In honor of what would've been our 17th anniversary (and sadly 1st anniversary of her passing), this June is my 1st annual NES only month

[Estil | 1,265]

And why the NES you might ask?  Because during our what would've been our big Sweet Sixteen anniversary celebration we were going to play NES together for the first time (she was in a nursing home 30-40 miles away and since I had no transportation I was only able to see her in person once in a great while).  Now we had already did over the phone Family Feud (NES and other versions) and Blackjack and she told me how one of her sisters was really into the original Super Mario Bros way back and my wife was amazed at all the secrets in that game she could find.  But sadly, she passed away a week before we were supposed to meet up at her nursing home so we didn't get the chance

So with this being what would've been our 17th anniversary (June 17 no less!) I thought what better way to honor her memory than to make June my first annual NES only month!  Not to mention it was my first ever system and from 1990-94 it was the only system I had.  Among other things, I'll try to tackle the trilogies like Castlevania (I think I did finish the second one), Ninja Gaiden, Adventure Island, Adventures of Lolo (I think I did finish the first one) and so on that for whatever reason I never got around to playing all that much.  I'm also thinking of trying out Final Fantasy 3 (the real one, not the mislabeled FF6)...how exactly am I supposed to do the Jobs system on that game, is it like FF5 where you try to eventually max them all out?

I never did have a Game Boy growing up so I'm thinking of including pre-Super Game Boy era as well.  I've been trying to get my grandma to try a Game Boy instead of just having that one handheld Solitaire game but she insists she's content with just that one handheld *shrugs*

On a side note I've also started reading lately the Big Three gaming magazines (NP/EGM/GP) and right now I'm on the 1992 EGM's and GamePros.  While I do have a Everdrive N8 Pro and can easily play whatever NES game I want, I do have a small collection of actual NES cartridges though I haven't really been able to add to it in the past few years sadly

**All "Black Box Thirty" games except Donkey Kong Jr Math and Stack Up, and all three Silver Box games (Kid Icarus, Metroid, Rad Racer)**

1942, 1943
Adventure Island 1, 2, 3
Adventures of Lolo 1, 2, 3
Adventures of Bayou Billy
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Airwolf
Amagon
American Gladiators
Anticipation
Back to the Future 1, 2&3
Bad Dudes
Bad Street Brawler
Baseball Stars
Bases Loaded 1, 2, 3
Battle Chess
Battleship
Battletoads
Batman, Batman Returns
Bigfoot
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Bomberman
Bubble Bobble
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, Crazy Castle
Burgertime
Caesars Palace
Captain Planet
Casino Kid
Castlevania 1, 2, 3
Championship Bowling
Championship Pool
Chessmaster
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers
Classic Concentration
Contra, Super C
Dance Aerobics
Destination Earthstar
Dick Tracy
Dr Mario
Double Dare
Double Dragon 1, 2, 3
Double Dribble
Donkey Kong Classics
Dragon Warrior 1, 2, 3, 4
Duck Tales
Eggsplode/Short Order
Family Feud
Final Fantasy
Friday the 13th
Fun House
Galaga
Ghosts N Goblins
Gunsmoke
Harlem Globetrotters
Hollywood Squares
Home Alone 2
Hunt For Red October
Hydlde
Ice Hockey
Ikari Warriors 1, 2
Jack NIckolas Golf
Jeopardy (all four)
John Elway's Quarterback
Jordan vs Bird
Kirby's Adventure
Klax
Knight Rider
Little Mermaid
Little Nemo
Lone Ranger
Maniac Mannsion
Marble Madness
Mario is Missing
MC Kids
MegaMan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Metal Gear, Snakes Revenge
Mickey Mousecapade
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Millipede
Miracle Piano
Monopoly
NES Play Action Football
Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, 3
Othello
Pac Man, Ms Pac Man, Pac Mania
Paperboy
Pictionary
Pipe Dream
Q'Bert
RBI Baseball
RC Pro Am
Rad Racer 2
Remote Control
Robocop 1, 2
Sesame Street (all four; don't laugh)
Simpsons (all four)
Skate or Die, Ski or Die
Sky Shark
Snoopy
Solomon's Key
Space Shuttle
Spot
Star Trek 25th Anniversary, Next Generation
Startrophics 1, 2
Super Glove Ball
Superman
Super Maio Bros 1, 2, 3 plus SMB/Duck/Track
Super Sprint
Star Wars, plus Empire Strikes Back
Talesspin
Techno NBA Basketball, Super Bowl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1, 2, 3
Terminator 2
Tetris 1, 2
Three Stooges
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tom & Jerry
Top Gun 1, 2
Total Recall
Track & Field 1 & 2
Vegas Dream
Videomation
Wall Street Kid
Wario's Woods
WCW Wrestling
Wheel of Fortune (all four)
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Win, Lose, or Draw
World Track Class Meet
WWF Wrestlemania
Yo Noid
Yoshi, Yoshi's Cookie
Zelda 1, 2

Edited June 2, 2022 by Estil

[CMR | 521]

Looks like you've got your month laid out for you.  Are you planning to beat them or just give them a quick play?

[Estil | 1,265]

8 minutes ago, CMR said:

Looks like you've got your month laid out for you.  Are you planning to beat them or just give them a quick play?

Well I would like to try to get as far as I can in FF3, and the trilogies I already mentioned...say how do I make my NES games list single spaced?  It automatically double spaced on me and obviously that takes up too much room.

But yeah I think I'll mostly sample...of course if anyone wants to make any requests feel free (but be sure to explain WHY I should try out that particular game!)

Edited June 2, 2022 by Estil

[Reed Rothchild | 9,568]

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[ifightdragons | 234]

1 minute ago, Reed Rothchild said:

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How do you single space on an Android phone, though?

[Estil | 1,265]

6 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

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Thankies

[Estil | 1,265]

Would you believe over at GameFAQs the NES is no longer on their More Systems short list?

[CMR | 521]

On 6/3/2022 at 11:47 PM, Estil said:

Would you believe over at GameFAQs the NES is no longer on their More Systems short list?

That's because GameFAQs is stupid.