The unique Castlevania II was a popular game, but when it came time for Konami to begin working on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, the developers felt it was best for the series to return to its action-platforming roots; a decision that proved to be the right one the day the game was released in the fall of 1990. The ever-flatulent Bub and Bob enter the Cave of Monsters in a blaze of bubble-blowing glory, trapping all manner of beasts in their sticky, spherical emissions. A uniquely saccharine shooter, Stinger pits two quite capable, but very pastel space cruisers against some deceptively cute enemy forces. If you nibble enough of the Nibbleys, your snake's body would grow, his tail extending longer and longer behind his comical head and forked tongue. technology that allows it to flip from floor to ceiling with abandon. Only later did I learn the convoluted history of who made what, so Hudson, I owe you an apology for my playground rants about your integrity. This game mixes amazing platforming with some quirky gun and driving missions; almost like Bayu Billy, if that game didn't suck and instead played like Ninja Gaiden. Sure, Duck Hunt's gameplay was as simple as pointing-and-shooting, and one could easily cheat by standing an inch from the television. Even before the used market took off, Nintendo made some moves to make sure that purchasers of a fresh version got a better experience than someone who borrowed a pre-played one. The game is brutal. SMB2 offers greater diversity in graphics and gameplay than the original, making it a great bridge game between the other NES Mario titles. We had two conditions: they had to be released in the U.S. and they had to be fun. R.C. And, because our hero loves Fred so much that he doesn't care if he's a giant, disgusting mutant toad, he takes command of the equally-massive armored tank S.O.P.H.I.A. It's one of the earliest games that convinced me that RPGs were my favorite. The gameplay is of the classic action-platforming variety. The ship rising out of the scrolling ocean, the . It only took a year for Tecmo to follow-up the smash-hit status of the original Ninja Gaiden with its sequel. Its fast-paced 2D action style made it a game preferred by those with quick reflexes, and its arsenal of weaponry, which can be chosen from a Mega Man-like menu, gave the gameplay variety, with certain weapons working best against certain enemies and bosses. While a clipper ship and canoe allow you to access new areas of the map, it's the airship that's worth holding out for. It was a darker game, with less glitzy Robot Masters. Don't let the title or the source material fool you this game will grab you right from the start and won't let go (just like it did me more than 20 years ago). Grant, Sypha and Alucard all made their first appearances in Dracula's Curse, but you might not ever necessarily meet them all. 8 posts Page 1 of 1. The great thing about TMNT was its ability to let gamers use all four Ninja Turtles at will, even though it was only a one-player action game. This is the original co-op Splinter Cell (minus the stealth part). If you're stuck, quit crying and grab a guide, since you apparently can't hack it. After releasing several games for the Atari 2600 and other computer-based consoles, famed Pitfall! Pro-Am was one of the first games to ever give your car the ability to attack and damage your opponents' vehicles with bombs, missiles and oil slicks to ensure that the competition wasn't going to make it to the finish line first or even arrive there in one piece. Soaring around as Mario in raccoon form simply cannot be beat. Or do you crank your ships thrusters to their max, relying on a quick trigger finger to clear a path? 6 yr. ago. VPD may in fact be in my top 10 NES games of all time personally, and I didn't discover it until back in 2002 when a few of the WayForward guys all got into retro gaming together. ), Legendary Wings features standard shoot things/power up/shoot more things gameplay but it's the oddball setting that truly sets it apart from vertical space shooters. Some of them are good. Greatest cross-promotion ever? Super C, the somewhat unfortunately-titled sequel to Contra, features the same co-op shooter action of the first without toying with the formula too much. The game also offered the sibling heroes an upgrade to their fighting repertoires, with several impressive new skills like the unforgettable Cyclone Spin Kick, and some iconic new set pieces in which to do battle, like a stage that took place aboard a helicopter in-flight thousands of feet above the ocean. Use that sword and you'll understand why this one has certainly earned its classic status. Wild West Builder: 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows: G11 S.A. . River City offered a city to explore filled with rival gangs more than happy to smash things over your head if you happen into their territory. Excitebike was one of the 18 launch titles for the NES here in America, and distanced itself from the pack by offering truly addictive motocross gameplay. Although the game offers a fairly decent challenge, the experience of kicking serious alien ass can be had by less talented players, thanks to the legendary Konami Code, which, in its most famous implementation, gives you 30 lives to burn through as you please. Nintendo's little pink powerpuff got his start on the Game