The Atari was just before my time, this one should bring back amazing memories for my fellow younger Xennials. I still play some of the games in 2025. What were your favorites?

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JimmyBeam91@reddit

Mike Tyson Punch Out!!! My thumbs have arthritis because of this game lol

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Exact_Friendship_502@reddit

I’m a basic bitch.

Gimme Mario 3 all day, err’ day

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Currently playing this on my phone. I love the original so much. It was my first RPG. I have the game memorized. Wanted a challenge this time around so I’m playing BB and all three mages. It was challenging at first and my RM dies a LOT lol. Had to grind the levels early on. What’s your go to party?

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Same! Love the updated play and graphics! Fun and nostalgic!

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

This is the best and only answer

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Dizzy_Pop@reddit

The beginning of my life-long love of RPGs. This game and Dragon Warrior have had a massive impact on my life. Not so much because of those specific games themselves, but because of where they would lead me.

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MobileNomad@reddit

I got Dragon Warrior free with a subscription to Nintendo Power. It was the first game I ever beat. I loved it enough to buy 2 and rent 3 and 4 multiple times. I’m considering getting the PS5 remakes now.

Final Fantasy was one I rented several times. My friend finally bought it and we traded for a bit. 35 years later and I still have it. Final Fantasy II/IV on the SNES cemented my love of the series. I have nearly every mainline game.

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CalamityClambake@reddit

I have this on my phone and can play it whenever I want! Nine year old me would have lost her tiny little mind!

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MaxHeadroomba@reddit

I still replay that every few years. What a fantastic game. It’s comforting and brings me back to ~1991 when I played it the most.

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DarinCN@reddit

Yes

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AttemptVegetable@reddit

I was addicted to spy hunter for awhile

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auto_pHIGHlot@reddit

I got SMB 3 for Christmas when it was the new hotness. The only game I ever got brand new. Taught my son how to beat it. Still awesome. Seeing it played in the movie trailer for The Wizard(?) blew my mind and I needed that game.

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Moofabulousss@reddit

The first and only game I could speedrun. I played the shit out of it.

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hamburgler26@reddit

Got SMB3 because of The Wizard as well. For once the blatant child advertising ended up being a good thing because that game is still an absolute blast to play all these years later.

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msheehan418@reddit

It’s wonderful. I still have it and still play it and Mario world for SNES. The guy who made those games goes back and forth over which one is his masterpiece. They are both great

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hamburgler26@reddit

Definitely those two back to back is peak platforming. I like SMB3 because it is a bit more streamlined and simple, but Super Mario World just took everything good about it and cranked it up to 11.

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msheehan418@reddit

I can’t decide which one I like better.

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budrow21@reddit

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hunterwaterford@reddit

I still have not seen one of these ever used in the wild.

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LoudSheepherder5391@reddit

I have. It sucked. It didn't work well. Or, really... work.

Using the wrist "controller" was the 'best" feature. Hold on to those memories of how awesome it "might" have been. They are better than the real memories.

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SpiralOutski@reddit

It’s so bad

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modulus801@reddit

But I wanted it so bad...

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rosephoenix19@reddit

It WAS so bad.

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squarebodynewb@reddit

I just would love to hang out with Jenni Lewis.

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rarselfaire2023@reddit

now you're playing with power!

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JustAMonsterTruck@reddit

Warp Whistles...

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FudgyMcTubbs@reddit

Cal-i-forrrrrniaaaaaa Cal-i-forrrrrniaaaaaaaaaa

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earwax_ball_54321@reddit

Marble Madness Paperboy Cobra Triangle Kid Icarus ....too many to count

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Colonial13@reddit

Tecmo Super Bowl will still get my grown ass mid 40’s friends fired up and gathered around the TV.

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JimiAndTheJamz@reddit

Give me Bo Jackson and I’ll zigzag your ass till I run up 80 points on ya!

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Geechie-Don@reddit

NOT if the opposing player used the Bears or Giants 😜

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Derhaggis@reddit

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Geechie-Don@reddit

I can guarantee y’all that the scoring stops at 99!

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Dildo_Shw4ggins@reddit

I played a Tecmo Bowl tournament at the local Boys Club. There were 8 entries iirc. I ended up getting first place and won $9.

I know everyone was high on the Raiders for Bo, but I always dominated with Payton and the Bears.

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KleinMandelbrot@reddit

Ready Down HUT HUT HUT HUT HUT…

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recruz@reddit

One of the best sound bites in all of video game history

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silkroadbrian@reddit

Tecmo Bo!

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MelodicMasterpiece81@reddit

LT was just as fast in that game.

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TransportationOk657@reddit

Is there any other option??

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TransportationOk657@reddit

I was just showing my 15 year old Tecmo Bowl the other day. He wasn't impressed, so I turned my attention back to the game and had a blast for about a half hour.

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yukonhoneybadger@reddit

It drives me crazy you can't play this on the switch that I have found... I miss using QB Eagles to ruin my friends day

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TurkGonzo75@reddit

I thought it was part of the Nintendo Online sub. I know I saw it in the library at one point. I play Punchout (they got rid of Mike Tyson in the title) and Super Mario Bros all the time

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yukonhoneybadger@reddit

They have Techmo Bowl but not Super Techmo Bowl

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Get a NES emulator on your PC and you can play whatever game you want! Mesen and Nestopia are good ones.

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rarselfaire2023@reddit

The only football game I ever really played

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

Same

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hamburgler26@reddit

I still think it is the overall most fun football game ever made. You can play a full season and rack up crazy stats and the gameplay never gets old or overly complicated.

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bUrNtCoRn_@reddit

Core memory unlocked

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coffeejizzm@reddit

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anotherof@reddit

TMNT. Water level got me (nearly) every time, but I kept coming back for more.

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malehumangeek@reddit

Just worked out that I have owned a lot of consoles over my life! Some of my favourite memories are the NES

🟨 1982 – Commodore – Commodore 64
🟥 1983 – Nintendo – NES
🟨 1987 – Commodore – Amiga 500
🟥 1989 – Nintendo – Game Boy
🟥 1990 – Nintendo – SNES
🟦 1994 – Sony – PS1
🟥 1996 – Nintendo – N64
⬛ 1998 – Sega – Dreamcast
🟦 2000 – Sony – PS2
🟥 2001 – Nintendo – Game Boy Advance
🟩 2001 – Microsoft – Xbox
🟥 2004 – Nintendo – DS
🟦 2004 – Sony – PSP
🟩 2005 – Microsoft – Xbox 360
🟥 2006 – Nintendo – Wii
🟦 2006 – Sony – PS3
🟦 2011 – Sony – PS Vita
🟦 2013 – Sony – PS4
🟦 2016 – Sony – PS4 Pro
🟥 2017 – Nintendo – Switch
🟦 2020 – Sony – PS5
🟦 2024 – Sony – PS5 Pro
🟥 2025 – Nintendo – Switch 2

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Scott_R_1701@reddit

TMNT. That damn seaweed level...

Mario 3 was OP

Excite Bike

Top Gun landing on the carrier was completely randomized if you succeeded or not.

