You may only own one NES game a company

[Nintegageo | 582]

Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, SNK, Hudson Soft., Sunsoft, Ultra, Taito, Tecmo, Jaleco, Nintendo #2, Nintendo #3.

So why Nintendo #s 2 and 3? Mercy.

The company name has to be shown either in the art or title screen. 

[PekoponTAS | 171]

So from what I understand, pick only one game per publisher to build a best of all companies set. If you like, you can pick up to three from Nintendo because it's hard to choose?

Funnily enough, this is how I like to collect when it comes to CIB copies for old game systems. Only my top game from each publisher gets the CIB.

Nintendo: Kid Icarus
Konami: Super C
Ultra: Gyruss
Capcom: Rescue Rangers
Hudson: Milon's Secret Castle
Sunsoft: Batman
Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden
Square: 3D World Runner
Enix: Dragon Warrior II
Data East: BreakThru
Irem: Image Fight
Culture Brain: The Magic of Scheherazade
Acclaim: Wizards & Warriors III
Taxan: Mystery Quest
Kemco: Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Hal: Adventures of Lolo 3

There's more, but I won't list every single one.

Edited November 30, 2022 by PekoponTAS

[fcgamer | 4,723]

Pick one worker from each company. Can choose based on games they worked on, appearance/attractiveness, political views, net worth, etc.

[PekoponTAS | 171]

2 hours ago, fcgamer said:

Pick one worker from each company. Can choose based on games they worked on, appearance/attractiveness, political views, net worth, etc.

I pick Acclaim's human resources department. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in THAT room.

Edited November 30, 2022 by PekoponTAS

[sp1nz | 612]

I went on https://nesguide.com/ and went by publisher (so name should be on the art). I even included 1 game companies - couple aftermarket publishers and Japan only ones were in the mix too. I'm not gonna fact check anything, if something is wrong with the site's data. List inside spoiler to save space.

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Absolute - A Boy and His Blob
Acclaim - 3-D WorldRunner
Active Enterprises - Cheetahmen II
Activision - Sword Master
American Game Cartridges - ShockWave
American Sammy - Vice: Project Doom
American Softworks - Treasure Master
American Technos - River City Ransom
American Video - Impossible Mission II
Arcadia - Silver Surfer
Ascii - Gun-Nac
Asmik - Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Atlus - Rockin' Kats
Bandai - Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
Broderbund - The Guardian Legend
Bullet-Proof Software  - Pipe Dream
Bunch Games - Mission Cobra
Caltron - Caltron 6-in-1
Camerica -  Big Nose Freaks Out
Capcom - Mega Man 4
Color Dreams - Captain Comic: The Adventure
CSG Imagesoft - Solstice: Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Culture Brain - Baseball Simulator 1,000
Data East - Karnov
Electro Brain - Eliminator Boat Duel
Electronic Arts - The Immortal
Enix - Dragon Warrior IV
FCI - Zanac
Gametek - Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
HAL - Adventures of Lolo 3
Hi-Tech Expressions - Tom & Jerry
Hot B - Palamedes
Hudson Soft - Adventure Island 2
Imagesoft - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Infocom - Tombs and Treasure
INTV - Monster Truck Rally
Irem - Kickle Cubicle
Jaleco - Shatterhand
JVC - Boulder Dash
Kemco - Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Koei - Uncharted Waters
Konami - Super C
Kyugo Boueki - Cross Fire
LJN - Alien3
Matchbox - Motor City Patrol
Mattel - Super Glove Ball
Meldac - Zombie Nation
MicroProse - F-15 Strike Eagle
Milton Bradley - Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Mindscape - Gauntlet II
Myriad - Myriad 6-in-1
Namco - Dig Dug
Natsume - Shadow of the Ninja
Nexoft - Faria
NGD - Mike Ditka's Big Play Football
Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3, Wario's Woods, Kirby's Adventure
NTVIC - Isolated Warrior
Ocean - Jurassic Park
Panesian - Bubble Bath Babes
Parker Brothers - Heavy Shreddin'
Retrozone - Battle Kid 2: Mountain of Torment
Romstar - Thunder and Lightning
SETA - Castle of Dragon
SNK - Crystalis
Sofel - Dragon Fighter
Square - Rad Racer II
Sunsoft - Mr. Gimmick!
T*HQ - Swamp Thing
Taito - Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
Taxan - 8 Eyes
Technos Japan - Nekketsu Kakuto Densetsu
Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Tengen - Shinobi
Titus - The Blues Brothers
Toho - Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Tradewest - Battletoads
Triffix - Castelian
UBI Soft - Jimmy Connors' Pro Tennis Tour
Ultra - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Vic Tokai - Clash at Demonhead
Virgin Interactive - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Wisdom Tree - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by sp1nz

