Slight change of heart RE: The NES

[Atarifever1]

Okay, so I just started to play my Capcom Mini-mix on the GBA which has 3 NES games on it (Strider, Mighty Final Fight, and Bionic Commando).  Without the worry over the flashy screen of death, I find these games very, very enjoyable (especially the Final Fight one).  I still think the NES was the worst case of poor quality control and lack of care about your customers that I've ever seen, but I am done holding it against the games.  If the wi-fi dngle will start to support Vista, I think I may even download a bunch of games.  Any recomendations for VC NES games?

[Edward M]

"I still think the NES was the worst case of poor quality control and lack of care about your customers that I've ever seen,"



Uh what?   The Nes saved video games, and had many of the greatest video games of all time.   Nintendo enforced a seal of quality unlike the atari 2600 (which I would say is the true worst case of quality control)  Sure every once in a while crap like Ghostbusters would slip on the NES, but most NES were of an average to great quality.  Wanna Know some NES games I recommend?  I don't know what the virtual library has, but these are NES games you need to play

Castlevania 1 + 3  (2 sucks hardcore)  And 3 is good but damn near impossible
Super Mario Bros 1 + 2 + 3
Jackal (awesome overhead tank shooter)
Contra
Legend of Zelda
Rygar Awesome platformer-adventurer
Kirby's adventure
Any Megaman game  (megaman 1 is really hard though I'd start out with the second one)
Ghosts n Goblins
Double Dragon 2  (my favorite  beat em up on the NES)
River City Ransom - a great beat em up with RPG leveling up for your character
Ice Hockey
Donkey Kong, the NES got a great port
Marble Madness - a lot like monkey ball
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
RC Pro Am
ninja Gaiden (1-3)  Warning really hard!!  but awesome side scrolling hack in  slash
Rad Racer -  pushed the NES to its limit
Ninja Turtles 2-3 (great arcade style beat em ups the first one sucks though)

Man did the NES rock, and I can't see how anyone wouldn't like.   It is the greatest thing to happen to gaming, at least until the SNES.

[m0zart1]

[QUOTE=Edward M]

"I still think the NES was the worst case of poor quality control and lack of care about your customers that I've ever seen,"

Uh what?   The Nes saved video games, and had many of the greatest video games of all time.   Nintendo enforced a seal of quality unlike the atari 2600 (which I would say is the true worst case of quality control)  Sure every once in a while crap like Ghostbusters would slip on the NES, but most NES were of an average to great quality.

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Agreed!

[QUOTE=Edward M]Castlevania 1 + 3  (2 sucks hardcore)  And 3 is good but damn near impossible[/QUOTE]

LOL, and disagreed!  I know it's not popular to say, but I loved Castlevania 2 the most from the NES games in that series.

[Adamant1]

[QUOTE=Atarifever] Any recomendations for VC NES games?
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http://212.247.84.180/norge/viewtopic.php?id=14789

A list of the games available for the European VC (it's pretty similiar to the American one, with some dates being the main difference). Adamant's personally recommended VC games are marked with a star (and if we're talking US exclusives, I also recommend Tecmo Bowl).

[Adamant1]

Oh, and the original Mega Man isn't really particularly hard. Mega Man 7 is the hardest in the series.

I agree on Castlevania 2 sucking, though. Stay away.

[Edward M]

I can't beat the Yellow devil without the pause trick.    Hes just a horrible boss.

[Adamant1]

The Yellow Devil's attack patterns is always the same. Try to stay as far away from him as possible (while working your way towards him as he starts materializing behind you), jump the blocks that come at the two botton levels, and be aware of the two blocks you need to jump in sequence - move backwards in midair after clearing the first block to get enough time to jump before getting hit by the second. Finally, shoot him in the eye with the Elec Beam when he opens it at a place you can hit by simply jumping. He's not hard, just focus.

[Atarifever1]

[QUOTE=Edward M]"I still think the NES was the worst case of poor quality control and lack of care about your customers that I've ever seen,"



Uh what?   The Nes saved video games, and had many of the greatest video games of all time.   Nintendo enforced a seal of quality unlike the atari 2600 (which I would say is the true worst case of quality control) 


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I'm talking about hardware, not software.

[Dennis]

Rad Racer pushed the NES to its limits?!?  It was one of the first NES games!

[Steerforth]

Get Dragon Warrior or whatever with Dirk the Daring. Now that game had some of the best NES graphics I have seen combined with quality controls issues, i.e., it plays horrible.