Castlevania 2

Captain Skyhawk was absolutely underrated and amazing

Duck Hunt was OP

Double Dragon

Tecmo Bowl

That's just off the top of my head. I had way more games. Was my first console but the SNES is the one I have the best memories.

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jackfaire@reddit

Super Mario Bros. - Duck Hunt - Track & Field cartridge.

We had the gun and the floor mat for Track & Field. We'd "Cheat" and kneel down using our hands instead of running but honestly it was more of a workout.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

I'm still always down for wasting an hour or two playing Mega Man 2 or Contra.

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GotRocksinmePockets@reddit

Any Mega Man really.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

All are good, but oh man the second one I just played so much. I think that one really fired on all cylinders. The level design, the bosses, the music. Everything was perfect and iconic!

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GotRocksinmePockets@reddit

Agreed. The whole series is awesome but some stand out.

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MydniteSon@reddit

Ninja Gaiden is one of the few games I could never beat.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Same. I can beat MM2 in an hour if I concentrate.

Gaiden? Never once.

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CottaBird@reddit

Ninja Turtles enters the chat

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ThresholdSeven@reddit

Battletoads, they ripped off tmnt in both aesthetic and difficulty.

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CottaBird@reddit

I couldn’t beat Battletoads without the Game Genie. If I remember correctly, there weren’t the codes to allow beating the original TMNT game.

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MydniteSon@reddit

Whoever programmed that Hoverbike level was a god-damned sadist.

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CottaBird@reddit

The wanted us to hurt.

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TransportationOk657@reddit

I loved the Battle Toads comic series that was featured in Nintendo Power. Wasn't that into the game, though.

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TransportationOk657@reddit

My buddy and I called the video store every day right when they opened, for about a week to see if Ninja Turtles had arrived yet. We finally got it (and also rented Mega Man 2)... and I remember us thinking about Ninja Turtles, "WTF is this???" Bad game play and hard as hell. We just stuck with jamming on Mega Man 2 until we had to return them.

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rarselfaire2023@reddit

It's too frustrating to have to go back so far when the final boss kills you. Then you have to get past the stupid respawning birds part, and if that wasn't enough, the boss is bitchin hard

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intocable84@reddit

I actually did manage to beat it once..fuck those birds though especially

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rarselfaire2023@reddit

Congrats, I tried many times. Even with using an emulator and saving state right before boss fight. I did beat the first Mega Man once without using the pause cheat. That's probably the hardest one I finished.

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MydniteSon@reddit

Yup. Made it to the final boss, only to lose and have to start way the fuck at the beginning of the level.

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

I’d grab that power up that one shots him when that happened.

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mom_bombadill@reddit

So hard! I could never get past the level where you were running on top of a mountain (?) with blue sky and eagles attacking you? Idk

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Yojimboroll@reddit

Strider

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TransportationOk657@reddit

A lot of those earlier NES games were absolutely unforgiving and difficult... no saves, no continues... I was never able to get very far on Ninja Gaiden, either, and I owned it.

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Rygaaar@reddit

Came here to say Ninja Gaiden!

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Accadius@reddit

We had contra and my dad to this day says that game was the reason he never got into video games much because it was so hard. Never beat it myself either because I was like 8 when we got it

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Effective_Parsnip936@reddit

Contra was one of the easiest to beat… if you know you know (++++++++ba)

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

It's definitely not very forgiving... until you enter the Konami code.

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Sal2670@reddit

LRLRBABAStart

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Sal2670@reddit

Shit I forgot the up/down

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Brashear99@reddit

My brother lent our copy of Contra to some dude from school he barely knew. Never got it back. Still pissed 35 years later.

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bookofgray@reddit

That rain and wind level. F that game

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creddittor216@reddit

You just named some of my all time favorites along with the TMNT games. Mario and Zelda of course too

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TopicMoist832@reddit

Snake Rattle 'n Roll and Mario 3

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Orpheus-033@reddit

Representing for Aussie Rules “OUTTABOUNDS….ONTHAFULL!”

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Pale_Leek2994@reddit

I can still hear the whistles from the crowd in Blades of Steel.

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Orpheus-033@reddit

I hear it too. As my Iron Goalie defence ignores everything but the moving arrow.

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Michbullin@reddit

Contra, Double Dragon, and Paperboy

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mountednoble99@reddit

I still play Super Mario Bros. I have one of those cheap (illegal) emulator boxes with 500 Nintendo games on it!

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FoxExpensive9319@reddit

Nintendo world cup, a soccer game ,you can kill the players from opposing team ( :

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billardbuster888@reddit

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LazerShark1313@reddit

Dragon Warrior was my first RPG. It’s crazy because they just released a remaster last week

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CalamityClambake@reddit

And it's $50!

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JayRay_44@reddit

The entire Castlevania trilogy on the NES was my JAM. (Yes. Even Simons Quest.) ITS A HORRIBLE NIGHT FOR A CURSE…

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CalamityClambake@reddit

On Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one present each.

My older brother was a (slightly self-serving) hero and knew that grandma had gotten me Castlevania 3, so he subtly directed me to that present.

The Nintendo had been moved to my brother's room because we had company staying with us so the den was occupied.

My parents begrudgingly agreed to let all of us kids sleep in my brother's room if we promised to be asleep by midnight and did not go downstairs until we could see the sunrise. They put my brother "in charge" to make sure.

We most certainly were not asleep by midnight, but we did sleep well past sunrise. We must have taken turns playing Castlevania 3 until four in the morning. It's one of my favorite Christmas memories.

As a parent, I recognize the genius parenting at work here. My brother got to feel like he'd pulled off a coup and look cool to his younger siblings. I got the game I really wanted. We all got time spent together bonding over a core memory. And the adults got the kids out of the way and occupied so that they could have an evening together and get some sleep.

Best Christmas ever.

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barley_wine@reddit

Simons Quest way my favorite, but I was big into Zelda, Dragons Quest and Final Fantasy. I loved the RPG elements in it.

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Effective_Parsnip936@reddit

Just bought castlevania for my switch. Struck with nostalgia.

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mom_bombadill@reddit

Ahhhh I love the music once it gets dark! Castlevania music was always top tier

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_That_Dog_Barks@reddit

Star tropics. ••drops microphone••

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Josauntmeg@reddit

I absolutely loved that game! The music, the setting, the vibe, it was so good!

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MobileNomad@reddit

I hated it at first because it felt like a worse Legend of Zelda. But the atmosphere and mystery grew on me. I have a lot of fond memories playing it.

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BlackHeartedXenial@reddit

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MobileNomad@reddit

I have an old CRT TV that I’ve saved so I could introduce my kids to this game. I wish I could make it work on a modern TV.

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

Bayou Billy, Gauntlet, Crystalis, Guerrila War, Contra, FF1, Ultima, Dragon Warrior, Battletoads, Double Dragon, Shinobi, Blades of Steel

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MobileNomad@reddit

I have fond memories of the Guardian Legend. My friend had that game and we had a blast trying to beat it.

