Really Offbeat NES Games

[PatrickRes9]

I thought a fun idea might be to list some of the really odd and obscure NES games we remember playing as a kid. I know it sounds kind of lame innitialy, but I had some fond memories playing all of those offbeat NES games.

Heres A few I remember:

Caveman Games
The Adventures of Dino Riki
Bad Dudes
Legacy of the Wizard

[Kielaran]

Totally Rad
Mag Max
Then there was one I cannot remember the name for the life of me, but you were a little dinosaur and ran around the stage picking up eggs and avoiding cavemen, but you could get an item that let you grow into a big T-rex and eat the cavemen.

[Aggort]

Try these at ConsoleClassix.com (http://consoleclassix.com/Nintendotitles.html), for free and legal, great way to see why these are so off the wall. Though not that crazy it's a unique game, Wall Street Kid.

Then their is the aptly named COOL WORLD!
- Mario is Missing
- Fun House
- Gumshoe
- Kid Kool
- Karnov
- Life Force
- Low G Man
- MC Kids and so many more

[PatrickRes9]

Totally Rad
Mag Max
Then there was one I cannot remember the name for the life of me, but you were a little dinosaur and ran around the stage picking up eggs and avoiding cavemen, but you could get an item that let you grow into a big T-rex and eat the cavemen.

OH, I know what youre talking about. I think. Wait, no Im thinking of a similar game. You would eat stuff, and turn into different Dinosaurs, like a Tricerotops (Spelling), or a Terodactile

[PatrickRes9]

Try these at ConsoleClassix.com (http://consoleclassix.com/Nintendotitles.html), for free and legal, great way to see why these are so off the wall. Though not that crazy it's a unique game, Wall Street Kid.

Then their is the aptly named COOL WORLD!
- Mario is Missing
- Fun House
- Gumshoe
- Kid Kool
- Karnov
- Life Force
- Low G Man
- MC Kids and so many more


Definately remember Cool World:P
MC kids, too. Man, Snake Rattle, and Roll.
Festers Quest. Millens Secret Castle

[walkstheplanes]

I thought a fun idea might be to list some of the really odd and obscure NES games we remember playing as a kid. I know it sounds kind of lame innitialy, but I had some fond memories playing all of those offbeat NES games.

Heres A few I remember:

Caveman Games
The Adventures of Dino Riki
Bad Dudes
Legacy of the Wizard

I LOVED Caveman Games!

[Kid Moxie]

Then there was one I cannot remember the name for the life of me, but you were a little dinosaur and ran around the stage picking up eggs and avoiding cavemen, but you could get an item that let you grow into a big T-rex and eat the cavemen.

I believe the game you are referring to is Trog.

http://www.tomheroes.com/images3/NESTrog.jpg

http://emu-russia.km.ru/gdb/nes/Trog_1.png

[Kielaran]

+10 point to Kid Moxie

And Patrick, props for Fester's Quest. I loved that game

[Aggort]

Definately remember Cool World:P
MC kids, too. Man, Snake Rattle, and Roll.
Festers Quest. Millens Secret Castle

Snake, Rattle, and Roll reminded me of the idiotic Rock and Roll Racing, but I think that was the SNES.

[Arilin]

This wasn't nessicarily offbeat, but my favorite NES Game of al ltime?

Super Dodgeball. I _LOVE_ that game. I used to play it for hours, just going through and beating the game over and over. Hell I remember when I got to fight the "darkside" russians at the end of the game where the color changes, and it gets darker. Still beat the snot out of them. Always played as team USA. GO USA.

[PatrickRes9]

I LOVED Caveman Games!

Hehe, me too man. Look back on it now, and remember really bad gameplay, but the time I was thinking : "No way! This games got some balls. I can throw my girl as far as I can by her hair?!"

[Aggort]

This wasn't nessicarily offbeat, but my favorite NES Game of al ltime?

Super Dodgeball. I _LOVE_ that game. I used to play it for hours, just going through and beating the game over and over. Hell I remember when I got to fight the "darkside" russians at the end of the game where the color changes, and it gets darker. Still beat the snot out of them. Always played as team USA. GO USA.

Damn the remake on GBA was fucking awesome btw. I'd love to see this hit Wii's VC

[PatrickRes9]

Yep, I remember that. I suppose this sort of reaction of remembering distinctly, these sorts of games, and at what timeframe in our lives we played them, shows you the power of this particular entertainment medium. I remember the colors, sounds, and gameplay to games I played as a 3 year old.

