10 Cheap NES Games You Should Buy! 

Two years. You had to subscribe for two years. That special mini-strategy guide you got was slick too! It was almost like Christmas every month when the new issue of NP came in. NP still did cool stuff all the way into the 2000s. The special edition gold copies of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were available only to NP subscribers. They're both worth a lot now and I wish I hadn't forgotten to grab my old games when I helped my parents move out of their big empty nest.

That's awesome!

That's how we got our copy of Dragon Warrior, too. It turned out to be a great game, too.

I rented my 1st copy. I was intrigued by the commercial I see everyday of Dragon warrior. I was in loved with RPG from that day on. I can’t remembered how I got my own copy. I think I traded or bought from one of my friends.

I did the same. I had previously played RPGs on home micros - but this was my first RPG on the NES. I played it all the way through because that's what you did with NES games as a kid, but it didn't click with me as super enjoyable... it was way to gridy.

I love Jaws lol.

For LJN it's a masterpiece. It's actually playable. I can name a handful of NES games that are worse than anything LJN but no more than that. Franchise games usually suck anyway. LJN just made them suck worse.

I had a friend who had it when I was a kid. I never found it bad but couldn't understand it. Like my purpose and what I was really trying to do.

I love that game, played it so much as a kid. I don't get it. But I still play it today. Something is just fun when you get the sub. Jaws is such a pain to kill when you are on the boat! Never could beat it as a kid. Only because of retroarch as an adult was I able to finally finish it. Gotta love rewind!!

​@@AngryCalvinAs far as non suck LJN franchise games go, Spider-Man Maximum Carnage on SNES was one of the better ones they did. Typical beat em up without the "typical LJN style."

Does it fix the music? Hahaha.

Indeed!

I see what you did there!

Solar Jetman was fun, and the gravity and momentum physics were cool.

My pleasure!

Welcome to the community! It's a GREAT game, easily one of my favorite NES games as well!

Awesome! :)

Couldn't agree more! I play some far out stuff! I hope you see some other games that you should play, or maybe even avoid!

Noted!

Bases 2 is great. Bases 3 and 4 were a step backwards!

Thank you!

Yep!

I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT! I 100% have an Advantage!

Jason is a gigachad in that one lmao.

Yeah it blew my mind how they managed to take small steps backwards for Basesloaded 3.

I love it lmao

Glad you enjoy it!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much!

I don't know if I'll get to a million, but I'll try my best and have fun the whole ride :)

I've never seen Funco land, but people talk about it all the time! I remember Babbages and EB Games.

Noted!

That's going to require more than one video part. Even NES games I don't like from a gameplay standpoint can potentially have great songs. Mega Man (even 6, which has a nice soundtrack for the final NES installement), Castlevania, and Mario are major shoe-ins. Heck, Castlevania 2 I think has better sounding music on NES than Famicom. Kirby's music is usually relaxing, but it also can get intense when need be. Both Gradius and their spin-off deserve major credit. Original Metroid may have become janky in the gameplay and sprites depertment. However, the soundtrack remains as being really good. Ironically, the person who composed the music wanted it to sound more like movie music than the typical gaming music from back then. Just the main theme of the entire Zelda series alone has helped to cement the soundtracks in legend. Even Link's Adventure has some really good music. Battletoads was composed by the same person responsible for the Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 soundtracks on the SNES. Dragon Quest 3's soundtrack even in NES form remains as one of the greatest RPG soundtracks. Earthbound Beginnings is hard to recommend (the original Japanese version is even worse), but the soundtrack remains nice to this day; with specific songs remaining iconic in the sequels or Super Smash Bros. Megami Tensei 1 and 2 are quite dated on NES (thankfully they have a SNES remake), but their soundtracks still provides that sense of intensity and warpness the series is known for. All three NES Ninja Gaiden games have rather solid work with the music.

@@Fortefyre You should check out the soundtracks for Earthbound Beginnings, Megami Tensei 1, and Megami Tensei 2. While all three are hard to recommend as games these days (especially the original Japanese version of Earthbound Beginnings), they have some rather good music.

Alot of people sleep on Jaws, it's a quirky fun game.

Thank you so much!

That's awesome! I hope I can inspire you to check out OTHER libraries as well:)

I have a pretty substantial snes and genesis collection as well, each with their own crt in my basement. Still a kid inside I guess😋

I am jealous!

Jaws is so underrated.

Lode Runner is really good.

To me it felt like an Amiga game that got ported to the NES. It's very unique!

Give Hydlide a shake with a walkthrough! Set your objectives, and just power through it. :)

Welcome to the channel!

What a feat!

And the soundtrack! The soundtrack is AWESOME!

@@Fortefyre True, it did add tracks that were not in the arcade game, but what jumps out at me the most is the boss fights, which are non-existent in the arcade game. It took gameplay that was already solid to begin with and (pardon the pun) added worlds to it. The arcade game does hold a special place for me, though, because the first place I got to play it on an original cabinet was at Flipper McCoy’s at Virginia Beach, and I think at least one of my nephews was watching when I finally reached Earth. That was my biggest conquest while we were there.

Epic story! I hope you cherish that memory!

Super Spike is a wonderful game!

I love this one as well! It's so funny because an entire generation was predisposed to not give it a chance.

Eons, I mean arcade isn't bad, but the NES version is just a GOOD clean game.

Agreed!

Thank you!

Your sacrifice will not be forgotten!

Such a good game!

I do too!

It's shockingly simple, and simple is good!

I had a pi build once, I made it for my pops, but retroarch or whatever front end was being used kept resetting the controller binding on game launch.