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lewisnyc@reddit

The sleepover parties of my youth were set to the sounds of Mike Tyson's Punch Out and Tecmo Bowl

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MobileNomad@reddit

I’m about to introduce my son to Tecmo Bowl now that I’ve pulled my NES out of storage.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Ikari Warriors, co-op mode.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Punch Out was a blast!!

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SteveEcks@reddit

Dragon Warrior. My dad near it before I did, like WAAAAYYY before I did.

With no walkthrough. No Internet. No cheats.

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F3LWINTER@reddit

River City Ransom!

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Mrrectangle@reddit

That’s what I put as well.

Alex Drank The Milk…

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BigRonDongson@reddit

Hell yeah he did, and the gravy!

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foxontherox@reddit

Dr. Mario!

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Effective_Parsnip936@reddit

I will challenge anyone to a Dr. Mario showdown! Still think it’s the best player v player game for the NES ever made

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foxontherox@reddit

One of my housemates in college had a working NES, and the versus games we had were truly epic (mostly for the shit talking).

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Effective_Parsnip936@reddit

Yes! I did the same thing. Such great memories!

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DaringMoth@reddit

Thanks, now I've got the music stuck in my head.

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FromHighlandToHell@reddit

Fever or Chill?

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DaringMoth@reddit

Fever was the standard for me but I'd go with Chills occasionally.

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MaxHeadroomba@reddit

The music was so good!

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melllow-yelllow@reddit

Me too 💊💊💊

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angryfortheanimals@reddit

Super Dodge Ball!

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MetaVulture@reddit

I love my NES. I have Super Mario Bros 1/Duck Hunt, 2, 3, Excitebike, The Legend of Zelda, Tetris, Dr. Mario, and a few others including the Bugs Bunny game. I got that NES when I was 3, and I played it through College and even hooked it up more recently until someone tossed my CRT TV without telling me in 2020.

My copy of Contra was stolen when I was 9 or 10 during a birthday party, and I have never forgiven Gavin. Wherever you are, I hope you're miserable.

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LegoPupperJedi@reddit

I got a receiver for 5.1 surround and it had attachments so I can still hook mine up and play

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Gavin is an asshole.

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Such_Victory4589@reddit

yeah, fuck you, Gavin, i hope every time you shit its a hedgehog

Contra/Probotector as it was known over in the EU (and Aus apparently) was a great game.

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al_rey503@reddit

Still haven’t beaten Mike Tyson

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

My absolute #1 NES game of all time was Rygar.

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Eternally-WIP@reddit

Duck Hunt was my very first video game.

I also loved Paper Boy and Zelda

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Efficient-Spirit-380@reddit

Up up down down left right left right B A select start

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Remarkable_Major7710@reddit

I like that you threw in the select-start, that’s how know you’re a real G. Because Contra is made to be played with a friend.

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Effective_Parsnip936@reddit

This

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hanker_tankers@reddit

Twin Cobra, Rad Racer 2, Mario Bros. 3

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slyfox2884@reddit

Phantom Fighter. Such an obscure kung fu game About fighting Chinese vampires.

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SlimyPurpleMeteor@reddit

I was all about the point-and-click adventure games. Maniac Mansion on C64 got me hooked. The NES version had much nicer graphics, so it became an instant favorite. King’s Quest V, Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Where in Time is Carmen San Diego round out my top 5.

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lunatocracy@reddit

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This. All day, everyday.

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BlindMouse2of3@reddit

And bubble bobble

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Dildo_Shw4ggins@reddit

My cousin called it Excite-uh-bike. It still irks me to this day. Fun game though.

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

I sucked so bad!

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davesmissingfingers@reddit

Yes!!! My all-time favorite Nintendo game.

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lulzbot@reddit

I can hear the sound of overheating the bike rn

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Icy_Conference7107@reddit

Loved exitebike!! Building crazy tracks was the best

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LostViking24601@reddit

That feature was sooo ahead of its time

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

An early but great one!

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Kalon-1@reddit

I would just sit on the track and knock over the other racers hahaha I was 4 years old that shit never got old

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AfterTemperature2198@reddit

I had the game genie and would put in code to make the bike go super fast. Problem was when you’d hit a jump the bike would leave the screen and the game would freeze

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RoastQueefSandwiches@reddit

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Dizzy_Pop@reddit

Excite Bike was so much fun! I loved the track builder that let you make your own levels, too. In that era of gaming and at that age, being able to design your own game level was an experience. Unlocked so much creativity.

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CottaBird@reddit

Doodoo dooooodoo, doodoo doooooodoo, doodoo doo doo doodoo doooo…🎶

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ThepalehorseRiderr@reddit

We used to play the holy shit outta this. The create your own track feature was dope.

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-qp-Dirk@reddit

Final Fantasy

Super Tecmo Bowl

Ninja Gaiden

Super Mario Bros 3

Castlevania

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Hairy-Dot-4193@reddit

I was blessed to have this as a child

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Dildo_Shw4ggins@reddit

My cousin called it Excite-uh-bike. It still irks me to this day. Fun game though.

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jjokeefe2980@reddit

Super Dodge Ball

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tarravin@reddit

I was weirdly obsessed with the Jaws game for NES as a kid

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ihatecatboys@reddit

The Adventures of Lolo was my first legitimate case of gamer rage. Star Tropics had some of the best music on the NES, and I remember Zelda 2 being so fucking hard when my brother beat it we recorded it on our camcorder to show other kids it was possible.

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TheBrownCouchOfJoy@reddit

Contra, Mario, Mario 3, Zelda, TMNT 1 & 2, Marble Madness, there was a snake one I liked, Dragon Warrior…mmmm probably others

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nwflman@reddit

Snake Rattle 'n' Roll! I used to play that game with my best friend. Definitely one of the best 2 player platforms, imho

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TheBrownCouchOfJoy@reddit

Yes that was it!

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Justasillyliltoaster@reddit

Super Mario 3

Mega Man 2

Dragon Warrior 2

Final Fantasy

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Shane_moreno@reddit

I still have the games.

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marcusdj813@reddit

The Mega Man games, Super Mario Bros. games, RBI Baseball, Life Force, Contra and Tecmo Super Bowl, among others.

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Admirable-Nothing642@reddit

Contra Force

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shankthedog@reddit

Jaws is the best game ever!

I’ve never stopped playing.

I must be nearing the end…

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brkeju58@reddit

Addicted to Dr Mario and even got my wife playing nightly battles with me

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shankthedog@reddit

T&C Surf

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shankthedog@reddit

Zelda will always be goat.

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mister_burns1@reddit

Punch Out

Mega Man

Zelda

Double Dragon

Kid Icarus

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Matt_Benatar@reddit

I don’t see Double Dragon II mentioned very often, but that game was awesome.

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KudosOfTheFroond@reddit

Bionic COMMMANDO! No one else in my friend pool seemed to care much about that game but me, that grappling hook arm mechanic was so fun.

I got one game I bet not many people played, called Low-G-Man. That game was ssooooooooo sick

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Matt_Benatar@reddit

Yeah, Bionic Commando was the shit. I don’t think I ever played Low G Man.

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Chuckpgh@reddit

Little League Baseball!