[Arilin]

Damn the remake on GBA was fucking awesome btw. I'd love to see this hit Wii's VC

I keep hoping to see it, cause i'd so buy it.

[NSFW]

Man i really dig rock n roll racing that sucks u didn't tho i'm hoping for a remake still....

[Baron Samedi]

Bible Buffet!

[Aggort]

Man i really dig rock n roll racing that sucks u didn't tho i'm hoping for a remake still....

Oh don't get me wrong I thought it was great, but it's selling point was idiotic. :rolleyes:

[PatrickRes9]

Anyone ever play Popeye?

[Apushmataha]

Here are a few I remember and really liked:

Robo-warrior - A weird bomberman-like game. Supposedly tied to the bomberman series somehow.

Blastermaster- A side scrolling/top down adventure game. It had a moddable car and you could hop out of it and hunt down bad guys in caves.

Flying warriors- a beat-em-up kinda thing that had you turn into a superhero and fight bosses with a kind of simplified Street Fighter system.

Gargoyles Quest II- You flew around as a devil that looks suspiciously like one of the flying red demons on Ghosts N' Goblins. It had an action RPG kind of style.

Guardian Legend- It was a top down RPGish game that was really quirky in the sense that your character was a cyborg that turned into a fighter ship and had shoot-em-up sections.

I'm sure I could come up with more if given time, but those are the few that I still remember.

[Kielaran]

Burgertime!

[PatrickRes9]

Oh! I remember this game. Really Old. Cant remember if it was NES or Atari. You were in this maze. It was comprised of black and red squares. It had walls and a floor. It actually appeared to be in full 3D. It was a co-op game, and your object was to find each other through the maze. I remember playing it with my sister for hours. Never heard of it since.

[NSFW]

Oooh ok i forgot the marketing so that's fair game i guess...

[Aggort]

Anyone ever play Popeye?

Hell yes, I had that on my NES (apparently my rents had gotten the game for free) but I remember playing it at the arcades. God damn I hated collecting all of her hearts. Damn bitch was willing to just throw them away.

[PatrickRes9]

Hell yes, I had that on my NES (apparently my rents had gotten the game for free) but I remember playing it at the arcades. God damn I hated collecting all of her hearts. Damn bitch was willing to just throw them away.


Haha. Yeah, thats right isnt it. It was an Arcade release. I think before it came out on the NES.

[Aggort]

Haha. Yeah, thats right isnt it. It was an Arcade release. I think before it came out on the NES.

Yes, yes it was. My mom let me play it since she knew what Popeye actually was.

[Heretic Machine]

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom... anyone, anyone?

[Disgustipated]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/River_City_Ransom-front.jpg/256px-River_City_Ransom-front.jpg

The greatest NES game.

[TechFiend]

Anyone ever play Popeye?

You mean the one with the hearts? And am I mistaken in remembering catching musical notes in this one too?

[PatrickRes9]

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom... anyone, anyone?

Think I actually missed that one:D

[Aggort]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/River_City_Ransom-front.jpg/256px-River_City_Ransom-front.jpg

The greatest NES game.

OOOOOHHHH.... I know this is from the other thread but I'd love to see this on Live with co-op!

[PatrickRes9]

You mean the one with the hearts? And am I mistaken in remembering catching musical notes in this one too?

Hehe, thats the one

[LongStepMantis]

3-D World Runner
Clash at Demonhead
Monster Party
Ninja Kid
Chiller
Faxanadu (no one I know irl has even heard of it...the shame!)
Cobra Triangle

and I feel like I'm leaving tons out...because I am.

[Aggort]

Faxandu (http://consoleclassix.com/nes/faxanadu.html), I barely remember it but now that I just played it. Insane, and insanely fun.

[digitalErich]

Without reading the thread...

Air Fortress
Raid on Bungling Bay
Super Dodgeball
Rolling Thunder
Legend of Kage
Clash at Demonhead
Dragon Power (Dragon Ball re-branded before Dragon Ball was "cool")
Star Tropic (think this one might have been popular, can't remember)
One last one I can't remember....it controlled kind of like Asteroid/Moonlander and you could upgrade your little podship

Edit:I still own all my old NES carts and MC kids and Karnov are among them...good calls

[TechFiend]

Faxandu (http://consoleclassix.com/nes/faxanadu.html), I barely remember it but now that I just played it. Insane, and insanely fun.

Faxanadu was one of the best early RPG's on the NES. It was really strange to be climbing that big-ass tree though.

