Favorite memories with the original NES.

[TheTerror]

Anyone have any favorite memories with your old NES?? I have a few. I remember the day I got it, it came with Super Mario/Duck Hunt and I bought Skate or Die with it and I played the hell out of Mario and Skate or Die untill I got a few others games down the road. I remember staying up late on weekends to play my NES and then getting up early to play it before mt favorite cartoons aired on saturday mornings, oh how I miss those memories, it will never be like that again for me.

I remember playing a lot of fun 2 player games like TMNT 2, Contro, Nightmare on Elm St, Rampage and Double Dragon and beating them with friends and those are the kind of memories I will never ever forget as long as I live. The Nintendo Entertainment System was a true work of art.

[Classic Speedy]

The most vivid memory I have is taking home Chip n' Dale and beating it within two hours. I think my mom was like, "That was $50 well spent." :p

I also remember renting Tetris and not realizing at first that the object of the game was to stay alive, not to stack up the bricks as fast as you could.

[Daxdiv]

Beating Super Mario 3 on the NES. An impressive feat considering that you couldn't save and had to continue to win.

[TheTerror]

Beating Super Mario 3 on the NES. An impressive feat considering that you couldn't save and had to continue to win.

I remember playing that game morning, noon and night! I would stay up until 2 in the morning on Friday nights playing that game and never beat it until around 1993 when I put it in for the first time in like 2 years and I beat it first try. Ive beaten it a billion times since, including about 2 months ago.

[Jave]

Beating SMB3 for the first time without using any warp whistles and beating every possible level. Started early in the morning and finished at dinner taking breaks every now and then.

I honestly don't know how were the makers of this game hoping people were going to beat it the conventional way considering it required hours and hours of consecutive playing. It's like it was designed for hardcore gamers but added an option (the warp whistles) for the average players.

[TheTerror]

Beating SMB3 for the first time without using any warp whistles and beating every possible level. Started early in the morning and finished at dinner taking breaks every now and then.

I honestly don't know how were the makers of this game hoping people were going to beat it the conventional way considering it required hours and hours of consecutive playing. It's like it was designed for hardcore gamers but added an option (the warp whistles) for the average players.

Even I cannot boast the merit of beating Mario 3 without the use of whistles, lol, good job Jave! I did beat it with only using one whistle and it still took me a good long time. When they re-released this game for the GBA they added save features, thank god!

[warnerbroman]

blowing in the cartridges and getting frustrated at the blinking light

playing mario

[Classic Speedy]

Beating SMB3 for the first time without using any warp whistles and beating every possible level. Started early in the morning and finished at dinner taking breaks every now and then.

I honestly don't know how were the makers of this game hoping people were going to beat it the conventional way considering it required hours and hours of consecutive playing. It's like it was designed for hardcore gamers but added an option (the warp whistles) for the average players. I did that with Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels so I could play world 9. Not fun. Even with the save option on All-Stars, by the time I got to world 9, my nerves were shot.

Another fun memory: Trying out the trick in Super Mario Bros. 2 where you can pass by the entire level 6-3 by hopping underneath the wall in quicksand and taking the door to a cloud platform, where you could hop down to the boss. I first read it in a magazine while in a store and tried it out when I got home.

Also, seeing my uncles' vast differences in skills while playing Duck Hunt was a hoot.

[TheTerror]

blowing in the cartridges and getting frustrated at the blinking light

playing mario

I hated that, but that seemed to go away with the newer style NES that came out in 1993 for a limited time. I actualy own a Generation NEX www.playmessiah.com (http://www.playmessiah.com) and it's awesome!!! Its small, sleek and very good hardware that can use wireless controllers. The system itself is only a little bigger than a NES cartridge itself. There are rumors about game compatibility but it's fine and all my games work including Castlevania 3 which some say does and some say doesent work.

[warnerbroman]

I hated that, but that seemed to go away with the newer style NES that came out in 1993 for a limited time. I actualy own a Generation NEX www.playmessiah.com (http://www.playmessiah.com) and it's awesome!!! Its small, sleek and very good hardware that can use wireless controllers. The system itself is only a little bigger than a NES cartridge itself. There are rumors about game compatibility but it's fine and all my games work including Castlevania 3 which some say does and some say doesent work. looks like the wiii older sister

[TheTerror]

looks like the wiii older sister

One of my favorite things about this system is the booklet it comes with. If you are a hardcore NES fan you would love it, its shaped like an NES cart and it has a list of every US released game including how rare it is and the average going price as of 2005 when the book was printed. They then have a complete list of Japanese games that were released as well, it's really a nice package. The system is sturdy and I dont have to blow into my carts, it's worth the $60 price tag. There was also another NES clone called the Yobo or something too, I think it had cheaper hardware though.

