Ninja Gaiden was the definition of madness. Nothing made me rage more than those g'damn birds that kept respawning if you just backtracked a mm to recalibrate for a jump. And the continue system and respawn system was ruthless on that game. Thank god for wood framed CRT televisions back then. I would have embedded dozens of controllers into our new sissy flat panel counterparts. Beating that game was my ultimate NES accomplishment. Mega-man on one life was a close second, and I played so much Contra, I had the game pattern literally memorized and could do 1 life pea shooter run throughs.
Best NES game ever though was Metroid. I still run through that game a couple times a year. Somehow that game has stayed absolutely timeless.
There were a lot of really cool lesser known games too. Blaster Master was highly under rated in its day, and only now are people regognizing it as a classic.
I miss the NES days.
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