Boy with Kirby's Dream Land, but it wasn't until this late-generation NES sequel arrived that he gained his trademark trait absorbing enemies' abilities as his own. While many of you are still waiting for Neeso Games awesome looking Arcade platformer of 'Super Delivery Boy', which is due for release towards the end of this year. Nintendo had a fairly diverse lineup of sports titles introduced for the NES early on in the system's life cycle, including 8-bit interpretations of soccer, tennis, volleyball and even downhill slalom skiing. to aid him in reaching new areas. Fond memories for this one really only go a year or so back. The Micro Machines concept of incredibly little cars racing each other was adapted into this NES racing design, a game that featured overhead, birds-eye view action behind the miniature wheel and environments all designed to emphasize the diminutive scale of it all. But when it's revealed that Wily is indeed behind Cossack's deeds, Mega Man is forced to trek through not one end castle, but two, a trend that is kept up in Mega Man 5 and 6 as well. But even if we never see it again, it's earned its spot on this countdown. If there was ever a more perfect title for an NES game, we don't know what it was Kid Niki: Radical Ninja got it exactly right. Doesn't quite fit the "spacesuit" description however. Using a sort of glorified stamp tool, you could concoct you own mixture of bricks, ladders, ropes and baddies, then set it to life. Go find a movie of it if you don't believe me it's amazing. I was totally paranoid that I'd come back from school (or day care or whatever) and the game would be turned off. But after getting used to Castelvania's inherent control quirks, what was found was a smooth action game rife with suiting atmosphere and difficult gameplay. Or you can just skip the work and enter the Konami Code to get fully powered up in a matter of seconds. River City Ransom's excellent amalgamation of action, adventure, beat-em-up and RPG game elements has won it many vocal supporters, yet it seems destined to remain in the shadow of big name brawlers like Double Dragon. It's effectively a full Battletoads follow up with our boys Billy and Jimmy Lee along for the ride. It wasn't until a decade or two later that I finally understood that a poor localization was responsible for the game's extreme weirdness. Viewing it from afar, I was disappointed, thinking she bought Track and Field. Enlist a second set of wheels and you'll be nuking twice the whatever-the-hell-you-want-to in no time. All that work, gone. Sound easy? Created by Sunsoft, which was at the top of its game in the late 1980s with classic release after classic release, Journey to Silius was originally supposed to be a licensed Terminator game. Contra deftly captures the spirit of the testosterone-fueled '80s summer blockbusters, with obvious nods to the Alien and Rambo series. Wizards & Warriors is about probing every corner with your trusty blade for treasure chest, precious gems and the like. Interestingly, Micro Machines was also one of the rare, unlicensed-by-Nintendo releases for the NES but the lack of the Seal of Quality or standard cartridge design didn't keep it from being a great game. Happily, this fine action platformer broke with the stereotypical dungeon crawlers, allowing you to hop around, bashing enemies with your Wand of Whatever without a single roll of multisided dice, virtual or otherwise. That's where Nintendo stepped in and published the game itself for a spring 1994 release. And did we mention your car can transform into a boat? The Vic Viper's first attack run may have been in the arcades, but the NES brought the popular space shooter home in a near-perfect port. Completely unlike anything else at the time. It's the touching tale of a young boy and his pet frog, Fred. Platformers were my favorite genre during the 8-bit generation thanks to Mario and Alex Kidd, so why wouldn't I fall for Castlevania? What stuck out most for me about Double Dragon II was how varied the game was. Although prominently featuring traditional Japanese settings and mythology, Demon Sword seems to have suffered from a poor North American localization, as evidenced by the goofy box art featuring a naked blonde guy glaring at his sword. Fester's Quest was a title my brother and I would borrow from them over and over again. I remember getting this game like it was yesterday. "Daggers and wingboots, mantras and monsters await you." It was so complicated for me as a six or seven year old that I had to let my brother take the reins, and when I finally got around to playing it when I was older, I realized what all of the fuss was about. It's like Marble Madness turned into a platformerand it worked! While it was known mainly for platformers such as Super Mario Bros. and the like, it had a decent selection of shooters. Much like with platformers, the Nintendo Entertainment System was not hurting for top-down shooters. I can remember looking at the Rad Racer flap at Toys R Us (remember the old system of flaps and slips?) I never got into Journey to Silius as a kid (my brother may have rented it once?) Really, really good. An arcade-inspired action run and gun starring sweaty shirtless men charging through tropical jungles and blasting everything in sight with an overhead, birds-eye perspective, Ikari Warriors was the definitive videogaming outlet for