Getting Dragon Warrior for free by subscribing to however many years of Nintendo Power was a highlight of my childhood and kickstarted my love of rpg’s
Two years. You had to subscribe for two years. That special mini-strategy guide you got was slick too! It was almost like Christmas every month when the new issue of NP came in. NP still did cool stuff all the way into the 2000s. The special edition gold copies of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were available only to NP subscribers. They're both worth a lot now and I wish I hadn't forgotten to grab my old games when I helped my parents move out of their big empty nest.
I rented my 1st copy. I was intrigued by the commercial I see everyday of Dragon warrior. I was in loved with RPG from that day on. I can’t remembered how I got my own copy. I think I traded or bought from one of my friends.
I did the same. I had previously played RPGs on home micros - but this was my first RPG on the NES. I played it all the way through because that's what you did with NES games as a kid, but it didn't click with me as super enjoyable... it was way to gridy.
For LJN it's a masterpiece. It's actually playable. I can name a handful of NES games that are worse than anything LJN but no more than that. Franchise games usually suck anyway. LJN just made them suck worse.
I love that game, played it so much as a kid. I don't get it. But I still play it today. Something is just fun when you get the sub. Jaws is such a pain to kill when you are on the boat! Never could beat it as a kid. Only because of retroarch as an adult was I able to finally finish it. Gotta love rewind!!
@@AngryCalvinAs far as non suck LJN franchise games go, Spider-Man Maximum Carnage on SNES was one of the better ones they did. Typical beat em up without the "typical LJN style."
Great video, thanks for featuring Hydlide, Dragon Warrior, Gyruss and Lode Runner... Those were part of my childhood.. also you are correct that Gyruss still holds well today, as my 5 years old enjoys it so much that he always asks me to play it... Definitely going to check out the other games on the list that I haven't played.. you got yourself a subscriber here!
I LOVE Solar Jetman! SUPER difficult, but it is so much fun! Great atmosphere (no pun intended) as well as a perfectly fitting soundtrack. Admittedly, I have TONS of nostalgia attached to it, so that is definitely a massive factor for me. It's definitely worth checking out to those who love the idea of exploring massive alien planets while navigating some challenging physics. 😊😎
Great video. NES Lode Runner is a fun, early 80s arcade style game. It's is the kind of thing the Famicom was originally designed for before extra chips were added in the cartridges to boost the console's capabilities in later years.
Glad to see something different over a "hidden gems" list. It's easy for new collectors to get overwhelmed by some game prices, and seeing games that are still affordable and fun is encouraging. Liked and subbed!
My LJN guilty pleasure is Friday the 13th. It's also a title you can pick up on the cheap. Like Jaws, the key is understanding the gameplay, which can be confusing at times.
I think I may have met my quota when I recommended what I did but bro I get value out of your content and would love to see for the last time a top 10 Solid lengthy game on NES.
I thought u were going to bring up Micro Machines. Got it at a yard sale for 3 bucks, loved it!!!You drive as a car, truck, helicopter, boat, tank, etc. The levels are an outdoor garden, tub (boat), billiard table, they were really creative! If u can nab one, pick "Striker" (or Stryder, forgot his name). Guy with the shades and the "John Travolta from Grease" hair, he's the fastest, lol. I also thought you'd mention "A Boy And His Blob". I really wanted to play the remake but didn't have a Wii, lol. Oh I definitely subbed... wanna be the one of the "firsts" to say I was here before u got to a million 😁
Great video. Bases Loaded 2 is easily my favorite sports game on the system. HydLide is really enjoyable as well. Jaws is legit one of my favorite games on the system. It’s maybe my top comfort game. I love it!
Star Tropics is one cool Adventure/RPG game for the nes played and beat once. And wife loves that game to but not more than Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, and 3.
Idea for a video: 10 NES Games with Great Soundtracks. Suggestion to make the list: Legacy of the Wizard. Thanks for these vids, Forte, they're the best!
That's going to require more than one video part. Even NES games I don't like from a gameplay standpoint can potentially have great songs. Mega Man (even 6, which has a nice soundtrack for the final NES installement), Castlevania, and Mario are major shoe-ins. Heck, Castlevania 2 I think has better sounding music on NES than Famicom. Kirby's music is usually relaxing, but it also can get intense when need be. Both Gradius and their spin-off deserve major credit. Original Metroid may have become janky in the gameplay and sprites depertment. However, the soundtrack remains as being really good. Ironically, the person who composed the music wanted it to sound more like movie music than the typical gaming music from back then. Just the main theme of the entire Zelda series alone has helped to cement the soundtracks in legend. Even Link's Adventure has some really good music. Battletoads was composed by the same person responsible for the Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 soundtracks on the SNES. Dragon Quest 3's soundtrack even in NES form remains as one of the greatest RPG soundtracks. Earthbound Beginnings is hard to recommend (the original Japanese version is even worse), but the soundtrack remains nice to this day; with specific songs remaining iconic in the sequels or Super Smash Bros. Megami Tensei 1 and 2 are quite dated on NES (thankfully they have a SNES remake), but their soundtracks still provides that sense of intensity and warpness the series is known for. All three NES Ninja Gaiden games have rather solid work with the music.
