Readers vote on top 10 NES games

Oo, definitely have to add Blades of Steel on there somewhere.

I don't see Paperboy !!!!!!!! I MEAN COME ON....that game was down right sick! Also, Battletoads????? I mean yah it was a seriously difficult game to beat but what fun !!!! Others, I'd say they are all on the list.......Dr. Mario or Tetris should replace one of the 9 or 10's on the list

NES4LIFE

Ok first of all you are seriously forgetting all of the classic sports games.

BLADES OF STEEL!!!!, RBI Baseball, RBI Baseball 2, Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl, Baseball Simulator 1000, Double Dribble, plus many other honorable mentions. Plus other games like Tetris, California Games, Exitebike, and lets not forget the best of all time John Elways Quaterback(Jokein of course) ; )

These games didn't make the official Top 10 but I thought they were definately worth mentioning:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Battletoads
Kid Icarus
Kung Fu
Double Dragon
Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
Friday the 13th

mega man2 was freakin awesome for

word mario bros was the best game ever i remember i never had a game console but my best friend did so i lived at his house playin it any chance i could get.

even to this day i still love playin that game

I have no problem with the list though some of my personal favs not on there were River City Ransom, Crash and the Boys' Street Challenge, Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, Wizards and Warriors, Maniac Mansion, Skate or Die, and Anticipation.

Startropics and Crystalis were my favs... come on with a killer yo-yo it was great!

Bubble Bobble and Kirby definetly deserve to be number 1 and 2. Final Fantasy and zelda were good choices.

i have played NES ever since i can remember and have gone through the fads with n64(a favorite, still) and ps2 and even though i own but few games it is still the console of choice in my house the first Super Mario Bros is my favorite game but maybe thats because i never had super mario 3

what? super mario bros 3 is better than the 1st? thats a lie the 1st one was the best

@ pat mawn:

You this is a list of games for the NES right?

I think a top 25 list is needed for Nintendo since they had more games than ANY OTHER SYSTEM... and still do (With 700 some odd I think)... this is my list... with consensus favs

Where is Rampage????? What a great game... and Im glad someone said Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road haha
And I think why Punch Out and Contra arent in everyones top 5 list is because they were the two hardest games to beat ever... Although a couple years ago I put Punch Out in and vowed I wouldn't play another game until I beat it (I did eventually haha), and I dont think ive beaten Contra yet


In no particular order......

Contra
Punch Out
Techmo Bowl
Rampage
Paper Boy
Super Off Road
Mega Man 3
Tetris
Double Dragon
Castlevania III
Skate or Die
Super Mario Brothers 1 and 3 (didnt much like 3)
Kirby's Adventure
Zelda
Ghosts and Goblins (What a forgotten game)
Stinger (Unknown)
Alien Syndrome (Also pretty unknown)
Metroid(didnt play too much)
Final Fantasy(didnt like it)
Bubble Bobble(hated it)
Excitebike(didnt like it)
Ninja Gaiden(didnt play too much)
River City Ransom(never played)
California Games
Zelda
Castlevania
Battletoads
Caveman Games!!!! I COMPLETELY FORGOT about this one.... i never could make the fire??!!!
Ninja Turtles II
Kid Icarus(never played)
Pro Wrestling (cant believe people said that... i loved the Star guy)

Mighty Final Fight!

SMB3>SMB2(J)>SMB>MM3>Duck Hunt>MM2>SMB(US)>LOZ>DK>MTPO

i agree that zelda 2 was so much better than the original. I do wish that Bubble Bobble could have been added, that was amazing. I learned to read from Mario 3 and Mega Man 3, so they're among my favorite games. The only thing that can really compare to Mario 3 though, is Super Smash Bros. Melee. I hope Super Smash Brawl will live up to the excitement I have for it

These are biased to the ones I played

1. Super Mario Brothers
2. Super Mario Brothers 2
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4. Ghouls and Monsters

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Nice list but what about BIGFOOT, orrr some Jaleco baseball baby!!!

what? no bubble bobble? that game was just too damn cool... c'mon! look at all the spin-offs-- bust-a-move, bust-a-move 2, bubble bobble 2... actually, i think that's it.


and paper boy. evryone LOVES paper boy!

No Donkey Kong Country?? For shame!

10. Excitabike
9. Mega Man
8. Zelda
7. Double Dragon
6. Mike Tyson Super Punch Out
5. Contra
4. Metriod
3. Ninja Gaiden
2. Super Mario Bros 3
1. (Super & original)Tecmo Bowl

I adored Contra and Super Mario 3! They are my all-time favs! :D

fan of all. NES is the best. nothing can beat it. drop the new systems and go no farther than n64. and for NES: battle toads.

perfect

the nes will forever remain the system with the most classic games, pretty much any on this list can sell a system:
10. Metal Gear
9. Duck Hunt
8. Metroid
7. Mega Man 2
6. The Legend of Zelda
5. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
4. Final Fantasy
3. Super Mario Bros.
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
1. Contra

Five words: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II"

Best arcade game...best NES game...yeah.

Super Mario 3.Definitely the best game of all time, hands down no arguement..I do Think castlevania(castlevania 3)should be in the top 10, but really a good list

I WANT BLADES OF STEEL!!!!!!!! (again)

why do you people ignore the smaller games and keep blabbering on about the ones that are big today such as mario and metroid? when i was young i played blades of steel NON STOP!!! ghostbusters and bubble bobble were good to me as well

End it nerds. How can anyone deny the greatness of Mario 2? Sure it didn't follow the "mario formula" but it was actually a lot better. Ever since I was a young lad I've dreamed of Nintendo making another Mario game with the SMB2 style of play, but they haven't had the stones to do it. Seriously, they bite.

And how can you say Mega Man 3 was as good as Mega Man 2, "that guy"? Obviously you haven't spent enough time playing Mega Man 2 and you need to go back and revisit the two games and take notes while playing. With your line of thinking you probably consider the alternate ending from Castlevania II to be superior to Castlevania III ending for Grant.

On a side bar, I am shocked that General Custer's Last Stand didn't make the list.

BTW this might be the worst message board in the history of the internet. Having the most recent reply be at the BOTTOM of the post, which causes you to scroll through pages of replies before seeing the newest one, is a horrible idea. Also the fact that you have to activate your reply via an e-mail just adds to the ultimate complication.

If you dude want to discuss a real message board at your next LAN party then I suggest you go to the below site, register, and try to watch the browns all season without committing suicide. FYI: those dudes winning a game is a bigger task than trying to beat Contra sans the 30 life cheat code. You got that?

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"End it nerds. How can anyone deny the greatness of Mario 2?"

lol