[Desensitized]

Some of my favorite memories of the NES include playing Chip & Dale, Double Dragon 2, and TMNT 3 with one of my friends for a few hours straight through. What a fantastic system. Co-op gaming was the best.

[TheTerror]

Some of my favorite memories of the NES include playing Chip & Dale, Double Dragon 2, and TMNT 3 with one of my friends for a few hours straight through. What a fantastic system. Co-op gaming was the best.

Co-Op gaming was NEVER better than on the NES, I dont care how many wireless networks or internets or headsets or whatever the companies throw at us these days, 2 player games were king on the NES!!

[Nel]

I remember beating a Mario level for the first time when I was three or four. So awesome.

Also when my sister and I got the golden Zelda cartridge... until my mother gave the Nes away to Goodwill a few years later, with ALL the games. Lord knows I bring that up in disgruntled fashion at least once a month. Though I'd like to see the reaction of someone who finds a gold cartridge in a Goodwill, so I guess it made someone very happy, lol.

[Michael24]

So many great memories tied to the NES. I remember the night I got mine. I'd gone home with a friend after school. After dinner my parents picked me up, and when I got back in the house they had the NES on the living room floor, all hooked up and ready to go. I'd wanted one for months, and my parents had looked all over for one, but they were so hard to find. I sat down to play it, and the thing didn't even work. Haha!! Within a week, though, we were able to find some more and return it for another one.

I just have lots of great memories hanging out at friends' houses after school and on weekends playing different games and having fun, discussing new games as they were released and trying to be the first to play them, trading and borrowing games with each other, subscribing to Nintendo Power, etc.

I remember one time in particular when I stayed over at a friend's house. We were up nearly all night playing a bunch of different games, hyped up on soda and consuming bags and bags of popcorn. Another time my dad and I sat down and played Rampage all the way to the very end (which we thought we'd never get to), only to be disappointed by the anti-climactic ending. To this day we still crack up over that. The first time I beat Castlevania II: Simon's Quest was pretty thrilling, too, because it took me forever and I felt a great sense of accomplishment. My favorite game through it all was Contra, which I still enjoy playing to this day and will probably forever remain in my Top 10 favorite games.

Good times. :)

[TheTerror]

So many great memories tied to the NES. I remember the night I got mine. I'd gone home with a friend after school. After dinner my parents picked me up, and when I got back in the house they had the NES on the living room floor, all hooked up and ready to go. I'd wanted one for months, and my parents had looked all over for one, but they were so hard to find. I sat down to play it, and the thing didn't even work. Haha!! Within a week, though, we were able to find some more and return it for another one.

I just have lots of great memories hanging out at friends' houses after school and on weekends playing different games and having fun, discussing new games as they were released and trying to be the first to play them, trading and borrowing games with each other, subscribing to Nintendo Power, etc.

I remember one time in particular when I stayed over at a friend's house. We were up nearly all night playing a bunch of different games, hyped up on soda and consuming bags and bags of popcorn. Another time my dad and I sat down and played Rampage all the way to the very end (which we thought we'd never get to), only to be disappointed by the anti-climactic ending. To this day we still crack up over that. The first time I beat Castlevania II: Simon's Quest was pretty thrilling, too, because it took me forever and I felt a great sense of accomplishment. My favorite game through it all was Contra, which I still enjoy playing to this day and will probably forever remain in my Top 10 favorite games.

Good times. :)

This is what dreams in the 80s were made of, great story dude!

The night I got mine I was up all night with these 2 brothers who lived downstairs from me and we played Super Mario and Skate of Die until 1am, then they went down stairs and got some shooting game and we played it for a few more hours and then konked out.

[Storm Eagle]

-Where I'd spend days at my cousin's house playing games, and this was pretty much all of 1989. We'd be playing in either his basement or his bedroom, but he only had a black and white TV at the time. He'd even bring the NES over to my house when he'd come to visit.

-Visiting relatives in Wisconsin in the summer of 1989 and playing the NES down in the basement with my cousin. (Not the same as mentioned above.)

-Getting my own NES in late 1989.

-Finishing Super Mario Bros. in early 1990, and it was the first video game I ever finished. I even went to see The Wizard later on that day.

-The NES being featured in The Wizard.

