Post by: nemo_83 on March 25, 2005, 07:07:32 PM
Other NES favorites of mine that I don't hear much about anymore include Castlevania 2, Little Nemo, Jaws, and Friday the 13th.
what do you guys think?
Post by: KDR_11k on March 25, 2005, 10:20:04 PM
Many of the old games you had are awfully easy when you play them nowadays. For example, I play through Super Mario Land, which I never beat as a child (and rarely made it to world 4) in 30 minutes now. Not so with R-Type, Nemesis (Gradius for the GB) or the many C64 games. Katakis, IO, Giana Sisters, all as hard as I remember them. Okay, I AM better at Giana Sisters now but only marginally.
Post by: Rancid Planet on March 26, 2005, 01:07:41 AM
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on March 26, 2005, 06:04:40 AM
Post by: Robotor on March 26, 2005, 10:05:33 AM
The main thing about the NES age is how much wonder the games created. I remember playing Metroid when I was 6 or 7, and just running around. It brought up all these emotions. I would actually feel isolated and lost, but I knew that if I gave up that the Universe would end. Same goes for mousecapades, because the game was like a fun house. Suprises around ever corner, just exploring was fun, seeing a new room would be progress. I remember very clearly when I learned that Mario could jump, and when I squashed my first goomba.
Sorry, went off on a tangent there. But yeah, Mousecapades was a fun game. It had a real magical feel too it, the forest level really stands out in that regard. I also enjoyed Godzilla, I rarely hear about that. Everyone who hasn't played it should, it's a fun Beat 'em up.
Post by: TMW on March 26, 2005, 11:37:19 AM
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I still pop in Cobra Triangle once in a while. Hard freaking game. A RARE classic.
Holy crap! I used to love that game. I had totally forgotten about it...
*revels in the nostalgia*
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Post by: Savior on March 26, 2005, 07:15:36 PM
How can you not like Super Ninjas, Secret Agents, and Cracy Brazillian Cults?
Still wish Tecmo would shoul Ninty some love.
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 27, 2005, 04:41:44 PM
I'm not certain it exists, I could have imagined it. I've never heard of anyone else who ever played it. I'm starting to suspect someone used another game's engine to make the Lickle game for an emulator. Not sure, though.
Post by: Rancid Planet on March 27, 2005, 10:59:09 PM
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I still pop in Cobra Triangle once in a while. Hard freaking game. A RARE classic.
Holy crap! I used to love that game. I had totally forgotten about it...
*revels in the nostalgia*
I always knew I'd meet someone else who had actually played that game...sniffle...heh
Post by: Dasmos on March 27, 2005, 11:44:05 PM
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Post by: Bill Aurion on March 28, 2005, 05:15:02 PM
Jackal, fun co-op military Jeep+guns+grenades game played from an eagle eye view, scrolling upward...
Silkworm, ANOTHER co-op military-type game, but this time it's 2d...1 person picks helicopter, and the other gets jeep, and both players must work together to make it through...Very fun...
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 28, 2005, 09:47:36 PM
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Post by: couchmonkey on April 04, 2005, 05:04:20 AM
I'll second Crystalis! I didn't have the patience to beat that game, but it was pretty awesome. I bet I could do it now.
Post by: nemo_83 on April 04, 2005, 10:46:16 AM
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Blaster Master
i never could get to the end
Post by: darknight06 on April 04, 2005, 05:14:46 PM
As for underappreciated NES classics I've played, let's see...
Chip'n Dale's Rescue Rangers:
Remember what licensed games used to be like, you know, back when good companies were actually doing them? 2 player simultaneous, quite a few stages which involved platform gameplay and throwing things at enemies, and not hard, but not braindead easy either. Rented it once and bought it soon after. This game was produced by Capcom, and I'm not certain on this, but I believe the game was led by Shinji Mikami. I remember someone saying that he used to do games like this.
