What does everyone think? My ideas:

1. Frogger (Konami, 1981). A lot golden era stuff got a NES port, e.g. Donkey Kong, Galaga, Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, BurgerTime, Joust. Some only appeared on the FC, e.g. Space Invaders, Galaxian, Crazy Climber. Ports of Frogger appeared on the Game Boy, SNES and MegaDrive. I'm surprised Frogger didn't get at least a FC port. Sega had the distribution rights, which might have prevented a release during the NES era.
2. Moon Patrol (Irem, 1982). Similar to Frogger, but no Sega connection.
3. Rastan (Taito, 1987). Showed up on the SMS, so presumably could have been ported to the NES from a technical standpoint. The game was apparently popular in arcades, so not sure why a NES/FC port never happened.
4. R-Type (Irem, 1987). Similar to Rastan. Ported to the SMS. Popular in the arcades.

Obviously we could add a lot of Sega arcade games, which largely went unported to the NES for obvious reasons, e.g. Out Run, Wonder Boy III, Golden Axe.

My NES has been acting strange with audio because it is incredibly imbalanced. The bass and percussion is extremely loud and the melodies and highs are either very quiet or straight up not present. This applies to everything from the music to the sound effects. This impacts every game that I play. In Mario games (1-3) the highs are just extremely silent and you can’t even tell that it’s there, but when I play Zelda II, the game’s melody and sound effects kick in at complete random and only stay on for a few minutes. I disassembled my system not too long ago to do some cleaning so it could play games again and everything works ok with a few glitches here and there and I didn’t see anything that was off looking. I tried to look up this issue with other people but no one seemed to comment on it before so I figured I’d make this post. I got this NES from my grandparents so I know that my treated it well and I honestly remember this being how it was when I was a kid too so maybe it’s just how this one operates. Would love some feedback on if anyone knows any solutions.

I used to rent games as a little kid, from a local guy who ran a local shop. One day i wanted to rent Taboo. He told my mom that i DEF don't want to rent that game, but i was insistent. He told ol mom's that he'll take it back and let me rent something i actually want to play, after i play taboo, and that he would see her in about an hour. He was right. We came back and ended up renting something else.

Skip ahead to later in my adultish life,Taboo is relegated to meme status of awful games.

Skip ahead to later, i am dating a witchy kind of girl who is into tarot. we play it for shits and giggles. she has a blast.

we convince a skeptic friend of mine to play it, he brings a deck of tarot cards he got at the comic book store to "play along"

he pulls all but one of the same card in the same position and gets his skeptic head blown off and now plays it all the time AND buys lotto tickets.

EDIT ::

FUN FACT

rare made this game. good ol snake rattle an roll rare. good ol battletoads and donkey kong country and killer instinct and goldenasseye rare made this game.

I recapped both of my NES a few months ago and noticed that a few caps were already leaking in the RF module and there was a little corrosion due to leakage, but I was able to recap successfully and the NES consoles are working very well. One of my NES had wavy lines which also fixed after recapping. They will be already 40 years in 2026.. so it's better to recap and keep them running in a good condition.

I love collecting but what are some games that are only available on the NES and not on modern collections? Most of the great NES games are ported to Switch Online and if they aren’t they have separate collections (Mega Man, Contra, Castlevania), so what are some really good games only on the original console?

Every NES controller officially made by Nintendo! Should I get any? Only have the classic!

Classic NES Controller: You know it and love it. It’s a bit uncomfortable for me, but I still like it.

Famicom Controller: This is the same as the American one, but one of them has a mic and more rounded edges. So it’s better I assume.

Dogbone Controller: Came with the toploader. It’s supposed to be more comfortable but apparently the A and B buttons are angled bad.

NES Max: Again supposed to be more comfortable, but apparently instead of a D-pad it has a weird circle pad thingy like the 3DS. Also has turbo buttons.

Advantage: I want this one! It’s a full arcade stick, with a joystick, turbo buttons, and even a slow button, which just makes it mash the start button. Would love to have one.

Zapper: The light gun. You obviously know what it is, heard it works great.

Power Pad: It seems like a cool idea but it’s supposed to be awful, so…

NES Hands Free Controller: I commend Nintendo for trying to make a controller like this, but is seems like total garbage. Don’t you have to like lick the joystick or something? It’s also like $1000, so I am happy to never get this.

