It's pretty clear to me that he is on the fence about it buying physical carts or a flash cart, that's why he's asking about the N8 and if buying the carts is worth it or not. I said "buy a flash cart". He asked for my opinion why, and I provided it. Looking at his list, for just that stuff alone it's probably around $600. If he thinks that's worth spending just to play some NES games then fine. I don't think it's worth it.
If he's not even sure of what games to buy, a flash cart makes even more sense. Play everything and then decide what you want to collect before spening hundreds on games you may or may not like. You also get all the Famicom games, hacks, translated stuff etc. Even if you decided to buy physical carts a flash cart is still worth owning.
Instead of providing any sort of argument against what I said he just erases my post anonymously? I'd call that cowardly. Is that what the mods are supposed to be doing, erasing any opinions they don't agree with? Did this mod forget that the OP himself asked for my opinion?
Oh, that was me. I didn't feel like giving your petty agenda more time than an erase and funny write up. Consider this your first and last warning to quit with your hate in this thread.
It does seem like you have become more reasonable in your more recent posts, so thanks for that snookums.
Instead of providing any sort of argument against what I said he just erases my post anonymously? I'd call that cowardly. Is that what the mods are supposed to be doing, erasing any opinions they don't agree with? Did this mod forget that the OP himself asked for my opinion?
Oh, that was me. I didn't feel like giving your petty agenda more time than an erase and funny write up. Consider this your first and last warning to quit with your hate in this thread.
It does seem like you have become more reasonable in your more recent posts, so thanks for that snookums.
Petty agenda? What are you even talking about? I was asked for my opinion so I gave it, did you not read the post where he directly asked me about it? If you had actually read the thread you would have see that, but instead you censored my post because it hurts your feelings or something. You are the one being petty, abusing your powers because you disagree with me. Is that what being a moderator on NA is all about now?
Nah, you like to let everyone know that physical carts are dumb and if you buy anything physical it's dumb. You call people middle school names for wanting reproductions. It's gotten old. And I was PM'd about your behavior, hence me taking some action in hopes you'd cut it out. Call it abuse of power if you want. I call it trying to keep repeated and unnecessary negativity off the forums. Thanks.
Getting back to games, I don't believe anyone had mentions the 4 dragon warrior games that came out for the NES. If you haven't played them yet on some other system they are worth getting for the NES.
I'm all for Pegboy giving his opinion as long as it doesn't result in offending someone else intentionally, so maybe placing your (Pegboy) opinions on collecting/flashcarts in your signature will remind everyone of those specific opinions? I know it's got to be tiresome reiterating that quite often.
I'm all for Pegboy giving his opinion as long as it doesn't result in offending someone else intentionally, so maybe placing your (Pegboy) opinions on collecting/flashcarts in your signature will remind everyone of those specific opinions? I know it's got to be tiresome reiterating that quite often.
I'll second this, purely to avoid him having to repeat himself ad nauseum (especially in a rather nasty manner which may ruffle feathers) and will just help us all relax. Like, let's all be friends, or something.
If you're going with physical carts then start with stuff put out by the most reputable companies first like Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Sunsoft, Hudson, Taito, Data East, etc. Anything for 1985-1989 you cant go wrong, IMO & most are still reasonably priced. There are a few stinkers in there but for the most part pretty solid. NESguide.com is an invaluable resource for keeping everything straight. I wish they had something like that for other consoles.
Baseball Stars is the best baseball game on the NES, but that doesn't mean folks should write off Base Wars.
In fact, I might like Base Wars better! Where else can you play baseball with freaking laser swords? That's awesome you grew up with it, so you probably understand the awesomeness that is this game.
Strong recommendations --
In my opinion these are all well worth owning and rock-solid experiences.