@@Fortefyre You should check out the soundtracks for Earthbound Beginnings, Megami Tensei 1, and Megami Tensei 2. While all three are hard to recommend as games these days (especially the original Japanese version of Earthbound Beginnings), they have some rather good music.
I can still get good games locally - I got Final Fantasy for like $40 CAD. Zoda's Revenge was also available for $25 (with manual) and I got a few simple games (Cobra Triangle, Marble Madness, Pipe Dream) for like $7 each.
@@Fortefyre FF took me 6-7 weeks so far to play - I'm almost in a condition where I can fight the final boss. My kid knows about damage points vs HP and quickly tells me to cast FAST or CUR3 lol.
So when I first played FF, it was on the Iphone, it was the Dawn of Souls version or something like that, I was stationed in Korea. That version was obviously well-updated for quality of life improvements. I beat it on the NES as an adult, it was the first RPG I streamed on Twitch, and I loved it just as much.
@@Fortefyre True, it did add tracks that were not in the arcade game, but what jumps out at me the most is the boss fights, which are non-existent in the arcade game. It took gameplay that was already solid to begin with and (pardon the pun) added worlds to it. The arcade game does hold a special place for me, though, because the first place I got to play it on an original cabinet was at Flipper McCoy’s at Virginia Beach, and I think at least one of my nephews was watching when I finally reached Earth. That was my biggest conquest while we were there.
I borrowed Lode Runner from a school friend back in the day, as I loved it on my PC back in the day. But I found the scrolling screen interfered with strategy and keeping track of enemies and the holes you created
I wouldn’t even take Jaws for free! I would always be freakin annoyed when it would tell me, I hit something while driving the boat . 🙄The game wasn’t lying. I’d be hitting myself from agitation. 🤣🤷♂️ Love your work man! 💪
The original Metal Gear may be a bad port, but I always felt like it was an overlooked NES game. It's not perfect by any means but I have figured out that I can have a great time with it. You're right. Just cause AVGN gave it a comedic bad review doesn't mean it's a bad NES game. I love his series, I just wish I had been smart enough all those years ago to give the games a fair shot for myself to see if I liked them. A mistake I'm very proud to have changed on as an adult
I really need to pick up Gyruss. I've wanted a copy since I was a kid and saw it in a magazine. I've played tye arcade version on Xbox 360, but the near-unanimous opinion is that the NES version is much better.
Just found your channel and I’m really enjoying it. You got a sub from me. Great list, can vouch for Kings of the beach and Gyruss. Both of them are fantastic games. Hydlide not so much but I have gotten far in it but lost interest. Great video my friend
Åh! Din lilla smickrare där! Not to brag.. But I was the first ever on this platform to make a video about Intellivision. I am a true pioneer! Haha.@@Fortefyre
I just made me a pi with with a flash of every snes, nes, 2600, n64, all gameboyvariations and the complete ps1 and ps2 for the low price of 140 dollars. Of course you can do it on your pc for free but the pi makes it portable and easier to use multi port controllers
@@Fortefyre lots of changes have been made over the years for retroarch. No problems here with the 5 I got my 4 was trouble free as well. Maybe a bad flash
Glad to see some love for JAWS on the NES. Yes, I know it was LJN. Yes, I know the movie "Jaws: The Revenge," the basis of the game, was shitty. But this was fun to play! I still break it out every now and then.
The original Dragon Quest has become quite rough on NES. Granted, it's an improvement over the original Famicom version with its improved sprite work and having actual save files. Still, I'd rather play the version on GBC or the most recent version. Heck, I feel similarly about the original Final Fantasy; with me preferring to go with the GBA remake.
Got Kings of the Beach for $5 at ShopKo when the 16-bit era started to really hit. We played the crap out it! Also got Magic Johnsons Fast Break for $5 and it was an abomination like most sports games. Even worse than NBA2k. Ouch! The Gyruss port looks really good actually. I collect arcade games/ports. Have around 300 of them if not more. Gyruss just happens to possibly be the most prominent game I don't have in my collection. At least it's way up there. Great to know it's a cheaper title. In this regard a good thanks for the video.
