Started collecting NES games

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United States500 Posts

February 26 2013 08:41 GMT

After years of struggling with my urge to begin collecting I have decided to accumulate the games I grew up on. I have roughly 70 games right now and plan on documenting my journey through finding them every week, or month or so....

Also if you are looking to possibly sell any you may have lying around let me know in PM or comment. I will pay obviously

I have about 15 more that are pending through ebay.

Also if you have a collection of your own let me know I may have some dupes of things soon and maybe we could start a trading thread as well

My collection so far..

Edited: 3-5-13

Picture of collection so far (97 games) **A few are on the way actually.. There are only 85 here I think
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http://imgur.com/a/lP45Z

Edited: 2-26-13

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So after making this post I went Thrift store, antique store hunting and added 12 new titles to my list which are now in bold below.

Best find: Final Fantasy (Value ~$20) (Price $4)

These are the games in my collection:
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10 Yard Fight (Cart)
720 (Cart)
Amagon (Cart)
Arch Rivals (Cart)
Arkanoid (Cart)
Athena (Cart)
Base Wars (Cart)
Baseball (Cart)
Bases Loaded 2 (Cart)
Bases Loaded 3 (Cart)
Bump 'N Jump (Cart)
Burgertime (Cart)
Captain Skyhawk (Cart)
Castlevania (Cart)
Castlevania 2 (Cart)
Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers (Cart)
Clash at Demonhead (Cart)
Commando (Cart)
Dash Galaxy (Cart)
Day Dreamin' Davey (Cart)
Deadly Towers (Cart)
Disney Adventures in Magic Kingdom (Cart)
Donkey Kong 3 (Cart)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Cart)
Double Dragon II (Cart)
Dr. Chaos (Cart)
Dragon Warrior (Cart)
Duck Hunt (Gun Required) (Cart)
Empire Strikes Back, The (Cart)
Excitebike (Cart)
Faxanadu (Cart)
Final Fantasy (Cart)
Flying Warriors (Cart)
Galaga (Cart)
Gauntlet 2 (Cart / Manual / Box)
Ghosts 'N Goblins (Cart)
Gyromite (Cart)
Heavy Barrel (Cart)
Hogan's Alley (Gun Required) (Cart)
Hoops (Cart)
Hunt for Red October, The (Cart)
Ice Climber (Cart)
Ice Hockey (Cart)
Ikari Warriors (Cart)
Ikari Warriors 2 (Cart)
Jackal (Cart)
Karate Champ (Cart)
Karnov (Cart)
Kings Knight (Cart)
Kirby's Adventure (Cart)
Legacy of the Wizard (Cart)
Legend of Zelda, The (Cart / Manual / Box)
Little League Baseball (Cart)
Little Nemo (Cart)
Lode Runner (Cart)
Mad Max (Cart)
Major League Baseball (Cart)
Monopoly (Cart)
Othello (Cart)
Popeye (Cart)
R.C. Pro-Am Racing (Cart)
Rad Racer (Cart)
Raid on Bungeling Bay (Cart)
Rescue Embassy Mission (Cart)
Short Order/Eggsplode (Power Pad) (Cart)
Skate or Die (Cart)
Slalom (Cart)
Smash TV (Cart)
Soccer (Cart)
Star Voyager (Cart)
Star Wars (Cart)
Stinger (Cart)
Super Dodge Ball (Cart)
Super Mario Brothers 2 (Cart / Manual / Box)
Super Mario Brothers 3 (Cart)
Super Mario/Duck Hunt (Cart / Manual / Box)
Super Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet (Cart / Manual / Box)
Super Spike V'Ball/World Cup Soccer (Cart)
Super Team Games (Power Pad) (Cart)
Taboo The Sixth Sense (Cart)
Tag Team Wrestling (Cart)
Tecmo Baseball (Cart)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cart)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (Cart / Manual)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (Cart)
Tetris (Nintendo) (Cart / Manual / Box)
Totally Rad (Cart)
Track and Field (Cart)
Track and Field 2 (Cart / Manual)
Trog (Cart)
Trojan (Cart)
Ultima Exodus (Cart)
Urban Champion (Cart)
Wizards and Warriors 2 Ironsword (Cart)
Xevious (Cart)
Zanac (Cart)
Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link (Cart / Manual / Box)

These are the games on my wanted list:

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Caveman Games
Crystalis
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Duck Tales
Gauntlet (licensed)
Gauntlet (unlicensed)
Gremlins 2
Jackie Chan Kung Fu
Milon's Secret Castle
Pirates!
Power Punch 2
Shinobi
Snake Rattle and Roll
World Cup Soccer
Zombie Nation

red.venom

United States4651 Posts

February 26 2013 08:53 GMT

Can't really say much except you got a lot of the classics right there. Used to be pretty into collecting NES but after stopping in the early 2000s and seeing that nowadays the games are RIDICULOUSLY overpriced I can't stomach it. Gave most of my collection with dozens of CIB games to a friend who is prob within 20-30 of having the entire domestic NES library lol, every once in a while we meet up and have a game night and beat some random game no one has heard of.

