June 6th - NES

So today is the 25th anniversary of the classic video game Tetris… a game invented by the Russians and copied by many throughout the past 25 years. It’s a true testament to the game’s greatness that modern day versions are still popping up and being played every year. So with that in mind it’s time to look way back into my video gaming career with my six favorite NES games that I owned.




1. The Legend of Zelda



We even had the special gold colored limited edition cartridge of this game! So much has been said about this game everywhere that I won’t go into detail about it, other than to say it was truly way ahead of its time, and an all time classic.



















2. Ducktales



Ducktales Woo Hoo! I loved the cartoon and I loved the video game. This is probably the best adaptation ever of a tv show to a video game. (remember pokemon was a game first and Goldeneye was a movie) In this game you played as Scrooge McDuck on a quest to save his nephews.. you killed enemies by hitting them with your cane that he used like a pogo stick as you moved through levels all around the world… The jungle, a diamond mine and even the Moon!



















3. Mega Man II



I think we actually only owned 3 of the mega man games in the series, but I know we probably played them all (up through Mega Man X), Mega Man II was the best in the series that I remember. And who could forget the awesome boss names that the mega man series provided us with? Mega Man II included; Wood Man, Bubble Man, Metal Man, Quick Man, Air Man, Heat Man, Crash Man, Flash Man and of course the evil Dr. Wiley. Also best 8 bit video game music ever



















4. Chip and Dale Rescue Ranger’s



Another great cartoon to video game adaptation, in this game you played as Chip and Dale as you ran through a series of levels from the street, inside a house, in a sewer, and even in a casino as you hunted down Fat Cat to stop his evil plans. It also had some cool video game music.



















5. Super Mario World 3



Again like Zelda there has been so much said about this game every where I will keep it brief… what’s not to like about a Mario game where a raccoon tale give him the ability to fly?







6. Super Mario Brothers / Duck Hunt Combo game



Ok so not only do you get the original Mario game, where it all began… the quest to save Princess Peach from Bowser…. But as an added Bonus you get Duck Hunt a game in which you get to use a toy gun to simulate shooting ducks? Sign me up! I loved using that little toy gun, we never owned another game that utilized the gun though we did rent a few and I always remember the bazooka gun they had at the video rental store… sadly we never rented it.







One reminder about this list Is it was my top six NES games I owned, there were a lot of other great games I remember from back then that my family just rented. One thing about NES games is they were a lot shorter than today’s video games and very few of them could you save your progress, other than via passwords and save codes. So a lot of times we would rent a game and beat it that night, then take it back the next day… (St. Paul video rental charged by the day so we rarely kept our games more than one day)