I Ranked Every Black Box NES game
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Did you know there are 30 Black Box NES games? There were the OG games that started it all in uniform boxes that let you know what kind of game it is and what the graphics were bound to look like (never mind Mario's on his way to game over in the SMB box, Mario's suit is a different color in Mario Bros and the guy with the mask isn't in Pro Wrestling). Let's rank every Black Box NES game.
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My Favorite’s on the Nes are still 1 Super Mario Bros 2 Duckhunt 3 Popeye and I want to Give “Donkey kong” and “Gunshoe” another try.Have a Nice day😊
@Arcade Kaos from what I see .... black men love white & Asian females boxes more
Mach Rider was a trophy in SSB Melee 😉
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You're killin' me with that Super Mario Bros. rank!
I also think games like Tennis and Golf deserve a little credit for especially for their time. A lot of those super early Famicom titles have tiny ROM sizes and were made to compete with the cruder second generation consoles of the time. Their graphics and gameplay blew those games out of the water and showed what a generational leap the Famicom was even back then before memory management chips turned what was supposed to be a Donkey Kong machine into a real force to be reckoned with. They're simple but they were fun and got the job done.
I love Wrecking Crew too. It's up there for me with the original Mario Bros. It's such a charming early puzzle game.
Man, I know this is your opinion, but how super Mario bros not an S?
Well he kinda explains it in the video.. He just doesnt like it as much as he does Donkey Kong. Still very strange tho :D Should 100% be S, since this is just a list of the blackbox games...
Nostalgia goggles. SMB has literally 8 times the amount of levels and has tons more complexity and replay value than Donkey Kong. It's one of the best black box games next to Duck Hunt, which is why they bundled it and made a huge success out of the NES in the US.
@@RobotacularRoBob It's not the amount of content that matters, but the quality of content. People from his (and my generation) get more enjoyment out of score chasing than simply 'getting the ending'. Sure, you can play smb in that way, but it's more enjoyable to do in games of the style like Donkey Kong. I can't say why HE likes it, but I'll say why I can understand DK ranked above SMB. Personally, I'd swap them. I didn't really like Donkey Kong compared to other games of it's type. Mario Bros. would've been S tier too.
but pro wrestling is.... so weird..lol
I agreed with almost every ranking on this video, but ranking SMB anything other then a S pretty much invalidates the entire rankings in my mind.
Super Mario Bros. is the best black box game by a mile, it should have its own tier. It is the only black box game that holds up today. Excite Bike is a distant second.
The Man Pro Wrestling is still fun today
Except it shows Mario about to die and a fireball passing through some bricks. Whoever made that cover was clearly not smart. At all.
Ok, I agree that Super Mario Bros belongs in its own tier but Kid Icarus and Metroid belong there with it. Both those games still hold up beautifully today as well.
Wrecking Crew is still incredibly fun.
@@SlayerRunefrost Kid Icarus and Metroid are silver box games
The Black Box art was iconic, much like the silver Konami boxes.
Those Silver Konami boxes almost always held a quality game.
@@EternallyEve yep. Was very smart of them to have that uniform look. Made their games recognizable outside of just a company logo.
even better.
Konami was so bold. They were able to use art from D&D, Predator, Terminator, Norseman for their cover art and nobody cared. Different time I guess.
Ninja Master some one cared. They got sued for atleast one of them. Castlevania II for lifting Ravencroft, I think.
SMB is supposed to run at 60fps, hope you weren't revisiting it at 20fps haha. All that level design in 32KB gets SSS tier for me.
Super Mario Bros. was revolutionary and it (along with the NES) saved the video game industry. It fascinated me and millions of others when we were kids. It is above “S-Tier” from a historical and personal standpoint.
I also think it should have been S-Tier!!!!!!!!
Yup Mario 1-4 all incredible
It's a crime to put mario brothers and super mario brothers on the same tier. One is super and the other is not.
Nice Ranking. My favorite Black Box NES games are Urban Champion, Excitebike, and Ice Climber.
excitebike will always rull.