Always be my most fond gaming memories along with BW : ]

Sit down with Dr Chaos btw and try to finish it with no faqs, its a great game.

Kevin_Sorbo

Canada3217 Posts

February 26 2013 14:03 GMT

are you able to land the plane on the carrier in Topgun? I remember it was freakin hard back when I was a kid!!

btw Excitebike is da bomb!

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

February 26 2013 14:23 GMT

solid collection! i've got a big one back at my mom's. my brother ended up keepign it.

you need more of the ninja turtles.

rc pro am used to be one of my favorite games

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

February 26 2013 15:11 GMT

rc pro am was sick

there's still a ton of classics missing but that's definitely a good start =]

I'm surprised you don't have SMB3 though o.o

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

February 26 2013 15:16 GMT

no world cup, ice hockey or blades of steel

GIT ON IT

HardlyNever

United States1258 Posts

February 26 2013 16:26 GMT

I have the cart and box for Mega Man 1.

I also have the cart for Final Fantasy 1 (I believe I have the instructions somewhere, but not 100% sure on that).

I have the gold cart (aren't they all gold?) for Legend of Zelda.

I have no idea what, if anything, these are worth.

I have some others but those are probably the most popular ones.

Edit: Oh god Crystalis. Crystalis is amazing. Last NES game I ever bought. Best Zelda clone ever.

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

February 26 2013 16:42 GMT

nah not all carts for zelda are gold.

price per game varies greatly depending on the condition and how rare it was. but a good rule of thumb is box + instructions = $$$

damn this thread gets me all nostolgic. i had a kick like this maybe 10 years ago.

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United States500 Posts

February 26 2013 16:55 GMT

I have SMB3 on the way

I don't have a lot of the bigger name games yet because I'm focusing on some of more obscure ones first. But I am picking them up when I find them cheap. Ebay and what not seems to charge more for the big titles even though they aren't that rare

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

February 26 2013 17:08 GMT

#10

what are you favorite games?

this is gonna be the default nes thread now hell yeahhhhh

Masq

Canada1792 Posts

February 26 2013 17:10 GMT

#11

Check out:

Adventure Island (1/2/3)
Batman
Battle toads
Bomberman
Dragons Lair
Captain Skyhawk
Skate or Die
Snake, Rattle, and Roll
Spy vs Spy
Ultima (Series)

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United States500 Posts

February 26 2013 17:20 GMT

#12

On February 27 2013 02:08 QuanticHawk wrote:
what are you favorite games?

this is gonna be the default nes thread now hell yeahhhhh

My favorites on the console were:

Top 10 Obvious Ones (No Order):

Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Brothers
Contra
Castlevania
TMNT 2 (the arcade one)
Super Mario 3
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Tecmo Super Bowl
Baseball Stars
Rampage

The Not So Obvious Ones:

Super Dodgeball
Snake Rattle N Roll
Duck Tales
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (Nostalgia lol)
Panic Restaurant
Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu
Base Wars
Gremlins 2
Double Dribble
Arch Rivals

HardlyNever

United States1258 Posts

February 26 2013 17:24 GMT

#13

On February 27 2013 02:08 QuanticHawk wrote:
what are you favorite games?

this is gonna be the default nes thread now hell yeahhhhh

Crystalis. Play it now if you never have.

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United States500 Posts

February 26 2013 17:36 GMT

#14

Crystalis is really good. I have never beaten it but I do have plans on doing so once I acquire a copy

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

February 26 2013 17:50 GMT

#15

i vaguely remember playing crystalis a bunch as a kid. i think my brother has it.

base wars is fucking awesommeeeeeee. the normal mlb game is really good as well. cant think of the game name off hand

WaveofShadow

Canada31495 Posts

February 26 2013 18:59 GMT

#16

Man you are missing every Mega Man game!
I have 2 and 5 myself, both amazing.
As far as ones that are 'worth anything,' I have no idea what stuff is worth.

