Tim Ellsworth

14 Responses to “Favorite NES games”

1. Adam Winters says:
   April 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
   

   Hmm, a tough one, indeed.

   Punch-Out is great, of course. Any of the Mega Man games deserves a spot on the list, as they are all pretty much the same anyway.

   For a side scrolling brawler, I have to go with either Double Dragon II or Ninja Turtles III, either is a worthy entry.

   For a solid platformer, I’d have to go with Super Mario Bros. 3, which in my opinion, is the best game for the system and one of the best ever made for any generation.

   Now, what am I leaving out?

2. Bryan Gotcher says:
   April 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
   

   1. Super Mario Bros.

   2. Excite Bike

   3. Zelda

   4. Mega Man (All of them)

   5. Techmo Bowl

3. Joseph Gould says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 5:54 am
   

   1. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!! (Nothing is as satisfying as beating Iron Mike)
   2. Contra (Real men don’t use the Konami code)
   3. Double Dragon II
   4. Mega Man II
   5. Tecmo Bowl (nothing like 80 yard heaves downfield!)

4. Jeremy says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 6:58 am
   

   1 Zelda
   2 Mega Man 2 (best video game music)
   3 Wizards and Warriors
   4 Super Mario Bros. 3
   5 Gradius

   Thanks for asking.

5. The Zoner says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 8:45 am
   

   Hmm. I remember one Christmas I stayed up until 6am playing Baseball Stars, so that is in my top 5. Have to add Tecmo Bowl and Punch Out. I agree on Contra too.

   I have had this site bookmarked for quite sometime: http://www.virtualnes.com/

6. misawa says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 8:53 am
   

   Just reposting what I did over there:

   Zelda
   Tecmo Super Bowl
   Super Mario 3
   Baseball Simulator 1.000
   Metroid

7. Marty says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 9:34 am
   

   1. Zelda
   2. Tecmo Super Bowl
   3. Super Mario Bros. 2
   4. R.B.I.
   5. Tetris

   We need to discuss favorite atari 2600 games too.

8. Jamie Wootten says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 11:18 am
   

   Tecmo Bowl

   Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson couldn’t be stopped!

9. Laz says:
   April 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
   

   Mario 3
   Mario
   Punch Out
   Contra
   Bases Loaded (only because I stayed up playing it one Christmas like Zoner did with Baseball Stars)

10. Stephen Newell says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 5:59 am
    

    Sheesh, none of you guys are truly old school. Read this and weep:

    The Legend of Zelda
    Metroid
    Kid Icarus
    Super Mario Bros.
    Castlevania

    And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s Gun.Smoke, Gyromite, Final Fantasy, Ikari Warriors, Mega Man, Metal Gear, Wizards & Warriors, Dragon Warrior, among others.

11. misawa says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
    

    Ooohhh… I had completely forgotten about Metal Gear!!!

    (My wife, standing over me as I type this, just huffed loudly and rolled her eyes.)

12. Verne says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
    

    I guess I’ll show my age a little here. My wife and I bought a Nintendo soon after we got married, cheap entertainment. We only could afford a few games. Punch out was great and I would put Super Mario 3 up at the top. Zelda was cool to thats all we ever hadwas Tyson Mario 1 and 3 and Zelda. It provided us with hours of fun. I would more like to see what the top 5 list for the old Atari 2600 and Intelevision system thats what I played as a kid.

13. Laz says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
    

    Hey what about Duck Hunt?

14. Verne says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
    

    Duck Hunt was pretty cool. I did play that alot.