Fun NES Games to buy when you're kinda broke

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Some of my most favorite, most nostalgic NES games aren't expensive games. If you're looking to buy some NES games for your library here are some fun NES games to grab even if you don't have a lot of money to spend.
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@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

What game(s) do you remember buying with your own money?

@volvoguy804 Жыл бұрын

Abadox and Legendary Wings could be added to this.

@Grimm81774 Жыл бұрын

The first one I remember buying was Zelda 2.

@miguelleandri2435 Жыл бұрын

I'm only remember Megaman 1,4 and Joust🤔🎮

@PhillBowser Жыл бұрын

Batman Returns...immediately regretted my decision

@mrdeadscott8270 Жыл бұрын

Bump 'n' Jump and I loved it so much. I lost it in a fire many years ago but a buddy gave me his copy and I struggle between playing it or keeping it in a safe lol.

@SNESdrunk Жыл бұрын

Rescue the Embassy Mission seriously looks awesome, had not seen that before. Reminds me a lot of the Golgo 13 game

@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

I think it's worth checking out.

@woodeyelyegaming1401 Жыл бұрын

It's awesome! One of my favorites when I was a kid! I feel like it was ahead of its time! It's very short but, it's fun to play over and over! I totally recommend it!

@silveredgrunion7196 Жыл бұрын

Seeing Snesdrunk and John Riggs interact is like in the 90s when Kevin Nash and HBK Shawn Michaels shouted each other out on Nitro and Raw respectively. Now I just need Riggs to throw up the wolf pack symbol on his next video and say "right back atcha Snezzzdrunk!" But Snezzzdrunk doesn't see it because he's doing an injury angle with Bret Hart on Raw. *sigh* I miss the 90s

@gjms Жыл бұрын

Golgo 13 hits differently after watching the anime. I should revisit it and the Mafat follow up game.

@echocharliepapa Жыл бұрын

This is hilarious, just saw John Riggs at PRGE, and the number 1 game I was debating on buying for myself while I was there was Rescue: The Embassy Mission. The number 2 game was Golgo 13! Played both as a kid at my cousins' house, loved the variety of gameplay modes in each. Ultimately I spent so much on other merch at the expo that I decided not to buy either (especially since I don't currently have an NES and the prices for those games have been low for a long time). Wish I'd known you two were gonna talk about them right after, now the prices are probably gonna go up!

@egocide9034 Жыл бұрын

Marble Madness is a MUST own. Snake Rattle N Roll is another great one.

@urbs1177 4 ай бұрын

Marble madness is a fun game, frustrating but fun.

@lawrencemcstephens308 Жыл бұрын

Another great video, John! You are one of my favorite KZfaq gamers, and your frank, down-to-earth delivery is always appreciated. This video brought back many good memories of making my own NES purchases/trades as a kid. I got Iron Sword from FuncoLand catalog in high school, after renting it several years prior. Marble Madness was acquired in a trade from a friend. I also remember taking some old NES games to a pawn shop and trading them for the original Legend Of Zelda gold cartridge. One of the best investments!

@HiNRGboy Жыл бұрын

I like that you showcase lesser known almost forgotten games, that I also agree happen to be really good! Great list and some of these are super nostalgic for me 👍

@stephentucker6548 Жыл бұрын

Just seeing the Ice Hockey and Double Dribble games in the box he showed was nostalgic for me! It was such a great time to be a kid in the eighties. I feel like today's youth really missed out.

@blacksunshine7485 Жыл бұрын

Just when i think im familiar with the catalogue, I always find some hidden gems on your videos! Cant wait for the next!

@DaBigCheeso Жыл бұрын

Some great gems on this list that somehow got forgotten over the years. Operation Wolf, Ironsword, Wrath of the Black Manta (and more!) were some games that spent quite a bit of time in my NES. And the fact Batman is still a reasonably priced game makes it a no brainer pickup

@matthewmattchoo6621 Жыл бұрын

QGZRNTJNRJGP , Ironsword

@Ben-yn9ze Жыл бұрын

Discovered your video today. I agree with your picks here and even found a few I haven't remembered for years. Thanks for the recommendations!

@gamenightwithjamiibo Жыл бұрын

I've been playing the NES since 1988 ( I was only 2) and still find games I've never played. Always picking up some new games.

@krisfrederick5001 Жыл бұрын

Marble Madness is still fantastic (when you think smashing the button does anything), not long but endless replay value. Also "8 Eyes" it's the poor mans Castlevania which somehow, we never played as kids. And it's 2 player!

@JGComments Жыл бұрын

I second both of these underrated gems!

