Last NES game you played?

[roflmao]

I've been playing some Galaga and Kyukyo... er, Twin Cobra on the NES lately.  Twin Cobra is a pretty impressive port, considering it's an NES.  Lots of fun to play.

Galaga...  eh.  I love Galaga, and this port isn't bad, but it's missing something.  I think maybe some of the music has been cut. 

[_joshuaTurbo]

Xexyz.  Good platformer, shewtie mix.  And from our beloved Hudson, of course.

Woah, hey me too!!!  Did you ever notice any similarities in sound effects between Xexyz and Keith Courage on Turbob?  Could there be some hidden connection between the two?

[Jibbajaba]

I just hooked my NES back up this week, and have been playing some Super C.  I also played a bit of Kirby's Adventure last night.

Chris

[bob]

One game i have always wanted to try is Little Nemo.  Heard thats a good platformer.

[Jibbajaba]

I've got that one but haven't spent much time with it.  I have a large box of NES games that I haven't gotten around to playing yet...

Chris

[esteban]

lol, let i think what i have played on my famicom during this week..

contra
gradius
salamander
gradius II
crisis force
spartan x
hoshi no kirby
punch out
daiku no gensan (hammerin' harry)
super mario USA
mario bros
donkey kong
popeye
SMB
waiwai world
waiwai world 2
ice climber
double dragon II
downtown nekketsu monogatari
exciting bike

YES! I didn't know you still played lots of FC/NES. I think I spend most of my time playing FC/NES...

ANYWAY, I am currently playing GUNSMOKE and, damn, I have always liked going back to this game. I just love it. It is such a seemingly simple variation of the standard shoot-em-up/run-n-gun mechanics, but it works and really has its own unique identity (diagonal shooting, baby!). I wish more games did this sort of thing successfully (that is, experiment with standard mechanics of a genre...BUT without BREAKING/overly-complicating the controls).

So, yeah, .Gun.smoke. Not that this game is perfect...it just feels so damn good to shoot all the bastards. I like the controls.

[Jibbajaba]

I love Gun.Smoke.  I bought it BitD at a video store for like $7, when they were thinning out their NES rental library.  I'd never even heard of it.  I didn't have a manual, and there wasn't an Internet back then, so for years I didn't know that you could hit A+B to shoot straight ahead.

[roflmao]

Gun.Smoke is one of my favorite games for the NES!  

Since all of my friends bitd had an NES, I never felt compelled to get one, always opting for the alternative (first the SMS, then the TG-16) so there was more gaming goodness to go around.  When I finally got around to picking up an NES back in college ('99-ish) a lot of my NES gaming memories were gone so I got to experience the library from almost untainted eyes. However, Gun.Smoke was one of the few games that I have fond memories of playing as a kid and still love playing today.

[esteban]

Gun.Smoke is loved.

[Nando]

One game i have always wanted to try is Little Nemo.  Heard thats a good platformer.

It's really fun, the art direction and controls are on point and the game mechanics are really fun to discover. Not a super fast platformer, but worth a try for sure.

[MrFlutterPie]

The Little Mermaid

Love that game!

[bob]

Batman Returns, which reminded me of TMNT 2 for NES.  Not a surprise, considering Konami did it.

Pinball Quest.  I got interested in this game from the recent thread about pinball games.
Basically, each screen makes you complete an objective (kill all the monsters, hit a certain door with your ball) in order to move on.
As the screen progresses upward, the playfield expands and you can move your flippers from screen to screen in order to follow the ball.
The physics were quite basic, but playable.

Speaking of which, I think Jaleco made some pretty quality games overall.  I haven't looked into the whole library, but this, Shatterhand, Astyanax, and Bases Loaded keep me entertained even to this day.  I'm sure they had some duds, but overall, they are pretty underrated in my opinion.

[albatross]

image fight - just picked it up along with an advantage stick - i love the 8bit music and sound fx!

[MrFlutterPie]

I just wanted to test out my free copy of Monopoly but I ended up sitting down and playing a full game.

That bitch Maude bankrupted me

[DragonmasterDan]

A conversation with another forumer led me to firing up Faria this morning.