CLICK ua-cam.com/video/qu_Ogz9EBXs/v-deo.html I've been ranking NES games and more (including SNES etc) on my channel for a while. Here's the playlist to binge.
Hey John, there was no Marble Madness on this list! That was also by Rare, published by Milton Bradley! Also, I love your use of the 2nd driving song from Bayou Billy at the end, haha!
It is fun in coop mode. In solo it is only funny how hungry the snake becomes with each bite(extremely hungry!), up to the point it could break its gamepad 🎮
I got my NES for my 10th b'day in 1992. My Mum (sadly no longer with me) took me to Toys R Us, but unfortunately they didn't have any consoles left in stock on the shelf. They did however, offer us the display model unboxed, and threw in Solar Jetman along with Mario Bros. Man, I love that game! It took some getting used to the control of the pod. But I have such fond memories. I recently played through it on the Xbox via Rare Replay, even though I still have my original copy!
Battletoads is the obvious best game, Snake rattle n roll a close-ish second. Probably the two games I played most on nes, other than Mario 3. Lot of people complain that Battletoads is too difficult but much like alot of games from the time, it's all about memorization. The enemies, even the bosses, do the same pattern every single time. I beat it when I was 10 after lots and lots of practice.
I give you SO much credit for beating Battletoads when you were a mere 10 years old! What an accomplishment! It took me 10+ years to finally take that sucker down. Like you, I love that game though and I love Snake Rattle 'n Roll as well! Did you ever manage to beat that ice foot in the game's final level?
Great video as usual, John! I think I mostly agree with your rankings on these. It would have been cool to see the completed tier list of rankings at the end of the video - its nice to be able see that distribution visually.
AMEN!! That is SO true! I recently played Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time and I was like..."That sounds like a David Wise soundtrack!" Lo and behold, David Wise composed the music for that game after all (he is famous for Battletoads, the DKC series, etc.)
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll needs to make a comeback. That was so much fun back in the day and I always felt like there could have been other game modes. A modern day version could be awesome. I never heard of it until my parents bought it for me (boxed and sealed) out of some bargain-bin at Walmart.
Such a great game. I played this game so much and actually got to the point where I could go through every level and get to the moon without dying. But I never could beat the giant foot on the moon. If your rapid fire tongue hits stopped for even a split second, the foot’s health would fully recover. And it was impossible because of the foot constantly moving, moon physics, and asteroids launching at you from four directions.
@@happyhollandays that final boss is BRUTAL! I managed to beat the game after 30+ years of trying as I just hit a beautiful groove hitting the foot without missing. It IS hard though!
@@tigmo55 Well done, that is quite the feat. It's arguably the hardest NES boss but hardly gets mentioned when discussions of hardest NES bosses are debated.
Cobra Triangle was a fantastic game! It was essentially R.C. Pro-Am in the water but with some very interesting gameplay mechanics. It wasn't 2-player co-op was it? Because a new CT game with a co-op mode would be a blast!
Oh man, there are so many great games listed here, and several that I had no idea Rare developed! I do agree that Battletoads is an S-rank despite its brutal difficulty. Snake Rattle N Roll is a classic too. Great ranking video, John!
Rc pro am without doubt.. and my personal fav, solar jetman.. it would make an amazing remake, imho.. oh and snake rattle and roll...I could keep going..
Cobra Triangle is a ton of fun, except for the waterfall level. I did find a way to level up easily though (it's actually right where your gameplay video starts, just sit there and wait for the power ups to come to you, grab the 1up before the timer runs out, rinse and repeat), still a hard game. Thanks for recommending it, my 3 year old asks for the "dragon boat" game all the time!
Super Glove Ball is actually pretty great if you use the Power Glove. It's like the only game that actulaly works well with the thing! I guess that's because it was designed for it.
There was one running play glitch in Elway that made the running back like 20 times faster than everyone else on screen. You could run back and forth from goal line to goal line as many times as you wanted which was basically the only fun to be had in that game.