@travistalbot1456 Жыл бұрын

Great video people need to know good cheap NES games especially due to increasing prices. I have about half of these titles from previous videos of yours. I'd recommend Skate or Die still cheap and I had lots of fun with it. Thanks John keep it up 👍

@andygoss3117 Жыл бұрын

Clash At Demonhead, I loved it as a kid and remember buying it at a pawnshop really cheap. It still seems cheap today but very fun

@HiNRGboy Жыл бұрын

oh yeah, that's easily one of my top 10 favorite NES games! It's HUGE too, with so many stages to explore..If you bought this one back in the day you really got your money's worth!

@kevinstrident Жыл бұрын

Time Lord looks to play nearly identically to Battletoads. Wonder why it's not more popular? Probably because it doesn't have a song that plays when paused. Just guessing. I've never played it that I recall.

@joshthefunkdoc 10 ай бұрын

Battletoads got one of the biggest magazine hype campaigns a game ever had at that time, it fit with the whole TMNT/Sonic zeitgeist of animals with ATTITUDE, and it had a wider variety in gameplay. Time Lord didn't have a theme that would grab the average person's attention nearly as much, and it's really obtuse since the game doesn't tell you some of the really weird things you have to do to find some of the orbs.

@jimsoczka9668 Жыл бұрын

I love Air Fortress. When I was young my uncle bought it for me along w Bubble Bobble, Air Wolf and Fist of the Northstar used when my nearest grocery store rental dept closed. He was the service desk mgr so he had dibs. Great memory right there!

@Progressive.G Жыл бұрын

One of the best NES recommendations videos I've seen...Rescue the Embassy and Batman are 2 of the best games I remember from my childhood!

@warwagon Жыл бұрын

Rescue the Embassy Mission gave me a good flashback. I think we rented it along with an NES from the local gas station when I was a kid.

@silentvalue Жыл бұрын

I really have fond memories of playing couch co-op on Cabal. Mission impossible, spy hunter, yo noid, gun nac, gun smoke, crystalis, tmnt arcade game, disney adventures in the magic kingdom....so many games i still remember playing as a kid.

@mattreynard8037 Жыл бұрын

Love the video’s brings my childhood back

@darktetsuya Жыл бұрын

Definitely feeling like I slept on Rescue: The Embassy Mission kinda getting a little Metal Gear Solid-ish vibe with the first part sneaking up to the building! Several of the following ones I did rent at some point and really enjoyed so definitely making a note to add them to the NES collection for sure. also it didn't come up during ironsword but you CAN get a password so at least you have that when your continues expire. (and I don't remember the trick off the top of my head but replacing one letter will give you a full three lives and start you where you left off!)

@robhunter7245 Жыл бұрын

I bought dynowarz in the twenty dollar on the shelf new days from kb toys. Played a lot of it. Glad to see someone giving it some love.

@mattray4876 Жыл бұрын

My favorite game for the NES also happens to be one that you can find relatively cheap. Rygar is the game I find myself going back and playing alot these days, either out of my love for the game play or a sense of nostalgia, or both. For me, it's the videogame equivalent of comfort food. I can pop the game in my Top Loader, open up my Official Nintendo Player's Guide, and I'm back in 1987 all over again.

@fuzzyargy Жыл бұрын

Rescue the Embassy was called Hostages in Australia, well for the Amiga anyway. Man i have forgotten about this really cool game. Thanks BIG JR, for taking me down memory lane. 😆

@jacobwebb2623 Жыл бұрын

EXCELENT review. I would like to add "Pool of radiance" to the list but "Rescue the embassy mission," "Wrath of the black manta" and "Golgo 13" are some of my favorites!

@GarlicMonoxide Жыл бұрын

If you push left when you're repelling and then up to counter it so you don't fall it goes a lot quicker

@datadude295 Жыл бұрын

air fortress was amazing, had it as a kid and my dad drew maps for all the interiors

@nynick716 Жыл бұрын

Operation wolf and karate champ nice picks. Bump and run looks like same company that made spy hunter. And that rescue game reminds me of spy vs spy

@kjhoskins Жыл бұрын

Good stuff, John. Air Fortress looks amazing. Thanks for the video.

@niXtreme Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man, I love collecting for the NES and it is nice to see there are still some cheap ones i've never heard of. I'm definitely buying at least three off this list.

@studiokadaver Жыл бұрын

Yes MagMax was a game I played a ton of! The wizards & warriors games were always fun

@az-cafe-moto Жыл бұрын

Nice list. I'd add r.c. pro am an bad dudes. 2 of my favorites.

@acdc09 Жыл бұрын

Track & Field II was a game I never bought but rented like 4 times and loved its presentation. Top tier graphics, music, sound effects, and gameplay that Konami was known for.