Anticipation:
Really fun family game for what I believe to be 4 players. Everyone picked one board piece from a selection of eight, including a hat, ice cream, a teddy bear, high heel shoes, a tuba, and a few other things I can't remember at this moment. The board had 4 tiers and when you rolled the dice you landed on a color square which you would then try to figure out what the pencil was drawing. Each color represented a different theme. I remember the one theme that used to kill us a lot was "whatchamacallit" This game was produced by none other than RARE COIN IT, or as we know them, Rare.
"Oh what about Marble Madness, lol it's like the primal game-species of Super Monkey Ball. "
I had this game!!! Imagine if they could do a DS remake with a TON more stages.
Post by: Arbok on April 04, 2005, 07:19:30 PM
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Chip'n Dale's Rescue Rangers:
Remember what licensed games used to be like, you know, back when good companies were actually doing them?
Throw the two Duck Tales games in there too, although Capcom's Disneyland game was brutally hard. Might as well throw the TMNT 2 into the mix as well, another fun game.
Post by: Shecky on April 05, 2005, 07:30:16 AM
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I've only beaten Blaster Master twice on the actual NES, any other time it was on an emulator with save states. If that game at LEAST had a password feature, I'd beat it all the time, but otherwise unless you plan to do an 8 hour expedition you can hang it up. BTW, I don't know if anyone else's cartridge was like this, but I remember a MAJOR glitch on Level 5 where if you were swimming in the wrong spot by a wall at one part the game would trap you into the wall and about 5 hours of gameplay was dead.
Well, being the twitchy kids we were back then, we couldn't seem to help but eventually jar the NES - just the slightest bit - as we got to the later levels... inevitably causing the NES cart to deviate from its prime position, causing the multiple colors screen of death (MuCSOD) There I just invented a term
Yes, being able to save would have helped that game.
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"Oh what about Marble Madness, lol it's like the primal game-species of Super Monkey Ball. "
I had this game!!! Imagine if they could do a DS remake with a TON more stages.
Marble Madness was on the NES? Bah, I played it on the Amiga, with a trackball, they way it was meant to be played
(And Marble Madness would be the perfect game for the DS, given the control scheme... I don't remember who owns the rights to that game anymore though)
Post by: darknight06 on April 05, 2005, 09:23:42 AM
Nonono, the NES was a good ways out of the way where we played it so something like that wouldn't have happened. This was a legitimate glitch with the game. You would physically be teleported into the wall with NO way out.
Post by: Shecky on April 05, 2005, 07:41:42 PM
... I was just saying that the touch state of the NES would make it hard to play the game for that long of time and not have it freeze on us. I also remember a few spots where you could litterally make it very difficult or even impossible to get back to your rover (the Sophia I think).
Post by: darknight06 on April 05, 2005, 08:33:05 PM
Post by: Aussie Ben PGC on April 06, 2005, 04:25:43 PM
I do have a fondness for Trog as well. The Arcade version is much, much better (it's got claymation graphics and four player!) but the NES version is pretty damn cool too.
Post by: mantidor on April 08, 2005, 07:37:43 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 08, 2005, 05:21:03 PM
Oh my god, I loved that game.
I really need to break out my NES, I've forgotten about half the games I played on that sucka.
Post by: mantidor on April 08, 2005, 05:51:51 PM
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on April 09, 2005, 12:00:12 PM
I'd like to add Pinball Quest to that list. One of the first RPG-esque pinball games I know of, and my favorite.
Post by: b_to8 on April 28, 2005, 10:32:03 PM
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I dont know if it has already been mentioned because I cant remember the title, but it was this game with two cute penguins, you only moved one, but the other mirrored the movements of the one you were moving, the goal was to make them kiss each other at the end. I know it sounds corny, but it was awesome!! best puzzle game Ive ever played.
Binary Land, thats the game
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary's/Emulation/NES/ROMs/NES_roms_summary%200-L.htm
you can download it here
Post by: Shift Key on April 29, 2005, 01:46:58 AM
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