Personally, I love the JAWS game. I also love "JAWS: The Revenge" unironically, so maybe that factors in. But I'm glad you gave the game a fair shake. (As a note, I do not watch AVGN, primarily due to the fact that I can't stand excessive swearing, and as such have never been influenced by his videos, but it's sad to hear that some people will rag on a game they have never played just because of something he said.)
I do swear, but it's not like...overbearing like AVGN, I think we all love him. I'm a veteran so it's REALLY hard to separate the bad language, but I do try to minimize it lol.
Better off emulating or getting a flash cart nowadays. $70 for a 30 year old 25 minute long game that was mass produced is just too much. People find an old game and they think they found a gold nugget. It's ridiculous.
Yeah, that's what irritates me. At some point in the last 10 years, people thought "hey, I can become a venture capitalist by scalping electronics and inflating their market value to make profit" and in most cases it just makes them look like an idiot. It still happens to this day.
Went on eBay immediately after two of your videos and bought RoadBlasters and Gyruss. Two that were never on my radar and I have over 60 cartridges. Thank you. Liked and subscribed👌🏼
I appreciate how you mentioned your change in perspective on hydlide and the influence of avgn on people's opinions. I think that is the case with many old games. They aren't bad, they are just misunderstood. Friday the 13th comes to mind for me. I love that game. As for the avgn, as much as I love him, i learned long ago to take what he says in stride. Many games he talks about aren't bad games. Great video.
What I suggest is to be willing to pay more money. I support Dragon Warrior and Solar Jetman, but neither one of these games is likely to be all that enjoyable to a brand new NES player. The rest of the games on this list are not even worth playing at all. While Super Mario Bros. 3 is far from my favorite NES game, I would recommend that a new NES player try that. New players tend to love it. It will cost more than $15, but not way too much more.
@@Fortefyre I understand. It seems to me that I see a lot of these lists of NES games that are very cheap. But, the simple fact is, that you can't get good NES games for that cheap. I would look to see how much it costs to buy a copy of Metroid or Super Mario Bros. and place that as the standard price of what is a really fun game for a relatively cheap price. Plus I just looked them up, and you can get a copy of Super Mario Bros. or Metroid for about 15 to 25 dollars. So I would wonder why those games aren't on your list. They are hundreds of times more fun than the games here. I'm sorry to say.
Jaws is actually not half that bad I played the game several times and if someone want to see LJN best game in my opinion try Alien 3 on SNES thank me later you will not be disappointed.
Can't believe people still buy nes games. I have every nes game ever made including English translations and it cost me $0. Download roms/emulator. I also have every snes and genesis game !
Nearly every UA-camr in existence has more non-subscribers watching videos than subscribers. Especially since very often people will be watching videos while not logged in.
@@Fortefyrewhen I had a regular Nintendo, games weren't that expensive going into the 2000s. I don't have that nes or games anymore but seeing the prices for the games now are just sad. Games you could get all day well under 20 and 15 dollars are now 60 dollars. 60 dollars is the cost of a switch game.
Konami did just fine. Plenty cool AF NES games, i don`t think letting future succesful programmers go was a bad desicion and Kojima is overrated AF cause gamers need someone to worship.
Hylide, grrrr. I would pay someone 3 dollars to not have to hear that 20 second loop music that is a rip of Indiana Jones. You time is better spent sampling used chewing gum from under school desks. Emulation is the best option for cheap if you value your time, and sanity.
@@Fortefyre I spent my hard earned money from my allowance on hylide , it was on clearance for about 25 dollars at kay bee toys. Got home, ripped it open popped it in, and I died a little inside knowing I just wasted my money and I knew they didn't accept returns on open games. My dad noticed I was not playing my new game and sad, when I told him about it, he brought me to the store and let me choose a game of similar price. We left the store with imaginations of daggers and winged boots (faxanadu). From that time on I made it a point to rent a game before committing to a purchase. God did I ever love faxanadu.
Kojima wasn't fired from Konami. He was forced to retire from Konami Kojima is very overrated. People like you put him on this pedestal when his last bunch of games have been a mess or suck. Death Stranding = Sucks. Baby walking mail simulator Phantom Pain = Unfinished mess worst MG period. Peacewalker = Meh at best. Didn't like the toning down of the series either. Went from M to T rating MGS 4 = trash. Turned Metal Gear into a shooter basically. Game is 98% cutscene anyway
Getting Dragon Warrior for free by subscribing to however many years of Nintendo Power was a highlight of my childhood and kickstarted my love of rpg’s
Two years. You had to subscribe for two years. That special mini-strategy guide you got was slick too! It was almost like Christmas every month when the new issue of NP came in. NP still did cool stuff all the way into the 2000s. The special edition gold copies of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were available only to NP subscribers. They're both worth a lot now and I wish I hadn't forgotten to grab my old games when I helped my parents move out of their big empty nest.