Super Mario as A tier dude? Cmon
Yes there is a great disappoint over this. Donkey Kong has 4 one screen wide levels and the nes gives us 3 of them super Mario has 32 wider levels with tons more variety. Super mario > donkey Kong
It’s his opinion, you have no control over it. If you don’t like it, make your own tier list video.
@@Rountree1985 yea and that was my opinion. if u dont like it buzz offf
@@Rountree1985 except that tier lists by design are meant to be more objective than subjective.
Super Mario Bros. is one of the greatest games of all times. definitely an S. Ive lost all respect for Riggs.😁😁😁
I've been playing NES since I was a kid in the 80s and only discovered Wrecking Crew a few years ago, love it.
I loved Wrecking Crew as a kid! Absolutely brilliant game for sure.
Just to let you know, when you flash the rating screen after duck hunt, you can see excitebike included the list right before the review starts for excitebike.
We're on different wavelengths on some of these. Urban Champion is a straight F for me lol
It's all good. I still love it (or at least like it)
For me, Its good to see urban champion getting some love
I give Urban Champion a little better rank for being a primitive Fighting Game, I rank it D out of respect, but I can't rank it higher.
I like Urban Champ. It's got a bit of strategy in it. If you just mash buttons, you're gonna lose like any fighting game. It's obviously not the most in depth, but with 2 players, it's really a real time Rock Paper Scissors game which is at the core of every fighting game that's worth play.
"i'm that old"....pfft! I'm Odyssey 2 old...i'm 2nd grade my neighbor had Break-out on Atari VCS old
Sorry John, but Golf is at least a B ranking at least. Alot of great memories for that one.
I agree that game was great. My step dad and I played it a ton
Tennis, too
Yeah it is basic, but pretty darn good...
My cousins and I played Golf a lot as kids but truthfully, it isn't all that great of a game. Now NES Open Tournament Golf...that game was amazing! It took the mechanics from the original Golf game and just enhanced everything considerably. I highly recommend that one if you haven't played it! :)
THIS is the comment I was looking for. Thank you.
Great list! I think u did a great job ranking them. I'm 41 yrs old ,so I grew up during the nes era. I agree, the clay shooting was way better
Bro... Hop on a bicycle man. Learn to ride one. It's good for the soul!
And Super Mario Bros. Is A tier. Can't change my mind there.
Dude love the channel but really the Zapper games should have been captured with CRT footage and using the Zapper. It just comes off Lazy not doing so... otherwise man I really appreciate all the work you put in making these videos for our entertainment.
Thank you!
The black box games give nostalgia levels of infinity.
Holy crap Jolly Joker.. I never liked the mall, but on the way back to White Swan we use to sing in to get corn dogs at the peppermint stick. Man that brings back memories.
I love Nintendo Golf, I play it on my PocketGo 2 at work.
I think we are in a same age. I want to thank you to bring back games from my childhood. Eventhough I’m not so much into ranking, you put a smile to a old school gamer.
The pro wrestling game was awesome. I loved playing that
How's it going Mr. Riggs? I just wanted to let you know that I'm sooo extremely stoked that I stumbled across your channel somehow. I've been binging on your "I Ranked" series... At work when I have downtime, at home enjoying a brewsky after a long day. I'm 42 and share an astounding amount of nostalgia right there with ya! I subscribed just like you suggested and Really Happy that I did!! Just remember: All of the hard work you're doing is probably helping Many peeps while they're working hard!
I’ve always loved the original black box designs as well as the greys.
I love your ranking videos! Is it possible to go through the Sega Genesis ones? Pleeease 😊
I think DK Jr is way more fun than DK.
Me too especially when comparing the NES versions.
I prefer DK JR for being able to climb vines.
I’m surprised the black box Baseball game is my ABSOLUTE favourite baseball game on the NES
Nice video
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I just recently found your channel. I love the content, keep it coming!
"We have Golf...uh D-tier..." That's all. Lol. I did quite enjoy that game, love the review tho...
Lol! Love the explanation of Golf at 6:26. :)
New to the channel. Good stuff. Subbed for sure!
Fantastic video. I love me some nes and I know your open cart surgery and your rom hack carts are your most popular videos but I enjoy seeing some rankings of games once and awhile so thank you for that. Also there have been Mach rider trophies in smash bros since melee.