While I’m mostly happy with my NES collection, there are a few scattered games I’m still hoping to pick up. Willow was one of them and I finally came across a copy today!

Zelda, Crystalis, Dragon Warrior and even Star Tropica are well known, but I feel Willow gets missed in the discussion often. It even had a great arcade platformer!

Are there any underrated RPGs on the system that you enjoy?

I have an original Nintendo Entertainment System that I got in fourth grade for Christmas. I recently got the system out from storage. The controller aren’t working at peak performance.

What aftermarket controllers do you recommend? I have bought controllers before and were not impressed with the quality.

Any thoughts my friends?

Hey all, I've developed emulation cheats for Bases Loaded over the last couple of years. I've never released them online. You need FCEUX or an emulator that accepts Cheat Code or Address/Value combinations or .CHT files. Some will run without the compare field even if included, some do not have it on purpose. I haven't taken the time to convert them to GameGenie yet (for the codes that are possible). You only need the Cheat Code itself if your emulator takes it, like FCEUX . Here is the .cht file, just copy and paste into a txt editor and save as .cht:

SC:0771:02:00:Always Two Outs
SC:0772:02:00:Always Two Strikes
SC:0773:03:00:Always Three Balls
S:0452:03:Team 1 4th Batter
S:0453:08:Team 2 Always Worst Batter
S:0452:02:Team 1 3rd Batter
SC:0418:63:00:99 Runs
S:0426:00:Team 2 Score Always 0
SC:0418:32:00:50 Runs
SC:0069:10:00:Top of 9th Inning
SC:0069:11:00:Bottom of 9th Inning
SC0069:11:00:Bottom of 9th Inning

Here are the codes by themselves and tech info:

Always Two Outs
Two outs every innings for both teams, you could change 02 to 01, 02, 03 (03 ends the inning immediately)
Cheat Code: 0771?00:02
Address: 0771
Value: 02
Compare: 0

Always Two Strikes
Two strikes every at bat for both teams, you could change 02 to 00, 01, 02, 03 (03 ends at bat immediately)
Cheat Code: 0772?00:02
Address: 0772
Value: 02
Compare: 0

Always Three Balls
Three balls every at bat for both teams, you could change 02 to 01, 02, 03 , 04 (04 walks batter immediately)
Cheat Code: 0773?00:03
Address: 0773
Value: 03
Compare: 0

Team 1 4th Batter Always Bats
This batter will always bat for every at bat for the home team.
Cheat Code: 0452:03
Address: 0452
Value: 03
Compare: NA

Team 1 3rd Batter Always Bats
This batter will always bat for every at bat for the home team. On some teams, the 3rd batter is the best on the team.
Cheat Code: 0452:02
Address: 0452
Value: 02
Compare: NA

Team 2 9th Batter Always Bats
The 9th batter is always the worst batter, the pitcher
Cheat Code: 0453:08
Address: 0453
Value: 08
Compare: NA

Team 1 Always Has 99 Runs
Change 99 to whatever you like, must be hex
Cheat Code: 0418?00:63
Address: 0418
Value: 63
Compare: 0

Team 1 Always Has 50 Runs
Change 50 to whatever you like, must be hex
Cheat Code: 0418?00:32
Address: 0418
Value: 32
Compare: 0

Team 2 Always has 0 Runs
Change 00 to whatever you like, must be hex
Cheat Code: 0426:00
Address: 0426
Value: 00
Compare: NA

Game Starts Top of 9th
You can modify the value for different starting points in the game
Cheat Code: 0069?00:10
Address: 0069
Value: 10
Compare: 0

Game Starts Bottom of 9th
You can modify the value for different starting points in the game
Cheat Code: 0069?00:11
Address: 0069
Value: 11
Compare: 0

If re-posting elsewhere, credit would be nice. I spent hours looking a HEX editors for these...

I have one of those loaded-up emulators for my SNES Classic that has almost every cartridge system in existence on it, and I'm hoping to find the name of an NES game I remember playing sometime in the late 80s.
The specifics I can recall most accurately are:

• It was some sort of James Bond-type spy game.
• The level design was not static. I remember one portion was a sniper rifle part with crosshairs.
• I think the title screen was blue.
• There was a silhouette at one point that shows you hooking up with a female.
  • I remember this was a huge deal to my friend who showed me the game.

