NES Game Test

[Guest wildpegasus]

http://remora.dyndns.org/visa/nes.php

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33/40, I played waaay too much back then.

[AndrewTS]

9/40, with a few mistakes, but I never owned an NES.

[teke184]

27/40 and counting...

 

It appears most of the ones I'm missing are from the latter end of the system's life, when I'd moved on to the Genesis instead.

[AndrewTS]

If anyone gets 'em all, post the results please.

[alfdogg]

Page doesn't work for me.

[razazteca]

16/40

[tekcop]

11/40 although there are quite a few I know but just can't think of their names.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

20/40,

 

The racing games got me and some of the games I know but don't recall the exact name.

[The Metal Maniac]

I gave up after it told me that Zelda 2: Adventure of Link was wrong, but that Adventure of Link was right.

[teke184]

The game will take abbreviations OR the title of a game and the sequel numberOR the subtitle of a game, but not all of them.

 

 

Confirmed correct results so far:

1. Gun Smoke

2. Gradius (aka Nemesis)

3. Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest

4. Zelda 2 (aka Adventure Of Link)

5. Mario Bros.

6. The Guardian Legend (aka Guardic Gaiden)

7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (aka TMNT, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles)

8. Mission: Impossible

9. Blades of Steel

10 Werewolf: The Last Warrior

11. Contra (aka Probotector, Gryzor)

12. Duck Hunt

13. Mach Rider

14. ?

15. Metal Gear

16. Ice Climber

17. Battletoads

18. Legend Of Kage

19. Shadowgate

20. Kickle Cubicle

21. ?

22. ?

23. Kirby's Adventure

24. ?

25. River City Ransom (

26. Solar Jetman

27. Ikari Warriors

28. ?

29. Willow

30. Ninja Gaiden

31. Pro Wrestling

32. Cobra Triangle

33. ?

34. Little Samson

35. Track And Field 2

36. Batman

37. Wrath of the Black Manta

38. Metroid

39. Wizards and Warriors 3

40. Kabuki Quantum Fighter

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

17. Battletoads

23. Kirby's Adventure

40. Kabuki Quantum Fighter

[Slayer]

23/40 and probably not getting any more

 

Also, you should probably put spoilers around the answers. To add to Teke's list:

 

26. Solar Jetman

34. Little Samson

37. Wrath of the Black Manta

 

Leftover are 14, 21, 22, 24, 28 and 33

[Kahran Ramsus]

I had a pathetic 14/40.

[alfdogg]

Looks like 7/40 is about all I'm going to come up with. I never did stray too far from Mario and Mega Man.

[Fökai]

21. Rad Gravity

22. Super Turrican

24. Double Dragon II

28. Ufouria

 

18/40.

[Slayer]

21. Rad Gravity

22. Super Turrican

28. Ufouria

Never heard of any of those

 

That just leaves 14 (which seems so familiar but I can't figure out) and 33

[teke184]

I think #21 is the only one of the three to get a release in the US, although it was near the end of the console's life.

[Exslade ZX]

An impressive 2/40. Although technically it was 3, but it didn't count 'Super Mario'. >_>

 

But hey, I'm 17...so I guess I have reason

[AndrewTS]

Concerning 22:

 

I got it "correct" when I put in Turrican. GameFAQs lists Super Turrican as getting only a European release--and it's a different game from the SNES Super Turrican.

 

The Turrican games are virtually unheard of here in the States, because the series started on the Amiga.

 

Over here, the Genesis got the original Turrican, a bastardized conversion of Turrican 2 in the form of "Universal Soldier", and Mega Turrican (a good game despite the wretched in-game anime-style art.

 

Turrican 1 and 2 are okay, but their awful way of dealing with damage taken really hurts the enjoyment. You don't get hit, take damage, and bounce away from an enemy with a brief window of invincibility. When you come in contact with an enemy, every millisecond you're touching it, it saps energy, and there's no bounce-back. So a tiny, weak enemy could sap nearly all your life if it is in contact with you for a few seconds. Very lame. Thankfully they fixed that for Mega/SNES Super 1 and 2--dunno about the NES ST.

 

The SNES got Super Turrican and Super Turrican 2. Two very good games, but the creator of the original games wasn't involved in it.

 

You can read up on the series' history here: http://www.classicgaming.com/reviews/turrican/turrican.htm

 

I'd recommend trying the SNES Turricans or, best of all, Mega Turrican for Genesis if you find one of them used. Hella fun.

[chaosrage]

20/40

[Ted the Poster]

14/40

 

Blades of Steel was a hockey game? That name doesn't make me think "hockey game", but "ninja platformer" instead.

[Kahran Ramsus]

An impressive 2/40. Although technically it was 3, but it didn't count 'Super Mario'. >_>

 

But hey, I'm 17...so I guess I have reason

It wasn't Super Mario, it was the original Mario Bros.

 

I did the same thing though with Simon's Quest. I put in Castlevania and it didn't accept it. Wrong game in the series.

[alfdogg]

Yeah, "Mario Bros." is just the battle game like on Super Mario 3.

[AndrewTS]

I could smack myself for missing 38, since that's one of the few NES games I actually played myself. If they'd had shown some of the surroundings...

 

"Blades of Steel was a hockey game? That name doesn't make me think 'hockey game', but 'ninja platformer' instead."

 

Heh, yeah. But it was a hell of a game. I'd have probably bought it myself to play, and I have zero interest in real hockey.

[Ced]

12/40 before turning to the cheat sheet. Not too bad considering I had such a limited library as a kid.

[spman]

Super Turrican was a Euro-Only release towards the end of the systems life, it's not a particularly good one, so it's just as well. Uforia on the other hand is an awesome game that unfortuanatly never made it out of Europe and Australia.

[Guest Evolution]

9/40 before cheating. Can't believe I couldn't come up with #27. But otherwise I blame my limited library as a child.

[Mole]

3/40

 

I played a lot of Super Tecmo Bowl.

 

Don't be hatin.

[spman]

I've got all but 14, that ones got me stumped.