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FromHighlandToHell@reddit

Super Mario Bros Super Mario Bros 3 Duck Hunt (didn't really get into SMB2 until All Stars on the SNES) River City Ransom The Legend of Zelda TMNT (fuck the underwater level) TMNT 2 Ducktales Crystalis Dragon Warrior Final Fantasy Tetris (499,950 is a number that still haunts me like a bad memory) Castlevania Castlevania 2 (I highly recommend the Redaction ROM hack) Castlevania 3 Xexyz (Fucking weird as hell but still a fun playthrough) StarTropics Bionic Commando Contra Tecmo Super Bowl R.C. Pro Am Megaman Megaman 2 Megaman 3

Yeah, I might have got a bit carried away. I've been trying to populate my NES collection as of late.

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NothingAndNow111@reddit

Castlevania

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DeciusAemilius@reddit

Ducktales

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ArdorBC@reddit

So good. Moon level…

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DeciusAemilius@reddit

So good the moon theme was made canon in the rebooted animated series!

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Rivas-al-Yehuda@reddit

Excitebike, Joust, SkyKid, Mario, and Legend of Zelda were my favorite. I love the NES still.

Mine eventually broke, but I got this newer model called the '101' in the early 90's. The new controller was awesome.

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FromHighlandToHell@reddit

I found one of those for about $150 at a local game shop. Worth every penny.

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amertune@reddit

I sent my NES in for repair in the 90s. It cost about $30 to get it fixed, but it actually worked great for a few years after that.

They kept my square controllers and sent me the dog bone controllers in their place. I wasn't too happy about that because I liked the classic look, but after playing with them I liked them better and decided I was ok with the swap.

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Hyche862@reddit

Rad Racer was my favorite

Horizon turbo case is the closest modern game to rad racer

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indicus23@reddit

Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Faxanadu

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mom_bombadill@reddit

Faxanadu!! Loved the music, I can still sing it

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MaxHeadroomba@reddit

Solid lineup. I never played much of Faxanadu, but I liked the music.

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Drslappybags@reddit

Super dodgeball.

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

Underrated one: Captain Skyhawk. You fight aliens (who are controlling military grade vehicles, planes, gunships, choppers, etc...) with an F-14. Only nitpick is there's almost no music in the game. Fast paced shoot-em up fun, and not too hard like most NES games were.

Other than one of my favorites was one of the last NES games before Nintendo went completely with releasing SNES games: Kirbys Adventures.

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MaxHeadroomba@reddit

Captain Skyhawk was great. The Marble Madness-ish graphics looked good with the pseudo-3D style, and the game itself was pretty fun. I remember picking it up for probably $20 circa 1992, which was dirt cheap for a cartridge game at the time.

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F3LWINTER@reddit

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YEMBOTT@reddit

My first thoughts with the code... RBI baseball was fun too

Paper boy

TMNT

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Endryu727@reddit

Why is this comment not number 1.

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MelodicMasterpiece81@reddit

Honestly. It should be upvoted many many times. What a fun game.

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mom_bombadill@reddit

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: finding out Samus in Metroid was a woman is a core memory for me and I will forever be chasing that high. Instead of being the princess that needed to be rescued, I could be the brave hero!

I loved Ninja Gaiden. The cut scenes were spectacular. Never beat it though. That game was hard af.

All the Zelda games, but Zelda 2 especially, with the creepy palace theme, the shadow Link, so atmospheric and weird.

Seriously, the NES was such a major part of my childhood and I’ll always love it so much.

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twilightswimmer@reddit

I loved Missile Command.

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tungy5@reddit

Final Fantasy, Stinger, Strider, River City Ransom, Metal Gear, and so many others.

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zffjk@reddit

Solar Jetman.

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Finalgirlcandy@reddit

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Maniac Mansion is still amazing today!

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EmmalouEsq@reddit

I got it for Christmas when I was 7. At Christmas with family, I played duck hunt with my great grandma's brother. He was a stoic farmer and WW2 vet, but he was giggling along with me

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cornedbeef101@reddit

Double Dragon 2 was so good

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recruz@reddit

That damn knee spring move is so freaking satisfying. Even more so when you manage to yeet Abobo off a ledge

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rosephoenix19@reddit

2 and 3 are some of my favorites!

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British_Rover@reddit

Man I loved double dragon. I haven't thought about that game in years.

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tacitjane@reddit

I, too, second Double Dragons 2. It'd be cool if another film was made.

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ShockNoodles@reddit

First game I beat on the NES.

Hats off to Bimmy and Jimmy.

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SmellyFloralCouch@reddit

The Revenge!

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CodeCleric@reddit

And arguably had the best box art of any game before or since

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Kade7596@reddit

I had a 2600, but it belonged to my older brother who was born 11 whole years before me. So, yeah, it was the NES, a 286 (and later 386) PC, and a later an SNES and TurboGrafx for me. 😄

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Kade7596@reddit

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Kade7596@reddit

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the_well_read_neck_@reddit

If anyone likes emulators, it just checked and somehow vimm.net is still up. I found that on AOL dialup... I can't believe it's still running.

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MelodicMasterpiece81@reddit

Bwwwwwaaaaaaaades ovvvv Steeeeeeeel

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Just-Sock-4706@reddit

Crouching behind the couch to play duck hunt..

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Beneficial-Process@reddit

Super dodgeball. My absolute favorite one.

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intocable84@reddit

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KudosOfTheFroond@reddit

Incredibly surprised Mike Tyson’s Punch Out is this far down in the comments

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intocable84@reddit

For real! I still play it regularly. Such a great game and holds up well. Thanks for the award also! I want to go play Punch Out now thinking about it.

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brYzmz@reddit

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Zeppelin_Wormwood@reddit

Crystalis, it might not be well known, but it was a great Zelda type game.

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Hot-Broccoli-2654@reddit

Yo Noid, A boy and his blob (you feed jelly beans to the blob and it turns into objects like ladders to help you progress), and World Cup (West Germany was unstoppable in that game)

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deephurting66@reddit

Ghost's and freaking Goblins.. I was a masochist kid

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VVrayth@reddit

I know, without scrolling down, that this thread will be full of the well-known greatest hits. So, here are a bunch of off-the-beaten path suggestions for NES games that are quite good, which you may have never played:

The Battle of Olympus
Clash at Demonhead
Crystalis
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
Little Samson (very expensive, but a modern re-release is being done next year)
Maniac Mansion (I stand by this version to this day, it is superior to the PC version)
Mega Man 5 (I know everyone is all about the first 3 Mega Man games, but Mega Man 5 is secretly the second-best one on the NES behind MM2)
Metal Storm
Monster Party
Nightshade
Panic Restaurant
Power Blade
Shatterhand
Solomon's Key
Vice: Project Doom

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lurkjiggler@reddit

Upvote for Solomons Key and also Friday the 13th holy shit the hours lost on that one with my cousin when we got a copy forgot about it

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VVrayth@reddit

You should check out this amazing guide that this guy made for Friday the 13th a few years ago, the link to the PDF is in the description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAefMMvxkoc

There's all kinds of wild and weirdly intricate logic to this game that you probably would not really know from playing on your own.