That and there was a kick returner on one team I remember being stupidly fast too. Haha man used to love that game when i was a kid! Yeah maybe not great by today’s standards but after coming from atari football games, this was sooo much better.
Ha, ha, ha! That's SO true! I remember playing the speed bike level on BDD and it's like an apology to the original game as it's WAYYYYYYYYY easier. BDD is still a challenging game but is nothing compared to the original in that department.
Oh dude! Wizards and warriors needs to make a comeback. The music from the first game was awesome... I didn't realize it was Fabio on the cover of Iron sword until he got smacked In the face by a seagull at a theme park.
It's not a NES game but a game I'm 99% sure it is a Rare game that I'd like to see remastered/remade is Blast Corps. I got an N64 for my birthday (just the console) and my parents rented this for me so I had something to play on the day I opened it, I have fond memories of the game but haven't played it since so tbh it could be crap
Battletoads by itself is a stellar game. As a two-player co-op though it’s insanely hard. The only game that would be harder is if Cuphead was two-player co-op where you can hit each other.
I am a lifelong gamer, worked in a game shop in late 90's, was a game journalist for 8 years. Shipped 5 games as a game designer. And I have NEVER heard of Digger T Rock. And it looks pretty fun! Wow!
You’re kinda right about Wizard & Warriors 3, it was actually developed by the guys from Zippo Games on behalf of Rare although I’m not too sure if they were classed as an external Rare satellite team at the time?
I actually liked W&W3 because it was different from the first two. However, parts of it were super annoying, plus having no save states or passwords. The guild challenges were a nice twist, though got a bit ridiculous later on, especially with the already janky platforming. I did, however, manage to beat it once...and yeah, the ending was crap, since it leaves you hanging for a fourth game which never happened. Still, something about the ambiance just worked for me.
I'm too lazy to check, but I'm pretty sure I remember reading W&W2 and W&W1 are also made by very different teams. To me they felt quite different. I prefer the second personally.
Another great video John! I love how you legitimately enjoy these old games, and grew up with them like many of us did. ONE THING: Can you show us the final breakdown of the games in tiers at the end of the video? I know alot of people use a website and move the titles into the tier spots. I almost wouldn't care if it was hand drawn or a simple list of the games with letters beside them :-P It would be cool to see that visual of all the games with their ratings!
tiermaker! I used to use it on my videos but found that people wouldn't even bother watching the video, they'd just jump to the end so I took it out :)
Battletoads in the style of the new TMNT game, that plays similar to the arcade game. Also, Anticpation would be fun on the Switch. EDIT: Unfortunately Zen Studios only put out The Getaway so far, I always liked High Speed more. Only way to get High Speed on modern platforms now is through simulators or if you bought it on The Pinball Arcade before the Williams License went kaboom.
I used to play BattleToads Double Dragon a ton with my friend Wayne back in the day. We also used to call each other on our portable home telephones and start Streets of Rage 2 at the same time and race to see who could beat it first. Yes it was a lot of not saying anything and my neck would be sore from holding it with my shoulder. Who needs integrated chat am I right?
I'm happy to see Nightmare on Elm Street getting some love! Me and my three buddies used to do 4-player runs with the NES Four Score and I always had a blast. I actually managed to get my cartridge signed by John Saxon and Heather Langencamp. Then years later, I was in line to meet Robert Englund to get it signed by Freddy himself, and another guy in line just started giving me a real hard time saying the game was crap. I don't know, I think a bunch of people just didn't read the instructions. It's a great game and the music is awesome. Now, if I can only get Johnny Depp to sign my cart, too...
wizards and warriors! before it jumped the shark between W&W3 and X on Game Boy it was decently fun, I loved Ironsword! (shout-out to david wise, a ton of these games had great jams and he was the one responsible!)
Hi John! This is a GREAT series, I love your ranking themes! This is another fun installment and hope to see more. I just wish RARE never made Banjo 1, 2 and GBA because I love it so much but there will never be any more like it.
That cancelled Saberman game for the OG Xbox looked pretty cool. Lot of work looked to have been done on it, too. Might as well make some money off of it.
