Worst NES Games That Are Still Fun To Play
The title basically says it all! What are some NES games that you yourself agree are absolute trash yet you still find them fun to play.
My number one choice is EASILY Robodemons. The game is such crap and for some reason, I love it. I give it a playthrough probably once every two months or so. There's just something about that monstrosity.
My number one choice is EASILY Robodemons. The game is such crap and for some reason, I love it. I give it a playthrough probably once every two months or so. There's just something about that monstrosity.
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The game also periodically quizzes you on your sunday School knowledge, and if you answer correct, you get Bible verses and powerups. The quizzes are easily avoidable, though.
Originally posted by: Nightowljrm
Hydlide! That's another one I enjoy oddly enough. Not as much as Robodemons, but I do like it. It has a certain charm to it. In fact, I like the whole Hydlide formula, it just could've been done better.
With a better combat mechanic it really could have been something special I think.
Originally posted by: Crabmaster2000
Originally posted by: Nightowljrm
Hydlide! That's another one I enjoy oddly enough. Not as much as Robodemons, but I do like it. It has a certain charm to it. In fact, I like the whole Hydlide formula, it just could've been done better.
With a better combat mechanic it really could have been something special I think.
I agree. Even if the combat mechanic was the same, it could've been more polished to make it more fair. Especially on the end boss! I mean, that part just isn't even fair. The one time I beat it, I swear I was just lucky... One other thing that I surprisingly love about the game is the small overworld that has more depth to it than you think. Of course, it's not super deep, but it does have a lot more than to it than it appears.
Originally posted by: Soera
For me its Trojan. I cant understand why I like it, I just do. I also agree with nearly every game picked here ... other than Jaws. Its frustrating as hell.
Trojan is actually pretty fun. It's flawed, but not that bad of a game at all, in my opinion. I can actually no-death it in under ten minutes.
Sure it's slow, it's a submarine simulation, so maybe that's why it gets crapped on, but it is fun. You have some quick campaigns you can do, a target practice run, and also just open seas warfare seeing how much stuff you can take down before you're sunk or run out of ammo entirely. Perhaps the problem is that it's a lesser known fact the game while playable on 1 controller actually requires 2 so you can do all the functions. Player 2's pad can allow you to look around while still going in a certain direction, it can also raise/lower/aim the deck gun. Also it is needed for a few sub features, in particular if you're sinking, you can blow the ballast tanks and hard climb to the surface until repairs can be made. Without the second controller it can make the game a bit harder to manage having to turn the whole sub just to look around, deck gun play is harder, and well, if you're sinking you're screwed.
If you can get into it though, it's pretty fun and amusing how it fakes like early "3D" with scaling the sprites of these boats you're trying to sink into these huge blocky messes up close (makes Wolf3D look good in that regard.) It doesn't have much for music, and just basic more realistic sound effects for what a sub does, but where it matters most in the game play it gets fun and intense especially if you're facing down a few destroyers.
batman return of the joker gets hate for reasons i cant understand. love that game
And i think silver surfer could be great. Lack of rapid fire is a huge flaw, your hit box is a bit too big, but the background objects being foreground killing objects kind of ruins the experience. those flaws aside its pretty good, and the music is amazing. I do play it from time to time
Originally posted by: rokubungi
I enjoyed hydlyde too.. except for the damn music.. the same 30 or so notes on an endless loop will drive you insane.
This is true. X_X Man, is it awful. It's actually kinda nice the first few times.
Originally posted by: JosephLeo
Chubby Cherub! I love playing it every once in a while. Don't why it has such a bad rap really.
Cause Seanbaby hates it. It's an okay game, also developed by the same team behind M.U.S.C.L.E., which was Tose Software.
Trojan was Capcom's second game that they programmed for the NES, and their first to use their "multiple color palettes for a character" gimmick, which was better known in Mega Man. Not bad for 1986!
Software Creations (Terminator 2, Silver Surfer) were a very potent game development team, as their graphics and music are above average. Unfortunately, due to being British, their games are hard as hell, but because of poor planning. Isn't there a stereotype where British game developers make very difficult games?
Return of the Joker was an ubelievably nice looking game, but the shooting gimmick got old fast. Plus, there wasn't a great variety in enemies, and they appeared sparringly, due to limited memory.
Actually I can think of a lot of games I enjoy that have a bad reputation, like Captain Comic and Amagon, but I don't think those are bad games. And most of the games I can think of that are completely trashy, like X-Men and Back to the Future, aren't much fun at all.
Dragon Power, maybe? Most of Dragon Power is kinda fun, though it goes off the rails towards the end, but it's definitely an über-trashy game. Predator is another candidate, but I'd need to play it more. Ring King is fun for a few matches (and we all know what happens in that one...), but ultimately feels pointless.
Oh, I thought of another one: Bird Week. There's almost nothing to it, but if you want to chill out for 5-10 minutes, it has its charm.
I'd say that Rambo is a very fun game that gets alot of criticism. It's basically a Zelda 2 clone and it's pretty fun. I also like Wolverine on the nes, the main issue is that the damage system is really wonky, no invinability after being hit means that enemies drain your lifebar on contact and using the claws hurt you unless you're all raged up. I dunno, it has alot of flaws but I enjoyed playing it. It's LJN and it's way better than X-Men, I dare say it's at least what the X-Men game should've been.
Originally posted by: Mog
Quattro Adventure is awesome, love Super Robin Hood in it. Also the 3 Dizzy adventure games are great.
I didn't play those as a kid but when I found a copy a few years ago and gave them a try I was really impressed with how good the games looked. The codemasters stuff is definitely a little rough around the edges but they really tried to make games that were going to be above the rest. Most of the unlicenced games are total crap (except Tengen) but they really did some interesting stuff, I think.