You gotta do a video for non-black box games made by Nintendo!
Double dribble wasn't black box? Great video although I thought baseball should have ranked higher
I think it would be funny to see a remake of 10-Yard Fight where all the football players are Chargin' Chucks from the Super Mario World game.
It would be nice to have the box art showing just before or during you talking about the game. What with the whole theme of the video and all. Just saying. :p
Mac Rider? Never seen that before. I wonder how many driving games on Nintendo consoles I am not aware of.
You are right to like Donkey Kong more than Super Mario Bros. Donkey Kong was and still is one of the best games ever created. And this from someone who is definitely NOT a Nintendo fan. I have to admit my favorite version is the Game & Watch version (which I own now). What a game! I wish I wasn't afraid to break it or I would play it every day.
Hmm, isn't all Volleyball 6 on 6? Not just high school? Or perhaps you were referring to beach version too. I used to play...long story, no one cares lol.
Thanks for the video man, I appreciate it.
I watched this video for Wrecking Crew! And it was the game. Worth it though to see Wrecking Crew get an 'A'.
You don't have to love SMB to know it is S tier! Just swap SMB with Pro Wrestling and your list is good.
I'm surprised they haven't added all of them to switch online yet. They gut a bunch but not all
my brother and i had every one of those games except hogan's alley and the sports ones. my mom really spoiled us, i guess.
while i'm here i'll just give my own mini-ranking. super mario bros. and kung-fu would be S-tier. my brother loved wrecking crew though.
GOLF IS AT LEAST AN A tier...still the most realistic golf game to this day. You mess up just a hair and your in the drink or deep woods..love it..this Tiger woods crap today is nothing like real golf.
Hey John. Not sure how many hours you spent playing golf but it was a good game. They even used some of the courses in Wii golf. Just my opinion but maybe worth a second look
i was just making a list of NES games to collect (100 essentials).
i think these 30 games should have been THE base for the NES Classic (many are there)
Great memories !
Has anyone else notice where on Donkey Kong’s body Stanley shoots the bug spray to pass the levels in Donkey Kong 3?
I loved 10 yard fight! That games was freakin' awesome! Id give it a D as well but i still loved it
Love Pro Wrestling that game is still super fun to play
My top tier would be:
Super Mario Bros., Kung Fu, Pinball
10 yard fight was an arcade port you silly goose. That's why it's not called "Football".
Oh man, I think 2 player Gyromite is a blast!
You intentionally put Super Mario Bros as not-top tier to get comments to beat that UA-cam algorithm, didn't you? Clever strat; I admire the move.
Donkey Kong 3 & Duck Hunt deserves more respect. Also, shame on you for NOT making Super Mario Bros. and S-Tier title.
Thanks John. Are the rankings relative to each other or games in general?
i honestly didn't know of Mach Rider until Melee as it had a trophy for the rider and the alt music on the 2nd F-Zero level (Big Blue) was a great cover of the Mach Rider theme
Gumshoe better than NES Golf? John you're tripping.
I remember when I got my NES in 85. My mom and dad (They were divorced) each gave me a $100 for Christmas. My mom told me that I couldn't get myself a NES or SMS. She hated video games and thought it was a waste a time. I got one with dad's $100. But my sister was a evil b!tch. She said if I didn't clean out the basement in our new home (my dad told her to do that as punishment for cutting school to watch the birth of her friends kittens) or she would tell mom that I got a NES. Dad found out and told sister to do her job. She told my mom as retaliation. When she grilled me that I bought a NES, I told her yes. And I showed her the $100 bill that she gave me. Same bill. She was mad, but I still had her $100. But I used it to buy 2 games and used the rest to buy a new disk drive for my C64.
still got them on my shelf
>>Urban Champion B tier
That's probably the nicest thing anyone's said about it.
Yeah. I don't get why people say it's bad. It's fine. I played a few rounds. It's fun, but it's got that older arcade repetitive nature, and it's pretty simple. Those are the only real negative things I can say, and they apply to much of the black box games, so I don't see why it gets rated below all the others.
