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Figured I'd open this one up to discusion as well.  For me, hands down goes to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.  Followed closely by Casino Kid & Double Dribble. 

Mine would have to be the original Legend of Zelda with Metroid a very close runner up.

There's quite a few:

BattleToads
Blades of Steel
Super Mario Bros. 3
Back To The Future

all time favorite though:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game  Granted, based off the arcade version, but still.

I liked the first Final Fantasy that was released here a lot. I think that was actually 3 in the series.

The other that I remember was "Genghis Khan."   It was an empire-building game and it would drive you crazy, but I liked it.

Here are my favorites

Metroid
Double Dragon
Double Dragon III
Bugs Bunny: Birthday Blowout
Ice Hockey
Bases Loaded II
R.B.I Baseball
Contra

Though there have been a lot for me too, I think my all time favorite NES game (i.e. the one that I spent the most time of my NES life playing) would have to be the first Dragon Warrior. Once they started adding additional party members in the second and third installment, I'd pretty much forfeited whatever remained of my childhood so I could continue playing them... I also loved the fact that you could fight your way through the whole game, only to join the forces of evil and end your game when the Dragon Lord offers you a place by his side when he rules the world. Heh heh.


Oh yeah, also loved the crap out of Bionic Commando. I remember it causing a bit of controversy when it first came out, because the original pressings of the game featuring the villain saying "Damn it!" as his Hitler shaped head explodes. Apparently in the original Japanese version of the game you were actually fighting the Nazis and the ressurected fuhrer himself instead of a militant group called BADD and their evil leader Master D...

I forgot an all time favorite of mine, Contra.  My neighbor and I would waste hours playing it, beating the game and playing it again. 

Snake Rattle n Roll was one game I spent a lot of time on.

My all time favorite is Mega Man 2.  Tons of replay value (I still play it to this day) and probably some of the best in-game music ever made for an NES game. 

Man, I love me some Punch-out!   I remember when it first came out it was called Mike Tyson's Punchout, but then Tyson went all mental and Nintendo dropped his deal and replaced him with Mr. Dream (no change in graphics, just the name).

I can't recall his name, but I only got past the next to the last guy once or twice.

I think the furthest I ever made it in Punch Out was the second time you box Soda Popinski... I think he was the last fight before Tyson. I used the cheat code that everybody knew to make it to Tyson himself and never stood a chance.  :bluesad:

Gosh, pick just ONE?  Not sure I can..

Some of my favs, Super Mario 3 spent HOURS ON that game.

Castlevania 3, lots of things I REALLY like about this game you don't see in a lot of games at the time, it actually had multiple paths, three different guys who could team up with (each with a different ending), not to mention kickass graphics and music. 

For the record, I liked the ending with Sypha the best (karma to anyone who actually remembers it.) 

Gosh, what else?  Of course, the classic, Zelda, Mega Man 2, Contra, etc. 

And, even though it was WAY different than the first on, I liked Super Marion Bros 2.  To me, there was something fun about picking up your enemies, walking over to a waterfall and then tossing them, saying, "BYE!" Or tossing one enemy into another going, "Here's you mate!"  (Yes, I actually said that while playing.)

Quote from: AnubisVonMojo on August 14, 2007, 04:06:46 PM
I think the furthest I ever made it in Punch Out was the second time you box Soda Popinski... I think he was the last fight before Tyson. I used the cheat code that everybody knew to make it to Tyson himself and never stood a chance.  :bluesad:

Soda was before the Don Flamenco rematch which was followed by I believe The Sandman, The Super Macho Man and then Tyson.  Tyson had a pattern in which you really needed to avoid the first minute thirty.  After you got through that you had to dodge and push up with the punch button to land anything.  Thats my inner-nerdiness talking.   :teddyr:

Quote from: BTM on August 14, 2007, 09:42:57 PM
Castlevania 3, lots of things I REALLY like about this game you don't see in a lot of games at the time, it actually had multiple paths, three different guys who could team up with (each with a different ending), not to mention kickass graphics and music. 

I have this game and have enjoyed it in the past.  I also like the idea of choosing your own path in the game and not to mention allies. 

Anyone here play Ninja Gaiden.  Still til this day the most frustrating game I've ever played.  I beat it once and that was it. 