bottled-up aggression. In Klax, a conveyor belt feeds tiles that can be stacked in columns. This was a defining day for my brother and I, though I'm sure neither of us knew it then. Find Shooter game assets tagged Top-Down like Patreon's Top Down Collection, The Ultimate Weapons Pack, TDS Pixel Art 2D Kit, Animated top down character base template, Zombie Apocalypse Tileset on itch.io, the indie game hosting marketplace . - Craig Harris, IGN Nintendo Executive Editor. This intense top-down shooter fills a retro-fied void on Xbox One and Series X with its wild brand of gory gameplay and thematic celebration of 80s culture. Another epically popular franchise to this day, Nintendo's Metroid came to the United States in 1987 and immediately floored gamers not only with its slick presentation, interesting protagonist and open world, but from the fact that it was non-linear in nature. Dozens and dozens of games have spawned from this very title, the first of six Mega Man games released on the NES, and for good reason. Buy Buy Buy. Today, the game known as Tengen Tetris is a rare title to have in your collection, but it's a worthwhile play. Mega Man 3 is the epitome of what the NES offered, and though less-fondly remembered than Mega Man 2, is another must-own for the console. A dumbed-down port of a superior arcade title by Irem, Kung Fu holds accolades simply for being one of the first third-party games released on the NES. I happily rediscovered Stinger despite its unfortunate title and packaging (A space ship with boxing gloves? Top down light artillery robot. Weird West is a game that might spark some interest . Shadowgate's unique spin on the point-and-click concept spawned several spiritual successors like Deja Vu and The Uninvited on the NES, as well as its own direct sequel years later on the Nintendo 64. You have to go back and read that title again, a couple of times, and imagine it being spoken by a scratchy, synthesized 8-bit voice clip. And some were fortunate enough to have friends who knew answers. But back on the NES, there was no besting LucasArts' Maniac Mansion for deep, involved and genuinely funny pointing and clicking action. Tengen, an ambitious Atari-associated game developer, began releasing official NES games in 1988. The NES classic is surrounded by so many standout features and moments that it's hard to decide on just one, from the collectable gold cart to its battery-powered save function. In the game, our pajama clad mascot navigates the often psychedelic Slumberland with the help of wild animals. As was the case with Tetris, Dr. Mario got fast and furious the further into the game you got. I will always have a special place in my heart for the original Super Mario Bros., but it was this sequel that took platforming to new heights with tighter controls, more complex levels and, of course, special upgrades like the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suits. The Guardian Legend is an action-adventure/top down shooter released for the NES in 1989. A pretty solid movie, really. Something about Adventures of Link scared memaybe the dark backgrounds in the forest stages, or the increased detail in the enemy designs. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit of all about Duck Hunt, however, was the stand-alone product's incredibly small size. Although you control Mickey, Minnie accompanies you throughout the Mousecapade, which plays out as sort of a puzzle-solving platformer. And back in 1987, the franchise started off with a bang with one of the most ambitious replica-gold-plated cartridges to ever grace the NES. programmer and designer David Crane abandoned his traditional Activision backing, formed Absolute Entertainment, and went on to create what has become known as one of the NES catalog's quirkiest games, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble in Blobolonia. I used to apply the Konami code to every game from Konami just to see what would happen. Discovering each new level was a joy. As the name of the game suggests, the idea of Ice Climber is to climb, climb, climb. One of the most successful RPGs on the NES, the first Final Fantasy improves on many aspects of Dragon Warrior, a game it very clearly attempts emulate. And rely on it they did, making The Legend of Zelda one of the NES' most famous games, part of a franchise that thrives to this day. When you aren't pounding all manner of non-amphibious fauna, you are racing speeding vehicles, repelling down pits and performing various other stunts uncharacteristic of your every day brawler. Instead, it was a lot easier to take your time and advance through each level slowly, as waves of soldiers spawned from all direction to charge you and kill you dead. ** No Japanese exclusives ** The likes of Jackal doesn't count but Gunsmoke does because the screen automatically scrolls up even though it's not your traditional. The inability of the NES to more accurately render detailed animations continues to be one of the system's greatest charms, though, so it's no real negative against the game, just a chuckle-worthy aside that might leave you just a bit embarrassed today. is the original masterpiece boxing game that isn't really about boxing at all. My greatest memory of this game is trying to convince a dozen IGN editors why this game was so awesome nearly 20 years ago. As a kid, I'd go to my grandparents' house for a big