(I know some of these have arcade counterparts and you mentioned some of these)
(Ones marked with * are the ones I think you already mentioned)--
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1943
Adventure of Lolo
Air Fortress
Alpha Mission
Base Wars
Baseball
Baseball Stars
Batman*
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master*
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O'Hare
Castlevania 1-3*
Contra
Darkwing Duck
Donkey Kong Classics
Double Dragon* (And yes, I feel it's better on NES than even the arcade, but that could be nostalgia talking)
Dr. Mario
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Warrior
Duck Hunt
Duck Tales
Excitebike
Faria
Faxanadu
Final Fantasy
Friday the 13th
Galaga
Gargoyle's Quest 2*
Gradius
Gun.Smoke
Jackal
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
Legend of Zelda 1-2*
Life Force
Maniac Mansion
MegaMan 2-3*
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Ninja Gaiden 1-2*
R.C. Pro-Am*
River City Ransom
Shadowgate
StarTropics*
Stinger
Super Mario Bros. 1-3*
Super Spyhunter
Tecmo Super Bowl
TMNT 2-3*
Willow
Wizards & Warriors
^Very strong (and advisable) list here! I would add:
I just re-skimmed the thread and I don't think anyone's mentioned Roadblasters. It's a really fun game that you can probably pick up for $5 or so. Better than Rad Racer, if you ask me. I think it likely gets passed over for being an arcade port but that seems like a rather silly way to dismiss a game that's as good as it is.
Overall your list is solid, but if you are really only looking for the classics, then you can avoid a lot of the hidden gem recommendations that have been given. I would also remove Totally Rad, Basewars and Gargoyle's Quest from your list. They are good games (Gargoyle's Quest is one of my favorites) but they aren't classics IMO. If you start going down the path of collecting good gameplay games, your list is going to be enormous.
Other classics I think you could add:
Contra and Super C
Double Dragon II
Ice Hockey (maybe Blades of Steel or both)
Kid Icarus
Mike Tyson's Punchout
Dragon Warrior
Final Fantasy
Duck Tales
Bubble Bobble
Tetris
Excitebike
Kung Fu
Gradius (possibly Life Force)
Bomberman
Gauntlet
Bionic Commando
Super Tecmo Bowl
Probably some other sports games... I've never been a fan of them though.
That's what I can think of off the top of my head. Like I said before, there are tons of great games for the system that I don't think of as classics, like Kickmaster, Bucky O'Hare and Monster Party (the list goes on and on). It really depends on how deep into collecting you want to get.
I would love to recommend Kid Icarus to everyone, but it's a game that took me 3 years to learn to appreciate. You have to know a lot about the game that you're never told in order to be good at it. I'd recommend the game only if you're willing to look up how the heck you're supposed to play it before you actually play. Once you're awesome enough to unlock the best ending though, it becomes a really amazing game each time you play it.
In short, I recommend Kid Icarus if you appreciate a large learning curve in video games.
In short, I recommend Kid Icarus if you appreciate a large learning curve in video games.
I love Kid Icarus but that game's difficulty curve is seriously backwards with the hardest levels at the beginning and easiest levels at the end. The horizontal levels (including the final boss) are a joke and the fortresses are mainly only difficult as far learning where to go and having to restart if you get eggplant cursed.
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Even if you decided to buy physical carts a flash cart is still worth owning.
Totally. I love the Everdrive! It's so bad!
Instead of providing any sort of argument against what I said he just erases my post anonymously? I'd call that cowardly. Is that what the mods are supposed to be doing, erasing any opinions they don't agree with? Did this mod forget that the OP himself asked for my opinion?
Oh, that was me. I didn't feel like giving your petty agenda more time than an erase and funny write up. Consider this your first and last warning to quit with your hate in this thread.
It does seem like you have become more reasonable in your more recent posts, so thanks for that snookums.
Instead of providing any sort of argument against what I said he just erases my post anonymously? I'd call that cowardly. Is that what the mods are supposed to be doing, erasing any opinions they don't agree with? Did this mod forget that the OP himself asked for my opinion?
Oh, that was me. I didn't feel like giving your petty agenda more time than an erase and funny write up. Consider this your first and last warning to quit with your hate in this thread.
It does seem like you have become more reasonable in your more recent posts, so thanks for that snookums.
Petty agenda? What are you even talking about? I was asked for my opinion so I gave it, did you not read the post where he directly asked me about it? If you had actually read the thread you would have see that, but instead you censored my post because it hurts your feelings or something. You are the one being petty, abusing your powers because you disagree with me. Is that what being a moderator on NA is all about now?