[Apushmataha]

3-D World Runner
Clash at Demonhead
Monster Party
Ninja Kid
Chiller
Faxanadu (no one I know irl has even heard of it...the shame!)
Cobra Triangle



Hah, Monster Party! I remember playing that game. Remember folks, baseball bats are the bane of all demons! A few years ago I saw this (http://www.sydlexia.com/monsterparty.htm) page that mentioned how much the concept was changed when it was release in the U.S.

[Apushmataha]

One last one I can't remember....it controlled kind of like Asteroid/Moonlander and you could upgrade your little podship

Do you mean Solar Jetman? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Jetman:_Hunt_for_the_Golden_Warpship)

[digitalErich]

Do you mean Solar Jetman? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Jetman:_Hunt_for_the_Golden_Warpship)
Yes, yes I do...great game. I think I might have actually collected all of the golden ship parts, but why don't I remember flying it?

[Aggort]

Do you mean Solar Jetman? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Jetman:_Hunt_for_the_Golden_Warpship)

He beat me to it, if that aint it I'd be surprised. But I do know one other game that controlled like that, but it was a 3-D like shooter.

[LongStepMantis]

Without reading the thread...
*snip*
Legend of Kage
*snip*
Edit:I still own all my old NES carts and MC kids and Karnov are among them...good calls

I feel ashamed to have left out Legend of Kage and Karnov.
I played both of those so much.

Snake Rattle & Roll
Conquest of the Crystal palace
Golgo 13
The Immortal
Little Nemo
Crystalis...respect! Still one of my all-time favorite NES games. :D
Base Wars...my favorite NES baseball game, with robots fighting to the death to see if one is "out".

Did anyone ever play a game called Flying Warriors? It had a weird combat system where it would highlight part of the other guy's body, and you had to input the button combo to attack that spot. Defending was the same way. But it was like pre-pre-Power Rangers. Your guys could turn into power ranger looking guys and use super attacks.
it was actually pretty damn hard. Some of the enemies' weak spots would only light up for a split second.

[Aggort]

I feel ashamed to have left out Legend of Kage and Karnov.
I played both of those so much.

Snake Rattle & Roll
Golgo 13
The Immortal
Crystalis...respect! Still one of my all-time favorite NES games. :D

I didn't think Crystalis was that off beat, but yes it's a very great NES game.

[theevilnarwhale]

Zombie Nation. You play as a giant head and you destroy buildings. You shoot eyeballs and zombie vomit to destroy said buildings. Where does the vomit come from? You are a giant floating head. Its so crazy.

[Heretic Machine]

EOaKVoXVR3s

Monster Party is made of insanity and child endangerment.

Zombie Nation. You play as a giant head and you destroy buildings. You shoot eyeballs and zombie vomit to destroy said buildings. Where does the vomit come from? You are a giant floating head. Its so crazy.

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[Aggort]

EOaKVoXVR3s

Monster Party is made of insanity and child endangerment.

That is quite possibly the best way to describe that game ever.

[LongStepMantis]

I didn't think Crystalis was that off beat, but yes it's a very great NES game.

It depends. Around here, I hope most of you with NES experience played it.
When i bring it up to most other gamers though, they just stare at me. Heathens. :D

[Aggort]

It depends. Around here, I hope most of you with NES experience played it.
When i bring it up to most other gamers though, they just stare at me. Heathens. :D

Really I was under the impression a good bit either played or knew what it was.

[Shodan2020]

Batman: Return Of The Joker
Monster Party
Zombie Nation
Wacky Races
Casino Kid
Castelian

[LongStepMantis]

Really I was under the impression a good bit either played or knew what it was.

It has a lot to do with age and the gamers you know personally.
I'm not ancient, but a good deal of gamers that I know are younger than me by a handful of years. But quite a few of them didn't get into gaming until the Genesis/Super Nintendo age. Besides big name games like Mario 3, they don't know many NES games.

It's a feeling of sadness when you bring up a game like Rygar and they think you're talking about the remake. Sigh. "They made that for NES too?"
Yes...yes they did. ;)

[PatrickRes9]

Anyone ever play Thundercade?

[Aggort]

It has a lot to do with age and the gamers you know personally.
I'm not ancient, but a good deal of gamers that I know are younger than me by a handful of years. But quite a few of them didn't get into gaming until the Genesis/Super Nintendo age. Besides big name games like Mario 3, they don't know many NES games.

It's a feeling of sadness when you bring up a game like Rygar and they think you're talking about the remake. Sigh. "They made that for NES too?"
Yes...yes they did. ;)

Well the only reason I played it was thanks to emulators, but yea I get what your saying.