-Finally finishing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link after all those frustrating failed attempts to defeat Thunderbird.

-Taking my NES to a cousin's house to play since I was going to be spending the day over there. I rented Mickey Mousecapade and played it while drinking Coconut Yoo-Hoo.

-Getting my own copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, and all those days of playing it.

-Getting my own copy of TMNT II: The Arcade Game, and trying the 9-lives code once I finally learned how it's really supposed to go. Some of you might remember how it was printed in the February 1991 issue of Nintendo Power, and it didn't work. That's because they printed it wrong.

-Finding copies of StarTropics and Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II at Toys R Us for just FOUR DOLLARS EACH, in *gasp* 1999.


Reading everybody else's memories made me smile. I also remember the whole thing about blowing into cartridges when they wouldn't work the first time. I didn't have to do that anymore once I got me an NES Cleaning Kit though.

[Leviathan]

I was born a little too late to experience the NES era, but I can remember helping my brother fish out HIS old NES out of our garage in the late 90's. Mario 1 was the first NES game I played.

This was before Funcoland was absorbed by Gamestop, so I was able to find both Mario sequels and Duck Hunt in a couple of the stores near me.

[TheTerror]

-Where I'd spend days at my cousin's house playing games, and this was pretty much all of 1989. We'd be playing in either his basement or his bedroom, but he only had a black and white TV at the time. He'd even bring the NES over to my house when he'd come to visit.

-Visiting relatives in Wisconsin in the summer of 1989 and playing the NES down in the basement with my cousin. (Not the same as mentioned above.)

-Getting my own NES in late 1989.

-Finishing Super Mario Bros. in early 1990, and it was the first video game I ever finished. I even went to see The Wizard later on that day.

-The NES being featured in The Wizard.

-Finally finishing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link after all those frustrating failed attempts to defeat Thunderbird.

-Taking my NES to a cousin's house to play since I was going to be spending the day over there. I rented Mickey Mousecapade and played it while drinking Coconut Yoo-Hoo.

-Getting my own copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, and all those days of playing it.

-Getting my own copy of TMNT II: The Arcade Game, and trying the 9-lives code once I finally learned how it's really supposed to go. Some of you might remember how it was printed in the February 1991 issue of Nintendo Power, and it didn't work. That's because they printed it wrong.

-Finding copies of StarTropics and Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II at Toys R Us for just FOUR DOLLARS EACH, in *gasp* 1999.


Reading everybody else's memories made me smile. I also remember the whole thing about blowing into cartridges when they wouldn't work the first time. I didn't have to do that anymore once I got me an NES Cleaning Kit though.

Haha, Zelda II caused me to get grey hair at 10! Just kidding, but man o man was that game hard, I couldn't beat it without game genie, and even then it was no easy task. I also remember when KB Toys sold NES games without boxes back in the late 90's for mere dollars, lol it was a good time for collectors.

[TheTerror]

I was born a little too late to experience the NES era, but I can remember helping my brother fish out HIS old NES out of our garage in the late 90's. Mario 1 was the first NES game I played.

This was before Funcoland was absorbed by Gamestop, so I was able to find both Mario sequels and Duck Hunt in a couple of the stores near me.

Remember when FuncoLand had those sheets with the games and prices, they were printed on newspaper like stock, that used to be great. I miss Funcoland, Gamestop is too into the new and could care less about the classics.

[Storm Eagle]

Haha, Zelda II caused me to get grey hair at 10! Just kidding, but man o man was that game hard, I couldn't beat it without game genie, and even then it was no easy task. I also remember when KB Toys sold NES games without boxes back in the late 90's for mere dollars, lol it was a good time for collectors.

I remember when the video game section of Toys R Us had walls that would just display the front and back of video game packagings, and a pouch under them with the claim tickets for the video games that you'd take up to the cashier to pay for, and then bring them to a booth where you'd be handed the game. :)

[TheTerror]

I remember when the video game section of Toys R Us had walls that would just display the front and back of video game packagings, and a pouch under them with the claim tickets for the video games that you'd take up to the cashier to pay for, and then bring them to a booth where you'd be handed the game. :)

Wow, your going old school baby, I remember that too. That was back in the early 90's/late 80's when it was like that. They used to have glass cages with the systems inside of them as well, that used to be cool too.

[Storm Eagle]

Wow, your going old school baby, I remember that too. That was back in the early 90's/late 80's when it was like that. They used to have glass cages with the systems inside of them as well, that used to be cool too.