@@Fortefyre lots of changes have been made over the years for retroarch. No problems here with the 5 I got my 4 was trouble free as well. Maybe a bad flash

I believe so!

Nice!

@@Fortefyre FF took me 6-7 weeks so far to play - I'm almost in a condition where I can fight the final boss. My kid knows about damage points vs HP and quickly tells me to cast FAST or CUR3 lol.

So when I first played FF, it was on the Iphone, it was the Dawn of Souls version or something like that, I was stationed in Korea. That version was obviously well-updated for quality of life improvements. I beat it on the NES as an adult, it was the first RPG I streamed on Twitch, and I loved it just as much.

@@Fortefyre Hah I was in Korea, but I didn't bring any of my retro systems. I do recall playing a lot of FTL during "prep time" though ;)

Nice! Kunsan 13-14. One of the best years of my life.

Shows how impactful Dragon Warrior 1's lore was to me XD

@@Fortefyre Dragon Quest XI has a fascinating callback to the first one. A lot of people say III is their favorite. I actually prefer IV.

Yeah, that's what irritates me. At some point in the last 10 years, people thought "hey, I can become a venture capitalist by scalping electronics and inflating their market value to make profit" and in most cases it just makes them look like an idiot. It still happens to this day.

Indeed! Part of the Kunio-Kun franchise!

I agree 100%. That's always been a point of contention. It's hard to "assume" where the guardians are, and that's a huge role in the strategy.

I'll allow it.

Me too! Sometimes it's tough to keep the ratio right when I stream, it bounces between different resolutions for different systems, but I try.

Me too! But nope, it's just a run of the mill controller game.

Thanks! Thank YOU for maintaining an excellent Facebook group! Lmao.

Big facts!

Lmfao

I look forward to Dragon Quest II one day.

I learned that from another comment! That's so awesome!

Bart vs. The Aliens? Might have to check it out!

@@Fortefyre yep that's it. Fair warning, a very difficult game

I heard! But I'll try it anyway one day!

This is true, but if you wish to collect the physical medium, then these are affordable options.

I do swear, but it's not like...overbearing like AVGN, I think we all love him. I'm a veteran so it's REALLY hard to separate the bad language, but I do try to minimize it lol.

You bet! Thank you!

The best basketball game on NES is Tecmo NBA Basketball. For an arcade style.. maybe Arch Rivals. And holy crap, that's a ton of arcade ports.

Thanks for pointing this out! It's on there now!

Thank you!

Captain Skyhawk :)

@@Fortefyre sweet! Thank you!

Thanks!

Oh absolutely!

Such good games!

Looking forward to it!

@@Fortefyre Let me know when you tried it or if you going to at least :) looking forward to your opinion.

@@Blueniter You'll be the first to know!

So good!

As you should!

Sure does!

Its just my shtick lol.

Haha if only.

I understand that, but I can't suggest a game I haven't played myself. Lol.

@@Fortefyre I understand. It seems to me that I see a lot of these lists of NES games that are very cheap. But, the simple fact is, that you can't get good NES games for that cheap. I would look to see how much it costs to buy a copy of Metroid or Super Mario Bros. and place that as the standard price of what is a really fun game for a relatively cheap price. Plus I just looked them up, and you can get a copy of Super Mario Bros. or Metroid for about 15 to 25 dollars. So I would wonder why those games aren't on your list. They are hundreds of times more fun than the games here. I'm sorry to say.

So the challenge was "$15 or under", so I wanted to showcase simple games under the threshold that fit the bill.

Me too!

Nice username!

Well thank you! I guess that I can not hide what one off my absolute favorite consoles are from you now. Haha. Greetings from Sweden! @@Fortefyre

Trevligt att träffas! I love my Intellivision!

Åh! Din lilla smickrare där! Not to brag.. But I was the first ever on this platform to make a video about Intellivision. I am a true pioneer! Haha.@@Fortefyre

I'm in the presence of royalty then! :P

Captiain Skyhawk!

@@Fortefyre thank you so much completely forgot about this game used to love it as a kid and once i saw your intro it jolted a memory 🫡

I aim to please!

I liked it!

I know, but it's still nice to try.

Thank you!

It's great! But I'll take the money lmao

Haha name discrepancies are the best

Emulation is the BEST!

​@@Fortefyrewhen I had a regular Nintendo, games weren't that expensive going into the 2000s. I don't have that nes or games anymore but seeing the prices for the games now are just sad. Games you could get all day well under 20 and 15 dollars are now 60 dollars. 60 dollars is the cost of a switch game.

This is true. It's a product of horrible market inflation.

I'll check it out!

:)

Facts lol.

@@Fortefyre I spent my hard earned money from my allowance on hylide , it was on clearance for about 25 dollars at kay bee toys. Got home, ripped it open popped it in, and I died a little inside knowing I just wasted my money and I knew they didn't accept returns on open games. My dad noticed I was not playing my new game and sad, when I told him about it, he brought me to the store and let me choose a game of similar price. We left the store with imaginations of daggers and winged boots (faxanadu). From that time on I made it a point to rent a game before committing to a purchase. God did I ever love faxanadu.

Well I'm glad you had a life lesson out of it! Lmao

I think that when you think of "developers that we remember" Kojima is a name that sticks out.

I'm sorry that you feel that way. What would you add to the list?

To you maybe!

Any other developers that strike your fancy? (without looking it up)

Metal Gear Survive and Snake's Revenge are the worst Metal Gear games. Also, Peacewalker is better than Portable Ops.