Favorite Nintendo Games

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One thing that still bothers me about the Super Tecmo Bowl is that sometimes the game cheated. One example I remember was when I was about to win the Super Bowl after taking a mediocre team all the way through the season and playoffs.

I had the lead and the ball deep in the opponent’s territory with just a couple of seconds left. Since there was no kneel-down, I handed off only to have him get crushed right away and fumble the ball, which bounced around and was scooped up by a defender who somehow had a 30 yard lead on anyone else.

At the same time, my RB, who was my controlled player, was still down from his crushing. As soon as he got up, he was engaged and couldn’t break free. Bottom line is that the computer scored easily and kicked the extra point and beat me by 1. There were other crazy finishes like that but that is the one that, almost 20 years later, still stands out in my head.

DB

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i think the tecmo’s were the best, first sports game with solid gameplay and real players… everyone my age is all about them

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I cannot believe no one mentioned SNK Baseball Stars. That is still the best basement console game I have ever played. For its time, it was ridiculous since you could customize the players on your teams AND it kept track of stacks.

Also, the players looked like baseball players as opposed to the smushed little dwarves from RBI Baseball. I will throw the gauntlet down right here, right now… RBI Baseball is not even in the same league (awful pun fully intended) as SNK Baseball Stars.

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Sega Genesis Columns ftw. I never lost to any human playing that game, ever. I also beat it (pretty dang hard) 10 times or so.

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Donkey Kong Country

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NARC was pretty fun. I remember blowing up dogs and drug dealers with a missile launcher.

But Tecmo Super Bowl pwns everything.

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TSB was pretty sweet, though I generally preferred killing games over sports. TSB was the exception. Bo Jackson was just dang crazy, especially when computer controlled, that made him about 2x faster.

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:
TSB was pretty sweet, though I generally preferred killing games over sports. TSB was the exception. Bo Jackson was just dang crazy, especially when computer controlled, that made him about 2x faster. [/quote]

Bo knows.

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Some great games have been mentioned so far, I’ll add some that haven’t been brought up yet.

NES:

Blades of Steel
Excitebike
Ninja Gaiden
Wrestlemania
Days of Thunder
Paperboy

SNES:

Looney Tunes B-Ball
Turtles in Time
Killer Instinct
WWF Raw, Super Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and Wrestlemania Arcade
Star Fox
X-Men: Mutant Apocolypse
all the Spider-Man games (they were all so good)
Might Morphin Power Rangers
Taz-Mania
NBA Jam
Joe & Mac
Aladdin
Toy Story
Earthworm Jim
Ken Griffey Jr.
NHL '95
Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage
Pit Fighter
Bubsy
Road Rash
Beavis and Butthead
Chuck Rock
Road Runner: Death Valley Rally
Simpsons: Krusty’s Fun House

Just to name a few. If I think of any more I’ll be sure to report back here.

-dizzle

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Rocko’s Modern Life
Daffy Duck: Marvin Mission

-dizzle

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Oh!

and the Cheetos game

-dizzle

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Zelda, Tecmo Bowl, Super Mario Bros, Contra, Mike Tyson’s Punchout, talk about a walk down memory lane.

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[quote]super saiyan wrote:
hungry4more wrote:
TSB was pretty sweet, though I generally preferred killing games over sports. TSB was the exception. Bo Jackson was just dang crazy, especially when computer controlled, that made him about 2x faster.

Bo knows.

Bo Knows - crazy Tecmo Super Bowl run - YouTube [/quote]

I’m about to go squat, and that got me so fired up I almost kicked my tv.

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NES:
Ghosts N Goblins
Excite Bike
Super Mario Brothers 1,2&3
Ninja Gaiden
Metal Gear
Castlevania
Zelda 1 (beat 2 but kind of hated it)
Dragon Warrior

SNES:
Super Mario Kart
Final Fantasy II & III (yeah I don’t give a shit what the japanese numbers were)
Madden 92-?
Super Mario World
Mortal Kombat 2
Sim City
Rise of the Phonix
Riddick Bo Boxing
Desert Strike
Shadowrun

Did anybody ever beat any of the following:
Ghosts n Goblins
Castlevania
Ninja Gaiden

I got so fucking close on each. But no saves, no continues, that shit was brutal.

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[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
NES:
Ghosts N Goblins
Excite Bike
Super Mario Brothers 1,2&3
Ninja Gaiden
Metal Gear
Castlevania
Zelda 1 (beat 2 but kind of hated it)
Dragon Warrior

SNES:
Super Mario Kart
Final Fantasy II & III (yeah I don’t give a shit what the japanese numbers were)
Madden 92-?
Super Mario World
Mortal Kombat 2
Sim City
Rise of the Phonix
Riddick Bo Boxing
Desert Strike
Shadowrun

Did anybody ever beat any of the following:
Ghosts n Goblins
Castlevania
Ninja Gaiden

I got so fucking close on each. But no saves, no continues, that shit was brutal.[/quote]

Sophomore year of college I can remember a bunch of us trading off playing for… damn… 8? 10? 12? hours? We did end up beating it… I think. It’s so blurry now.

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Ghost n Goblins was a tough ass game.

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Super Metroid
Super Mario Kart
Zelda: Link to the past
Chrono Trigger
FFII and III
Super Punch Out
Secret of Mana

I play more old school games on my laptop than new titles. New games suck. Emulators rule.

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Ninja Gaiden was so good. Got so far once when I was a kid.

I finished it 20 years later… downloaded the game on my Wii console. You do have continues for this game but they are limited.

Another game that was so good and incredibly hard was Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts for the SNES…

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[quote]Travacolypse wrote:

I play more old school games on my laptop than new titles. New games suck. Emulators rule.[/quote]

agreed

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Bump cause it was linked in another thread and I’d rather add to this one, love a lot of the games listed gonna try to add non-repeats

Battle of Olympus: really fun sidescrolling adventure/rpg style game.
Monster Party: probably harder than Ninja Gaiden/GnG/etc, but having passwords that let you restart on levels make it more beatable I guess(if you know what I mean).
Crystalis: seriously one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played and this game is fucking ancient.
Yo Noid: game was so fun, I think the main character is the old Dominoes mascot?
Adventure Island: another really really tough sidescroller, but still so fun.

I know Blaster Master was already mentioned, but I would seriously put that up as the hardest game EVER, more than Ninja Gaiden, Super GnG, anything. I’ve never met a human being who beat that game without using save states on an emulator, ever. In fact I only know of a few people who can even beat the 5th boss(out of 8) without using the pause trick.

I’m gonna put my SNES picks in that other thread, because my post count will love me for it =p