That's awesome!
That's how we got our copy of Dragon Warrior, too. It turned out to be a great game, too.
I rented my 1st copy. I was intrigued by the commercial I see everyday of Dragon warrior. I was in loved with RPG from that day on. I can’t remembered how I got my own copy. I think I traded or bought from one of my friends.
I did the same. I had previously played RPGs on home micros - but this was my first RPG on the NES. I played it all the way through because that's what you did with NES games as a kid, but it didn't click with me as super enjoyable... it was way to gridy.
While Jaws is no masterpiece, it’s also not the steaming pile of crap that it’s commonly made out to be. It’s decently playable.
I love Jaws lol.
For LJN it's a masterpiece. It's actually playable. I can name a handful of NES games that are worse than anything LJN but no more than that. Franchise games usually suck anyway. LJN just made them suck worse.
I had a friend who had it when I was a kid. I never found it bad but couldn't understand it. Like my purpose and what I was really trying to do.
I love that game, played it so much as a kid. I don't get it. But I still play it today. Something is just fun when you get the sub. Jaws is such a pain to kill when you are on the boat! Never could beat it as a kid. Only because of retroarch as an adult was I able to finally finish it. Gotta love rewind!!
@@AngryCalvinAs far as non suck LJN franchise games go, Spider-Man Maximum Carnage on SNES was one of the better ones they did. Typical beat em up without the "typical LJN style."
The arm wrestling event in Track And Field II features Lincoln Hawk vs Bull Hurley from “Over The Top.”
Indeed!
Loved Bases Loaded 2. Played this game almost every day as a kid. The song is still in my head to this day.
Bases Loaded 2 is a wonderful game.
Really solid list.
Hydlide and Dragon Warrior both have rom hacks that make them much more playable by today's standards if anyone is on the fence.
Does it fix the music? Hahaha.
I'd also like to know the answer. The music bugs me and I haven't even tried playing it yet
Great video, thanks for featuring Hydlide, Dragon Warrior, Gyruss and Lode Runner... Those were part of my childhood.. also you are correct that Gyruss still holds well today, as my 5 years old enjoys it so much that he always asks me to play it... Definitely going to check out the other games on the list that I haven't played.. you got yourself a subscriber here!
My pleasure!
I LOVE Solar Jetman! SUPER difficult, but it is so much fun! Great atmosphere (no pun intended) as well as a perfectly fitting soundtrack. Admittedly, I have TONS of nostalgia attached to it, so that is definitely a massive factor for me. It's definitely worth checking out to those who love the idea of exploring massive alien planets while navigating some challenging physics. 😊😎
I see what you did there!
Solar Jetman was fun, and the gravity and momentum physics were cool.
Great video. NES Lode Runner is a fun, early 80s arcade style game. It's is the kind of thing the Famicom was originally designed for before extra chips were added in the cartridges to boost the console's capabilities in later years.
Yep!
You mentioned Gyruss, I subscribed.
I bought that game for $1 in 2009, having never heard of it. It’s still one of my favorite NES games.
Welcome to the community! It's a GREAT game, easily one of my favorite NES games as well!
Glad to see something different over a "hidden gems" list. It's easy for new collectors to get overwhelmed by some game prices, and seeing games that are still affordable and fun is encouraging. Liked and subbed!
Couldn't agree more! I play some far out stuff! I hope you see some other games that you should play, or maybe even avoid!
I remember one summer in the 90's where my buddy and I played this to completion. Such a slow grind, but fun in it's own way.
Awesome! :)
My LJN guilty pleasure is Friday the 13th. It's also a title you can pick up on the cheap. Like Jaws, the key is understanding the gameplay, which can be confusing at times.
Jason is a gigachad in that one lmao.
I think I may have met my quota when I recommended what I did but bro I get value out of your content and would love to see for the last time a top 10 Solid lengthy game on NES.
Noted!
Good List. People don’t talk about Gyruss enough. Gyruss with an NES Advantage on turbo is super fun.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT! I 100% have an Advantage!
Another great video! Always puts a smile in my face when i see you dropped another one.
