Nintendo Must have NES games

[UberHere]

What would your list of top 5 “must have” NES games be?
A top ten list would be too easy.

For me:
1. Mario 3
2. Dr. Mario
3. RBI Baseball
4. Tecmo Bowl
5. Contra

 

[jx820]

Mario 3
Legend of Zelda
Punch Out
Tetris
Clash at Demonhead

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

Ninja Gaiden
Contra
Double Dragon II
Mike Tyson’s Punchout
Super Mario Bros 2

Yes. 2. Underrated game and I prefer it to 3 although 3 is objectively a masterpiece.

 

[Patrick Jane]

Kung-Fu
Pro Wrestling
Double Dragon
Renegade
Rollergames

The only NES games i own.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Ninja Gaiden
Contra
Double Dragon II
Mike Tyson’s Punchout
Super Mario Bros 2

Yes. 2. Underrated game and I prefer it to 3 although 3 is objectively a masterpiece.

I agree with you. After beating both several times, 2 is the one I pick up more often.

 

[TeTe]

Kung Fu
Tecmo Bowl
Super Tecmo Bowl
Contra
Castlevania I and II
Tetris
Blades of Steel
Legend of Zelda
Mike Tyson's punchout
Metal Gear

 

[UberHere]

Ninja Gaiden
Contra
Double Dragon II
Mike Tyson’s Punchout
Super Mario Bros 2

Yes. 2. Underrated game and I prefer it to 3 although 3 is objectively a masterpiece.

I can play two players on 3 over and over just for the ability to battle for turns and cards.

 

[Captain Tenneal]

What would your list of top 5 “must have” NES games be?
A top ten list would be too easy.

For me:
1. Mario 3
2. Dr. Mario
3. RBI Baseball
4. Tecmo Bowl
5. Contra

RBI baseball for me

 

[Thrawn33]

Mario 3
Tetris
Legend of Zelda
Tecmo Superbowl
Contra

 

[NastyNinja]

Blaster Master
Metroid
Zelda
Mega Man 2 or 3 forgot what one.
Godzilla 1

Stuff I would suggest...
Gradius
Legendary Wings

Shout outs to Gensis Kings Bounty game.

 

[RoastBeast]

Zelda
Mario 3
Zelda 2
Mario 2
RBI Baseball

 

[NoSmilez]

Double dragon. The one with the fat guy chin

 

[Jackonfire]

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Bionic Commando
Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
Mike Tyson's punchout
Excitebike

 

[RoastBeast]

For the RBI Baseball fans, I found this page years and years ago. What's crazy is this forum has been around for at least a couple decades with seemingly the same group of guys still actively posting.

Gantry's RBI Baseball Page

Your one-stop shop for all things RBI Baseball. Dee-Nee.com aims to be the ultimate source for RBI Baseball on the Internet. It's a site by RBI Baseball fans, for RBI Baseball fans.

dee-nee.com

 

[Gutter Chris]

river city ransom
punchout
mario 3
zelda
crystalis

yea 5 is super hard

Thats like a 5 way tie alone right there just for my fave and its leaving off bionic commando mario 2 dodgeball castlevania, little nemo , turtles games , contra and megamans , double dragon and so many others. nintendo was awesome

 

[UberHere]

river city ransom
punchout
mario 3
zelda
crystalis

yea 5 is super hard

Thats like a 5 way tie alone right there just for my fave and its leaving off bionic commando mario 2 dodgeball castlevania, little nemo , turtles games , contra and megamans , double dragon and so many others. nintendo was awesome

I tried to keep mine with 2 player replay ability in mind.

 

[Osculater]

 

[UberHere]

I was obsessed with Gumshoe when I first played it

 

[crabmeat]

Excitebike

 

[Osculater]

I was obsessed with Gumshoe when I first played it

I liked it because I got to use a gun