Yeah, I so remember that. I always used to like looking at those.

Since I mentioned the thing witht the claim tickets, the first game I ever did that with was SMB3, and the last game I ever did that with was DKC3.

[TheTerror]

Yeah, I so remember that. I always used to like looking at those.

Since I mentioned the thing witht the claim tickets, the first game I ever did that with was SMB3, and the last game I ever did that with was DKC3.

First game for me with the claim tickets was PunchOut, last I beleive was possibly Zelda: A link to the past.......maybe. I am not fully sure.

Remember KB Toys had a giant glass case behind a counter with NES/Genesis/TG-16/GB games at the time? Since KB back then was not as big as TRU I am not sure if the setup was the same for everyone....

[Storm Eagle]

First game for me with the claim tickets was PunchOut, last I believe was possibly Zelda: A link to the past.......maybe. I am not fully sure.

Remember KB Toys had a giant glass case behind a counter with NES/Genesis/TG-16/GB games at the time? Since KB back then was not as big as TRU I am not sure if the setup was the same for everyone....

I think I remember that, yeah.

And you're right. TRU > KB.

[warnerbroman]

I remeber duck hunt and always wonde rhow the gun works

and that dog!

[TheTerror]

I remeber duck hunt and always wonde rhow the gun works

and that dog!

Yeah, you should have been able to shoot the dog, lol.

[defunctzombie]

I guess my memory counts: I loved SMB 2, even though I can't be sure if I played it native or on all stars. even if it was Doki Doki Panic, that game was awesome. And I still think Birdo is a girl. :p

[TheTerror]

I guess my memory counts: I loved SMB 2, even though I can't be sure if I played it native or on all stars. even if it was Doki Doki Panic, that game was awesome. And I still think Birdo is a girl. :p

SMB2 was my favorite Mario game ever and I loved how a lot of game franchises #2's for the NES were different from the first games and the third games in some respective series. Mario 2 was far different from 1&3, Zelda 2 was far different than 1&LTTP, Castlevania 2 was a lot different from 1&3 and so on. Interesting if you ask me.

[Daxdiv]

I guess my memory counts: I loved SMB 2, even though I can't be sure if I played it native or on all stars. even if it was Doki Doki Panic, that game was awesome. And I still think Birdo is a girl. :p

That was actually the first game I ever beat on the NES, Man, finding a way to beat Wart was funny though. But Birdo a Tranny... that my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Storm Eagle]

Mario 2 was far different from 1&3, Zelda 2 was far different than 1& LTTP, Castlevania 2 was a lot different from 1&3 and so on. Interesting if you ask me.

The only difference is that Zelda II was the only one that got crap for being different.

After I had gotten my Action Set, I decided I wanted Zelda II for Christmas. (The Zelda cartoon on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show influenced that idea.) Then I was hearing a lot of bad things about Zelda II. All that hostility because of its format. Anyway, I still think it's a good game.

That also reminds me of another good memory involving the NES, and Zelda II. I had already cleared the first five palaces, and only needed one more to go before going to the Great Palace. The sixth palace was nowhere to be found. I was going to be spending the night at my cousin's house, and I brought the game with me. We were trying to locate the sixth palace, and my cousin had this magazine lying around, and he read something out loud about blowing the flute in the middle of Three-Eye Rock. I figured I knew what it was talking about. I quickly snatched up the controller to go to Three-Eye Rock, play the flute, and the sixth palace actually appeared.

[defunctzombie]

I like Zelda II a lot, and I am so glad they reused the theme in SSB. My niece, who grew up in the era of 3d Zelda, prefers II over the original and I think that's great.

[TheTerror]

I like Zelda II a lot, and I am so glad they reused the theme in SSB. My niece, who grew up in the era of 3d Zelda, prefers II over the original and I think that's great.

I'm all about Zelda II, it was my favorite of them all.

[Storm Eagle]

Now I'm remembering that huge Bot (blue blob character) dropping down from the ceiling in the Great Palace unexpectedly.

[nowlight]

This brings back so many great memories, the hair's on my arms and neck are still standing on end as I type this:D I can't remember what year my sister and I got it. But I do remember getting the first time my dad hooked it up and finally got it going, stupid rf adapter.

That system was a family system, some of the best memories were of my mom and dad playing mairo, when they had to jump they would raise the controller up and down to make the jump "better". Same thing happened when we got rad racer, with the turning would go left and right. Now I know why the Wii had the controller use motion instead of normal d-pad.