Nah, you like to let everyone know that physical carts are dumb and if you buy anything physical it's dumb. You call people middle school names for wanting reproductions. It's gotten old. And I was PM'd about your behavior, hence me taking some action in hopes you'd cut it out. Call it abuse of power if you want. I call it trying to keep repeated and unnecessary negativity off the forums. Thanks.
I'm all for Pegboy giving his opinion as long as it doesn't result in offending someone else intentionally, so maybe placing your (Pegboy) opinions on collecting/flashcarts in your signature will remind everyone of those specific opinions? I know it's got to be tiresome reiterating that quite often.
I'll second this, purely to avoid him having to repeat himself ad nauseum (especially in a rather nasty manner which may ruffle feathers) and will just help us all relax. Like, let's all be friends, or something.
A few others the OP didn't mention:
CONTRA, FOR F***'S SAKE CONTRA
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Cobra Triangle
TMNT 2: The Arcade Game
Super Spike V-Ball
Ghosts n' Goblins
Ducktales
Baseball Stars is the best baseball game on the NES, but that doesn't mean folks should write off Base Wars.
In fact, I might like Base Wars better! Where else can you play baseball with freaking laser swords? That's awesome you grew up with it, so you probably understand the awesomeness that is this game.
Strong recommendations --
In my opinion these are all well worth owning and rock-solid experiences.
(I know some of these have arcade counterparts and you mentioned some of these)
(Ones marked with * are the ones I think you already mentioned)--
=====
1943
Adventure of Lolo
Air Fortress
Alpha Mission
Base Wars
Baseball
Baseball Stars
Batman*
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master*
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O'Hare
Castlevania 1-3*
Contra
Darkwing Duck
Donkey Kong Classics
Double Dragon* (And yes, I feel it's better on NES than even the arcade, but that could be nostalgia talking)
Dr. Mario
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Warrior
Duck Hunt
Duck Tales
Excitebike
Faria
Faxanadu
Final Fantasy
Friday the 13th
Galaga
Gargoyle's Quest 2*
Gradius
Gun.Smoke
Jackal
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
Legend of Zelda 1-2*
Life Force
Maniac Mansion
MegaMan 2-3*
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Ninja Gaiden 1-2*
R.C. Pro-Am*
River City Ransom
Shadowgate
StarTropics*
Stinger
Super Mario Bros. 1-3*
Super Spyhunter
Tecmo Super Bowl
TMNT 2-3*
Willow
Wizards & Warriors
^Very strong (and advisable) list here! I would add:
8Eyes
Cobra Triangle
Legendary Wings
Little Nemo
Monster Party
I'd personally omit Basewars and go for Baseball Stars
Do you play as robots in Baseball Stars? Can you fight the other robots to resolve base disputes?
That's what I thought.
Other classics I think you could add:
Contra and Super C
Double Dragon II
Ice Hockey (maybe Blades of Steel or both)
Kid Icarus
Mike Tyson's Punchout
Dragon Warrior
Final Fantasy
Duck Tales
Bubble Bobble
Tetris
Excitebike
Kung Fu
Gradius (possibly Life Force)
Bomberman
Gauntlet
Bionic Commando
Super Tecmo Bowl
Probably some other sports games... I've never been a fan of them though.
That's what I can think of off the top of my head. Like I said before, there are tons of great games for the system that I don't think of as classics, like Kickmaster, Bucky O'Hare and Monster Party (the list goes on and on). It really depends on how deep into collecting you want to get.
I'd personally omit Basewars and go for Baseball Stars
Do you play as robots in Baseball Stars? Can you fight the other robots to resolve base disputes? That's what I thought.
A-MEN BROTHA!
In short, I recommend Kid Icarus if you appreciate a large learning curve in video games.
In short, I recommend Kid Icarus if you appreciate a large learning curve in video games.
I love Kid Icarus but that game's difficulty curve is seriously backwards with the hardest levels at the beginning and easiest levels at the end. The horizontal levels (including the final boss) are a joke and the fortresses are mainly only difficult as far learning where to go and having to restart if you get eggplant cursed.