electricmastro Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Often when people ask for NES recommendations, I hesitate to recommend some of them due to how expensive loose copies tend to get. So I thought to make a dedicated thread about them for anyone willing to pay more for them, so that they can know what to expect when looking for more games to buy and enjoy. Of such games, my recommendations would include: Wacky Races The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper! Snow Brothers Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom Fire'n Ice DuckTales 2 Bomberman II Rockin' Kats Gargoyle's Quest II Metal Storm 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldLeader Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) Of course with bootlegs, repros, and pirate carts (esp. Famicom) many prices can be lower...Or a list of ROM recommendations for your Everdrive can look an awful lot like a list found here... I'd say, if you're considering them, maybe look up some videos of gameplay to make sure you're gonna like it, or conversely you might want a cheaper option like I mentioned above. Off the top of my head,...And I haven't checked prices in a while... Bucky O'Hare Bubble Bobble (1 & 2) Gun Nac Recca Summer Carnival Little Samson Zombie Nation For some reason a couple of games I thought were high dollar are actually quite affordable like Pinball Quest or Little Nemo (which I must have confused with Little Samson)...I had a pirate Fami cart of Flintstones 2, and I thought it was fun but a ridiculously high price for the real deal...Also I don't recommend a real deal Recca Summer Carnival '92 as it's just too high to ever justify (Fun game though)... Edited April 30, 2022 by GoldLeader I wanted to add part 2 of Bubble Bobble as well :) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeguy Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 To me, any game that currently sells for more than $50 loose is expensive. So that covers probably half the NES library I always liked Little Samson. Panic Restaurant is great too 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 4 hours ago, GoldLeader said: Of course with bootlegs, repros, and pirate carts (esp. Famicom) many prices can be lower...Or a list of ROM recommendations for your Everdrive can look an awful lot like a list found here... I'd say, if you're considering them, maybe look up some videos of gameplay to make sure you're gonna like it, or conversely you might want a cheaper option like I mentioned above. Off the top of my head,...And I haven't checked prices in a while... Bucky O'Hare Bubble Bobble Gun Nac Recca Summer Carnival Little Samson Zombie Nation Bubble Bobble 2 is the expensive one, not the original. SCAT Kick Master Ninja Gaiden 3 and Shatterhand are now in the $100 range for a loose cart. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Bubble Bobble 2 is the expensive one, not the original. SCAT Kick Master Ninja Gaiden 3 and Shatterhand are now in the $100 range for a loose cart. Yeah, Bubble Bobble Part 2’s prices go for like 20x more as the original. They don’t play too differently from each other though. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldLeader Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 5 hours ago, electricmastro said: Yeah, Bubble Bobble Part 2’s prices go for like 20x more as the original. They don’t play too differently from each other though. Yeah and Both are fun! I've played the original lately, but haven't played Part 2 in a while...However, You guys are right and I edited my post to also include Part 2. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, GoldLeader said: Yeah and Both are fun! I've played the original lately, but haven't played Part 2 in a while...However, You guys are right and I edited my post to also include Part 2. Similar case with R.C. Pro-Am II. First one goes for under $10 while the second goes for over $100: 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Off the top of my head not reading up on posts before and sticking to US stuff I'd come up with. Duck Tales 2 Bomberman 2 Gargoyles Quest 2 RC Pro Am 2 (seeing a pattern here) Rescue Rangers 2 Bubble Bobble 2 Mighty Final Fight Gun Nac Bucky OHare Little Samson Panic Restaurant Ninja Gaiden 3 Kickmaster Metal Storm Rockin' Kats Felix the Cat Bonks Adventure Mega Man 1 and 5 Dragon Warrior III and especially IV That's some, trying to think of the near $100 and up from there stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Off the top of my head not reading up on posts before and sticking to US stuff I'd come up with. Duck Tales 2 Bomberman 2 Gargoyles Quest 2 RC Pro Am 2 (seeing a pattern here) Rescue Rangers 2 Bubble Bobble 2 I understand that quite a number of sequels to NES games were also released on NES, even when the SNES was out, in support of the NES being sold at a cheaper, bargain bin price for those that didn't feel like buying a SNES, explaining why other games like Kirby's Adventure and StarTropics II released on NES when they did. I'm not sure how true that is though. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Are any of these expensive because they are worth it or just expensive because flippers have succeeded in selling them at high prices? I mean, I bought Phantasy Star II for around $80 bucks but at the time the amount of ROM it had justified the price. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, electricmastro said: I understand that quite a number of sequels to NES games were also released on NES, even when the SNES was out, in support of the NES being sold at a cheaper, bargain bin price for those that didn't feel like buying a SNES, explaining why other games like Kirby's Adventure and StarTropics II released on NES when they did. I'm not sure how true that is though. Well actually you're not off the mark on some. Partly it was the massive install base so it made sense as people still were scooping up considerable amounts of games, others yet were just cheap and small team easy to make so they could run less, sell less, and do nicely. But as you guessed, some really did just pop up to help move the system, especially as late as 1993/94. The red top stuff like Capcom refused to do Mega Man 6 so Nintendo did, and 5 was done in a smaller run which is why it's costly now. Star Tropics II, red topped reissue of both Zelda games and Metroid fall in there too, Wario Woods(the last) it was to keep the top loader/nes alive into late 1994 early 95 to gobble up cheap easy sales because that top loader was only $50 for its later time on the market. 6 minutes ago, Gemintronic said: Are any of these expensive because they are worth it or just expensive because flippers have succeeded in selling them at high prices? I mean, I bought Phantasy Star II for around $80 bucks but at the time the amount of ROM it had justified the price. Both. Stuff i listed I'd legitimately own, seek, and play if the prices weren't a disgusting joke, a few I do have, a few I wish I hadn't released back into the wild (Gunnac, TMNT fighter, Contra Force, BB2, Bonk, Metal STorm, Kickmaster, RCP2, but it is what it is. At this rate I have some famiclones of Rescue Rangers2 and Panic Restaurant, and I have famicom for Bonk as its 20 vs like 600 or whatever...screw that. Recently found a wicked cheap newly made multicart for famicom (famicom remix 1+2) and it has most of these games on it to avoid paying sharks. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, Gemintronic said: Are any of these expensive because they are worth it or just expensive because flippers have succeeded in selling them at high prices? I mean, I bought Phantasy Star II for around $80 bucks but at the time the amount of ROM it had justified the price. I think that pretty much any NES game released after August 1991, when the SNES released in America, tended to sell less copies, and ended up selling for loose copies on the internet for prices higher than they did at retail. That might not be the case for games published by Nintendo though, since I understand they tended to produce more copies of a game due to being a bigger company to begin with, like Kirby’s Adventure. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5050997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 On 4/30/2022 at 6:50 PM, Tanooki said: Felix the Cat That was another one that stuck out to me. A colorfully bouncy platformer that seems to follow the spirit of Hudson's other games like Adventure Island. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5051745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 @electricmastro Yeah good call, there is a parallel to Hudson's Adventure Island, just without the annoying little diabetes meter, you know since Hudson is a hefty perpetually hungry dude that needs to stuff his face with fruit otherwise he'll go into a diabetic coma and die. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5051824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 I don't usually bother with sports games, though if I had to pick one on NES, this might have to be the one that stood out the most, for how it kind of functions like an RPG: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5052015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 If someone is trying to use real hardware and their goal is primarily to play, not collect, the first thing I would recommend is a flash cart. Honestly, that should be anyone's recommendation in this day and age. Prices are bonkers. That said, some of my favorite "expensive" games include Ninja Gaiden III, Shatterhand, Mega Man and Mega Man 5. They obviously aren't up there with the likes of Little Samson, but being anywhere from $70 - $130, I wouldn't call them "cheap" either. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5054186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I use a kit as a last resort, I'm finding less it more is smarter as you actually bother to use it. To combat the prices, get rid of something you don't use, then scoop the nicer stupid priced item with the funds that just freed up. Kind of fits nicely into the box of something new, but less in the way and less out of the wallet to get there. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5054704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 One of the better Indiana Jones games, made by Jaleco: 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5056953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 Great improvement over enemy placement and overall presentation over Kung-Fu Heroes with this follow-up: 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5072824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldLeader Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Not sure if I can explain this...But here goes: I actually think this topic could be read 2 ways. 2 practically opposite ways. And most of us shoot for a definition landing somewhere in the middle. Definition #1: Games worth playing, and the games are expensive. Definition #2: Games so good they are worth the expensive price. This was why my initial list had Bubble Bobble 1, but not 2. Even though it's expensive, Bubble Bobble 1 is worth it. Bubble Bobble 2 is not worth the astronomical price, (Yet is still a game worth playing)... Not sure if this makes any sense...But might explain why most of us are starting to put good games on here...While at the same time recommending cheaper ways to actually play them. PS: I still think this is a Great topic, it just contains a bit of a paradox depending on how you read the title. ? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5073230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 21 hours ago, GoldLeader said: This was why my initial list had Bubble Bobble 1, but not 2. Even though it's expensive, Bubble Bobble 1 is worth it. Bubble Bobble 2 is not worth the astronomical price, (Yet is still a game worth playing)... Bubble Bobble 1 is *not* expensive though, unless $15 for a cart is expensive to people around here? I'm a little confused on that one. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5073718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldLeader Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Austin said: Bubble Bobble 1 is *not* expensive though, unless $15 for a cart is expensive to people around here? I'm a little confused on that one. Well, if ya knew my current financial situation, you'd understand...LOL! I was thinking it sold for more I guess. Haven't priced too many things lately. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5073788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Yeah Bubble Bobble has been in the $15-20 range since before the virus, oddly it dodged getting worse. I could only guess why as it's a great game, as if the NES CE had some impact or it's getting more obscure outside of the 30+ aged fans. A few months back I was happy to get it for $20 with a manual as the paper costs as much as the cart. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5073846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Tanooki said: Yeah Bubble Bobble has been in the $15-20 range since before the virus, oddly it dodged getting worse. I could only guess why as it's a great game, as if the NES CE had some impact or it's getting more obscure outside of the 30+ aged fans. A few months back I was happy to get it for $20 with a manual as the paper costs as much as the cart. I presume the original game sold well enough in 1988 to be well known even to this day, in contrast to Part 2 which released in 1993. If a game released after the SNES came out, and was only realized in hindsight to be worth getting, then it tends to be more sought after: 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5073965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldLeader Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) I don't know fellas... (?) Edited June 16, 2022 by GoldLeader Thankfully, it's being sold by DISCOUNTGames! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335129-expensive-nes-games-that-are-worth-playing/#findComment-5074037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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