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al_m1101@reddit

You forgot Shadowgate. 🙃 I loooooved loved loved that game (but could never figure out how to beat the final Behemoth at the end!)

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VVrayth@reddit

Ahh, Shadowgate is a good one! The MacVenture ports are all very good. There was a Shadowgate PC sequel done in the NES style last year, and the same company just recently released a trailer for Uninvited 2. :D

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al_m1101@reddit

Omg no way- I had no idea of this! Thank you, I'm gonna look up how to play it!!

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VVrayth@reddit

It's called Beyond Shadowgate, it's available on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2332240/Beyond_Shadowgate/

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LedByReason@reddit

Of these, which are your favorite?

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VVrayth@reddit

Well let's see. I think Battle of Olympus is a better version of Zelda 2. Crystalis is just hands-down one of the best RPGs on the platform. Metal Storm is a shooter with a very cool gravity-flipping mechanic that I have never seen done since, it's very unique. Nightshade exists in the same sandbox as the Sierra/LucasArts adventure games of the era but with more action, it's a deeply weird game (and also available on Steam!). And Solomon's Key has, I think, never been equaled to this day, in terms of the sort of cool puzzle game that it is (Mario vs. Donkey Kong comes closest).

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detourne@reddit

I still play Shatterhand and Batman. TMNT II, as well.

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CannedDuck1906@reddit

I still have mine! Dragon Warrior was, amlnd still is my favorite. Followed closely by SMB 3.

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lurkjiggler@reddit

Legend of Kage and Solomons Key are my stand outs. I got the box with Kung Fu and Super Mario Bros and played much more Kung Fu.

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generic-affliction@reddit

Ultima exodus Final Fantasy

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Cuntlordinstagram@reddit

Shut the fuck up computer

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DarinCN@reddit

North and south was fun

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slimslam7@reddit

Did nobody else play Wizards and Warriors? I loved that game….

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DarinCN@reddit

Final Fantasy

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mumford13@reddit

Super Dodgeball Goal 2 (so much fun with friends) Bionic Commando The Adventures of Disney

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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

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Sandy_Sprinkles311@reddit

Level 57 alone is probably one of the reasons I have anxiety (IYKYK).

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jeophys152@reddit

My younger brother and I spent countless hours on Bubble Bobble. It took a while but we eventually beat it.

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Sibshops@reddit

I didn't even know it was beatable.

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ItsSoFluffy41@reddit

You could beat it but then it would just start over with harder monsters. Did anyone ever figure out what the weird toe/mountain thing you could get in level 99 was?

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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

I didn’t - I got pretty far but never beat it (largely due to not owning just renting it for a week or two at a time)

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

And ex and I downloaded NES onto her son’s Wii and we drank cheap whiskey and played until we beat it. That was a good night but my thumb was so tender the next day.

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JohnnyCanuck133@reddit

I can hear that gif...

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nuclearslug@reddit

Me too friend, me too

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International_Link35@reddit

G E J J J

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TheLastBoat@reddit

My Grandmother and I beat this game together. It took forever. She was the best.

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LuckyTrifolium@reddit

Came here specifically to shout out Bubble Bobble!

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Dmbeeson85@reddit

Bubble bobble is the best .

My brother and I used to play this for hours

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onlinedisguise@reddit

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ArdorBC@reddit

Dr. Mario. I still play it regularly.

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WhodeyJen@reddit

SMB 3, Rad Racer,Super Dodgeball, Mega Man, Castlevania, Tetris

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worksnake@reddit

I came to mention Super Dodgeball, because I figured everyone had already covered the usual suspects. That game sticks in my head for a few reasons. It was challenging but you could do well if you got the hang of it, I seem to remember cool music (is that true? I'll have to seek it out after this comment), and it had super cool moves and graphics when you made a special throw attack. It was more like a fight game than a sports game, if that makes sense. Super fun, glad you liked it too!

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WhodeyJen@reddit

This is so awesome!! Thank you so much!! So many great memories. It was like a fight game. Even the toughest teams could be beat by catching the ball. The combo moves for special throws were cool. Good times!!

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BoobieCancer@reddit

Princess Tomato!!

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al_m1101@reddit

And the salad kingdom! Holy cow I loooved that game. And Kickle Cubicle. 😭

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MonkeyBred@reddit

My personal NES Collection mosaic—1985–1993.

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FormidableMistress@reddit

When Mario/Duck Hunt came out I was 2 and visiting my rich cousins. I was fascinated but still really young, so my older cousins switched to Duck Hunt and handed me the gun. I kept missing and got mad about the dog, so I walked up to the TV and shot. I've been hooked on Mario since then.

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NeighborhoodPast2613@reddit

Mario 3, paperboy, mig 29?

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cubanito_nj@reddit

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Maniac Mansion!

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Two_Eagles@reddit

RC Pro-Am, Mike Tyson’s Punchout, Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, Castelvania 2: Simon’s Quest, Contra, Bayou Billy, Super Mario Bros 1,2,3., RBI Baseball, Blades of Steel, Tecmo bowl, Battletoads… to name a few.

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Betelgeuse3fold@reddit

StarTropics. Final Fantasy type overworld, Zelda like dungeon areas, grid based movement system that added a dirty of puzzle element to the whole thing. Fun story that starts like an Indiana Jones adventure, then turns full blown Sci Fi.

Played start to finish with my dad. It's available now on the switch and I had a lot of fond memories when I replayed it a bit

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blyzo@reddit

Metriod and Zelda for me.

I just got an emulator app for my phone to play these again. Still so much fun.

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generike@reddit

Super Mario Brothers Duck Hunt Mega Man Contra Double Dragon Blades of Steel Mike Tyson's Punch Out Ninja Gaiden ... there's more but I'll pause here.

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flippartnermike@reddit

This is the only game system I have ever owned. Wish I still had it, my son would get a kick out of it.

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Ianyat@reddit

Buy the switch. There is an emulator where you can play a bunch of the original games

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Dude_man79@reddit

A few obscure ones: Destination Earthstar and space shuttle project.

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squarebodynewb@reddit

Tetris is my jam.

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MutedBrilliant1593@reddit

Nope! Can't think of a single one I'd actually sit down and play. Many games contain fond memories, but soon after I strike up the emulator, 60 seconds later I'm quitting. Now, if you wanna talk about the Super Nintendo, that system has plenty of bangers that hold up today.

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Talisman80@reddit

Legend of Zelda will always and forever be my favorite video game

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rpmsm@reddit

California games

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9fingerjeff@reddit

I just got gauntlet 2 recently and I’ve been having fun with that. Never had a Nintendo when I was a kid so I got myself one last fall

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Crans10@reddit

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DadaShart@reddit

I loved Final Fantasy 1!

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Remarkable_Major7710@reddit

Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy….my top two, after that too many to mention, but a few that I loved that I don’t see in the comments so far: Kid Icarus, Gradius, Base Wars, Track and Field II…

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BornTry5923@reddit

Kid Icarus was my all-time favorite

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BornTry5923@reddit

Kid Icarus was my absolute favorite

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Mrrectangle@reddit

River City Ransom.

