NES is a helluva console. It influenced an entire generation of gamers, and is the console I personally fell in love with gaming on. So for the other NES fans out there, or those curious, here's my list of 100 great NES games.
In alphabetical order:
1. 1942
2. 1943: The Battle of Midway
3. Adventure Island
4. Adventure Island II
5. Adventure Island 3 (best in the series, IMO)
6. Air Fortress
7. Arkanoid
8. Astaynax
9. Basewars (Upgradable cyborgs in combative Baseball!)
10. Batman
11. Batman Returns
12. The Battle of Olympus
13. Bionic Commando (my favorite NES game from Capcom)
14. Bomberman
15. Bucky O'Hare (Konami's unsung NES gem)
16. Castlevania
17. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (I love the added RPG-elements depsite the cryptic clues)
18. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
19. Clash at Demonhead
20. Contra
21. Crystalis (my personal favorite NES game)
22. Donkey Kong
23. Double Dragon
24. Double Dragon II: The Revenge
25. Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
26. Dr. Mario
27. Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
28. Dragon Warrior
29. Dragon Warrior II
30. Dragon Warrior III
31. Dragon Warrior IV (the best of the NES bunch of DW games, IMO)
32. Duck Hunt (Zapper light-gun, and I still want to shoot that freaking dog!)
33. DuckTales (criminally underrated platformer)
34. DuckTales 2 (same thing applies here as "DuckTales")
35. The Empire Strikes Back
36. Faxanadu
37. Final Fantasy (the first "final" fantasy, hee hee)
38. Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (it's almost like an old-school Castlevania spin-off)
39. Ghosts N'Goblins
40. Gradius
41. Gradius II
42. Guardian Legend
43. Gun-Nac
44. Gun.Smoke
45. Ikari Warriors
46. Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue (#2 was terrible)
47. Ivan Stewart's Super Off-Road
48. Kid Icarus
49. The Legend of Zelda
50. Legendary Wings
51. Life Force
52. Marble Madness
53. Mario Bros.
54. Mega Man (sooo hard)
55. Mega Man 2 (best in the series, IMO)
56. Mega Man 3
57. Mega Man 4
58. Mega Man 5
59. Mega Man 6
60. Metroid
61. Mickey Mousecapade (don't knock it until you try it)
62. Mighty Final Fight
63. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
64. Monster In My Pocket
65. New Ghostbusters 2 (NOT "Ghostbusters II")
66. Ninja Gaiden
67. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (best in the series, IMO)
68. Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
69. Pinball Quest (Great concept that I wish somebody would revisit today, in a XBox Live Arcade game maybe)
70. Pin-Bot (port of an actual (and awesome) Pinball table)
71. Pipe Dream
72. The Punisher (early on-rails shooter)
73. R.C. Pro-Am
74. R.C. Pro-Am 2
75. Rad Racer
76. Rampage
77. Renegade
78. RoboWarrior (Future-Bomberman, lol)
79. Rygar
80. S.C.A.T. (a.k.a. Action In New York, yeah I know, terrible name either way, but fun game)
81. Shadowgate (point-n-click game)
82. Smash T.V.
83. Spy Hunter
84. Star Force
85. Star Soldier (might as well have been called Star Force 2)
86. Star Wars
87. Super C (Contra 2)
88. Super Mario Bros.
89. Super Mario Bros. 2 (it may be different than the other games in the series, but it's still a great game)
90. Super Mario Bros. 3 (best in the series, IMO)
91. Super Spy Hunter
92. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (it may have it's issues, but I still love the game because I grew up with it)
93. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (best in the series, IMO)
94. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
95. Tetris
96. Time Lord
97. Ultima: Exodus
98. Wild Gunman (the other awesome Zapper light-gun game not named "Duck Hunt")
99. Xexyz (strange name, fun game)
100. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (it may be different than the other games in the series, but it's still a great game)
Feel free to comment, praise, or pick apart my list in the comments. Or feel free to list your own list.
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