I thought u were going to bring up Micro Machines. Got it at a yard sale for 3 bucks, loved it!!!You drive as a car, truck, helicopter, boat, tank, etc. The levels are an outdoor garden, tub (boat), billiard table, they were really creative! If u can nab one, pick "Striker" (or Stryder, forgot his name). Guy with the shades and the "John Travolta from Grease" hair, he's the fastest, lol. I also thought you'd mention "A Boy And His Blob". I really wanted to play the remake but didn't have a Wii, lol. Oh I definitely subbed... wanna be the one of the "firsts" to say I was here before u got to a million 😁
I don't know if I'll get to a million, but I'll try my best and have fun the whole ride :)
My brother just told me about your channel tonight, solid content! Subbed for sure!
Thank you so much!
Good Call on Bases Loaded 2. Definitely an overlooked good game and easily the best of Bases Loaded franchise.
Yeah it blew my mind how they managed to take small steps backwards for Basesloaded 3.
Great video. Bases Loaded 2 is easily my favorite sports game on the system. HydLide is really enjoyable as well.
Jaws is legit one of my favorite games on the system. It’s maybe my top comfort game. I love it!
Alot of people sleep on Jaws, it's a quirky fun game.
Star Tropics is one cool Adventure/RPG game for the nes played and beat once. And wife loves that game to but not more than Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, and 3.
My wife is a fan of the Sims and the Anno series lmao.
RoboCop...one of the games I got with my NES Power Set in 1989 and the first game I ever beat.
What a feat!
Great list. Solar Jet Man was very under rated. Gyruss is one of my favorite games on the system.
Agreed!
Great video! Discovered a few I didn't know about.
Glad it was helpful!
Idea for a video: 10 NES Games with Great Soundtracks. Suggestion to make the list: Legacy of the Wizard. Thanks for these vids, Forte, they're the best!
Noted!
That's going to require more than one video part. Even NES games I don't like from a gameplay standpoint can potentially have great songs.
Mega Man (even 6, which has a nice soundtrack for the final NES installement), Castlevania, and Mario are major shoe-ins. Heck, Castlevania 2 I think has better sounding music on NES than Famicom.
Kirby's music is usually relaxing, but it also can get intense when need be.
Both Gradius and their spin-off deserve major credit.
Original Metroid may have become janky in the gameplay and sprites depertment. However, the soundtrack remains as being really good. Ironically, the person who composed the music wanted it to sound more like movie music than the typical gaming music from back then.
Just the main theme of the entire Zelda series alone has helped to cement the soundtracks in legend. Even Link's Adventure has some really good music.
Battletoads was composed by the same person responsible for the Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 soundtracks on the SNES.
Dragon Quest 3's soundtrack even in NES form remains as one of the greatest RPG soundtracks.
Earthbound Beginnings is hard to recommend (the original Japanese version is even worse), but the soundtrack remains nice to this day; with specific songs remaining iconic in the sequels or Super Smash Bros.
Megami Tensei 1 and 2 are quite dated on NES (thankfully they have a SNES remake), but their soundtracks still provides that sense of intensity and warpness the series is known for.
All three NES Ninja Gaiden games have rather solid work with the music.
@@Fortefyre
You should check out the soundtracks for Earthbound Beginnings, Megami Tensei 1, and Megami Tensei 2. While all three are hard to recommend as games these days (especially the original Japanese version of Earthbound Beginnings), they have some rather good music.
I can still get good games locally - I got Final Fantasy for like $40 CAD. Zoda's Revenge was also available for $25 (with manual) and I got a few simple games (Cobra Triangle, Marble Madness, Pipe Dream) for like $7 each.
Nice!
@@Fortefyre FF took me 6-7 weeks so far to play - I'm almost in a condition where I can fight the final boss. My kid knows about damage points vs HP and quickly tells me to cast FAST or CUR3 lol.
So when I first played FF, it was on the Iphone, it was the Dawn of Souls version or something like that, I was stationed in Korea. That version was obviously well-updated for quality of life improvements. I beat it on the NES as an adult, it was the first RPG I streamed on Twitch, and I loved it just as much.
@@Fortefyre Hah I was in Korea, but I didn't bring any of my retro systems. I do recall playing a lot of FTL during "prep time" though ;)
Nice! Kunsan 13-14. One of the best years of my life.
Deja Vu and Shadowgate. Some of the best
Great choices!
Some of my favorites are tenage mutant ninja turtles 2 the arcade game are double dragon
Road blasters is so fun...and addictive...nice list
Thank you!
I collected games to play, I remember back in the day going to Funco Land and getting a lot of NES games for practically nothing.
I've never seen Funco land, but people talk about it all the time! I remember Babbages and EB Games.
I’m so happy you included Gyruss! The arcade version is so fun to play, but the NES version is head and shoulders above it.
And the soundtrack! The soundtrack is AWESOME!
