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| Luisinan 323th Post
 
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|  "The Classics"
, posted Wed 14 May 04:09
It's almost summer and I'm getting bored! Most next-gen games don't interest me. I want something old school. Post away your favorite 8-bit (and 16-bit) games. I'll start with the some obvious ones...
NES
adventure: Zelda1
Beat'em up: Bad Street Brawler, Rivercity Ransom
platform-sidescroller: SMB3, TMNT1
sports/football: Technoball
rpg: FF1
shooter/arcade flight-sim: Top Gun 2
racer: ??
strategy: North and South
Arcade action: Ikari Trilogy
Too Damn Hard: Battletoads, Megaman, Ninja Gaiden
SNES
Beat'em up: TMNT2
Adventure: Zelda link to the past
Just a few thoughts. Did anyone love the multiplayer versus mode of Starfox 64? Well, Top Gun 2 had that way back in 1989, except it was just 2 player versus and a lot more simpler. ANyway, I loved this mode! It was a lot of fun with another good player. A true precursor to the shooters of today- and an often overlooked gem.
Another overlooked gem is North and South. Basically it's a strategy game with a map. It's based on the US Civil War, where you take control of the Northern Union army or the Southern Confederates. It has a map and when your army lands on a space occupied by the enemy army, you get a very simplistic battle sequence with 3 types of units (cannon, soldiers, horse riders). You duke it out on a battlefield and the survivor takes over the space on the map. There is also a sidescrolling sequence where you rob a train or capture a fort. You can also build your army. Pretty intricate for such an old game. A true gem and precursor to modern strategy games.
The beat'em ups I mentioned were also excellent because they featured some RPG elements in them. Truly, developers knew how to make great games in the old days that used elements from several genres. Sigh, what I would do to be 10 again.
Bored? "160"
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| Maou
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| "Re(1):The Classics" , posted Wed 14 May 21:25
All the obvious ones are listed at this point, except:
SFC:
SUPER BOMBERMAN 2!!
I still say this is one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time. Those who haven't experienced the pleasure of bombing your three friends to kingdom come and don't understand why the Glove is better than the Boot are missing out! If you're lucky, you can find the multitap in Japan that's shaped like a Bomberman hand, best thing I ever bought! BOOOM!
Mega CD (Sega CD):
The CD add-on sorta gave it more power than 16bit, sorta 16.5 bit, but hey, among Sega's champions, you CAN'T miss the
Lunar series, especially Eternal Blue
-Some striking differences from the (excellent) PS and Saturn remakes, even in Eternal Blue. Series fans (and fans of brilliant, FF VI-calibur RPGs in general) need look no further.
Maou
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"Re(1):The Classics" 
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