I don't know if I'm the only person, but as a kid I was always under the impression that battle toads was some how a spinoff of Ninja Turtles. As a result, I was always waiting for that turtles/toads cross over game.
Battletoads! Super-amazing game that took me a while to master, but wow was it worth it. My best friend and I beat it in two-player mode. That game caused a lot of conflicts/choice words between us, but once we got passed the ice level and the rat maze (those circular gears chasing us), we knew we could do it! The trick was each one of us was in charge of a section of the screen (Wookie Hole). Once he mastered the turbo tunnel, that level actually became one of the easy levels. Huge trial and error and tons of luck and patience, but what a feat that was for us.
You forgot Cabal and Arch-Rivals which those two Arcade titles were ported by Rare. Silent Service was another game done by Rare all while published by Konami's shell corporation, Ultra Games. I loved Anticipation, Slalom, BOTH Battletoads games, and of course NARC.
Would love to see you bring back the final chart with all the games listed. I understand the reasoning for cutting the "add each to the chart" for time, but the final would be nice to see how they rank up against each other if possible. Great video John!
Snake Rattle and Roll was a very unique and creative game back in the day. I remember playing it as a kid and it was nothing like previous nes games I had played back then.
Good Music by David Wise (Donkey Kong Country fame) for a Nightmare on Elm Street. When I would play on an emulator I'd set all 4 players to the same controller input, run to the left to stack up all 4 characters and play solo from there
Actually working on a complete rare ware collection across Nintendo platforms and nice to know their NES outings, since outside Battletoads, most are not super familiar to me.
I never thought of that (and it seems most if not all game developers haven't either), but in games where you hop planets like Halo or Mass Effect, the gravity is identical every time.
I was fortunate enough to find the Rare Collection for Xbox One. So many great titles that I will have to dig deep into like Snake Rattle and Roll. Another great ranking video as Rare was so great for the NES and beyond.
Wrestlemania Challenge was a lot of fun once Nintendo Power advertised the secret that allowed your tag team partner to enter the ring and interfere in the match. Total game changer.
I feel the same way! It's a game that you have to really delve into to appreciate although I'll admit that it's a polarizing game (definitely doesn't feel anything like W&W1 and 2). But I'll never forget the feeling I got when I defeated that huge dragon in the lower dungeon and started to make way back up the secret passage to fight Malkil (sp?). I recall my hands being quite sweaty due to the excitement of finally having a chance to take that villain down!
@@tigmo55 Oh yeah, that long road to get to the final boss is memorable and tense. I admit I probably wouldn't have liked W&W3 if I didn't try to get into it, but it is very fun when I understood and got into it.
Fun list as always! One of my all-time favorites is missing - Rare developed the NES port of (Sid Meier’s) Pirates!, which was published by Konami under the Ultra label. David Wise even reworked a bit of the music from Pirates! in the score for Donkey Kong Country!
12:59 I wish Metroid did the different gravity in different places. A gravity suit that actually manipulates gravity instead of just walking in water which is lame IMO. Great vid!
Wonderful idea and a fantastic video, John! I was hoping that you would eventually do a Rare NES video and this one was a blast to watch! There were even a few games on this list that I didn't know (or simply forgot) that Rare developed! I agree with your ratings almost across the board although I'd have to bump Snake Rattle 'n Roll to the A tier. I love that game immensely and I finally managed to beat it after 30+ years of trying! :) Battletoads totally deserves an S and R.C. Pro-Am II is definitely an A. As far as Wizards and Warriors goes, I actually am a fan of the third game but at the same time, I completely understand your point. It is an oddball for sure. Something about it really drew me in though. Great list in any case!
Battletoads Double Dragon on SNES was definitely a great co-op game. Love the music in that one. (The SNES sound chip just makes the NES port completely obsolete.)
How about checking out Asmik small library of games for the NES, or Electrobrain? What I've learned is I liked a lot of Rare developed games as a kid! Great video as always!