That was the golden game of video gaming period.

Man the 80's were the best time to be a kid.

[TheTerror]

Who could forget the early mornings before school, trying to get in some all important NES gaming just to have to turn it off and sit in a classroom for 7 hours. Or howabout the rush home and the feeling of joy knowing you had a while until homework needed to be done to try and beat the next level in your game. Oh how I miss those glorious days. I am going to start seeking out NES games I have yet to play or own and start some new memories with then.

[Dub C]

Lesse

*Going next door to my friends house to play whatever game he had that I didn't. It was also over at his house where I first played what would become my favorite game of all-time, SMB3!

*Playing co-op with my sis or one of my parents in SMB3 when we finally got it. Also playing co-op with my sis in TMNT2.

*And of course, the infamous blowing on the cartridge and sliding it in just at the right spot so the game will play. Any of you guys ever play Mario 3 with all of the sprites distorted and blocky? It was definately a unique experience. :D

[Storm Eagle]

Who could forget the early mornings before school, trying to get in some all important NES gaming just to have to turn it off and sit in a classroom for 7 hours. Or how about the rush home and the feeling of joy knowing you had a while until homework needed to be done to try and beat the next level in your game. Oh how I miss those glorious days. I am going to start seeking out NES games I have yet to play or own and start some new memories with then.

Playing video games before school? Dude, I don't know about all you guys, but MY mother wouldn't hear of it. Though I do remember one day in fifth or sixth grade when some kid in my class mentioned playing video games before coming to school that day. I guess his mother was more lenient than mine. In fact, the parents of every kid in my class seemed more lenient than mine.

Don't even get me started about AFTER school either, unless it was a Friday. I was only allowed to play video games on weekends. It kind of sucked back then, but it's cool now that I look back at it. My mother was strict about this during my grade school years, but the years after that, I'd get some gaming sessions in after school before doing homework sometimes. However, this guy in my grade who I made friends with when we were sophomores even told me I shouldn't play on days when I've got school. Most folks our age at the time would think he's lame, but I felt what he was saying though.

Another memory I'll have to mention, although not completely NES-related, were days when I'd come home from school and finding a new issue of Nintendo Power in my mailbox. I've been subscribing since I was ten years old in the fifth grade, and the tenth issue with Batman on the cover was my first issue ever. I still even have that habit of smelling the magazines before I read them.

Dude, thanks so very much for starting this thread.

[TheTerror]

Playing video games before school? Dude, I don't know about all you guys, but MY mother wouldn't hear of it. Though I do remember one day in fifth or sixth grade when some kid in my class mentioned playing video games before coming to school that day. I guess his mother was more lenient than mine. In fact, the parents of every kid in my class seemed more lenient than mine.

Don't even get me started about AFTER school either, unless it was a Friday. I was only allowed to play video games on weekends. It kind of sucked back then, but it's cool now that I look back at it. My mother was strict about this during my grade school years, but the years after that, I'd get some gaming sessions in after school before doing homework sometimes. However, this guy in my grade who I made friends with when we were sophomores even told me I shouldn't play on days when I've got school. Most folks our age at the time would think he's lame, but I felt what he was saying though.

Another memory I'll have to mention, although not completely NES-related, were days when I'd come home from school and finding a new issue of Nintendo Power in my mailbox. I've been subscribing since I was ten years old in the fifth grade, and the tenth issue with Batman on the cover was my first issue ever. I still even have that habit of smelling the magazines before I read them.

Dude, thanks so very much for starting this thread.

A. There is NOTHING like the smell of a brand new magazine and YES there was something special about NP's new smell!!!!

B. Your welcome!

Anyhow, my mom didn't care as long as I was up early and was ready to go before I started so i wouldn't miss the bus. Im sorry your experience was not as easier as mine bro!

All this Nostalgia makes me want to fire up my NES and forget all other systems exist, I think I may! I boxed up my 3DO and Jag tonight and I put my other sytems in plastic bags and all I have out is my Nintendo, maybe I will kick it off old school and play some of the Mario trilogy before moving onto some of the deeper games in the NES library.

[TheTerror]

Lesse

*Going next door to my friends house to play whatever game he had that I didn't. It was also over at his house where I first played what would become my favorite game of all-time, SMB3!

*Playing co-op with my sis or one of my parents in SMB3 when we finally got it. Also playing co-op with my sis in TMNT2.