[fcgamer | 4,723]

9 minutes ago, sp1nz said:

I went on https://nesguide.com/ and went by publisher (so name should be on the art). I even included 1 game companies - couple aftermarket publishers and Japan only ones were in the mix too. I'm not gonna fact check anything, if something is wrong on with the site's data. List inside spoiler to save space.

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Absolute - A Boy and His Blob
Acclaim - 3-D WorldRunner
Active Enterprises - Cheetamen II
Activision - Sword Master
American Game Cartridges - ShockWave
American Sammy - Vice: Project Doom
American Softworks - Treasure Master
American Technos - River City Ransom
American Video - Impossible Mission II
Arcadia - Silver Surfer
Ascii - Gun-Nac
Asmik - Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Atlus - Rockin' Kats
Bandai - Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
Broderbund - The Guardian Legend
Bullet-Proof Software  - Pipe Dream
Bunch Games - Mission Cobra
Caltron - Caltron 6-in-1
Camerica -  Big Nose Freaks Out
Capcom - Mega Man 4
Color Dreams - Captain Comic: The Adventure
CSG Imagesoft - Solstice: Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Culture Brain - Baseball Simulator 1,000
Data East - Karnov
Electro Brain - Eliminator Boat Duel
Electronic Arts - The Immortal
Enix - Dragon Warrior IV
FCI - Zanac
Gametek - Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
HAL - Adventures of Lolo 3
Hi-Tech Expressions - Tom & Jerry
Hot B - Palamedes
Hudson Soft - Adventure Island 2
Imagesoft - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Infocom - Tombs and Treasure
INTV - Monster Truck Rally
Irem - Kickle Cubicle
Jaleco - Shatterhand
JVC - Boulder Dash
Kemco - Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Koei - Uncharted Waters
Konami - Super C
Kyugo Boueki - Cross Fire
LJN - Alien3
Matchbox - Motor City Patrol
Mattel - Super Glove Ball
Meldac - Zombie Nation
MicroProse - F-15 Strike Eagle
Milton Bradley - Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Mindscape - Gauntlet II
Myriad - Myriad 6-in-1
Namco - Dig Dug
Natsume - Shadow of the Ninja
Nexoft - Faria
NGD - Mike Ditka's Big Play Football
Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3, Wario's Woods, Kirby's Adventure
NTVIC - Isolated Warrior
Ocean - Jurassic Park
Panesian - Bubble Bath Babes
Parker Brothers - Heavy Shreddin'
Retrozone - Battle Kid 2: Mountain of Torment
Romstar - Thunder and Lightning
SETA - Castle of Dragon
SNK - Crystalis
Sofel - Dragon Fighter
Square - Rad Racer II
Sunsoft - Mr. Gimmick!
T*HQ - Swamp Thing
Taito - Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
Taxan - 8 Eyes
Technos Japan - Nekketsu Kakuto Densetsu
Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Tengen - Shinobi
Titus - The Blues Brothers
Toho - Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Tradewest - Battletoads
Triffix - Castelian
UBI Soft - Jimmy Connors' Pro Tennis Tour
Ultra - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Vic Tokai - Clash at Demonhead
Virgin Interactive - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Wisdom Tree - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land

 

Nice list! But as someone mentioned earlier, this is a good example why developer > publisher (thinking of the bunch games pick, as well as the six in one pick)

[Tanooki | 4,933]

The mercy for added Nintendo threw me.  It was a bit hard figuring out what would work to group, loving that idea sp1nz has done, we should adopt that list by publisher, and well, if you hate everything they did, exclude it, makes it easier.  NESguide works a really solid filter.

[Nintegageo | 582]

Sorry, yes that is what I meant. I tend to post these things once I vape my bedtime weed . I added the extra 2 Nintendo spots cause how can you just choose one Nintendo title??

