Never Played NES

[Tatsujin]

yeah, UK always was a strange country when it came to video games

[Arkhan]

I wish the Master System had caught on better in America, honestly.


the games look way better.  I'll take Double Dragon on Master System over NES any day.

[Tatsujin]

back then the NES (Nintendo in general) was much bigger than anything else in switzerland, but it still had a fair amount of SMS. as for video game consoles, prior the NES/SMS we only knew the 2600 and G&Ws i guess. vic20, c64 etc. was very strong in the home computer section because everybody could copy the games (yeah, nobody thougt bad about this back in the 80s).
i also got me a lynx in about 1989. we had a lot of official TV stores that just imported game devices from any countries, since there was no law or what so ever against doing that.
so we could basically walk into few stores and play the SFC just few days after its japanese lauch.
they hals had PC Engines (remember the core 1) when i was 13~14.

unfortunately the prices were ranged THAT high for these gaming machines, you had to be a very rich or wealthy kid to get any private hands on them.

[BigusSchmuck]

Play the  wizardry and ultima ports.  Enough said.  Oh yeah and pools of radiance too. Fun times.

[esteban]

I wish the Master System had caught on better in America, honestly.


the games look way better.  I'll take Double Dragon on Master System over NES any day.

Ark, you know I love you. However...

You are crazy. NES Double Dragon is awesome, a superior game to the arcade. ALL of the Double Dragon games are flawed (arcade and ports), in one respect or another, but DD and DDII on NES were oozing with charm, challenge and here's the most important thing (replayability): PROVIDED COUNTLESS HOURS OF FUN. I kept going back to these games, as did my friends, far more frequently than any other versions/ports available. Personally, I like the leveling-up system implemented in DD...earning experience and developing skills to acquire new moves totally works for the NES port.

DD on SMS, for all its virtues, never achieved the same level of charm/intrigue/satisfaction/replayability.

I love the SMS and will always defend it, but the Famicom/NES library is ridiculously rich and varied. It is my favorite console because of the vast, solid library of games. 

 

[Arkhan]

Play the  wizardry and ultima ports.  Enough said.  Oh yeah and pools of radiance too. Fun times.

Eh, Ultima V on NES is complete balls, lol.
 

Nobody should have to play through that.

[geise]

Yay!  Now you can actually play Cocoron.

[PunkicCyborg]

play metal storm!!

[Arkhan]

Yeah, Metal Storm is pretty awesome.


also worth trying are the Bionic Commando and Strider for NES, because they aren't like the arcade at all.

[sunteam_paul]

I have a long list of all these suggestions so keep them coming.

I've already recorded a few more videos and I find that the best ones are games that are action based and quite challenging, without being difficult to work out how to play. I've done a couple I might trash because they just go on too long with me being either clueless or running out of things to say.


Also, here's an interesting thread if you Americanese people want to get a flavour of the impact of the NES in the UK (i.e. it bombed).

[Arkhan]

Play B-Wings, too.

Everyone likes that game.

[roflmao]

Guardian Legend!  It's kind of like a cross between Legend of Zelda and Blazing Lazers. 

Kirby's Adventure is a fun platformer.  You gobble up the enemies to harness their powers.

[sunteam_paul]

No.2 is up

[Nando]

Just discovered these! Too awesome.

I'm on a similar boat, where it is just now that I am really discovering the NES titles.

Ghostbusters 2 from JP is A SUPER FUN game. 

[Arkhan]

Clash at Demonhead, bitches.