Nintendo Top 20 NES games from the Rolling Stone

[My Spot]

Did anyone have the Tengen version of Tetris that got banned?

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

RBI baseball over turtles 3

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Okay nobody's more of a Metroid fan than I am.

If you are not this guy, you are incorrect.

 

[Striderxdj]

I am not sure why Bionic Commando is on the list. Might as well put Ironsword there if you want a scroller like that game.

Blasphemy, Bionic Commando was an amazing game with a unique but easy to learn, difficult to master movement mechanic. It had a lot of levels, different boss fights and a great soundtrack.

And you get to explode Hitler's head with a rocket launcher

 

[Brandino]

Good list. Natsume is an underrated developer.

Did you own Little Samson.

I have only emulated it. I don't think I've ever seen a physical copy anywhere, even during my childhood.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Top 20 NES games from the Rolling Stone

20. Tecmo SuperBowl
19. Bionic Commando
18. Blaster Master
17. Ninja Turtles 3
16. Excitebike
15. Super DodgeBall
14. StarTropics
13. RC Pro-Am
12. Duck Hunt
11. Life Force
10. Punch Out
9. Dragon Quest 3
8. Contra
7. Metroid
6. Castlevania 3
5. Ninja Gaiden
4. Legend of Zelda
3. Super Mario
2. Megan Man 2
1. Super Mario 3



I remember some of these titles, hours of fun. I did not expect to see Blaster Master there.

It feels so bizarre thinking of the advancements in gaming over the last 35 years.

It's like watching an Avatar movie and then watching a 1920s black&white silent movie.

 

[the ambush]

My list of games that could be in a top 20.

• Duck Tales 1 & 2.
• Batman
• Final Fantasy
• Vice Project Doom
• Gargoyle's Quest 2
• Double Dragon 2
• Metal Gear
• Shatterhand
• Bucky O'Hare
• Micro Machines
• Rescue Rangers
• Journey to Silius
• Power Blade
• Litlte Samson

Games I liked playing that did not make the Rolling Stone list: Ninja Turtles 2, Mega Man, Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, Castlevania, Super Mario 2, Marble Madness, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, and Kung Fu.

 

[Crimson Fury]

I have only emulated it. I don't think I've ever seen a physical copy anywhere, even during my childhood.

There weren't that many copies made and now it goes for over $2,000.

 

[Hyperglide]

River City Ransom, Battletoads, Final Fantasy, Rad Racer, Cobra Triangle and Tiny Toon Adventure needs to be on the list. Otherwise looks solid. They should switch out Castlevania 3 for the OG too. 3 sucked.

 

[Natural Order]

RBI baseball over turtles 3

Greatest baseball game ever made! Played that so much as a kid. Love the NL All-Star roster with Timmy Raines leading off! I think he was a Met at the time.

 

[Natural Order]

River City Ransom, Battletoads, Final Fantasy, Rad Racer, Cobra Triangle and Tiny Toon Adventure needs to be on the list. Otherwise looks solid. They should switch out Castlevania 3 for the OG too. 3 sucked.

Cobra Triangle is an excellent call, and generally forgotten about. Fucking amazing boat game with great controls with cool concept. Great game!

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

One of my favourite NES games that didn’t make the list which doesn’t surprise me because it was a bit of a lesser known more obscure title was Adventure Island II. I absolutely loved that game.

 

[Razberry]

It just struck me that Kin Corn Karn from Pro Wrestling looks like a hybrid of Dana White and Phil Anselmo from Pantera.

 

[Kassitus]

Pretty solid list, but missing Battle Kid 2, an NES homebrew game.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Super DodgeBall should be higher, but solid list

 

[Bobby Boulders]

It just struck me that Kin Corn Karn from Pro Wrestling looks like a hybrid of Dana White and Phil Anselmo from Pantera.
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[GtehMVP]

Baseball Stars rarely gets the love it deserves. I played the hell out of that, as you could make teams

You could make your own teams, players, and leagues, and it tracked stats. I think it was the first of its kind on consoles?

 

[cblitz]

Tecmo Super bowl should be top 3.

 

[Gene Tunney]

My neighborhood friend and I owned or rented most of these games. He had Dragon Quest III. Back in those days, it was just called Dragon Warrior III. The game that sticks out is Excitebike. Early on in our friendship, I go over to his house. Soon enough, we're playing NES games. I may have recently been gifted a NES for Christmas and had played a NES game or two before. Mind you, I've played all of the 1980's consoles up to that time: Atari, Coleco, Commodore. Then we start playing Excitebike. Excitebike was the first game on the Nintendo where I took note and said to myself, wow, this Nintendo is visually better than the competition. But after playing it out for a few weeks, we never went back to it. Likely not in my top 20, but certainly an influential title.

We had another neighborhood friend who had the more exotic NES games, like Gumshoe and Track with the running pad. The fact of the matter is that we played a good proportion of the NES portfolio, in real time, as the games were released to buy or rent. Everyone had a Nintendo back then.

Mario 2 sits in the pantheon with the best. Adventure Island holds a special place. Baseball Stars. I remember renting Adventures in the Magic Kingdom all summer one year. Batman was great. The Black Bass might crack my top 20. Casino Kid was an early role playing game. Double Dragon II. Duck Tales. G.I. Joe. Ikari Warriors. Jackal. Rad Racer. Ninja Turtles II. A few more here and there, if we're talking the best. And I think we are.

 

[Rygu]

In no particular order:

SMB3
SMB
Legend of Zelda
Tecmo Super Bowl
Dragon Warrior 4
Dragon Warrior 3
Baseball Stars
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Contra
Battletoads

All of these games held the test of time and are fun to play to this day.