@@JohnRiggs yes, I see that (and watched it today). Sorry for the oversight, but thanks for letting me know! I appreciate it and I'm not being snarky when I say that. I love these publisher videos. How about NTVIC or one offs like Triffix?
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I've been ranking NES games and more (including SNES etc) on my channel for a while. Here's the playlist to binge.
Didn't you already ranked the games of RARE?
If it's a redux, that's cool, Riggs. :)
@@kenterminateddq5311 Rare didn't publish any games, just develop. Some of these games were already on those companies ranking lists.
Hey John, there was no Marble Madness on this list! That was also by Rare, published by Milton Bradley!
Also, I love your use of the 2nd driving song from Bayou Billy at the end, haha!
@@lawrencemcstephens308 Yeah, I was disappointed Marble Madness was missing, that was my favorite Rare developed game on the NES.
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Snake Rattle n' Roll is a clear S and one of the best games of the NES. Extremely hard, but extremely fun as well. You need to play that more.
It is fun in coop mode. In solo it is only funny how hungry the snake becomes with each bite(extremely hungry!), up to the point it could break its gamepad 🎮
I got my NES for my 10th b'day in 1992. My Mum (sadly no longer with me) took me to Toys R Us, but unfortunately they didn't have any consoles left in stock on the shelf. They did however, offer us the display model unboxed, and threw in Solar Jetman along with Mario Bros. Man, I love that game! It took some getting used to the control of the pod. But I have such fond memories. I recently played through it on the Xbox via Rare Replay, even though I still have my original copy!
Sorry bout your mom
RC Pro-Am was pretty sweet when it first came out. I always liked the arcade version with the 3 steering wheels, too.
You're thinking of Off Road (Ivan Stuart). RC Pro-Am was only on NES
@@Dojonpachi super sprint had three steering wheels as well
3:16 "I'll give this game a C" *B appears* haha
dammit, oh well. My fault for editing at midnight.
Captain Skyhawk deserved at least a B (probably higher) anyway. The universe corrected the faulty C ranking.
@@JohnRiggs If your a perfectionist i suspect this is still eating away at you to this day.
14:43-14:44 - *Golf claps* at the Quantum Leap reference.
The worst thing Rare ever did was leave Nintendo to exclusively develop games for Microsoft.
Battletoads is the obvious best game, Snake rattle n roll a close-ish second. Probably the two games I played most on nes, other than Mario 3. Lot of people complain that Battletoads is too difficult but much like alot of games from the time, it's all about memorization. The enemies, even the bosses, do the same pattern every single time. I beat it when I was 10 after lots and lots of practice.
I give you SO much credit for beating Battletoads when you were a mere 10 years old! What an accomplishment! It took me 10+ years to finally take that sucker down. Like you, I love that game though and I love Snake Rattle 'n Roll as well! Did you ever manage to beat that ice foot in the game's final level?
@@tigmo55 I beat Battletoads and Snakes too, but i was older for sure.
Battletoads & Snake Rattle 'N Roll gotta be my favorite NES games
Solar Jetman, Iron Sword and Wizards & Warriors III were developed by Zippo Games.
They also made the Sesame Street ABC and 123.
Ah ha! I was wondering if someone had said this already. Hello fellow Ziphead!
Great video as usual, John! I think I mostly agree with your rankings on these.
It would have been cool to see the completed tier list of rankings at the end of the video - its nice to be able see that distribution visually.
Comments sections are always a surprise... love the channel brother.
RC Pro-Am, Cobra Triangle and Snake Rattle and Roll all need to make a come back.
I love how you can kind of tell it's a rare game based on the music, fonts, assets, etc.
It definitely had a look. same with Konami.
AMEN!! That is SO true! I recently played Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time and I was like..."That sounds like a David Wise soundtrack!" Lo and behold, David Wise composed the music for that game after all (he is famous for Battletoads, the DKC series, etc.)
@@tigmo55 Yes, also listen to Time lord.
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll needs to make a comeback. That was so much fun back in the day and I always felt like there could have been other game modes. A modern day version could be awesome. I never heard of it until my parents bought it for me (boxed and sealed) out of some bargain-bin at Walmart.
