your Esstential NES list.

[test84]

mine are:
all three TMNTs
SMB1,3
Jackie Chan
Ninja Gaiden 1,2,3
Adventure Island 1,2,3

 

[spokenrope]

Off the top of my head in addition to yours:

Contra
The Megaman Series
Fire and Ice
Punch Out

 

[4ppleseed]

Here you go...

 

[SpaceJump]

Metroid

SMB 1-3
Contra
Zelda
Castlevania 1-3
Kid Icarus
Duck Tales
TMNT

 

[test84]

thnx alot guys!
specially the appleseed's link was great.

 

[TLSpartan]

You guys forgot GRADIUS(also known as Nemesis).Contra,all SMB's, Ice Climber are also really good, thats all I can think of for now.

EDIT- Duck Hunt is preety cool

 

[The Teej]

Paperboy
Kung Fu (aka Spartan X)
James Bond Jr
Mario 1
Mario 3
Zelda 1
Kid Icarus

 

[Darkforce]

The list 4ppleseed links to covers every awesome game on the system

Out of all those games the ones I had fondest memories of/played most as a kid were:

Super Mario Bros 1-3
Shadowgate
TMNT 2 (Arcade)
Megaman 3

Also while it wasn't very good I remember playing Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja an awful lot too. That game was so cheesy!

 

[4ppleseed]

The list 4ppleseed links to covers every awesome game on the system

The whole of Racketboy's website is ESSENTIAL to any retro game fan. It has hidden gems for all the main systems; SNES, NES, GB/A Genesis... the lot! Great website with so many great Retro game articles.

www.racketboy.com


I have nesDS with River City Ransom, the 3 Marios, lots of puzzle and wierd Japanese releases plus all 6 Megaman on my R4.