But I don't think I would put it as B tier.
why was ten yard fight not named football? probably to avoid confusion between that and Soccer.
The only basketball NES game I remember is Double Dribble by I Believe Konami
A WINNER IS YOU
I heard Yakima WA! Hello from kennewick dude!
You answered your own question. They did not call 10 yard fight Football because they did not want it to be confusing which sport it was.
Its called 10 yard fight because it's an arcade game from Irem.
"Controller 1 controls the ducks." Whaaaaaaaat??
Been watching your videos for a while now.
I feel you may underrate a super beloved game just for the comments.
Super Mario Bros. 1 is an all-time classic. Easily makes every top 100 if not top 20.
And it’s only an A on this video?!
It’s an SSS+ if it’s anything! ::shakes fist::
Will you ever get to do the post-black box NES games?
For a variety of reasons, Golf should definitely be ranked higher! Please understand.
Have you ever considered posting your rom hacks? I’d love to play them!
Hah I'm 6'5 with no depth perception either - I liked volleyball but stuck with baseball instead (where I could catch but not throw)
If DK Jr. Math isn’t F tier I don’t know what is. Calling it a game at all is generous.
I was more interested in the clay shooting game more than Duck Hunt.
Silver boxes (and BLUE) next! Rad racer, Metroid, Kid Icarus...
Take off the F and add an SS at the beginning of the ranking tier and you have the Fire Emblem weapon rating system.
SMB literally became synonymous with the NES. Many people bought the system for SMB. Im not one to bash opinion, but saying it's too hard now is the weirdest justification for possibly as he said the most influential video game ever. Very weird call, but it drummed up comments so...
Don’t they consider Metroid part of the blackbox era? I know it was in a gray box but it’s still a solid gray like the black boxes I always thought they considered that part of the black box era
Most of these rankings are so off lol I expected better Rigs! I mean how the hell is SMB not S tier !? Also duck hunt should be at least A tier.
Duck Hunt is so overrated due to nostalgia. Almost every SMS light gun game (same era) is better, and some of them are just okay.
How can you tell him his rankings are off? It’s his opinion.
10 yard fight was an Arcade by Irem. The arcade version was superior but not by much
For me kung fun or excite bike would be #1
Super Mario Bros. Is an S+++++
Nice always wanted to collect these
A winner is you😎
I have 300 sets of nes the purchases
I want a second opinion. Duck Hunt is an A tier.
I apologize but how is this the entire black box set of games? I have RBI baseball on black box but isn’t part of the 30 games he has listed. Please don’t be rude just honestly wondering what is up with that? Any info would be much appreciated.
SMB, Kung Fu, and Duck Hunt should all be moved up 1 tier
Mario not S O_O Mario revolutionized platform gaming. That alone deserves an S.
Other than the cliche' Super Mario Bros., Pinball was my favorite game.
Still is very enjoyable today
I would put Balloon Fight in a S tier.
Thats a violation . Super Mario Brothers should be an S
great games
Mach Rider is a trophy
I was never really a sports fan on a gaming. Seems to me there was more than enough sports on TV.
But I was mostly playing RPGs,
Golf and Tennis get zero comment just D tier....wow...Golf is actually a really fun game!! I'm with you on not being a big fan of sports games
Is excitebike multi?
Nice 😎 love all classic but nr 1 are super mario from the past. Love fom sweden and 51 year old so nin 8 16 and sega 8 16 and atari are my poison 😱😎
My nr 1 game are phantasy star on sega master system and nr 1 on sega mega drive phantasy star 2 3 4. Love all rpg from the past before internet 😱
Like all the people upset smb1 is not S tier lol... It's your opinion but imo there are 29 black box games and a game i actaully do still play today in smb1... the others dont come close though donkey kong is very fun (I prefer DKjr but i didnt play old arcades as much)... I am 34 and mostly grew up on NES so i say this as not a super young person either haha
Donkey Kong above Super Mario on NES...🤣 Opinions discarded.
Super Mario Bros. an A but Pro Wrestling an S? Sorry, wrong.
excite bike higher than DK 3??? never.
Sorry, I just lost all respect when you put SMB at A instead of S.