Such a great game. I played this game so much and actually got to the point where I could go through every level and get to the moon without dying. But I never could beat the giant foot on the moon. If your rapid fire tongue hits stopped for even a split second, the foot’s health would fully recover. And it was impossible because of the foot constantly moving, moon physics, and asteroids launching at you from four directions.
Best game ever
@@happyhollandays that final boss is BRUTAL! I managed to beat the game after 30+ years of trying as I just hit a beautiful groove hitting the foot without missing. It IS hard though!
And it was a co-op two player game too!
@@tigmo55 Well done, that is quite the feat. It's arguably the hardest NES boss but hardly gets mentioned when discussions of hardest NES bosses are debated.
Captain Skyhawk is at least an A for me, probably an S. I have always just loved the look of that game.
I've been a fan of Rare ever since they were Ultimate back in '83. Not many Developers with that level of history and consistency 😎👍
They're a rare breed.
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@@samholdsworth420 🤣
@Back In The Day Gaming 🤫
Cobra Triangle! Was easily my #2 most rented game.
Cobra Triangle was a fantastic game! It was essentially R.C. Pro-Am in the water but with some very interesting gameplay mechanics. It wasn't 2-player co-op was it? Because a new CT game with a co-op mode would be a blast!
Oh man, there are so many great games listed here, and several that I had no idea Rare developed! I do agree that Battletoads is an S-rank despite its brutal difficulty. Snake Rattle N Roll is a classic too. Great ranking video, John!
Rc pro am without doubt.. and my personal fav, solar jetman.. it would make an amazing remake, imho.. oh and snake rattle and roll...I could keep going..
Thanks John. Some of the RARE Ltd games remind me of the good old days, Love your series of ranked Nes games.
Cobra Triangle is a ton of fun, except for the waterfall level. I did find a way to level up easily though (it's actually right where your gameplay video starts, just sit there and wait for the power ups to come to you, grab the 1up before the timer runs out, rinse and repeat), still a hard game.
Thanks for recommending it, my 3 year old asks for the "dragon boat" game all the time!
Rocky Horror reference at the beginning? A tier
Uniracers definitely needs a comeback, soooo much fun
I agree, but didn’t DMA Design develop that one?
0:27 Rocky Horror Picture Show Reference.
Good Rocky Horror reference!
I’ve definitely beaten Taboo the Sixth Sense. My reading came true.
SO MANY GREAT SOUNDTRACKS!!! Their music dev team rocked!
Super Glove Ball is actually pretty great if you use the Power Glove. It's like the only game that actulaly works well with the thing! I guess that's because it was designed for it.
17:25 the animation on that hawk is so smooth!?
Rare truly was ahead of their time
RC Pro AM & NARC. Great games, played them both extensively. Nostalgic Note* I fell for the commercials and got the NES Max controller with RC pro AM
There was one running play glitch in Elway that made the running back like 20 times faster than everyone else on screen. You could run back and forth from goal line to goal line as many times as you wanted which was basically the only fun to be had in that game.
That and there was a kick returner on one team I remember being stupidly fast too. Haha man used to love that game when i was a kid! Yeah maybe not great by today’s standards but after coming from atari football games, this was sooo much better.
Love the "Scott Bakula" Quantum Leap reference. One of best shows in the 90s!
"Battletoads and Double Dragon" is like if they took "Battletoads" and made it beatable by mortals.
It's still hard but beatable, and more consistent (it's a beat 'em up from start to finish, except that strange Asteroids-like stage)
@@danielespeziari5545 I honestly loved the asteroid stage, and it really has some "inspiration" from Solar Jetman.
Ha, ha, ha! That's SO true! I remember playing the speed bike level on BDD and it's like an apology to the original game as it's WAYYYYYYYYY easier. BDD is still a challenging game but is nothing compared to the original in that department.
Snake Rattle and Roll, I’m still waiting for Snakes in Space!