Italian dinner every Sunday. Armed only with a brick-zapping raygun, your only defense in Lode Runner is the ability to bury your opponents alive, thus freeing them of an enticing pile of gold. If you have to play one Mega Man game to familiarize yourself with the series, make it Mega Man 2. It wasn't because I was awful at it (though I do remember it to be challenging), but because there was almost something exciting about getting to make a choice of where I went next. Despite the unparalleled hype, no one was disappointed. Despite their popularity, cooperative games were rarity on the NES and hey, when was the last time you got to spend some quality time with your little sister? Vertical Shooters for the NES | Retro Gamer Randomness Vertical Shooters for the NES The Nintendo Entertainment System needs no introduction. Jackal and Ikari Warriors on the NES. Although you can't tackle Gradius with a pal, you can outfit your ship with "options" mindless, floating turrets that flank your ship. It was unique, novel and also pretty confusing. While two Lolo games preceded the 1991 release of the series' third iteration in the States, the game known by fans as Lolo 3 is most fans' favorite. Simon's Quest took you away from the all-too-familiar atmosphere of Dracula's castle and instead set you loose in an Eastern European locale full of mysterious villages, haunted mansions and, ultimately, the remnants of the castle Simon Belmont destroyed in the original. Getting him to grow a body was the goal of each stage, and that was accomplished by consuming the dot/pellet/balls of semi-sentient foodstuff known as Nibbley Pibbleys. At first, Bionic Commando's emphasis on swinging seems counterintuitive and limiting, but at some point the smooth grappling action just clicks, you find yourself zipping around the stages in a blur of red and green pixels. From Link and Samus Aran to Mega Man and Bowser, Nintendo's 8-bit machine was the debut platform for countless classic heroes and villains that are still active in the industry today. Constantly being outsmarted by the likes of The Adventures of Lolo, Kickle Cubicle proved to be an entertaining, action-packed alternative that was a little friendlier to all of us puzzle-stupid gamers. If you fully power up your weapons you turn into a flaming, butt-kicking phoenix. In Qix, the titular entity bounds randomly about the playing field while the player attempts to gain ground by drawing boundaries with a stylus of sorts. But if you venture into this territory, be ready for unforgiving difficulty, one of the game's hallmarks. - Sam Claiborn, IGN Game Help Associate Editor. And since everybody seems to be teaming up, you may as well take on the combined forces of the Dark Queen and Shadow Warriors with a pal the game's difficulty seems to indicate that it's built for two. In addition to exceptionally hard feats of platforming, Ninja Gaiden's fast and furious action was made all the more difficult by its vast army of wily enemies. Arcade, Famicom, NES: Nintendo: A 1984 light gun shooter adapted from a 1974 EM arcade game. No longer bound by primitive side-scrolling constraints, the levels of SMB2 can be freely explored, with secret areas, warps and more to discover. By the time Mega Man 5 was released, many imagined this would be the Blue Bomber's last foray in the 8-bit world. I only bought this game several years later, but in the meantime, I got a Mega Man 5 sticker in a box of Apple Jacks, and stuck it to a shelf in my room. In fact, Tecmo took a page from the book of another successful action-platformer of the day, Konami's Castlevania, and mimicked its special weapon system almost to a tee. The heroes of Ikari Warriors, Ralf and Clark, even went on to cameo in several of those later games, you can play as them in several King of Fighters sequels, as well as the most recent Metal Slug installments. You play an M-308 Gunner mech, which features awesome (Magnetic? is the most well-remembered boxing design from Nintendo's NES, Ring King was a capable competitor thanks to its more accurate simulation of the sport. I remember the one clue you had to solve by soaking an included piece of paper in water to reveal it the answer. You worked your opponent into submission, going for the pin, and victory gave you the chance to take on tougher challengers, but not before training your chosen warrior to be stronger with interstitial mini-games. The sluggish junker you start out with is soon augmented with shields and weapons of your choosing. And woe is the gamer who forgot to hold down the Reset button when turning off his NES. If Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team strikes you as a bit gimmicky, we've got news for you: it is! Things just get weirder from there, with household appliances eventually standing between you and whatever your adorable goal may be. We politely declined and purchased it later, but Showtime Video must have made a good $100 off of us on that one cartridge in the meantime. 