@@Fortefyre True, it did add tracks that were not in the arcade game, but what jumps out at me the most is the boss fights, which are non-existent in the arcade game. It took gameplay that was already solid to begin with and (pardon the pun) added worlds to it. The arcade game does hold a special place for me, though, because the first place I got to play it on an original cabinet was at Flipper McCoy’s at Virginia Beach, and I think at least one of my nephews was watching when I finally reached Earth. That was my biggest conquest while we were there.
Epic story! I hope you cherish that memory!
Awesome video and awesome channel! Thank you for posting!
Glad you enjoy it!
I borrowed Lode Runner from a school friend back in the day, as I loved it on my PC back in the day. But I found the scrolling screen interfered with strategy and keeping track of enemies and the holes you created
I agree 100%. That's always been a point of contention. It's hard to "assume" where the guardians are, and that's a huge role in the strategy.
I love your attitude and personality. You're like an 8-bit Ryan Reynolds.
I love it lmao
I wouldn’t even take Jaws for free! I would always be freakin annoyed when it would tell me, I hit something while driving the boat . 🙄The game wasn’t lying. I’d be hitting myself from agitation. 🤣🤷♂️
Love your work man! 💪
Thank you!
I love Dragon Warrior and I would suggest Super Spike V Ball if you want a volleyball game.
Super Spike is a wonderful game!
Lode Runner is the most underrated NES game
Lode Runner is really good.
I always loved Lode Runner!
It's shockingly simple, and simple is good!
Massive props for Gyruss.
Such a good game!
The original Metal Gear may be a bad port, but I always felt like it was an overlooked NES game. It's not perfect by any means but I have figured out that I can have a great time with it. You're right. Just cause AVGN gave it a comedic bad review doesn't mean it's a bad NES game. I love his series, I just wish I had been smart enough all those years ago to give the games a fair shot for myself to see if I liked them. A mistake I'm very proud to have changed on as an adult
I adore the NES game to be honest.
Solar Jetman is most underrated game. It's so good.
To me it felt like an Amiga game that got ported to the NES. It's very unique!
Dude I’m loving your content man!!! Sub!
Welcome to the channel!
Awesome video , great concept , well done sir , affordable games that are good is a great idea 👍🏻
Thank you so much!
What's the first game with the jet fighter at the beginning of the video?
Captain Skyhawk :)
@@Fortefyre sweet! Thank you!
Where is the link to the collecting 101 video?
Thanks for pointing this out! It's on there now!
I really need to pick up Gyruss. I've wanted a copy since I was a kid and saw it in a magazine. I've played tye arcade version on Xbox 360, but the near-unanimous opinion is that the NES version is much better.
Eons, I mean arcade isn't bad, but the NES version is just a GOOD clean game.
What was that first games name in the intro of this video????
Captiain Skyhawk!
@@Fortefyre thank you so much completely forgot about this game used to love it as a kid and once i saw your intro it jolted a memory 🫡
I aim to please!
Just found your channel and I’m really enjoying it. You got a sub from me. Great list, can vouch for Kings of the beach and Gyruss. Both of them are fantastic games. Hydlide not so much but I have gotten far in it but lost interest. Great video my friend
Give Hydlide a shake with a walkthrough! Set your objectives, and just power through it. :)
I think I always assumed track n field was a power pad game for some reason
Me too! But nope, it's just a run of the mill controller game.
I love my self some Solar Jetman!
Nice username!
Well thank you! I guess that I can not hide what one off my absolute favorite consoles are from you now. Haha. Greetings from Sweden! @@Fortefyre
Trevligt att träffas! I love my Intellivision!
Åh! Din lilla smickrare där! Not to brag.. But I was the first ever on this platform to make a video about Intellivision. I am a true pioneer! Haha.@@Fortefyre
I'm in the presence of royalty then! :P
I do absolutely love me some Jaws!
I love this one as well! It's so funny because an entire generation was predisposed to not give it a chance.
You're not Erdrick in Dragon Warrior. You're his descendant.
Shows how impactful Dragon Warrior 1's lore was to me XD
@@Fortefyre Dragon Quest XI has a fascinating callback to the first one.
A lot of people say III is their favorite. I actually prefer IV.
Upvote for Hydlide, I loved that game.
I do too!
I just made me a pi with with a flash of every snes, nes, 2600, n64, all gameboyvariations and the complete ps1 and ps2 for the low price of 140 dollars. Of course you can do it on your pc for free but the pi makes it portable and easier to use multi port controllers
I had a pi build once, I made it for my pops, but retroarch or whatever front end was being used kept resetting the controller binding on game launch.