Quote from: The DarkSider on August 15, 2007, 10:26:22 AM

Quote from: AnubisVonMojo on August 14, 2007, 04:06:46 PM
I think the furthest I ever made it in Punch Out was the second time you box Soda Popinski... I think he was the last fight before Tyson. I used the cheat code that everybody knew to make it to Tyson himself and never stood a chance.  :bluesad:

Soda was before the Don Flamenco rematch which was followed by I believe The Sandman, The Super Macho Man and then Tyson.  Tyson had a pattern in which you really needed to avoid the first minute thirty.  After you got through that you had to dodge and push up with the punch button to land anything.  Thats my inner-nerdiness talking.   :teddyr:

Okay, then I definitely made it to the Sandman, because I remember him whooping my ass, whereas Super Macho Man I remember in name only. Thanks Dark, you creepy berries and cream loving imp!  :teddyr:

Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse followed closely by Ninja Gaiden 2.

Hmmm... That's an awfully broad topic. I like a lot of these games very much, and some better than others. Let's break it down into several categories:

Best NES Beat-'em-up:

River City Ransom

While they never got quite the same publicity that the Double Dragon series did, the little squashy guys in this game were always so expressive and entertaining. It was also fun being able to shop for power-ups, especially the Texas Boots in the Happy Feet Shoe Store; as one fan said, you buy them and they make you very happy. There are a few secrets in this game well worth discovering too, such as the high-priced but very worthwhile magic shop, and the room where the bad guys are holding your girlfriend near the end.

Best NES RPG:

Earthbound Zero

It wasn't really available to much of anyone back when we still had those gray boxes, but thanks to some unknown owner of a prototype cartridge willing to part with it for a pile of money, and bunch of helpful hackers, the official prequel to the quirky SNES game Earthbound has finally been released online. All NES RPGs tended to have a rather annoying and primitive random combat system and this one is no exception, but the story in it is every bit as quirky and entertaining as the one in the SNES game, and the ending (if you can get to it) is possibly one of the best NES game endings ever.

Best NES Platformer:

Bucky O'Hare

Granted, it's hard choosing the best platformer, especially since this game had stiff competition from all the Mega Man games in quality and story. Bucky O'Hare matches them all for great music and challenging levels, however, and has a much better individual story than any of them do (though the whole story of the Mega Man games in general might make a better epic). Bucky O'Hare also has one ability it seems Mega Man never did: the ability to point and shoot upwards.

Best NES Shoot-'em-Up:

The Punisher

While there were many great games involving shooting (with and without the NES Zapper) The Punisher adds in the amusing element of having your player character on the screen, where he can at least make some effort at dodging. Just about everything is a target, too, except for a certain innocent-bystander funky jazz player you have the option of shooting anyway (although you'll be sorry if you do). This game's an absolute must-have for fans of the NRA and/or Second Amendment rights.

Best Top-Down NES Game:

Gauntlet

Hey, you've gotta love the classics! Even though the Dungeon Keeper's memorable voice was conspicuously absent from this game, this was an excellent port of the arcade game, and it led to many even better sequels, although most of these (ironically) were on other platforms, such as Gauntlet IV on the Sega Genesis (one of my favorites for that platform, incidentally).

Best Blatantly Propagandistic "Educational" NES Game:

NARC

Sure, anti-drug campaigns may be morally and legally dubious at best, and this game is actually based on a far better arcade game, but so what? Not too many NES games (with the possible exception of The Punisher above) allowed so much gratuitous gunplay and violence while offing the punks! This game even permitted the players to blow up the enemy with rocket-propelled grenades, scattering their still-glowing limbs and heads all over the screen. How many other NES games have you ever seen that allowed you to do that?

Best NES Comedy:

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

While a number of NES games featured humorous bits, the ending narrative to this wacky tale of anthopormorphized vegetables was, in my opinion, the best joke Nintendo ever cracked, even if it is in Engrish: "The Farmies were set free to become honest carnivores." Heh heh heh! We're sorry for making you eat those poor, innocent vegetables; back to the kinder and more humane business of killing dumb animals and serving them up as meat patties you go, farm boys!

Best NES Drama and Best Translated NES Game:

Moon Crystal

While Ninja Gaiden is surely the favorite of many mainstream players, this gem that some friendly hacker translated for those of us who have a taste for the esoteric is an extremely good anime story featuring some mad science, black magic, and a romantic triangle, all set in Victorian times. This game pushed the old NES gray box to the absolute limits of what it can do.

Best NES Game Overall:

Oy, it's impossible to decide! I'm just going to have to go with all of these.