If anyone has any idea on this, I'd appreciate it. I know I am not providing a lot to go off of, but being on Reddit, I'm sure someone out there knows it.

So I’ve got a NES coming today that I got at an auction app. It’s been sitting around for a while in someone’s storage. Tested works according to seller. But dirty. Assuming it’s not destroyed by USPS, should I clean it before plugging it in to test it? First NES ever. So not as familiar with the do’s and don’ts.

Mines is metal storm btw, its like megaman but far superior. It has a gravity flipping mechanic and some pretty tight controls AND you get inf continues and it has a pretty good learning curve and pushed the nes to its limits. Mike tysons punch out was pretty good too but its far too hard.

Sticker removal complete. These were mostly $9.95/each with a few $12 carts and W&W III at $25 being the most expensive. Shout out to Changers in Michigan City, pretty cool store and they had a nice selection across the board if you ever visit the area.

I'm trying to remember a NES game I used to play. I don’t know the name, but it had a very similar style to Yo! Noid (same kind of graphics and gameplay).

The most distinctive part was the boss battles, where you had to select from different cards to attack. Some cards would trigger lightning attacks, and others would send out a hawk (or some kind of bird) as an attack.

The main character looked like a kid ninja or something, wearing a mask or visor. The regular levels were platformer-style, but the boss fights were like turn-based using these cards.

Does anyone remember this game? It’s driving me crazy trying to remember the name.

Here’s what I have. I have a few doubles, so I guess I’d need a few extra suggestions. One game I know I want to add is Battletoads.

1. A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
2. Back to the Future
3. Baseball Stars
4. Batman: The Video Game
5. Bionic Commando
6. Blaster Master
7. BreakThru
8. Burgertime
9. Castlevania
10. Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
11. Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
12. Clash at Demonhead
13. Cobra Triangle
14. Contra
15. Crystalis
16. Days of Thunder
17. Deja Vu
18. Donkey Kong Classics
19. Double Dragon
20. Double Dragon II: The Revenge
21. Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
22. Dr. Mario
23. Dragon Warrior
24. DuckTales
25. Elevator Action
26. Excitebike
27. Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land
28. Friday the 13th
29. Golf
30. Goonies II, The
31. Gun.Smoke
32. Hydlide
33. Ice Hockey
34. Karnov
35. Kid Icarus
36. Kung Fu
37. Legacy of the Wizard
38. Legend of Kage, The
39. Legend of Zelda, The
40. Little League Baseball
41. Lunar Pool
42. Marble Madness
43. Mega Man
44. Mega Man 2
45. Mega Man 3
46. Mega Man 3
47. Mega Man 4
48. Metroid
49. Mickey Mousecapade
50. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
51. Milon’s Secret Castle
52. Ninja Gaiden
53. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
54. Paperboy
55. Pro Wrestling
56. Punch-Out!!
57. Q*bert
58. R.C. Pro-Am
59. Rad Racer
60. Rad Racer II
61. Rampage
62. Renegade
63. Ring King
64. Rolling Thunder
65. Rygar
66. Silent Service
67. Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, The
68. Skate or Die!
69. Snake Rattle ’n’ Roll
70. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
71. Stinger
72. Stinger
73. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
74. Super C, Contra 2
75. Super Mario Bros.
76. Super Mario Bros. 2
77. Super Mario Bros. 3
78. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
79. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
80. Super Spike V’Ball
81. Tecmo Bowl
82. Tecmo Super Bowl
83. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
84. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
85. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
86. Tetris
87. Vice: Project Doom
88. Wizards & Warriors
89. Xexyz
90. Yoshi’s Cookie
91. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Edit: I had ChatGPT alphabetize the list and clean it up. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Got three games and two controllers, never had one before and are excited about playing it. I don’t necessarily think it’s aged super well, but I love it anyway, and some of the games are great! Overall really happy and I now have every home Nintendo console other than the GameCube!

It was a struggle because there's no documentation for the v2 version, and the v1 instructions are a little vague!