Oh dude! Wizards and warriors needs to make a comeback. The music from the first game was awesome... I didn't realize it was Fabio on the cover of Iron sword until he got smacked In the face by a seagull at a theme park.
The music was done by David Wise, who went on to do the Donkey Kong Country soundtracks.
So glad to see who framed roger rabbit get some love. I liked running around the weird towns and talking to people
It's not a NES game but a game I'm 99% sure it is a Rare game that I'd like to see remastered/remade is Blast Corps. I got an N64 for my birthday (just the console) and my parents rented this for me so I had something to play on the day I opened it, I have fond memories of the game but haven't played it since so tbh it could be crap
Blast Corps is awesome
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for new rankings
Battletoads by itself is a stellar game.
As a two-player co-op though it’s insanely hard.
The only game that would be harder is if Cuphead was two-player co-op where you can hit each other.
I am a lifelong gamer, worked in a game shop in late 90's, was a game journalist for 8 years. Shipped 5 games as a game designer.
And I have NEVER heard of Digger T Rock. And it looks pretty fun! Wow!
You’re kinda right about Wizard & Warriors 3, it was actually developed by the guys from Zippo Games on behalf of Rare although I’m not too sure if they were classed as an external Rare satellite team at the time?
I actually liked W&W3 because it was different from the first two. However, parts of it were super annoying, plus having no save states or passwords. The guild challenges were a nice twist, though got a bit ridiculous later on, especially with the already janky platforming. I did, however, manage to beat it once...and yeah, the ending was crap, since it leaves you hanging for a fourth game which never happened. Still, something about the ambiance just worked for me.
I'm too lazy to check, but I'm pretty sure I remember reading W&W2 and W&W1 are also made by very different teams. To me they felt quite different. I prefer the second personally.
i was thinking the same thing that Zippo made ww 2,3 and solar jetman
Battle toads needs a comeback. And donkey Kong country
Snake Rattle & Roll, RC Pro-Am, Cobra Triangle, and Wizards & Warriors we’re the best games from Rare. Some difficult but very satisfying.
Alright glad you’re doing this series again!
Rare made such a wide variety of pretty solid games
Another great video John! I love how you legitimately enjoy these old games, and grew up with them like many of us did. ONE THING: Can you show us the final breakdown of the games in tiers at the end of the video? I know alot of people use a website and move the titles into the tier spots. I almost wouldn't care if it was hand drawn or a simple list of the games with letters beside them :-P It would be cool to see that visual of all the games with their ratings!
tiermaker! I used to use it on my videos but found that people wouldn't even bother watching the video, they'd just jump to the end so I took it out :)
@@JohnRiggs I miss you doing that as well! Some of us actually do watch your videos in their entirety you know. ;)
Agreed with the above. It was always nice to see all of them in the Tier Maker list at the very end.
Battletoads in the style of the new TMNT game, that plays similar to the arcade game. Also, Anticpation would be fun on the Switch.
EDIT: Unfortunately Zen Studios only put out The Getaway so far, I always liked High Speed more. Only way to get High Speed on modern platforms now is through simulators or if you bought it on The Pinball Arcade before the Williams License went kaboom.
Cobra Triangle! Thanks for reminding me about this gem. Adding to my NES mini :D
I used to play BattleToads Double Dragon a ton with my friend Wayne back in the day. We also used to call each other on our portable home telephones and start Streets of Rage 2 at the same time and race to see who could beat it first. Yes it was a lot of not saying anything and my neck would be sore from holding it with my shoulder. Who needs integrated chat am I right?
I'm happy to see Nightmare on Elm Street getting some love! Me and my three buddies used to do 4-player runs with the NES Four Score and I always had a blast. I actually managed to get my cartridge signed by John Saxon and Heather Langencamp. Then years later, I was in line to meet Robert Englund to get it signed by Freddy himself, and another guy in line just started giving me a real hard time saying the game was crap. I don't know, I think a bunch of people just didn't read the instructions. It's a great game and the music is awesome.
Now, if I can only get Johnny Depp to sign my cart, too...
Rare games for the Genesis would be a great idea for another video, since few people would be aware of them.