@tideguychandler1733 Жыл бұрын

Love bump and jump, played it back in the day on the arcade and nes. I finally ordered it off eBay 3 years ago.

@AngryCalvin 4 ай бұрын

Saw Ironsword for $1.50 at a local gaming store. I had good memories of it but in recent years when I’ve seen videos of the game it looks really bad. I passed on that one. I have over 100 NES/Famicom games but the ones I really want to play again are out of my price range. Shatterhand, GI Joe, Kickmaster, to name a few. Little Nemo and Batman are still affordable and on the top of my list to collect. I got Popeye, Donkey Kong 3, Karnov, because I really couldn’t get them in a better quality format than the NES version for the price I paid for them. The arcade game Cabal is a decent port I thought of collecting. Of course I felt the same way about IronSword and passed on it fearing nostalgia was getting in the way and would be disappointed.

@TheMaskedheel Жыл бұрын

Black Manta was one of the 19.99 bargain games at Kaybee along with River City Ransom. 2 great steals.

@frankschuler2867 Жыл бұрын

I grew up on NES and it was a huge part of my life from ‘87 on. But after all this time, it’s neat discovering there are still some hidden gems in there. +1 on Batman…I’m surprised it’s still reasonably priced.

@TheMultiGunMan Жыл бұрын

Nice. I've got some new games to add to my collection!

@StuAcker Жыл бұрын

This is weird. I've played "Rescue - The Embassy Mission" before. When I was much younger. But the title doesn't ring any bells with me! As soon as you showed footage of the sniper section, I just vividly remembered playing it. That part always reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock and his famous silhouette!

@returnofmerenguespersempre6664 Жыл бұрын

Gremlins 2, Terminator 2, Goonies 2, Tiger Heli, Rescue Rangers... All superfun and cheap games.

@retrogaminghippie3720 Жыл бұрын

Retro gaming hippie approves! Another great John Riggs production! Yes I have seen anticipation a ton of times with the perfect 90’s label. Had no idea what it was about!

@starkrebel Жыл бұрын

Dude! I remember the ads for that game in Nintendo Power & EGM. It def cost $40+ back in the late 80s.

@thatwasprettyneat Жыл бұрын

You're in the top .00001% of NES knowledge in the population. I feel like you're always bringing up games that I've never heard of, and I had over 100 NES games as a kid and read about or saw many more.

@MasterRoshi8974 Жыл бұрын

Time Lord is amazing! I remember buying this for 2 dollars

@tjames6427 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of time Lord in my entire life, thanks for this games list!

@xAgentXThreeX Жыл бұрын

I remember trading something at Lincoln video for Rescue: Embassy Mission, I absolutely loved that game as a kid!

@megadan2988 Жыл бұрын

rollergames!!!! such a fun one

@ezracer3400 Жыл бұрын

There are so many good games cheap on the NES. R C Pro am should make the list. T & C Surf designs is an underrated title among the dirt cheap stuff. It's gone up a little, but Ninja Gaiden II might be the best bang for the buck on the system. One of the best games regardless of price and you can usually find it for $20 or less.

@lpgodin2 Жыл бұрын

While I never personally owned an NES, but been around many people that did and I consider myself pretty much up to date on gaming in general, I had never heard about "Rescue..." and it looks fun AF... :D

@timslauzis8589 Жыл бұрын

omg... wrath of the black mantha. I didn't have that game but i played it somewhere with someone when I was a kid. I'm having some childhood memories. good and bad... thankz Riggs!

@cupheadandmaskedsinger3523 Жыл бұрын

I have a modded nes mini and love watching your videos for new games to play .

@enricovanderswanlake364 Жыл бұрын

You should do a unofficial sequel to air fortress by the way youre great john riggs retro gaming community is lucky to have you

@coolbluelights Жыл бұрын

I got all my games at KayBee toys. They were all behind the counter and you had to ask the employee to get you one down so you could read the box. you picked one you thought looked cool then you just hoped for the best

@aponamo4421 Ай бұрын

3rd game is a horizontal shooter

@starbuck66 Жыл бұрын

NES Monopoly is another one that I love that goes for less than 10 bucks

@BittyKongsQuest Жыл бұрын

Great list John! Air Fortress was a great pick! Tons of fun with that one growing up. Also I'm surprised you didn't mention Captain Skyhawk! That's a great one that won't break the bank. And I'm totally one of those people who thought Rollergames was a sports title, so thanks for covering that one. I'll check it out!

@giantlobsterboy644 Жыл бұрын

MagMax was in an ad from GamePro. It claimed that MagMax (and another nes game with jet bikes) were true stories from the future. I was naive enough to worry about the end of the world. That is until I realized that the events of the game place in something 2385.