*And of course, the infamous blowing on the cartridge and sliding it in just at the right spot so the game will play. Any of you guys ever play Mario 3 with all of the sprites distorted and blocky? It was definately a unique experience. :D

There was nothing like TMNT II's co-op 2-4 player mode, it reigns as the greatest multi player game ever created, and I mean that!

[Storm Eagle]

A. There is NOTHING like the smell of a brand new magazine and YES there was something special about NP's new smell!!!!

B. Your welcome!

Anyhow, my mom didn't care as long as I was up early and was ready to go before I started so i wouldn't miss the bus. I'm sorry your experience was not as easier as mine bro!



I've got a friend over as I type this. I asked him what his parents would think of him getting a gaming session in before school. He said that would be a definite no-go with his parents too.

He was over here a couple of weeks ago too, and we were talking about the good old days of the NES as well.

[WolfieKiwi]

Kirby's Adventure pretty much sums up all my memories on the NES because that was all I ever played. (SNES was more my generation and we didn't get SMB3 until SMB:All Stars.) I would stick out with sword Kirby as long as I could and if that failed me, then I would usually take whatever unless there was a puzzle to be solved..

The mini games were especially fun, too. I remember the quick draw game and how seriously I would stare at the television screen. xD

[Captain Highwind]

A lot of Legend of Zelda. At the age of six, the cereal and the cartoon in conjunction with the gameplay just made it awesomer.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/Mr_Highwind/loz_cereal_2.jpg How I miss thee ~<3

[TheTerror]

I've got a friend over as I type this. I asked him what his parents would think of him getting a gaming session in before school. He said that would be a definite no-go with his parents too.

He was over here a couple of weeks ago too, and we were talking about the good old days of the NES as well.

Sounds like you got some cool friends. A lot of my friends dont live near me anymore and I seem to be growing apart from others, which is sad because these are the people I would always talk to about this stuff and remember the good old days.

[Storm Eagle]

Kirby's Adventure pretty much sums up all my memories on the NES because that was all I ever played. (SNES was more my generation and we didn't get SMB3 until SMB:All Stars.) I would stick out with sword Kirby as long as I could and if that failed me, then I would usually take whatever unless there was a puzzle to be solved..

The mini games were especially fun, too. I remember the quick draw game and how seriously I would stare at the television screen. xD

That was the first game I bought from the Wii Virtual Console. I finished it in three days, but I just can't bring myself to play the second quest.

[nowlight]

I still remember getting Mega Man 2. My dad just got back from the states from a business trip and pick up the game. My and the rest of my friends were playing street hockey, my sister come running out of our house yelling to me that my dad got MM2. All of us dropped our stick and stuff, and all ran into my house as fast as we all could. I still remember the look on my mom and dad's faces when 12 kids bull rushed into the living room for the next few hours:D:D

I have not remembered that since that happened 20 years ago:eek::eek:

Man I feel so old now.

[TheTerror]

Had a NES morning baby! I woke up at 6am, yes 6am, and fired up my NES and the original SMB, which I actualy died in world 8-1 after not warping and playing the whole game. After that was over I tossed in Kung Fu and beat the game in under 20 minutes, lol, some skills never die I guess. I then played some of the original TMNT game and died when I hit Rocksteady (oh wel), and next up it was Wizadry II and I created a new party and adventured for about an hour. I plan on playing Wizadry II for a while and seeing how far I can get as I would usualy give up on the second floor somewhere, hehe.

[Storm Eagle]

I still remember getting Mega Man 2. My dad just got back from the states from a business trip and pick up the game. My and the rest of my friends were playing street hockey, my sister come running out of our house yelling to me that my dad got MM2. All of us dropped our stick and stuff, and all ran into my house as fast as we all could. I still remember the look on my mom and dad's faces when 12 kids bull rushed into the living room for the next few hours:D:D

I have not remembered that since that happened 20 years ago:eek::eek:

Man I feel so old now.

Mega Man 2 was my first Mega Man experience, though I first played it in early 1992. At church, my cousin brought the game for me so I could borrow it. I returned it to him the next week, and he asked me if I finished it. I told him I came close. So he just gave it back to me and told me to hold it until I finish it. Then eventually, I actually did finish it.

I only got to play the rest of the Mega Man games when Mega Man Anniversary Collection came out in 2004. I might just go back and play it again one day.


Had a NES morning baby! I woke up at 6am, yes 6am, and fired up my NES and the original SMB, which I actually died in world 8-1 after not warping and playing the whole game. After that was over I tossed in Kung Fu and beat the game in under 20 minutes, lol, some skills never die I guess. I then played some of the original TMNT game and died when I hit Rocksteady (oh wel), and next up it was Wizardry II and I created a new party and adventured for about an hour. I plan on playing Wizardry II for a while and seeing how far I can get as I would usually give up on the second floor somewhere, hehe.