Great video, as always!
wizards and warriors! before it jumped the shark between W&W3 and X on Game Boy it was decently fun, I loved Ironsword! (shout-out to david wise, a ton of these games had great jams and he was the one responsible!)
Hi John! This is a GREAT series, I love your ranking themes! This is another fun installment and hope to see more. I just wish RARE never made Banjo 1, 2 and GBA because I love it so much but there will never be any more like it.
Was that a rocky horror reference? Lol
Riggs! .... lol I love saying that. Great video, always fun stuff from our retro brother!
That cancelled Saberman game for the OG Xbox looked pretty cool. Lot of work looked to have been done on it, too. Might as well make some money off of it.
I don't know if I'm the only person, but as a kid I was always under the impression that battle toads was some how a spinoff of Ninja Turtles. As a result, I was always waiting for that turtles/toads cross over game.
Great, now I'm sitting here with the Growing Pains theme song stuck in my head thanks to that Double Dare clip you showed!
I might be the only one, but I caught that Rocky Horror reference with Anticipation.
I love Solar Jetman so much. It's one of the few games I drew maps for as a kid.
Jet Force Gemini should return
Wizards and Warriors needs a revival! Some of my favorite games on the NES!
Battletoads! Super-amazing game that took me a while to master, but wow was it worth it. My best friend and I beat it in two-player mode. That game caused a lot of conflicts/choice words between us, but once we got passed the ice level and the rat maze (those circular gears chasing us), we knew we could do it! The trick was each one of us was in charge of a section of the screen (Wookie Hole). Once he mastered the turbo tunnel, that level actually became one of the easy levels. Huge trial and error and tons of luck and patience, but what a feat that was for us.
You forgot Cabal and Arch-Rivals which those two Arcade titles were ported by Rare. Silent Service was another game done by Rare all while published by Konami's shell corporation, Ultra Games.
I loved Anticipation, Slalom, BOTH Battletoads games, and of course NARC.
Would love to see you bring back the final chart with all the games listed. I understand the reasoning for cutting the "add each to the chart" for time, but the final would be nice to see how they rank up against each other if possible. Great video John!
John the Big Riggs over the road racing.
always.
Snake Rattle and Roll was a very unique and creative game back in the day. I remember playing it as a kid and it was nothing like previous nes games I had played back then.
Good Music by David Wise (Donkey Kong Country fame) for a Nightmare on Elm Street. When I would play on an emulator I'd set all 4 players to the same controller input, run to the left to stack up all 4 characters and play solo from there
The problem with "Battletoads/ Double Dragon" is that it was released about 25 years too early.
Actually working on a complete rare ware collection across Nintendo platforms and nice to know their NES outings, since outside Battletoads, most are not super familiar to me.
Cobra triangle is the battletoads of boating.
I never thought of that (and it seems most if not all game developers haven't either), but in games where you hop planets like Halo or Mass Effect, the gravity is identical every time.
I'd rank Taboo: The Sixth Sense, as a, "WTF am I playing!?". It's holds a special nostalgia status, for me., though.
NARC is awesome with the NES Max controller. the Rapid fire buttons actually works like you have a special 4 button controller
Cabal got left out! The granddaddy to Natsume's Wild Guns for Super Nintendo! Rare apparently did the NES port.
dammit! you're right.
@@JohnRiggs you did a heck of a job with this video man. But I was wondering about Marble Madness myself. Didn't Rare develop the NES port?
Thank you for giving Time Lord the love and respect it deserves
Wasn't Marble Madness also developed by Rare? Loved that one.
Rare developed some of the Epyx games also such as World Games and California Games.
Cobra Triangle is a Masterpiece. Strong music and gameplay.
Definitely RC Pro Am and Wizards and Warriors. Super fun games with great music. Never played Nightmare on Elm, can't wait to check it out.
I was fortunate enough to find the Rare Collection for Xbox One. So many great titles that I will have to dig deep into like Snake Rattle and Roll.
Another great ranking video as Rare was so great for the NES and beyond.