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Zeke688@reddit

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We played lots of these that have been mentioned. My friend’s dad would play Tetris for hours. He eventually got so good he could start with the extra blocks on the toughest level and still get through it. I often wonder if he could have won competitions.

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scott__p@reddit

Bubble bobble was the greatest game of all time

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CoffinHenry-@reddit

Mario 2 and 3. I’m so exceptionally bad at all Nintendo games, but I do love them.

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cheffartsonurfood@reddit

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DogReasonable7277@reddit

Battletoads. Still kicking my as 35 years later

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stopexploding@reddit

Scrolled till I found Battletoads. My favorite video game experiences probably ever.

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DogReasonable7277@reddit

Everyone talks about level 3. Level 3 is only the start of the hard. Terra tubes and clinger winger is torture

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stopexploding@reddit

Don't remember all the names of the levels. Which one was first, the snakes or the snow? Those are the two hardest ones I remember and Im not sure I beat the snake or the snow. Must've beaten one of them I guess...

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DogReasonable7277@reddit

Level 3 was the turbo tunnel with the speeder bikes then 4 was artic cavern snow level then surf city then the snake level thats only level 6 there are 12 in total.

The two I cited earlier were level 10 and 11

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stopexploding@reddit

As much as I loved that game, I don't think I ever made it past the snakes. Maybe I only ever hit the warp on the speeders to get there? I don't remember beating the friggen snowmen either.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

That one had insane graphics and action for a NES game!

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ihatepizza1998@reddit

Contra

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Xitnal@reddit

Adventures of Lolo series was a blast, remember watching my Dad play way back when. I have it on my phone now great memories.

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RickardsRed77@reddit

I played river city ransom last night.

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Pleasant-Onion157@reddit

RC ProAM was fucking fun.

Blades of Steel was the first kinda-real hockey game.

Contra was great for 2 player. So was Double Dragon.

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acaciopea@reddit

Zelda NES is the GOAT

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chocki305@reddit

We are rare.

Went from Atari 2600 through every system until Xbox One, including PC gaming starting with a 486 33 MHz.

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hunterwaterford@reddit

I spent an entire summer trying to beat Mike Tyson on punch out..lol

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msheehan418@reddit

Duck tails

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flavier2000@reddit

Zelda ans SMB

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Artistic-Raspberry-9@reddit

Metroid Kid Icarus T&C Surf Dragon Warrior

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earthtobobby@reddit

We had an Atari 2600. The Nintendo was like looking into the future.

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deadliftmeup@reddit

So many greats mentioned already. One game I never see anyone bring up but that I spent so many hours playing as a kid is Kickle Cubicle. Hours spent playing, plus a notebook with level codes so I could return to where I left off after turning off the game!

The only other game I ever remember making notes for (as a kid) was the foldout map for The Legend of Zelda from Nintendo Power with custom notes drawn in.

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msheehan418@reddit

Some of the best times of my life

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ItsSoFluffy41@reddit

I actually played a lot of Cybernoid when Bubble Bobble got frustrating

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Bors713@reddit

Snake Rattle N’ Roll, Bayou Billy, Wrecking Crew, Final Fantasy, Star Tropics, Zelda, all the Mega Mans, all the Castlevanias. There were other games I played, but these were/are my go to.

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Halladay_lights_77@reddit

I was one of the last kids in the neighborhood to get one. We would rent one from the Video rental store for the weekend every once in a while and my sister and i could each pick out a game to rent for the weekend. Finally got one from Santa for x-mas ‘89. Still works today. Some of my faves to this day: Bubble Bobble, Contra, Excitebike, Super Mario 1 & 3, Paperboy, RC Pro AM. Still not a fan of the TMNT game.

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-Vault-tec-101@reddit

Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Blades of Steel,

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exqvisitely@reddit

Pretty basic of me, but I think the Mario games were my favorite. Bubble Bobble was another favorite because of how cute it was, and I think I spent the most time on Dragon Warrior 2. Mike Tyson's Punch Out was super entertaining to me, but I sucked at it, so I'd always watch a friend play.

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prodigaldummy@reddit

In no particular order:

-Little League Baseball

-River City Ransom

-Legend of Zelda

-Bionic Commando

-Tecmo Bowl

-Tecmo Super Bowl

-Pro Wrestling

-Tecmo Wrestling

-Super Dodgeball

-Super Mario Bros 2, 3

-Contra

-Crystalis

-Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

-Legend of Zelda

-Legend of Zelda II: Adventures of Link

-Duck Tales

-Mega Man 2, 3

-Castlevania, 2, 3

-Final Fantasy

-Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!

I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but those are the ones I played the most.

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ammodramussavannarum@reddit

Gradius and Metroid. Also all the Zelda’s

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

Wizards and Warriors was way underappreciated.

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Jo_MamaSo@reddit

One of my favorites!

I remember watching my brother playing when he finally beat it for the first time. He ran out of the house and down the street screaming with excitement 😂😂

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

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ManateeNipples@reddit

The young dudes that would come over to buy weed from my dad used to show me cool stuff on Mario lol some guy Duke is who showed me the trick where you kick a turtle at the stairs at the end and jump just right to land on it and give yourself 99 lives. I only met him that one time but I still remember his name because the was so cool lol

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Duke is such a bad ass name, of course he knew that trick.

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_TheWolfOfWalmart_@reddit (OP)

Duke is such a bad ass name, of course he knew that bad ass trick.

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

Fuckin’ Duke. You probably asked your dad a bunch of times as a kid “Dad, when’s Duke coming over again? He’s cool.” When in reality he was probably Jean shorts and combat boots and a Winston cigarette tank top your dad couldn’t stand.

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StitchesKisses@reddit

Dr Mario, Legends of Zelda, And Mike Tyson Punch Out

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modulus801@reddit

Tengen tetris. Especially love the music.

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Cerebral-Knievel-1@reddit

Metroid was my jam on NES

But I've been gaming since the Sears pong machine around 1976.

Ive collected a lot of the hardware over the years, but I usually play vintage consoles and arcade via emulation

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tacitjane@reddit

I, too, second Double Dragons 2. It'd be cool if another film was made.

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hombre_bu@reddit

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UpsetBar@reddit

Punch Out, Pro Wrestling, Kung Fu, Metal Gear. Damn I spent so many years on this console. Mostly because we were poor and it took years of my mom to save up to buy me a Sega Genesis.

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Able_Commercial_2895@reddit

Metroid?

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Electronic_Nobody826@reddit

Legacy of the Wizard was my all time fave. I was horrible at it, but it was so much fun.

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ElizardbethBennet@reddit

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I can still hear the catchy music; it was - dare I? - infectious

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TappyMauvendaise@reddit

My brothers and I opened his Nintendo console on Christmas 1987 and it changed our lives.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

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No_Sir_6649@reddit

Sakte or die. Die die die.

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realfolkblues@reddit

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mensaman42@reddit

Destiny of an Emperor. This game introduced me to lifetime love of RPGs and the Three Kingdoms era. I still play through it yearly.

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this_knee@reddit

I saw the tail end of Atari and caleco vision. Played them for a couple years before Nintendo burst onto the scene.