I think the last time I broke out my NES was sometime last year, or the year before. I played Little Nemo the Dream Master.

I don't have my NES cartridges of the first three SMB games anymore, but I've got Super Mario All-Stars. That's not on the NES, but it's close.

Speaking of SMB, I remember finding out on this trick on my own, where in SMB3, I blew another whistle in the warp zone (World 9), and it took me straight to World 8.

In case anyone's interested, here's my collection of NES games:
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
TMNT II: The Arcade Game
The Legend of Zelda
Crystalis
Little Nemo the Dream Master
StarTropics
StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge

Like I said before, I also had all three SMB games, and I had the SMB/Duck Hunt cartridge since I got the Action Set.

[TheTerror]

Mega Man 2 was my first Mega Man experience, though I first played it in early 1992. At church, my cousin brought the game for me so I could borrow it. I returned it to him the next week, and he asked me if I finished it. I told him I came close. So he just gave it back to me and told me to hold it until I finish it. Then eventually, I actually did finish it.

I only got to play the rest of the Mega Man games when Mega Man Anniversary Collection came out in 2004. I might just go back and play it again one day.



I think the last time I broke out my NES was sometime last year, or the year before. I played Little Nemo the Dream Master.

I don't have my NES cartridges of the first three SMB games anymore, but I've got Super Mario All-Stars. That's not on the NES, but it's close.

Speaking of SMB, I remember finding out on this trick on my own, where in SMB3, I blew another whistle in the warp zone (World 9), and it took me straight to World 8.

In case anyone's interested, here's my collection of NES games:
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
TMNT II: The Arcade Game
The Legend of Zelda
Crystalis
Little Nemo the Dream Master
StarTropics
StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge

Like I said before, I also had all three SMB games, and I had the SMB/Duck Hunt cartridge since I got the Action Set.

At least you got the Zelda games and the TMNT 2, which is all important. I have about 100 total NES games and in case I havent provided a link, check out the Generation NEX system, which is amazing!!! www.playmessiah.com (http://www.playmessiah.com)

You are missing soooooo many classics and must haves!

[Storm Eagle]

At least you got the Zelda games and the TMNT 2, which is all important. I have about 100 total NES games and in case I havent provided a link, check out the Generation NEX system, which is amazing!!! www.playmessiah.com (http://www.playmessiah.com)

You are missing soooooo many classics and must haves!

Well I was a late bloomer, so of course I didn't get to play or own all the other good games out there. My mother wasn't the kind of person to just buy me a game whenever I wanted one. Well at least the Wii coul make up for that. Anyway, I've got more games for my SNES than I do for all my other systems.

Also, the link doesn't work.

By the way, I also remember when they had a gaming machine in stores with 12 games you could play. Some of the games I remember being offered by it are Kid Icarus, Super Mario Bros. 2, Hogan's Alley, and Metroid.

I also remember Play Choice 10. I first played that in some diner, and that's where I got my first taste of Super Mario Bros. 3. Too bad it only offered two minutes of play with one quarter though.

[Michael24]

Playing video games before school? Dude, I don't know about all you guys, but MY mother wouldn't hear of it. Though I do remember one day in fifth or sixth grade when some kid in my class mentioned playing video games before coming to school that day. I guess his mother was more lenient than mine. In fact, the parents of every kid in my class seemed more lenient than mine.

Don't even get me started about AFTER school either, unless it was a Friday. I was only allowed to play video games on weekends. It kind of sucked back then,

I may have played occasionally in the morning before school, but not much. I was usually out of bed and ready to go pretty quick, so if there was some time to kill before having to leave I'd pop in a game really quick. As for playing after school, I'd usually have an hour or so after getting home before I had to start my homework, so I'd usually grab a snack and play games for awhile.

But my parents were never strict with me regarding video games. As long as the gameplay didn't interfere with my schoolwork, I could play whenever I wanted for however long I wanted. Heck, they even had ones they enjoyed playing with me. My mom could only ever play Paperboy, but my dad enjoyed the shoot-'em-ups and beat-'em-ups like Contra, Gunsmoke, Double Dragon, and Rampage. For a long time we only had the one TV in our living room, so sometimes we'd have a "family gaming night" on a Friday or Saturday evening where we'd play different games together. Ah, memories. :D


All this Nostalgia makes me want to fire up my NES and forget all other systems exist, I think I may! I boxed up my 3DO and Jag tonight and I put my other sytems in plastic bags and all I have out is my Nintendo, maybe I will kick it off old school and play some of the Mario trilogy before moving onto some of the deeper games in the NES library.