@@Fortefyre lots of changes have been made over the years for retroarch. No problems here with the 5 I got my 4 was trouble free as well. Maybe a bad flash
I believe so!
That Simpson's game about the aliens I thought was really good
Bart vs. The Aliens? Might have to check it out!
@@Fortefyre yep that's it. Fair warning, a very difficult game
I heard! But I'll try it anyway one day!
there are great websites out there where u can shop all the games for free and download to ur computer
This is true, but if you wish to collect the physical medium, then these are affordable options.
Glad to see some love for JAWS on the NES. Yes, I know it was LJN. Yes, I know the movie "Jaws: The Revenge," the basis of the game, was shitty. But this was fun to play! I still break it out every now and then.
New sub. Thank you for working to keep the ratio correct. I hate stretched graphics.!
Me too! Sometimes it's tough to keep the ratio right when I stream, it bounces between different resolutions for different systems, but I try.
The original Dragon Quest has become quite rough on NES. Granted, it's an improvement over the original Famicom version with its improved sprite work and having actual save files. Still, I'd rather play the version on GBC or the most recent version. Heck, I feel similarly about the original Final Fantasy; with me preferring to go with the GBA remake.
I look forward to Dragon Quest II one day.
I own gyruss and I went out of my way to get it. Konami could do no wrong back then
Big facts!
Got Kings of the Beach for $5 at ShopKo when the 16-bit era started to really hit. We played the crap out it! Also got Magic Johnsons Fast Break for $5 and it was an abomination like most sports games. Even worse than NBA2k. Ouch!
The Gyruss port looks really good actually. I collect arcade games/ports. Have around 300 of them if not more. Gyruss just happens to possibly be the most prominent game I don't have in my collection. At least it's way up there. Great to know it's a cheaper title. In this regard a good thanks for the video.
You bet! Thank you!
The best basketball game on NES is Tecmo NBA Basketball. For an arcade style.. maybe Arch Rivals. And holy crap, that's a ton of arcade ports.
Gyruss is a great game. And I prefer the NES version over the arcade.
Oh absolutely!
Personally, I love the JAWS game. I also love "JAWS: The Revenge" unironically, so maybe that factors in. But I'm glad you gave the game a fair shake. (As a note, I do not watch AVGN, primarily due to the fact that I can't stand excessive swearing, and as such have never been influenced by his videos, but it's sad to hear that some people will rag on a game they have never played just because of something he said.)
I do swear, but it's not like...overbearing like AVGN, I think we all love him. I'm a veteran so it's REALLY hard to separate the bad language, but I do try to minimize it lol.
thats golden “warp” ship in jetman btw, its name always bothered me
Haha name discrepancies are the best
Better off emulating or getting a flash cart nowadays. $70 for a 30 year old 25 minute long game that was mass produced is just too much. People find an old game and they think they found a gold nugget. It's ridiculous.
Yeah, that's what irritates me. At some point in the last 10 years, people thought "hey, I can become a venture capitalist by scalping electronics and inflating their market value to make profit" and in most cases it just makes them look like an idiot. It still happens to this day.
Good video pal
Thanks! Thank YOU for maintaining an excellent Facebook group! Lmao.
Went on eBay immediately after two of your videos and bought RoadBlasters and Gyruss. Two that were never on my radar and I have over 60 cartridges. Thank you. Liked and subscribed👌🏼
That's awesome! I hope I can inspire you to check out OTHER libraries as well:)
I have a pretty substantial snes and genesis collection as well, each with their own crt in my basement. Still a kid inside I guess😋
I am jealous!
I appreciate how you mentioned your change in perspective on hydlide and the influence of avgn on people's opinions. I think that is the case with many old games. They aren't bad, they are just misunderstood. Friday the 13th comes to mind for me. I love that game. As for the avgn, as much as I love him, i learned long ago to take what he says in stride. Many games he talks about aren't bad games. Great video.
Thank you!
Did you know that Nintendo Power gave away copies of Dragon Warrior free just for subscribing to the magazine? That's how I got my copy.
I learned that from another comment! That's so awesome!
I really like this 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
kings of the beach and gyruss yes!!
Such good games!
I guess you could say Jaws was the original Amity(vile)Horror!!!! ……. I’ll see myself out
I'll allow it.
I had solar jet man it was a ok game
I liked it!
solar jetman rocks
Sure does!
Dejavu was a great game
So good!
You know how it sucks giving a “thumbs up” when it takes your count off an even 400? I hope you appreciate my sacrifice 🤪
Your sacrifice will not be forgotten!
I love Jaws!
Me too!
