The black label games

SivakSivak
in Collector's Corner
I remember back in the old days when I would get new games and I always remember seeing those black label games and always avoiding them like the plague as I knew they were such simple games and didn't want them.  I always wanted other titles. 

Nowadays, I actually have a fair amount of these (not all...  yet) and wouldn't mind having a full set of 29 (I'm missing 8).  I guess they have a certain charm.  It's just funny to think that I have the games I didn't want as a kid.  After playing some of them, they definitely aren't all bad games.  I played Clu Clu Land last night actually.

Did anyone else have a similar experience or were my opinions my own back in the day?

Comments

  • DainDain
    I felt the same way until I got my first lot of CIB black box games that were mint -- from that point forward I've been hooked. Btw, there's 30 of them (use the search term "black box" to see all 30).



    -Dain
  • SivakSivak
    Originally posted by: Dain

    Btw, there's 30 of them (use the search term "black box" to see all 30). -Dain


    Huh.  I think I forgot about Wrecking Crew, hence the 29 count.  I have it, so I'm still missing 8 after the search.  No Gumshoe for me yet and that's one I wanna try to see just how impossible I think it is.
  • burnambill333burnambill333
    that's correct, there are 30 black box games and 3 silver box games.
  • BratwurstBratwurst
    I have found the older I get the more I appreciate the simple arcade mechanics of the black label games. Less uninterupted free time in my day lately.
  • dangevindangevin
    Bratwurst I just noticed there's an eerie baby in your wurst. Just wanted to put that out there. image
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    Whoh, weird ^^ kinda creepy.

    ~~NGD
  • BratwurstBratwurst
    Really? I wonder how it got in there.

    image
  • skankinmackskankinmack
    hahaha, thats awesome ^^^
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    I think he head is to big for the grinder, doesn't seem to be doing much image

    ~~NGD
  • brideckbrideck
    The black box games are actually how I got into playing and collecting for the NES a couple years ago. I have quite a few newer PC and console games that demand such an investment of time to play that I've never gotten around to getting very far with them. With the black box games, I can generally get a satisfying play in even if I only have 15-20 minutes to spend. That's a great draw for me.



    I still need 5 carts, 8 manuals, and 7 boxes to complete a CIB collection of them. I just got a raise yesterday, so maybe I'll be able to start whittling that down again sometime soon.



    -Brian
  • skankinmackskankinmack
    i've been huge into the black box thing lately, all im really lookin for at the moment, gonna have like 17 or 18 cib when all the ones in transit finally arive. A nice crisp black box CIB is the best looking NES subset imo.
  • dangevindangevin
    I don't know I'm partial to my nice solid block of 5-screw carts, all stacked neatly tops-out image
  • burdgerburdger
    You know I have a ton of these games. I've been trying to get every one CIB, and now the only box I need (if Donkey Kong actually shows up in the mail) is Wrecking Crew. I still need a few manuals, but those will be easy to come by for the most part. They are all fun games to play for sure, well, except maybe Stack Up, Gyromite, and Donkey Kong Jr. Math.
  • BrontyBronty
    I've been working on this subset (my favourite also) for 5 years and I'm still not done image
  • Dr. MorbisDr. Morbis
    Originally posted by: burdger

    They are all fun games to play for sure, well, except maybe Stack Up, Gyromite, and Donkey Kong Jr. Math.


    You're right about Stack Up sucking, but Gyromite is fun when played properly with ROB, and DKjr Math is pretty good as a 2 player game, although I'm probably the only collector on this board who's bothered trying it 2p.



    I also have a complete Black box set CIB, btw. Only problem is that two of the games are -CAN: Duck Hunt and Soccer. They're common though, so I know -USA's will show up eventually.



  • brideckbrideck
    I was one paycheck away from pulling the trigger on that Donkey Kong you got, burdger. I think it was an all right price considering how difficult it is to sift through all of the Donkey Kong stuff on eBay to find that game.



    I actually kind of like certain aspects of Stack-Up, but then again I'm a sucker for Tower of Hanoi type puzzles. Granted this doesn't have the same restrictions and complexity, but I still think it can be fun. I'm not entirely sure the puzzle ever gets all that complex unfortunately, but then again I haven't tried to take it up into the hundreds of phases yet.



    The worst is if your ROB's alignment isn't great, and your stack gets knocked over doing what should be a valid move. I have the same problem in Gyromite sometimes where I knock a spinning gyro askew trying to pass the other one over top of it.



    -Brian
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