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Dean_Proffitt@reddit

Adventure Island! Even though it was super hard and I couldn’t get much further than 4 or 5 levels in, it was super fun and weird.

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jeophys152@reddit

Super Mario bros 3. Ice hockey. Excite bike. Legend of Zelda

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TraditionalMood277@reddit

Best part of Ice Hockey were the mini tornado flights

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jeophys152@reddit

Those were fun. We always had a joke that the Russian team had to have all 4 npcs be the medium size players

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techie1980@reddit

I have a little Anbernic unit that's almost the same form factor as an old handheld gameboy. After a hard day it's so nice to play some tetris, Super Mario Bros 1/2/3 . (Legend of Zelda is a little tricky because of saving)

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Pure-Ordinary-8698@reddit

Sky Kid was such a fun game.

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TheLastBoat@reddit

I played my cousin’s Atari but I got my own Nintendo for Christmas in ‘88.

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black-n-tan@reddit

Spy Hunter, Super Mario 3, Legend of Zelda

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camstercage@reddit

River city ransom

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SicilianShaver77@reddit

So, according to OP, i'm an early Xennial. A Grand Xennial. Xennial Senior. Late GenX. K.

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Emotional_Signal7883@reddit

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TheFoxandTheSandor@reddit

This was my first console as well. And still one of my favorites

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BigLoudWorld74@reddit

Two of my favorites were Life Force and Rygar. I had so much fun playing those as a kid.

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tavikravenfrost@reddit

Super Mario Bros. 3, Tecmo Super Bowl, Battetoads, Double Dragon III, Contra, and Operation Wolf

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

Top Gun: Landing on the carrier was also pretty hard

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SpiralOutski@reddit

You spelled ‘impossible’ wrong

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johnnyclash42@reddit

Mowed lawns for an entire summer to afford one of these with one controller and Mario.

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spderweb@reddit

Lol.. I played Atari and Genesis. Nintendo was played at a friend's house. But I much preferred Montezuma's Revenge, Boulderdash, and sonic the hedgehog.

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noonesaidityet@reddit

Contra, RBI Baseball, Excite Bike.

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MaxPowerrr85@reddit

I still think Mega Man 2-6 got the most out of the NES hardware (Mega Man 1 was a fine start, but they perfected the formula later and I never played it as a kid)

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driventhin@reddit

When I was in 5th grade, my mother put me on punishment of no tv; I argued that it shouldn’t include the tv being on for the purposes of playing Nintendo because I loved Super Mario Bros 3. My argument won her over, and thus I got the landmark Nintendo exception to the no tv rule for all future no tv punishments! 🤣

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JaseDroid@reddit

Bad News Baseball

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RoastQueefSandwiches@reddit

Imagine how good those plastic ass controllers could feel today with precision ergonomics and wireless capabilities

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ghunt81@reddit

This was the forbidden console for me. Grew up with my dad's Atari 2600 and later 7800, but we were never allowed to get an NES so I only got to play it at friend's houses.

Ironically we ended up owning almost every other big name gaming system later on (game boy, genesis, game gear, super Nintendo, N64, etc) but never did own an NES.

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FigSpecific6210@reddit

Excite bike, Zelda, Blaster Master… so many.

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Noisechild@reddit

Atari = toddler to kindergarten. Nintendo = 2nd-6th grade. Super Nintendo = junior high, well, until the present. I love the SNES! However, for Nintendo it was Metal Gear, Contra, Zelda, and Excite Bike, with the occasional binging on Skate Or Die.

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lothartheunkind@reddit

Super Mario Bros & Duck Hunt on the same cartridge w/ a gray pistol

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

Also, Top Gun 2 player mode.

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Late-Drink3556@reddit

I loved me some Duck Hunt.

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

Mario 3 or Ninja Turtles.

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protossaccount@reddit

Hey! My grandma has one of those! /s

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CottaBird@reddit

Zelda and Metroid. Hands down.

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DireKnife@reddit

Blaster Master

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Ok-Energy5358@reddit

All the good ones have been mentioned, so I’ll just say this: Game Genie

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HotCucumber759@reddit

Born in '77, my first console was an Atari 2600. Had no idea what video games were, dad just fucking bought one for us. Only two games I played were Yars' Revenge and ET, arguably the worst fucking Atari games. I'd spend hours just running around that forest in ET. I think i did beat it at some point....maybe...

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Adh1434@reddit

Had an Intellivision in the late 80s because my grandparents bought it at a garage sale.. they called it one of those Nintendo things. Damn I miss them

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Leather-Sky8583@reddit

I still keep a CRT television so I can play duck hunt. But super Mario Brothers 3 and legend of Zelda will always have a very special place in my heart.

One of my favorite games that I still play is Gemfire, unfortunately the battery has died so I can no longer save information.

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5WattBulb@reddit

Ninja Gaiden, RC pro am and Blaster Master! Although my mom developed a pretty serious Dr. Mario addiction

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TraditionalMood277@reddit

Hope your mom got through her pill problem

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butchforgetshit@reddit

Oh for sure....eventually got hooked on real pills, sold my Nintendo and all the games to her dealer, and that was that

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5WattBulb@reddit

She's been nintendo free since the snes came out, 30 years clean, thank you for caring, lol!

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TraditionalMood277@reddit

Tots and pears

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Matt_Benatar@reddit

Blaster Master was cool, but I never was able to get very far.

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MolassesConstant2256@reddit

Mega Man 3, Contra and Super Mario Bros 3 are my NES Holy Trinity.

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ackwards@reddit

California Games 🥇

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Thamnophis660@reddit

I still love playing and collecting NES games. They've gotten more and more rare and expensive over the years, but you can still find them in the wild.

Life Force, Faxanadu, Crystalis, Mega Man 2, Alien Syndrome, Gremlins 2, all favorites. As well as all the awesome first party games Nintendo was putting out.

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Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit

Hockey, Baseball, Contra, Paper Boy, SMB of course, Excitebike.

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Commies-Fan@reddit

The first games I played. Super Mario, Kung Fu, Mike Tysons Punch Out, & The Legend of Zelda. Kung Fu was the first game I ever played on the NES at a friend of my Moms house. They had to claw the controller out of my hand.

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Onthemightof@reddit

Super Mario Bros. 3, Little Nemo Dream Master, Super Dodgeball, TMNT 2, Zelda.

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Candelpins1897@reddit

The colecovision was superior to Atari's 2600. For NES it was blades of steel, Maniac Manaion, RBi Baseball and Zelda 1 (2 sucked)

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Peeping-Tom-Collins@reddit

Oh, I also remember a game called Jackal, where you were like in jeeps and shot rockets at the bad guys. Had a dude named Mike who would baby sit me when I was like 6 and he would bring that over and we would do 2 player.

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TummyLice@reddit

Zelda 1 and 2

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elkniodaphs@reddit

I literally just finished the 6th dungeon in The Legend of Zelda right before I opened Reddit, I'll certainly beat the game tomorrow.

My favorites? TMNT II: The Arcade Game, City Connection, MagMax, Maniac Mansion, Blaster Master, Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll, and about a hundred others. The NES is my desert island console.

