

A few people did. RBI Baseball I was the only game to accurately depict John Kruk's weight, but RBI Baseball III was the best one to play. AL All Stars was the best team. Rickey Henderson could steal bases off of anyone.

Must have missed it.......or maybe I just wanted to post a picture of it. Gotta love the fat players.

 

[SerenityNow]

RBI baseball, any of the Mario games. I can remember having a set in my college apartment and playing it on a black and white TV. Ah, the good ole days.

 

[Omaha Cy]

How are you running it on the cube?

Sd media luancher. 20 bucks for the disc. They are practically giving gamecubes away so its super cheap. Bought the controller adapters so we can use old Nes controllers with it.

 

[GTO]

Anyone play Cabal? Kind of an obscure game, but very entertaining. Also just remembered Operation WOLF.

Cabal

Operation WOLF

 

[GTO]

What was that football game like that? Might have been on Sega

Mutant League Football?

 

[GTO]

Holy cow, what a tough question. Sooo many to choose from. Legend of Zelda is an all-timer. When I don't have anything else to do late at night, I put that baby in and see how quickly I can beat it from start to finish. If I die, I'll start over.

I really liked Golgo 13 as a kid. Felt it was very underrated (if it even held a rating).

Rush 'N' Attack
Ikari Warriors
Tiger Heli

Everyone I knew that played Golgo 13 hated it. I rented it a couple of times and really liked it as well.

 

[GTO]

Another obscure title: Dr. Chaos. Quite good. You would explore this huge mansion finding some artifacts to combine into an ultimate weapon and attacking monsters. This one was not too hard and very fun.

 

[HFCS]

any sega master system peeps? Not as large a library as Nes but the best titles are pretty awesome.

wonder boy 3 - smb 3 and Zelda smashed together with better graphics
phantasy star - incredible 1st person rpg
missile defense 3D - gun game with electric shutter 3D glasses that were way ahead of their time, true 3D effect

Thise are my 3 favs anyway.

On NES I'd go with metroid, smb3, ice hockey, Zelda, castlevania 3, final fantasy and chrystalis

 

[HFCS]

Everyone I knew that played Golgo 13 hated it. I rented it a couple of times and really liked it as well.

Japanes release had 8 bit boobies, sure that equates to about 10 pixels but it would have blown my 9 year old mind if not for the censors.

 

[GTO]

Japanes release had 8 bit boobies, sure that equates to about 10 pixels but it would have blown my 9 year old mind if not for the censors.

Yeah, if you ever watched the anime it was pretty racy for it's time. Golgo 13 got laid. A lot.

 

[ameslurker]

It may not be as popular but I loved TMNT Manhatten Project, too