[xDIRTYSOUTHx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST5aqP8xlQQ
Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES

Wierd
Wierd
Wierd
Wierd

It was one of my first NES games my first acts of violence towards my console and remote.

[digitalErich]

ah hell...
Jackal..co-op jeeps mutherf*ckers

[Aggort]

Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES
Xenophobe NES

Wierd
Wierd
Wierd
Wierd

It was one of my first NES games my first acts of violence towards my console and remote.

Why you found it necessary to type like that is beyond my understanding, but seriously... don't. Oh and Weird is spelled W-E-I-R-D

[digitalErich]

Anyone ever play Thundercade?
Yep...it was like Ikari warriors with motorcycles or jeeps or something, right?

[Apushmataha]

I just remembered a game called Street Fighter 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_2010:_The_Final_Fight). It was a Capcom game and it had a guy named Ken. I HATED that game for so long...But I eventually beat it. Damn that game. I thought it was related to the "other" Street Fighter game made by Capcom. Being a dumb kid hurts.

[digitalErich]

A Boy and His Blob was out there.

[Aggort]

I just remembered a game called Street Fighter 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_2010:_The_Final_Fight). It was a Capcom game and it had a guy named Ken. I HATED that game for so long...But I eventually beat it. Damn that game. I thought it was related to the "other" Street Fighter game made by Capcom. Being a dumb kid hurts.

They should remake that game, with a new name obviously, but the premise was great and game was very fun.

[Superman's Dead]

Golgo 13 was hard as hell, but then so were most NES games to me. I must've been pretty bad at gaming.

Kirby's Adventures in Dreamland (or whatever the title was) was something I picked cause I dug the cover, and it was fun...but does anyone remember the end of the game? It got all tense and creepy and weird and dark. It would be like Mickey Mouse finally getting one over on Big Pete and then finding out that Pete was controlled by flesh-eating vampires who wanted to use the steamboat to destroy the world.

[Heretic Machine]

I just remembered a game called Street Fighter 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_2010:_The_Final_Fight). It was a Capcom game and it had a guy named Ken. I HATED that game for so long...But I eventually beat it. Damn that game. I thought it was related to the "other" Street Fighter game made by Capcom. Being a dumb kid hurts.

Well, that is what Capcom USA wanted you to think :p

[LongStepMantis]

Oh! I remember this game. Really Old. Cant remember if it was NES or Atari. You were in this maze. It was comprised of black and red squares. It had walls and a floor. It actually appeared to be in full 3D. It was a co-op game, and your object was to find each other through the maze. I remember playing it with my sister for hours. Never heard of it since.

Are you talking about Maze Craze? Atari Game.
That game was awesome. You could make the walls invisible AND have death cubes roaming the halls that kill you on contact...go! :D

Edit: NVM, i missed the 3D part. So it wasn't Maze Craze...but that game was still awesome.

And if all of us, including me, forgot to mention A Boy and His Blob before digitalErich did, we all failed horribly. ;)

[t3kl3r]

Castelian
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXVy6XumttI

Solar Jetman
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MaTJAw0QDH0

Blaster Master (I still consider this my favorite game of all time. I would seriously pay $100 for a remake done with the quality of the new Bionic Commando remake - the 2d xba version)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQ939KEcsio

[Hydroeric]

Here are a few I remember and really liked:

Gargoyles Quest II- You flew around as a devil that looks suspiciously like one of the flying red demons on Ghosts N' Goblins. It had an action RPG kind of style.

Guardian Legend- It was a top down RPGish game that was really quirky in the sense that your character was a cyborg that turned into a fighter ship and had shoot-em-up sections.



This.

Along with E.V.O. The search for eden.

[MojoJojo]

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/pics/ringking3.gif

[LongStepMantis]

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/pics/ringking3.gif

HAHAHAHA, oh King of the Ring...I forgot about the "corner treatment".
That and the "knock them into orbit" punch. Classic.
The game was meh, but still classic.

[Hyperglide]

I think the hard question is which NES game ISN'T offebeat?

[xDIRTYSOUTHx]

Why you found it necessary to type like that is beyond my understanding, but seriously... don't. Oh and Weird is spelled W-E-I-R-D


From your "Recently Listened Tracks" I'm guessing you're EMO?:eek:

but seriously... don't care!


Blaster Master (I still consider this my favorite game of all time. I would seriously pay $100 for a remake done with the quality of the new Bionic Commando remake - the 2d xba version)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQ939KEcsio


Oh yes, that's a classic! :P

[Deunnero]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/River_City_Ransom-front.jpg/256px-River_City_Ransom-front.jpg

The greatest NES game.