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

59 minutes ago, Nintegageo said:

Sorry, yes that is what I meant. I tend to post these things once I vape my bedtime weed . I added the extra 2 Nintendo spots cause how can you just choose one Nintendo title??

Well, it's not hard for me since I don't really like many first-party games   I wouldn't mind a few extra slots for Koei though, as I enjoy most of their lineup.

[MegaMan52 | 2,445]

Nintendo: Super Mario Bros. 3

Capcom: Mega Man 3 or Mega Man 5 

Konami: Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

HAL: Adventures of Lolo

Rare: Battletoads

Ultra Games (yeah I know...Konami): Q*bert

Sunsoft: Ufouria 

Technos: Super Dodge Ball or River City Ransom

Square: Rad Racer 

Taito: Bubble Bobble

Hudson Soft: Adventure Island II 

Namco/Taxan: Mappy Land 

Tengen: Pac-Mania

Atlus: Rockin' Kats

Kemco: Shadowgate

Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden 

Bandai: Monster Party

Virgin Interactive: M.C. Kids 

Jeleco: Maniac Mansion 

Edited December 4, 2022 by MegaMan52

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

On 11/30/2022 at 10:09 AM, fcgamer said:

Nice list! But as someone mentioned earlier, this is a good example why developer > publisher (thinking of the bunch games pick, as well as the six in one pick)

That was a good list. He still ended up with a full collection!

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

On 11/29/2022 at 4:43 PM, Nintegageo said:

Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, SNK, Hudson Soft., Sunsoft, Ultra, Taito, Tecmo, Jaleco, Nintendo #2, Nintendo #3.

So why Nintendo #s 2 and 3? Mercy.

The company name has to be shown either in the art or title screen. 

I'll just stick with the companies in the original list.

Nintendo: SMB

Capcom: Mega Man

Konami: Contra

SNK: Guerrilla War

Sunsoft: Spy Hunter

Ultra: Turtles II: The Arcade Game

Taito: Bubble Bobble

Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden

Jaleco: Shatterhand

Nintendo #2: The Legend of Zelda

Nintendo #3: Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!

[ThePhleo | 2,184]

Easy.

• Absolute - A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
• Acclaim - Double Dragon II
• American Technos - River City Ransom
• Bandai - Monster Party
• Broderbund - Guardian Legend
• Capcom - Mega Man 3
• Data East - Karnov
• Enix - Dragon Warrior IV
• HAL - New Ghostbusters II
• Hudson - Adventure Island
• Imagesoft - Super Dodgeball
• Irem - Metal Storm
• Jaleco - Astyanax
• Kemco - Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
• Konami - Castlevania III
• Milton Bradley - Marble Madness
• Mindscape - Gauntlet II
• Natsume - S.C.A.T.
• Nexoft - Gun Nac
• Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3
• Romstar - Baseball Stars II
• SNK - Crystalis
• Sunsoft - Mr. Gimmick
• Taito - Bubble Bobble
• Tradewest - Battletoads
• Ultra - TMNT II: The Arcade Game
• Virgin - M.C Kids

Notable Runners Up

• Acclaim - Wizards & Warriors franchise
• Capcom - Mega Man franchise, DuckTales, Chip n Dale, 1943
• Konami - Castlevania, Contra, Super C, TMNT 3
• Nintendo - Mario 1 & 2, Zelda, Tetris, MTPO, Metroid, Final Fantasy, Kirby's Adventure
• Sunsoft - Batman, Blaster Master, Gremlins 2
• Ultra - Metal Gear

[Gaia Gensouki | 1,073]

On 11/29/2022 at 10:43 PM, Nintegageo said:

Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, SNK, Hudson Soft., Sunsoft, Ultra, Taito, Tecmo, Jaleco

If we're doing this by publisher my list would be something like this:

Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda (Just an all around classic. Also, I still need to beat the 2nd Quest.)

Capcom: Mega Man 2 (Almost infinitely replayable. With MM games I like to tackle the bosses in different orders and figure out which one is the easiest or hardest. I did this a lot with Mega Man X on the SNES.)

Konami: Castlevania III (Personally I prefer the first game just a little bit in terms of challenge and level design. However, if I'm stuck with only a single game, then I would choose III, because it offers more content and replayability.)