I really wish I still had all my NES stuff. I sold it off sometime in the '90s in order to buy my Sega Genesis. I had roughly 30-40 games for the NES, and I'd enjoy playing them all again nowadays. A few years ago I tracked down an NES console in another town and bought a few games from Funcoland (before they were turned into the inferior GameStop), so I only have a couple titles I can play on it now: Contra, Castlevania II, N.A.R.C., and Gauntlet.

[TheTerror]

This is the link I meant to post. I have this and it is VERY much worth buying if you love the NES or want a system to play your NES games on, it's so much better than the Yobo and FC Twin.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/677/677770p1.html

[Yash]

Punch-Out!!

One of my all time favorite games, ever. Yet, I've never actually beaten it :o

[Daxdiv]

Punch-Out!!

One of my all time favorite games, ever. Yet, I've never actually beaten it :o

Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream is a real pain.

[Storm Eagle]

This is the link I meant to post. I have this and it is VERY much worth buying if you love the NES or want a system to play your NES games on, it's so much better than the Yobo and FC Twin.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/677/677770p1.html

I also forgot that I had bought a used copy of Metroid seven years ago, and after that, a copy of Maniac Mansion. However, I sold my copy of Maniac Mansion two years ago.

[TheTerror]

I played Wizadry II for about 2 hours this morning and I also played some Super Mario Bros. 2 and died horribly in the ice world, it was good fun.

[Beefy]

Ah, the NES. So many good (and frustrating) memories.

Back then both my parents were working so I was banished to a day care center. Fortunately they always had game console, but we could only play for 30 minutes before we had to give someone else a turn. They used to have a Sega Master System (not a Genesis), but they broke the RF adaptor so they threw the entire console away. (Bunch of morons. We'd be lucky if a console lasted more than 3 months, and if it got broken, we only got one replacement each year).

So after the Sega they got a NES and people would bring in their games. Some that I enjoyed watching and playing were Super Mario Bros. 3, Double Dragon II, Mega Man II, BattleToads, and TMNT.
SMB 3 was fun just trying to find all the hidden items and areas. DDII was fun to see what moves you could pull off like kneeing someone across the screen or a roundhouse kick.
Edit: They also used to have Adventure Island, but it was hard to get the game to work, and when it did it was long and hard.

I later got my own NES and brought in the four player adaptor. The only four player games I had were Gauntlet II and Nightmare on Elm Street. I bought Elm St. used and it had a potato chip in the bottom of it, even after cleaning it up I never got it to work. Gauntlet II was fun, but got hard even with four people working together.

[WolfieKiwi]

That was the first game I bought from the Wii Virtual Console. I finished it in three days, but I just can't bring myself to play the second quest.

I also have it on my Wii VC as well. The original cartridge for the NES doesn't work and unfortunately, my copy of the remade editiion Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland for the GBA, was stolen.

[TheTerror]

Ah, the NES. So many good (and frustrating) memories.

Back then both my parents were working so I was banished to a day care center. Fortunately they always had game console, but we could only play for 30 minutes before we had to give someone else a turn. They used to have a Sega Master System (not a Genesis), but they broke the RF adaptor so they threw the entire console away. (Bunch of morons. We'd be lucky if a console lasted more than 3 months, and if it got broken, we only got one replacement each year).

So after the Sega they got a NES and people would bring in their games. Some that I enjoyed watching and playing were Super Mario Bros. 3, Double Dragon II, Mega Man II, BattleToads, and TMNT.
SMB 3 was fun just trying to find all the hidden items and areas. DDII was fun to see what moves you could pull off like kneeing someone across the screen or a roundhouse kick.
Edit: They also used to have Adventure Island, but it was hard to get the game to work, and when it did it was long and hard.

I later got my own NES and brought in the four player adaptor. The only four player games I had were Gauntlet II and Nightmare on Elm Street. I bought Elm St. used and it had a potato chip in the bottom of it, even after cleaning it up I never got it to work. Gauntlet II was fun, but got hard even with four people working together.

Nightmare on Elm St was a great multi-plqyer game but sucked to play alone. It was hard and the ending will give you grey hair. Oh the memories!