Diesel said:
I just never cared for Super Mario Bros. I really liked the original Mario Bros., where you had to jump and punch the floor under the creatures coming out of the pipes.
That was one of the best multiplayer games ever, IMHO, because it was mostly cooperative, but you could also screw with the other player by punching the ground under his feet, or flipping a monster right side up just when they went to knock it off the screen.
I still play that frequently on MAME.
I think Ice Climber was a
much better multiplayer game for NES than the original Mario Bros. It had all the same features of being cooperative and competitive at the same time, and it had better replayability in my opinion. I used to play that game all the time!
Other than that, my list contains many of the games already mentioned:
Legend of Zelda series (yep, even Zelda 2)
Super Mario Bros. series
Excitebike
Contra series (I still play the first Contra and Contra 3: Alien Wars for SNES all the time)
Mike Tyson's Punch-out (though I've still never beat Tyson
)
Ninja Gaiden series
Megaman series (I think 3 might have been my favorite)
Bubble Bobble (dunno if it was multi-platform or not)
F-Zero
Super Mario Kart
Metroid series
Motorcross Maniacs (for the original Gameboy, been playing it on my cell phone a lot lately!)
Gargoyle's Quest (also Gameboy)
I'm sure I'm forgetting a LOT, I need to make a list of all the NES games I still have.
Oh yeah, and here's a picture of a badge I had to wear when I advanced past the first level at the
Nintendo World Championships back in 1990 (I ended up being a quarter finalist, but some of those people were insane). I got a t-shirt too, but I gave that to one of my cousin's like 5-6 years ago, and I totally wish I hadn't now (I still have the hat though). Yes, I was, and still am, a big geek!
