Best Nintendo NES Games Super Mario Bros 3 Steve, May 11, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEdt1qI-5wM] Super Mario Bros 3 (or SMB3) was released in 1990 by Nintendo for the NES. Super Mario Bros 3 was a huge success that was extremely popular and continues to be until this very day. The story is pretty much the same as all the other Mario games in… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games River City Ransom Steve, May 11, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPRoS0G-1Y] River City Ransom was released in 1989 by Technos of Japan for the NES. It’s a beat em up style game that combines RPG elements. These two genres make a good mix and River City Ransom has some excellent gameplay as well. You play as Alex and Ryan. The… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Battletoads Steve, May 10, 2011 Battletoads [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCjnC7E88es] Battletoads was released by Tradewest in 1991 for the NES. It’s is a beat em up platformer game. The story goes that an evil woman named “the Dark Queen” is trying to take control of the universe. She kidnapped one of your toad buddies (Pimple) so you need… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Ninja Gaiden Steve, May 9, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDajvm7m3mk] Ninja Gaiden was released in 1989 by Tecmo for the NES. The gameplay is that of a side scrolling platformer game. The gameplay is addicting and challenging and that’s why there have been so many more sequels to this game. This is the one that started it all. You… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Metroid Steve, May 9, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ROTjME2gQE] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArQ_n2Hthao] Metroid was released in 1986 by Nintendo for the NES. It’s a game that combines many different genres: action, adventure, and shooter. Nintendo definitely pulled it off in the form of an epic game that would spawn countless incarnations. One of the spectacular things was that the world… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Tetris Steve, May 9, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJUVzz0-S_8] Tetris was released in 1989 by Nintendo for the NES. This is the “officialy licensed” version of Tetris as there were two different versions of Tetris published on the NES. The “other version” was released by Tengen (an unlicensed publisher that was owned by Atari). The Tengen version of… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Final Fantasy Steve, May 8, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9UkFXkG2k] Final Fantasy was released in 1990 by Square for the NES. It was the first of many epic games that Square would produce in the Final Fantasy series. This game was responsible for teaching many gamers what a role playing game or RPG was. The story was huge and… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Mega Man 2 Steve, May 8, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZ04_D8uPs] Mega Man 2 released in 1988 by Capcom for the NES. It was the sequel to Mega Man which was a good game but Mega Man 2 placed the series on the map to stay. The evil Dr. Wily has 8 new bosses for you to defeat: Air Man,… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Mike Tyson’s Punch Out Steve, April 29, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhbwlOZHx8] Released for the NES in 1987 by Nintendo. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out is one of the most fun sports games released for the Nintendo. You play as the new comer “Little Mac”. You need to fight your way up the ranks to prove you are worthy of a title… Continue Reading
Best Nintendo NES Games Contra Steve, April 28, 2011 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-nSsnZacY4] Contra was released for the NES in 1988 by Konami. Contra is one of the best side scrolling shooter games for the NES. It’s a game that defines what a side scrolling shooter should be. Contra is a port of the Konmai arcade game of the same name. The… Continue Reading