SNK: Crystalis (I have a confession to make: I don't really like SNK, or at least their output on the NES. Ikari Warriors and Athena are absolutely miserable and other games like Alpha Mission or IW II are barely average. Maybe Iron Tank and P.O.W. are pretty good and Crystalis is their only truly great game on the NES, imho.)

Hudson: Adventure Island II (Hudson is another company whose output I'm not really a big fan of aside from the Super Bomberman games on the SNES. AI II is at least a reasonably big and decent game that would take me an insane amount of time to actually master. Starship Hector would have been my second choice, but that game ruins my thumb.)

Sunsoft: Journey to Silius (Never played this, but I would like to try it eventually. And even if I didn't end up liking it, I would still enjoy it for the awesome music!)

Ultra: Gyruss (I needed a shmup in here and Gyruss definitely fits that bill. Otherwise Konami's Gradius II might have made the list, but I guess only US NES games are allowed. Anyway, Gyruss is a really good time for me.)

Taito: Dungeon Magic (I'm still missing a bit and epic RPG. Well, good thing that Taito released this one. It's pretty unique and offers a lot of bang for your buck. It also offers a little replayability by being able to choose a magic element at the start of the game which cn make the beginning and mid game a bit easier or harder. Highly underrated game, imho.)

Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden (Maybe one day I will be able to defeat Jacquio! Or learn how to correctly write his name. Anyway, an absolute beast of a game, but still a lot of fun. Maybe if I dedicated more time to it I might be able to beat it.)

Jaleco: Pinball Quest (Jaleco has to be another one of those slightly underwhelming publishers on the NES. I mainly picked PQ, because it's quite different from the other games that I have already listed. Shatterhand might have been a better pick according to public opinion, but I have never tried it and can't say whether I would like it.)

Nintendo #2: Final Fantasy (Apparently Nintendo published this one and I just needed a traditional JRPG on my list. FF also offers a lot of replayability.)

Nintendo #3: Super Mario Bros. 3 (I was going back and forth between this one and Zelda II, but for the sake of variety I picked SMB 3.)

This would be my list. Personally it's sorely lacking an Enix game like Dragon Warrior III. Other than that I guess it's fine and would entertain me for quite a long time.

[T-Pac | 7,542]

@Nintegageo great topic, dude. I went by publisher, and tried to nail-down a solid roster for each of my top genres (which meant throwing-out some of my all-time favorite games to build a more balanced library).

ACTION PUZZLER
Adventures of Lolo (HAL)
Bomberman (Hudson Soft)
Boulder Dash (JVC)
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Kemco)
Fire ‘N Ice (Tecmo)

ARCADE
Bubble Bobble (Taito)
Donkey Kong Classics (Nintendo)
Godzilla (Toho)
Q*Bert (Ultra)

PLATFORMER
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (Asmik)
Darkwing Duck (Capcom)
Dynowarz (Bandai)
Journey to Silius (Sunsoft)
Karnov (Data East)
Metal Storm (Irem)
Puss N’ Boots (Electro Brain)
Tom and Jerry (Hi-Tech Expressions)
Vice: Project Doom (American Sammy)
Whomp ‘Em (Jaleco)

PUZZLE
Palamedes (Hot B)
Pipe Dream (Bullet-Proof Software)

SHOOT ‘EM UP
Abadox (Milton Bradley)
Alpha Mission (SNK)
Guardian Legend (Broderbund)
Life Force (Konami)
S.C.A.T. (Natsume)
Star Soldier (Taxan)
Terra Cresta (Vic Tokai)
Zanac (FCI)

-CasualCart

[G-type | 2,481]

NIntendo R&D 1: Metroid

Nintendo R&D 2: Donkey Kong

Nintendo R&D 3: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!

Nintendo R&D 4: Super Mario Bros.

 

[AirVillain | 489]

Interesting topic.... but I was very confused at the title and even more-so after reading the OP.

I was reading it as "Owning ONE NES Game Company"....  

But alas, thanks to others and formatting I am understanding now. 

Couldn't possibly choose right now but the first thing that came to mind was "Mega Man 2". 

Now to pick ONE game from Capcom is difficult. VERY difficult. 

Edited December 12, 2022 by AirVillain