I recently found one I never knew existed, great game. Solar Jetman, so advanced for its time.
Hey Riggs you have a great channel here, keep up the awesome videos. Getting close to 150k subs and well deserved!!
Thank you!
Wrestlemania Challenge was a lot of fun once Nintendo Power advertised the secret that allowed your tag team partner to enter the ring and interfere in the match. Total game changer.
RC Pro Am was the other game I got for the Christmas I got my NES. Lots of great memories with that one
W&W3 is pretty damn amazing when you get into it, but the huge open world stuff will throw some players off. Underrated gem in my opinion.
I feel the same way! It's a game that you have to really delve into to appreciate although I'll admit that it's a polarizing game (definitely doesn't feel anything like W&W1 and 2). But I'll never forget the feeling I got when I defeated that huge dragon in the lower dungeon and started to make way back up the secret passage to fight Malkil (sp?). I recall my hands being quite sweaty due to the excitement of finally having a chance to take that villain down!
@@tigmo55 Oh yeah, that long road to get to the final boss is memorable and tense. I admit I probably wouldn't have liked W&W3 if I didn't try to get into it, but it is very fun when I understood and got into it.
Spot on with Wizards & Warriors 3!! Another great vid!!
Fun list as always!
One of my all-time favorites is missing - Rare developed the NES port of (Sid Meier’s) Pirates!, which was published by Konami under the Ultra label. David Wise even reworked a bit of the music from Pirates! in the score for Donkey Kong Country!
12:59 I wish Metroid did the different gravity in different places. A gravity suit that actually manipulates gravity instead of just walking in water which is lame IMO. Great vid!
Everyone thinks turbo tunnel is the ball buster in battletoads but In reality it's rat race
Or that damn dirty orb race. Ugh, my thumb after trying to make 40 consecutive quick turns! Brutal.
love the ranking vids John! i recently started listening to SNESDrunk's podcast and was happy to hear you guesting on a recent episode.
Yep! Been on there twice :)
I'm actually kinda surprised that you didn't get to Rare sooner in this series
I was going by publisher, not developer
I’m glad you gave Double Dare a B! It’s definitely a fun time and they did the best they could for the time!
Another excellent video!
Wonderful idea and a fantastic video, John! I was hoping that you would eventually do a Rare NES video and this one was a blast to watch! There were even a few games on this list that I didn't know (or simply forgot) that Rare developed! I agree with your ratings almost across the board although I'd have to bump Snake Rattle 'n Roll to the A tier. I love that game immensely and I finally managed to beat it after 30+ years of trying! :) Battletoads totally deserves an S and R.C. Pro-Am II is definitely an A. As far as Wizards and Warriors goes, I actually am a fan of the third game but at the same time, I completely understand your point. It is an oddball for sure. Something about it really drew me in though. Great list in any case!
Think you missed Marble Madness, capably ported to the NES by Rare. Snake Rattle and Roll was practically their own sequel to it!
Battletoads Double Dragon on SNES was definitely a great co-op game. Love the music in that one. (The SNES sound chip just makes the NES port completely obsolete.)
How about checking out Asmik small library of games for the NES, or Electrobrain? What I've learned is I liked a lot of Rare developed games as a kid! Great video as always!
I've done ElectroBrain, but not Asmik, yet.
@@JohnRiggs yes, I see that (and watched it today). Sorry for the oversight, but thanks for letting me know! I appreciate it and I'm not being snarky when I say that. I love these publisher videos. How about NTVIC or one offs like Triffix?
I was so hyped when I saw an ad for Beetlejuice in a few of my comic books.
Oh, if I had only known...
Didn't JohnRiggs already ranked the games of RARE?
If it's a redux, that's cool, Riggs. :)
He ranked many them in older videos as all the other ranking videos were by publisher not developer. Rare didn’t publish their own NES games.
some games have been in other videos.
imo the best game that has been completely forgotten and missed by everyone. my all time fave game Is THE LOST VIKINGS 1 &2
Nice Rocky Horror reference!