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Wahoo412@reddit

RBI baseball.

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Room234@reddit

I have an absolutely visceral reaction to anything that reminds me of the Super Mario 3 box art. My heads snaps every time like I just walked by it on a shelf in Wal-Mart.

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Yogi_LV@reddit

RC Pro-Am, Skate or Die, and Excite Bike!

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Peeping-Tom-Collins@reddit

Blaster Master

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Nephite11@reddit

I started on an Atari so I’ll begin with that list: pitfall, space invaders, centipede, asteroids, dig dug, qbert, and middle command consumed many hours of my childhood.

Nor the NES, I remember playing Mario bros, duck hunt, Mike Tyson’s punch out, Zelda, dr Mario, excitable, TMNT, techno Super Bowl, and Tetris. My parents bought a used NES from a neighbor and game it to me one year for Christmas. I happened to find it in the closet before and was so excited for that day to come!

Side comment: contra and battle toads were insanely difficult and I always game up on them

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katet_of_19@reddit

Goonies II

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junto80@reddit

Bayou Billy!

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wvtarheel@reddit

We loved that game

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OriganolK@reddit

This was such a fun but crazy hard game

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Such_Victory4589@reddit

now THAT was a hard game. i dont think i beat it clean (without cheats or a game genie)

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Krymestone@reddit

Batman was the first game I ever bought with my own money so it holds a special place for me, also for totally kicking ass as a game.

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its_raining_scotch@reddit

I’ve been hitting Zelda 1 again recently. I’m working my way through its second quest.

Also Double Dragon and Paperboy.

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snoopyh42@reddit

I remember being 8-ish years old, saving up my lawn-mowing money for a month and a half to scrape together the $99.99 for the NES Action Pack (I think that was the one with the console, 2 controllers and the light gun). That was the first time I really learned about sales tax. Fortunately, my Dad was kind enough to cover the remaining $8 that I didn't have.

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SehanineMoonbow@reddit

The Magic of Scheherazade. I loved the mix of Zelda/Dragon Warrior style gameplay as well as the story.

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elusive_won@reddit

I got this for Christmas from "santa" the year it came out/early 80s. Just thinking back to that time... everything seemed so magical... I miss it.

Of course... can't really fuck with being a teen in the 90s...definitely magic there too.

Wanna play contra? Up up down down left right left right b a b a select start.

Wanna fight Tyson? 007-373-5963

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SuperKing3000@reddit

So many options. From great to frustratingly addictive.

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Thatonegirl_79@reddit

I liked Contra, Kid Icarus, Goonies 2, Punch Out, and of course all the Marios.

I still have my old school Nintendo as well as the small re-release one with all of the games loaded.

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CrimsonVibes@reddit

Mario brothers 3 if I remember right was really good

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AytumnRain@reddit

Astynax, Bart Vs Space Mutants, Marble Madness, Yo Noid, Gauntlet 1 and 2, The Adventures of Dizzy, Bugs Bunny's Birthday, Blowout, and so many more. I still play a bunch of NES games.

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zignut66@reddit

You inspired me to watch the intro to Ninja Gaiden 2 on YouTube just now. Still gives me goosebumps almost forty years later!

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

Baseball Stars > RBI Baseball

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Knight_thrasher@reddit

The system was a group gift for all us kids. I would hook it up to the TV in my room and play Super Mario 3, every world. It would be mid morning before my brothers and sisters would be complaining to our parents

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PapaDuckD@reddit

River City Ransom!

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johnvalley86@reddit

My nes came with the Super Mario / duck hunt combo cartridge and the zapper gun. Played the crap out of that until the day my mom brought home Skate or Die. That was my jam until I got Super Mario 3

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

Marble Madness was a true PITA

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Capable-Extent-6674@reddit

Too many to count. That little gray box was my youth. My brothers and I eventually sold it to purchase a Sega Genesis. But the memories live on. And I have an NES mini.

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

Mario trilogy. Capt Skyhawk, Abadox, Contra, TMNT arcade, Blades of Steel, Championship Bowling, BlackBass, and Tecmo Bowl come to mind

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

And Faxanadu and Zelda, of course

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HomeHeatingTips@reddit

We had an Atari 2600 in our play room with a small black and white TV. My dads friend at the time also had one so we got to play his games to at his house and borrow them some times. I was in grade 5 when the SNES came out so probably 1 when the NES came out. So cool as someone that still loves and plays video games to have been there from almost the beginning. I was in high school when FF7 came out.

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DragunovDwight@reddit

Guardian legend,Rad Racer, Tysons punch out, Metroid.

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OutrageForSale@reddit

Tecmo Super Bowl is my game. I’ve won a few tournaments over the years.

Blades of Steel, Tyson’s Punchout, Excite Bike

Mom didn’t allow games with guns, but I got to play Contra at my cousins. And do the 99 lives thing and beat it.

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melllow-yelllow@reddit

Dr. Mario!

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InvestmentMain8414@reddit

I bought a Game Cube only because you could buy an ad-on that allowed you to play the original NES games.

I let my parents "borrow" it when my kids got into video games, so they had something to play when they were at grandma and grandpa's.

My kids obviously grew out of it, and I didn't think to ask for it back.

Kids are adults now. But yet when my parents decided to downsize a few years ago, I was gutted to realize that they had given my GameCube away.

But to answer your question...Im still a sucker for anything Mario Bros.

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geezorious@reddit

Battle of Olympus.

TMNT Arcade.

Mario (the OG).

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Sudden_Airport_7469@reddit

There are far too many to list, but I’ll name just a mere fraction. Mega Man 2, Tecmo Bowl, Bubble Bobble 2, Super Mario 3, Double Dragon 1 and 2. Castlevania 2, The Adventures of Dino Ricki, and on and on and on.

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_R_A_@reddit

I started with the Atari 2600 myself, but it was a hand-me-down option. I think I was always one generation of console behind the times growing up.

That being said, I still enjoy Mario 2 and 3 to this day, but I wish I had TMNT 2 on virtual NES online (I know they won't, just a wish).

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srdev_ct@reddit

RC Pro Am, Super Mario 1,2,3, Duck Tales, Milon's Secret Castle, Castlevania, Duck Hunt, Tecmo Bowl, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, ExciteBike, Dr Mario, Kung Fu

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vitalAscension@reddit

I wasn’t great at it back then but I loved Dragon Warrior. I was excited to see the Dragon Quest I & II bundle on Switch. I picked it up and have been playing DQ I.

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AdventurousFondant81@reddit

RBI baseball / Double Dribble

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bookofgray@reddit

I beat 1942 - had to pause the game in the middle and turn the tv screen off and hope the NES wouldn’t reset. But more than that some of the best Final Fantasies. Iconic for me as a kid

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Fixyblue@reddit

Solomon's Key is insanely underrated

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bknight1983@reddit

Barcelona Olympics 92

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RylosAU@reddit

I never had one back in the day. I had a Commodore 64 and there was no way I was getting both. But I have one now with a flash cart and going through and discovering it's library has been a blast. Castlevania is my favourite but a couple of honourable mentions are Fire n' Ice (Solomon's Key 2) and Shatterhand.

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