Now You're Playing With Power!

expecting a lot of debate about the merits of o.g. NES dance aerobics btw

basically i'm thinking this could be ilg's WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT but instead of fictional characters like abraham lincoln its nes games and instead of fighting for survival they're fighting to be the raddest video game

It's not the best game on this list, but man did I like Hogan's Alley as a kid.

if metroid OR og zelda come in any lower than third place I'm deleting ILG

fuk that, Punch Out ftw. no game has ever been more fun to learn how to play.

much better question would be the worst of this list.
As this is like asking who you would save in a fire: mom/dad/sis/bro/cat/dog, I'm refraining from a vote.

voting for Punch Out but yeah, Zelda, SMB, Dragon Warrior...

I could go for some Gumshoe around now.

some dope games that ppl might not be aware of:

excitebike: serious fun good controls should probably dl vc version

faxanada: crazy wtf game as kid i didnt really get the story just superchallenging adventure/platform ish totally badass. better than zelda II 4 real

golf: best sound effects in a video game imo

cobra triangle: i would play racing games if they were as fun as this and had actual shit to do like the boss battles in this game

I used to have that poster! Ah memories. It is too hard to choose... leaning towards Punch-Out, but Zelda and Metroid...

Anticipation
Faxanadu
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
To The Earth
Short Order/Eggsplode
Super Team Games
Dance Aerobics

I don't think I've played any of these.

Dragon Warrior BUT R.C. Pro-Am in second place

http://entropypump.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/dragonquest1.png
"How I Crossed River?"

http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dqslimes.jpg I have a blue one like the guy on the left but it got all scratched up

ninja gaiden series my favorite nes but that's for personal geek reasons - I'm a huge punch-out fan too but c'mon. zelda owns all these other games easy.

i always liked kung fu too - voted metroid

Faxanadu is great! it's a way better NES side-scrolling adventure than Zelda II. plus I'VE USED MATTOCK:

Faxanadu is a major great game; Anticipation was a fun party thing.

PROUDLY cast my (extremely insincere) vote for Anticipation.

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did anyone here ever actually have the Power Pad???? a piece of videogame history i was sadly unaware of... bandai rereleased it for the wii in japan my friend has it and it is awesome it would be more awesome if we could get a NA release on vc for some of the old bandai/nintendo family fitness games.

the good thing is that these classic games are still really cheap on ebay and craigslist

My sister's friend's older brother had one when I was a little kid. I asked him to get it out once, and he gave me a massive eyeroll. Now that I think about it, that was probably one of the first massive eyerolls I remember being directed toward me.

Mario Bros. 2 bcz it is the only game on this list I ever beat.

We did have a Power Pad! When we got our NES it had Power Pad, the Zapper (not sure if this was its proper name or if this was just what my family called it), & SMB 1. Plus Duck Hunt and Super Team Games, the one for the power pad. It was a track & field type thing. Hardest were ones with jumping, such as the long jump and hurdles. Naturally, everyone eventually makes the discovery they can just step off the pad for the long jump and then step back on once the character on the screen has traveled a satisfactorily ridiculous distance. Likewise with running: it was easier just to slap the power pad really fast, like speed bongos, rather than run properly. Thing was silly. All the rooms in our house were quite small so another part of the game was standing next to the wall and trying not to fall on the power pad while someone else was playing & have them beat you up out of anger.

I think we had that poster, too!

has anyone here ever played with the NES robot?

Ah, it was called the zapper. What I've never seen, ever, is the SNES super scope.

Naturally, everyone eventually makes the discovery they can just step off the pad for the long jump and then step back on once the character on the screen has traveled a satisfactorily ridiculous distance. Likewise with running: it was easier just to slap the power pad really fast, like speed bongos, rather than run properly.

Haha, I came back to post about the Slapping the Floor trick, but you beat me to it. Those were the two universally applied dirty tricks of the Power Pad!

we have a super scope the only good game to play with it is yoshi's safari

just ebayed dance aerobics + power pad

has anyone here ever played with the NES robot?

ROB? Yeah, of course.

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Man if I get laid off due to this economic crisis I will play ALL OF THESE GAMES TO THE END!

rc pro am and punch out are very similar for me, in that i can never get past a certain stage but it's never affected my enjoyment of the game, i just play up to that point having a good time and then give up.

One of the most EPIC parts of me being a five-year-old was seeing my neighbor beat Punch Out!!!! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN I STILL DO NOT KNOW TO THIS DAY

I also saw him beat Kung Fu, which he called DOJO of SIN.

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That turned out about as expected. The real question is, when you play Ice Hockey, are you skinny guys, medium guys or fat guys?

who joined me in the smb2 love?

what's up cozwn

total hi5s

tho I could be wrong cause I remember thinking "any nes list w/o ninja gaiden is bullshit" & might have voted zelda, my memory for polls is nil so if somebody needs to call bullshit on my claiming that vote it's cool

I did play smb2 for about an hour last night tho

think the new ilx code counts tht as a vote

kick ass, I wonder if it'll penalize me for considering Let's Scare Jessica to Death tonight instead of the new SVU

lol saved by low turnout

lol i think this was my most successful poll on ILG yet

beating Tyson in Punch Out was a chief achievement of my childhood. motherfucker was FAST

btw who ever voted for Short Order/Eggsplode is a true bro

xposts. sadly that honour lies with the conclusive normal vs. inverted poll :(

i didnt start that poll someone else did like i give a fuck about how other ppl hold a controller

haha ow truth bomb : /