What I suggest is to be willing to pay more money. I support Dragon Warrior and Solar Jetman, but neither one of these games is likely to be all that enjoyable to a brand new NES player. The rest of the games on this list are not even worth playing at all.
While Super Mario Bros. 3 is far from my favorite NES game, I would recommend that a new NES player try that. New players tend to love it. It will cost more than $15, but not way too much more.
I understand that, but I can't suggest a game I haven't played myself. Lol.
@@Fortefyre I understand. It seems to me that I see a lot of these lists of NES games that are very cheap. But, the simple fact is, that you can't get good NES games for that cheap. I would look to see how much it costs to buy a copy of Metroid or Super Mario Bros. and place that as the standard price of what is a really fun game for a relatively cheap price.
Plus I just looked them up, and you can get a copy of Super Mario Bros. or Metroid for about 15 to 25 dollars. So I would wonder why those games aren't on your list. They are hundreds of times more fun than the games here. I'm sorry to say.
So the challenge was "$15 or under", so I wanted to showcase simple games under the threshold that fit the bill.
I put a gerbil in a microwave for some reason on the NES
Lmfao
Jaws is actually not half that bad I played the game several times and if someone want to see LJN best game in my opinion try Alien 3 on SNES thank me later you will not be disappointed.
Looking forward to it!
@@Fortefyre Let me know when you tried it or if you going to at least :) looking forward to your opinion.
@@Blueniter You'll be the first to know!
Can't believe people still buy nes games. I have every nes game ever made including English translations and it cost me $0. Download roms/emulator. I also have every snes and genesis game !
Its just my shtick lol.
Good video!!!
Thanks!
Nearly every UA-camr in existence has more non-subscribers watching videos than subscribers. Especially since very often people will be watching videos while not logged in.
I know, but it's still nice to try.
*grabs marker...labels copy of Hydlide "Soup Time"*
As you should!
I'm glad I don't have to sell my kidney to play these games...
Emulation is the BEST!
@@Fortefyrewhen I had a regular Nintendo, games weren't that expensive going into the 2000s.
I don't have that nes or games anymore but seeing the prices for the games now are just sad.
Games you could get all day well under 20 and 15 dollars are now 60 dollars.
60 dollars is the cost of a switch game.
This is true. It's a product of horrible market inflation.
You had three KONAMI GAMES😊
I've done a top 15 best NES video before . Be sure to check it out to here my thoughts on what r some of the best games on NES. From me!!!
I'll check it out!
Konami did just fine. Plenty cool AF NES games, i don`t think letting future succesful programmers go was a bad desicion and Kojima is overrated AF cause gamers need someone to worship.
I think that when you think of "developers that we remember" Kojima is a name that sticks out.
Hydlide... I will give you money to take it away
It's great! But I'll take the money lmao
Now make a video of the Top 10 NES games your viewers should send you 💵💵🤑🤑
Haha if only.
Jeopardy and Double Dare are not puzzle games
Trivia in any capacity is a form of mental puzzles. Cope harder.
@@Fortefyre bullshit
*shrug* still not coping.
Hylide, grrrr. I would pay someone 3 dollars to not have to hear that 20 second loop music that is a rip of Indiana Jones. You time is better spent sampling used chewing gum from under school desks. Emulation is the best option for cheap if you value your time, and sanity.
Facts lol.
@@Fortefyre I spent my hard earned money from my allowance on hylide , it was on clearance for about 25 dollars at kay bee toys. Got home, ripped it open popped it in, and I died a little inside knowing I just wasted my money and I knew they didn't accept returns on open games. My dad noticed I was not playing my new game and sad, when I told him about it, he brought me to the store and let me choose a game of similar price. We left the store with imaginations of daggers and winged boots (faxanadu).
From that time on I made it a point to rent a game before committing to a purchase. God did I ever love faxanadu.
Well I'm glad you had a life lesson out of it! Lmao
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One of the worst list I’ve ever seen
I'm sorry that you feel that way. What would you add to the list?
Hydlide is trash.
B is too high
More like triple Z quality.
To you maybe!
Kojima wasn't fired from Konami. He was forced to retire from Konami
Kojima is very overrated. People like you put him on this pedestal when his last bunch of games have been a mess or suck.
Death Stranding = Sucks. Baby walking mail simulator
Phantom Pain = Unfinished mess worst MG period.
Peacewalker = Meh at best. Didn't like the toning down of the series either. Went from M to T rating
MGS 4 = trash. Turned Metal Gear into a shooter basically. Game is 98% cutscene anyway
Any other developers that strike your fancy? (without looking it up)
Metal Gear Survive and Snake's Revenge are the worst Metal Gear games.
Also, Peacewalker is better than Portable Ops.