Third VideoGame Generation Recap - NES (Famicom) - Adam Koralik 

It's funny how the NES had strict quality control yet the NES is the most covered console on AVGN lol.

dude you lay down knowledge like a boss and your humor is much appreciated

I wonder if the NES would rank even higher on the most units sold list if you could count up all the pirate versions and clones of it sold in China, Taiwan, South America, Eastern Europe, etc. Hell, they're probably still doing business selling some in low-income parts of the world, blowing peoples' minds with pirated versions of Arkanoid, SMB1 and Excite Bike. Which is kind of a cool thought in a sense.

I really enjoy the experiences you share. It gives me a new way to look at these consoles.

I really liked Super Mario 2. Probably because it was different than all the rest. I also agree with Mario Bros 3 being one of the best games for the NES and 3rd generation as a whole. Many Many hours sunk into that.

I'm an Australian. And, honestly, I have no childhood or even teenage memories of the NES. Back in the day, we owned a Sega Master System and a Sega Mega Drive. In fact, all my relatives and friends owned at least one of those two Sega consoles. Absolutely not one person I knew back then or even now owned an NES. Not one. Granted, I have friends from the United States who owned an NES back in the day and I've been told countless times how popular it was in the US at the time. But I can't say for sure if the same is true for Australia. I've seen a second hand NES on display at Gametraders, so I know they were at least sold here. But I don't know if it was even well known down here. I never even heard of "Nintendo" until I received a VHS copy of Toy Story as a gift and the advertisement for Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo tie in came on before the movie. I guess the Sega Master System was for the Australian population what the NES was for the American population.

I don't think saying Super Mario Bros. 3 is the greatest game of the era is very controversial--- that's a pretty widely regarded opinion, and the game typically ranks #1 of all-time on top NES games lists. I actually had one major gripe with the game (which was fixed on the All-Stars remake): The game was huge and yet there was no save feature.

I remember playing Super Mario Bros 3 for the first time. I had never heard of it at the time, never knew it was out. My brother told me a friend was coming over and bringing it over. I was so happy to be playing a new Mario game....I played the hell out of the first one...no matter what games we had for the NES, i'd still pop in Super Mario Bros on a regular basis.

Adam blesses us with another video. :')

While the NES is the reason I am a 38 year old collector who consists his collection more of a library than a museum, the 2600 was my first (before the 86 nes launch...my parents actually feel for the "fun is back" campaign and bought me a jr, not knowing it was the same system as my woodgrain vcs lol), and sega holds my heart. And I always had both consoles so it wasn't the "what I had" effect. I actually bought a Saturn in 96 and a Dreamcast at launch. I loved Sega. Still do.

Woo! Thanks Adam. Your generation recaps are one of my favorites series on youtube! Keep up the awesome content.

Paperboy is great. I loved playing it back in the late 1980s and on occasion now. In my opinion it stands the test of time.

I think to a lot of people, the NES was the first system they ever own that was marketed for them. I remember playing the Atari 5200 before getting a NES but the 5200 was my parents system that I was allowed to play on. The NES was my system and while my dad did buy it for himself, I was the one asking to get games on it while the 5200 I never asked games for it. I was born in 82 so I have a lot of great memories with it and even remember buying it with my dad. It also had to be during the time that the school yard culture also helped. Every kid I knew had a NES and we'd all take time in the afternoon after school to play it at each others house. It was also everywhere, cartoons, shirts, cereal, books, even movies for just Nintendo and only Nintendo. It was OUR video game console and was the only console for kids that was directly marketed towards kids so we just grew up with it.

Ahhh, finally!! You're the greatest! Been waiting for this 3rd Gen recap forever!

Me and you both saw the same console first. When I was 4 I saw my brother play super Mario Bros 1 and Tetris. Awesome memory. Thank you Adam for doing these awesome videos..

Well dam your cousin reeks of awesomeness for giving you all that nes stuff!

Hey Adam once again great video man, when you showed Castlevania. I had a little bit of a flashback of me playing that game with my dad. The thing is that was the only game that I can remember that he would actually sit down and play with me he loved it for some reason. Lol. and I had totally forgotten about that till now. I think that's part of why your videos are so great.you never know what fond memory can surface that you totally forgot about. I found myself checking the time on the video. not cuz I was in a rush for it to end. but the opposite I wanted it not to end, and that's priceless. so just wanted to thank you for the great video.

My favorite kind of video, YOUR personal relationship with the console is what I want to hear. Great video as always man

Another excellent video Adam! The NES was my introduction into video games and holds a special place in my heart. I think it's awesome you actually have the same system you first saw as a little kid!

thank you for this video! I've been hoping you would make an nes video eventually and there it is. I applaud this video