9 Darius Twin Maybe most surprising of all, though, is that the NES was also the first place Americans ever met Solid Snake. The top-loading NES replaced the classic system, the Super Nintendo was over two years old, and the 16-bit battle was waging all around it in full force. These mysterious monoliths eventually became a series standard. Bubble Bobble actually encourages you to bring a friend along on your journey only with the cooperation of two talented players can you access the game's extra stages and alternate ending. It was devastating playing through dozens of races only to have the game slowly start blanking out its colors until I was left with a locked-up, unplayable graphic mess on my screen. Thankfully, Zombie Nation arrived in the latter days of the NES to smash the zombie barrier. Its top-down view makes it a bit of an action-shooter, while its emphasis on collecting items and upgrading weapons lends it more to the RPG and adventure crowd. The protagonist of this peculiar game is the disembodied noggin of a samurai, who packs some serious cranial power. Each can be one of six diverse character classes, which dictates their role on the frontlines. As for "greenish" color palette and "guy in spacesuit," Section-Z comes to mind, but there is no vertical scrolling shooter segments in that . The hero begins the game by awakening from cryogenic sleep, and then goes on to collect a set of four elemental swords to save the world. And as I recall, Ninja Gaiden II taught me to slide button presses for instant jump slashes, a skill that helped when I graduated to fighting games. Saturday Night Slam Masters 1993 | Capcom Ad Ad - content continues below Wrestling games were extremely hit or miss in the 8-bit and 16-bit. The answer was simple line up the appropriate colors of pills matching the viruses, and voila, they disappear. While Qix was never lauded for its graphical flair, the NES got not only the look but the mechanics of this strange geometric puzzler down perfectly. Turned off? Little Nemo, an American comic strip, had received the anime treatment in Japan at the time and thus the game was created, but the license was no doubt long forgotten by American audiences when Nemo came stateside. Although Nintendo's licensed, "official" version of Tetris was ubiquitous, happening upon this strange, black cartridge in the cobwebby recesses of a used game joint proved an eye-opening experience for this young NES collector-to-be. These days, though, I can't help but chuckle at the highly suggestive between-round power-ups. It appears Dr. Wily is behind the madness yet again. Navigating your way through the colorful set pieces proves a bit more harrowing than the colorful, kiddie graphics let on, making it the perfect title to impress girls with if you're nine, that is. Yeah, it looks like a dress, but it really frees up his arm for easy decapitations. Lode Runner's saga begins some time before the NES, and many people may correctly classify it as a seminal PC title. He's hidden himself inside the enormous, Tower of Babylon-esque World Tree a massive, multi-leveled living structure that holds the entire game's worth of town, fortresses and enemy lairs within its roots, trunk and branches. 2. Get the Best NES Shmups Here These are by far the best NES shmups for any retro gamer to try. There is an art to snagging territory, and players eventually must learn how to manipulate the irrepressible Qix itself. If one company was known for its amazing licensed NES games, it's Sunsoft. An interesting take on the Tetris formula, Dr. Mario presented gamers with a new puzzle-based quandary how will you use the multi-colored pills thrown into play by a white coat-wearing Mario to eliminate the viruses plaguing your screen? Kratos' Blades of Athena are simply an upgrade of Rygar's one (and only) Diskarmor! Tyson's name recognition was never needed, though. For whatever reason, Nintendo didn't include a battery in the cartridge for the customizable track option, so if you turned off the systempoof! Konami's The Goonies II followed on the heels of a little-known Goonies game for Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcade machines. With a friend you can tag-team your opponents. Thank god. And guess what? Ah, Kid Niki, with your crazy hair and your even wackier spinning sword. Wow 15+ years later and I can still find fun in this game? The NES had its fair share of unique puzzle games, and Adventures of Lolo 3 might take the cake as the genre's quintessential title on the console. I was introduced to the NES version of the game after I played the arcade/Neo Geo edition, but I have to say that the NES version was infinitely more awesome. Life Force, the NES port of the arcade game Salamander, and a spin-off of Gradius, is one of the best shooters the system has to offer, period. Once all four had been collected, the legendary titular sword "Crystalis" could be created. Tubular stuff, Niki. There are over a hundred single-screen levels to conquer in Bubble Bobble, clear all the enemies before you timer is up and you are safe to move on. Honestly, that still amazes me, it was so much better than all of those it was nuts. Death Race (1990 video game) Devilish (video game) Die Hard (video game) Dig Dug II. On horseback, must prevent 3 bandits from boarding the train. You played as a sunglasses-wearing muscleman equipped with a cybernetic boomerang, blasting his way through alien-invested futuristic environments on his way to restore the compromised integrity of the Master Computer, and your hero looked an awful lot like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Oh Little Samson, we hardly knew ye! Mega Man's unique approach is what initially made it so interesting to gamers. 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