I do have 2 games that no one I know had ever heard of, one is called Space Shuttle and it's literally you go and do missions like NASA would do, and the other is Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston which is weird, buggy, but fun in its own way.

Edit: you're also missing the Dragon Quest/Warrior series!

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

February 26 2013 19:08 GMT

#17

You should find a copy of Golgo 13. I think it has a sex scene, and also you get to fight robot Hitler at the end.

Or Karnov.

Suspense

United States500 Posts

February 26 2013 20:11 GMT

#18

On February 27 2013 04:08 heyoka wrote:
You should find a copy of Golgo 13. I think it has a sex scene, and also you get to fight robot Hitler at the end.

Or Karnov.

Lol.. I just went out Antique shopping and Thrift store hunting and came home with Karnov.. Then came back and read this post

CecilSunkure

United States2829 Posts

February 26 2013 20:32 GMT

#19

Ah man NES games is like one of the best things to collect. Dammnnn. I'm currently collecting SNES games, but pretty poor. Hopefully this summer with a job I can buy many things!

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

February 26 2013 23:05 GMT

#20

Chelnov is great too, another Data East classic!

Burrfoot

United States1176 Posts

February 26 2013 23:42 GMT

#21

Beware of used cartridges! They may have 1980s herpes on them from all the blowing. :-D

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

February 26 2013 23:49 GMT

#22

Do you want Battletoads? I still have one with box and manual.

CecilSunkure

United States2829 Posts

February 26 2013 23:54 GMT

#23

On February 27 2013 08:49 Chairman Ray wrote:
Do you want Battletoads? I still have one with box and manual.

Want.

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United States500 Posts

February 27 2013 00:07 GMT

#24

On February 27 2013 08:49 Chairman Ray wrote:
Do you want Battletoads? I still have one with box and manual.

PM'd

Masq

Canada1792 Posts

February 27 2013 01:28 GMT

#25

this thread made me think of how awesome SNES was all day at work.

THANKS A LOT

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United States500 Posts

February 27 2013 03:01 GMT

#26

I went ahead and added a list of games I am currently looking for just to add to the conversation. I know that a lot of the classics aren't present (Mega Man, Castlevanias, Zelda, Marios) but that is because I can get those whenever and although I want them, I would like to focus on the more interesting first.

dabom88

United States3483 Posts

February 27 2013 04:36 GMT

#27

Don't cartridges have a shelf life?

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United States500 Posts

February 27 2013 09:39 GMT

#28

On February 27 2013 13:36 dabom88 wrote:
Don't cartridges have a shelf life?

Everything works. You just need to take care of them

HardlyNever

United States1258 Posts

February 27 2013 15:27 GMT

#29

Oh shi faxanadu. That game is so hard. The way the people blink when they talk always creeped me out.

I might still have our copy of Milon's Secret Castle, but I think we might have sold that one. I'll let you know when I get a chance to get back and see what is there.

WaveofShadow

Canada31495 Posts

February 27 2013 17:53 GMT

#30

OH GOD Milon's Secret Castle. What a turrible game. A friend of mine owns that.

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United States500 Posts

February 28 2013 03:50 GMT

#31

Added a couple more cheap games today.. headed to a swap meet Friday and Saturday.. Hoping to have luck there

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United States500 Posts

March 05 2013 09:53 GMT

#32

I have added some pictures to the thread.. My collection has grown quite a bit since last time so here it is now.. Also the list has been updated as well..

WaveofShadow

Canada31495 Posts

March 05 2013 13:55 GMT

#33

I see you updated your list.
I have both Dragon Warrior IV (great game) and an unlicensed Gauntlet (black cart, by Tengen I think?)
Have those been hard to find for you?

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

March 05 2013 15:41 GMT

#34

man i really wanna play excite bike now.

your want list really needs ice hockey and blades of steel!! Ice hockey is great fun even if you're not a hockey fan

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United States500 Posts

March 05 2013 19:48 GMT

#35

On March 06 2013 00:41 QuanticHawk wrote:
man i really wanna play excite bike now.

your want list really needs ice hockey and blades of steel!! Ice hockey is great fun even if you're not a hockey fan

I have Ice Hockey.. And I love blades of steel.. Just haven't found it yet.. Most sports games I can pick up for a dollar or two so I haven't really worried about them yet

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United States500 Posts

March 06 2013 07:04 GMT

#36

I'm also thinking of starting a youtube channel for myself mostly.. Just to document my finds. So I can have it there for reference and nostalgia one day

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