EVERYTHING IS PIXELATED: The top 127 games from the third generation of home video game consoles (Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Atari 7800)

As a life-long sports abstainer, the ____ Games games are pretty much the only sports games I ever played (barring a recent half-hearted attempt at learning what football is from playing Madden). They were a ton of fun.

Hey Mordy, which USB controller did you get? I recently bought a Super Nintendo one and am quite pleased.

As the sole vote for Boy and His Blob, I gotta say Casino is probably otm, but I still loved playing that game just for sheer zaniness. It was flawed, but I loved what they were going for and enjoyed playing it.

Also RBI Baseball strikes me as a pretty quintessential 8-bit sports game, I'm surprised I was the only vote for it! Many hours spent with it as a child.

i got this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-NES-Controller-PC/dp/B002YVD3KM

it's great for what it is but damn i forgot how much the NES controller hurts your hands

how is the lag with that? the problem i've had with USB controllers is that they seem to have a small lag, which makes playing the reflex-based NES games impossible. on the other hand, using a keyboard eliminates the lag, but is really awkward for most games.

i beat mega man 2 + mike tyson's punch out with it a month ago and didn't experience any lag problems

i used OpenEmu (not sure if that makes a difference)

Grateful for the emulator info itt!

111 - Gradius 2 (NES) - 11 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/eknFwKB.png

yes, #111 = 11 points 1 vote, it is amazing

speaking of shmups at 111/11/1

111 - Parodius Da (NES) - 11 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/UT8Zpix.png

those images might be fucked up. found it tough to get a bead on which game was which

hmm, that image is from the coin op. my bad. here's the european release NES box art thx to wikipedia:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Parodius_NES.jpg

111 - Recca (NES) - 11 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/gjRWNQC.png

So many shmups

never got Parodius over here. Was heavy into Stinger though (aka Twinbee 2 or whatever)

111 - Rocky (Sega) - 11 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/PBr80Ro.png

111 - Teddy Boy (Sega) - 11 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/dy05MV8.png

never heard of recca, looks cool? more interested in the goofiness of parodius though.

as a kid, even before getting into robotech, i was really drawn into anything with manga-style art, always disappointed on some level when the game itself featured nothing of the sort. i just really liked that 'look,' without even a name for it.

109 - Golgo 13 (NES) - 12 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/B6I0wsh.png

heyo

i've never played that game or even really seen it but it looks crazy!

109 - Ice Climber (NES) - 12 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/DnHBvla.png

^ also love this box art template. i actually made a PSD of a blank one and set it up so i could make each result in the style of a NES game box, but realized that it'd jsut be bettr to include the original boxes for these games (and also some of these games are sega and atari.)

GOLGO-13 was beyond Nintendo hard btw. After a certain point it just never let up, IIRC. I can't believe people actually beat it.

108 - Wizards and Warriors II: Ironsword (NES) - 13 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/73BwM0l.png

w&w II was all about the atmosphere and non-linear levels

Italian model Fabio Lanzoni portrays the protagonist Kuros on the game’s cover, but he does not make an in-game appearance.

102 - Bases Loaded (NES) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/I6wNxHZ.png

102 - Double Dribble (NES) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/0xmuiFf.png

102 - Golden Axe Warrior (Sega) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/9txNF4p.png

Used to play a TON of Double Dribble on NES. That games rules.

GOLGO-13 looks really cool and ahead of its time.

huh, so if you had an SMS, was Golden Axe Warrior your Zelda?

i beat w&w2:ironsword, just want that recorded. otm about the nonlinear levels. a maddening game tho.

looking at golgo 13 footage it does look kinda wild - bunch of different styles of gameplay, from side scrolling exploration/fighting stuff to a SHMUP, to a first-person maze thing.

102 - Mickey Mouse Castle Of Illusion (Sega) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/VxzCLWs.png

ooo forgot to vote for that but it was one of my favorites as a kid

the sms version?

i feel like that game will get its due in the 4th gen poll

haha i remember renting Golgo 13, that didn't go so well

oh yeah, maybe i didn't play it until the snes

102 - Shinobi (Sega) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/biHcKgu.png

I voted for RC Pro Am II. RC Pro Am was a very early 4p console game, so I played a ton of it. Sort of the Goldeneye of my youth?

102 - Spy Hunter (NES) - 14 points / 1 Vote
http://i.imgur.com/TGGfVET.png

I've never seen or played Castle Of Illusion on the Master System but I can't imagine that it holds a candle to the Genesis version (which has a place waiting very high atop my 4th gen ballot).

Ha. Spy Hunter is another of mine. That makes something like five today. I must be the only person who voted for at least a third of the games on my ballot.

or at least limit to an era of pc

yeah no pc games would feel... purer.