I spent quite a few hours playing Deja Vu. I really dig RPGs...

I have to say Crystalis for me, although Magic of Scheherazade and Star Tropics are right behind.

Quote from: voltron on August 27, 2007, 09:29:02 PM
I spent quite a few hours playing Deja Vu. I really dig RPGs...

As I've stated in previous topics, I love Deja Vu. I rented that game three weeks straight when I was a kid and played all the way through it, only to screw up when it came to disposing of the proper evidence to clear my name. As a result I wound up taking the fall and getting arrested. Bah. I need to dust off the old NES and give that puppy another walk around the block... if for nothing else, then so I can punch the fat woman in the car trunk to watch the computer discuss her rippling fat...

In the same genre, Uninvited and Shadowgate were classics too, the latter moreso than the former.

Quote from: AnubisVonMojo on September 02, 2007, 07:14:24 AM

Quote from: voltron on August 27, 2007, 09:29:02 PM
I spent quite a few hours playing Deja Vu. I really dig RPGs...

As I've stated in previous topics, I love Deja Vu.

you know, they made a sequel to that game, DeJa 2: Lost In Las Vegas, I think.  Can't remember if it was ported to the NES or just available for the PC.  (If it was on the NES, I think it came out kind of late, about when they were phasing it out in favor of the SNES.)

Quote from: BTM on September 02, 2007, 08:45:12 PM

Quote from: AnubisVonMojo on September 02, 2007, 07:14:24 AM

Quote from: voltron on August 27, 2007, 09:29:02 PM
I spent quite a few hours playing Deja Vu. I really dig RPGs...

As I've stated in previous topics, I love Deja Vu.

you know, they made a sequel to that game, DeJa 2: Lost In Las Vegas, I think.  Can't remember if it was ported to the NES or just available for the PC.  (If it was on the NES, I think it came out kind of late, about when they were phasing it out in favor of the SNES.)

Thank you sir, you've just taken me away from the XBox 360 I bought only yesterday...  :tongueout:

Aside from the usual like Mario and Zelda. I'd have to say ...

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and Crystalis

EDIT: Some I forgot that got wore out, we still have our NES games and play them from time to time...

Final Fantasy
Kid Icarus
Castlevania
Ultima: Exodus

SUPER MARIO 3!! IN DA HOUSE BIATCH!!

The Oldschool Final Fantasy and Blades of Steel are my all time favorites.

(http://www.braxtanfilm.com/pics/mario_vs_sonic.jpg)

Quote from: Andrew on August 12, 2007, 09:40:38 PM


The other that I remember was "Genghis Khan."   It was an empire-building game and it would drive you crazy, but I liked it.

I loved Genghis Khan.   I still think its one of the better early empire building games out there.   I'd actually like a PC port to try it again. 
This is a SNES game, but I really really liked Super Mario Cart.  Ghosts and Goblins I totally sucked at!


-Ed

Quote from: Ed on October 12, 2007, 09:54:21 PM
I loved Genghis Khan.   I still think its one of the better early empire building games out there.   I'd actually like a PC port to try it again. 

Another person who has played Genghis Khan!  Everyone who did seems to love it, but there are so few of us - less than the population of a small town in Wyoming, I think.  I'd kiss you in joy, but you're a guy and that would make me feel a little weird.  Still, I loved that game.  I always liked playing Britain, though your trade good was something idiotic, like glassware.  The benefit was you started out in a corner.

I still remember the effort needed to train up an elite standing army.  Screw up the recruiting and your elite force became a bunch of chumps really fast.

Andrew,
Thats actually funny, I had little sucess playing as a European power.  I liked beinng the titular Mongols, but your characters were pretty lousy at maintaining empires.  And the second generation of rulers...phewee they were lousy.   My most successful was with the Baghdad Caliphate.   I could always win with them.
Man, I want that game!
I have another friend who is a big Genghis Khan fan, by the way.  And he IS from a small town in Wyoming.   
-Ed

Ghosts n' Goblins was a fav of mine. Plus i totally forgot about Genghis Khan! I converted my old NES into a stand-up system using an old Asteroids arcade game, and that one was waaay too long to play standing up. Now I am going to have to dust that one off and play it! Thanx for the reminder Andrew and Ed!

BATTLE TOADS
GODZILLA
TMNT THE ARCADE
KUNG-FU
DUCK HUNT
MARIO BROS
DOMINO'S PIZZA: THE NOID GAME
AND BUBBLE BOBBLE