Indeed. Still play it now and again! :D

OOOOOHHHH.... I know this is from the other thread but I'd love to see this on Live with co-op!

Yes, I've been thinking that ever since I first got my 360.

[Ancalagon]

How did NES games rule so much?

Not exactly offbeat, but I really loved Megaman.

The adventure island games were also really fun.

ice climber was pretty fun

There was a game that was like a strategy game. It was a war fought in a garden, using water and stuff, on a small scale. Cant remember the name but it was quite fun.

And, I cant believe no one has mentioned this yet - B Wings. Getting the secret wings was awesome. Cool music too.

[Spigot]

I was worried that Faxanadu and, more importantly, Clash At Demonhead would get left off this list, but it's nice to see them here.

Come to think of it, I'd kill for Clash At Demonhead on the VC. That game was so unbelievably awesome and ahead of its time.

Golgo 13 still gives me nightmares. I used to rent it from the 7-11 down the street and it took me forever to get past the first sniper mission back in the day. Another one I'd love to see on the VC.

StarTropics is somewhat obscure but it's on the VC and that means everyone can engage in some yo-yo related combat!

What ever happened to the DS remake of A Boy And His Blob? I loved that game back in the day. Just don't give him the ketchup jellybean!

[LionEyez]

Low G-man !

[Snoy Cracken]

I believe the game you are referring to is Trog.


That games is awsome at first, but when you realize that the games difficullty ranges from patheticlly easy to "slightly" less easy becomes sort of a disapointment.

[roboninja]

Golgo 13
Adventures of Lolo
Solomon's Key
River City Ransom
Rygar
My cousin had one of those 99-in-1 "illegal" game carts. There were quite a few weird games on there.

[Dukefrukem]

Blades of Steel!!!!!!!1 THe sound effects when you got into a fight was so damn cool.

[TrackZero]

Do you mean Solar Jetman? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Jetman:_Hunt_for_the_Golden_Warpship)

I played hundreds of hours of Solar Jetman. Loved the shit out of that game.

[cppcrusader]

I'd say the most obscure NES game I played back in the day was Werewolf. You played as this guy who could turn into a werewolf, with swords for hands. If any game needs to be remade, it's that one.

[Spigot]

Heh. Werewolf sounds like Blood Will Tell, only minus the werewolf part.

I thought about putting Lolo in this list but I didn't think it was that offbeat. Awesome, yes, but not offbeat.

[Crash_69]

Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Shadow of the Ninja
Shatterhand
Battletoads - The first time I saw the giant feet and ram horns I laughed my ass off.

[Banacek]

Faxandu (http://consoleclassix.com/nes/faxanadu.html), I barely remember it but now that I just played it. Insane, and insanely fun.

Faxanadu was great. I loved playing that game. Anyone remember this?

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/481/northandsouthnesscreensjr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[netcraazzy]

Though not that crazy it's a unique game, Wall Street Kid.


I remember this game. I never could make enough money to buy the expensive house.

[cppcrusader]

Faxanadu was great. I loved playing that game. Anyone remember this?

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/481/northandsouthnesscreensjr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Oh yeah, me and my brother used to play that one for hours. That's still the one we tend to fire up when I home and check to see if the old NES still works, that and River City Ransom.

[Gaunt]

Blastermaster! I loved that game.

I think I played Caveman Games, but I'll have to go find it again to be sure. :)

I really liked Clash at Demonhead as well, but I've never been able to find anything to like about it since finding my cartridge again years later.

Kabuki Quantum Fighter - Don't remember how good it was, just remember whipping people with hair.

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu - Rented once and decided to avoid all light-blue coloured carts int he future.

Edit: maybe I need to play Demonhead again based on the posts above that I missed the first time through the thread...

[Lekon]

How did NES games rule so much?


To hazard a guess, I think back then there were so many odd games because all the companies knew there was this new system, with all this power (compared to the atari) and had no idea what would sell on it, so they just tried everything.

Case in point: Boy and His blob, Monster Party, River City Ransom.

[Spigot]

To hazard a guess, I think back then there were so many odd games because all the companies knew there was this new system, with all this power (compared to the atari) and had no idea what would sell on it, so they just tried everything.

Case in point: Boy and His blob, Monster Party, River City Ransom.Plus you didn't have 20 years of history weighing you down when it came to game design. Nowadays it's hard to break out of the standard genre conventions. Back in the day it was super cheap to develop the games so it was pretty easy to try something new and crazy to see if it could catch on.