@billyghostal Жыл бұрын

Ironsword is an amazing title and the first Non-Mario game I ever beat as a child. Wizards and Warriors 3 is also excellent

@chasonlapointe Жыл бұрын

I loved airfortress and Golgo 13, Time Lord was a late guilty pleasure that I think I discovered from one of your earlier videos. Roller Games looks really fun.

@stephentucker6548 Жыл бұрын

My comment is off topic, but I found my old Operation Wolf box(it's really just a disk folder like a record album) for the Commodore 64. I just wanted to say how much I miss the days of PC game's boxes. They were in all shapes and sizes and usually included all types of extra goodies that added to the world building of the game. To all the younger gamers out there, y'all really missed out!

@enfieldjohn101 Жыл бұрын

Magmax looks pretty cool. I've never noticed it before when shopping for games. I'll have to look for it at my local game store. They might have it. Looks cool that you can level up your ship/robot visibly. So many games don't do that.

@tr1bes Жыл бұрын

Demon Swords, Super spike Vball, and Dragon Spirit are what I recommend. For tougher games, Iron tank and Street Fighter 2010.

@chrisgotthat2435 Жыл бұрын

Super mario rpg was the game I saved up for and loved playing from start to finish

@scottg7660 Жыл бұрын

I really need to try some of these. Especially the embassy game.

@PeterParker-vq2cz Жыл бұрын

sometimes i just pop in RESCUE and me and the kids dance to the theme music :P

@jayhopt Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know the game was called Time Lord, but I recognize that gameplay from when I was younger!

@Thundarr995 Жыл бұрын

Iron Sword is friggin hard. I'm pretty good at Wizards and Warriors, good enough to have figured out that the score stops counting points at 999,999. But I've always had a hard time with the cloud level of W&W 2,Iron Sword.

@thegamesninja3119 Жыл бұрын

The JohnRiggs trucking game is awesome!

@sligacheese6470 Жыл бұрын

I remember jumbo video in 🇨🇦would rent sega genesis games and nes games with no fee until you brought the games back. Cool deal. I used to rent 3 games and pay later 🎉

@RussellFlowers Жыл бұрын

Do this for Game Boy, please.

@benjixxx69 Жыл бұрын

DUDE!!!! Iron Sword and Air Fortress that was my little kid life!!!!

@louisdellalucca8969 4 ай бұрын

I got a near mint copy of Iron Sword Complete for $20 and two loose copies of the Golgo-13 games for $10

@studiokadaver Жыл бұрын

I remember Golgo 13! yes marble madness...So many good games on this list

@shin-vin846 Жыл бұрын

Startropics. Part 2 zodas revenge was good to but the original. Classic.

@commonsenseconservative3226 Жыл бұрын

NES game. Wizards and warriors. Snes game: zombie at my neighbors. First games I bought for each system with own money

@TheHighestGodisGood Жыл бұрын

Air Fortress, heck yeah!! Love that game! And Batman should be $200, not $10. It's that good.

@mattsweeney3790 Жыл бұрын

Commander Jupiter. LOVE rescue the embassy mission.

@thommccarthy1139 Жыл бұрын

Just picked up Dragon Spirit The New Legend for like 8 bucks. Great game for that price.

@redmist78 Жыл бұрын

this list makes me feel old. I don't remember the first game I bought with my own money but it was probably Castlevania 4? I'm assuming.

@baret_digital 7 ай бұрын

Just got wrath of black manta, section z, TMNT 2 Arcade game, & Rygar for about 40 bucks! Rygar turned out to be mislabeled and was actually Metroid though! I’ll have to try for Rygar another time.

@stevennutz1109 Жыл бұрын

Air Fortress is heavy on the Metroid with a bit of the backgrounds taking a hint at sonic 2

@jasond2831 Жыл бұрын

loved rollergames!!! Iremember watching the tv show as a kid

@GoodVibeCollecting Жыл бұрын

Some other great NES games that are usually under $10 are: Al Unser Turbo Racing Bionic Commando Cobra Command Cobra Triangle Code Name Viper Mission Impossible Rush 'n Attack Superspike V'Ball Track & Field II Wizards & Warriors

@Curbjaw 2 ай бұрын

OOOH MAN How did I forget Rescue: The Embassy Mission.... that was SUCH a great game.... Why's that so cheap?!?!?!

@xreev0x Жыл бұрын

I can’t help but laugh that there are at least 4 Double Dribbles in that box. 🎃

@TheLastLineLive Жыл бұрын

Hey, you could always make a parody sequel, call it Air Fartress.

@kuruptein Жыл бұрын

Man ive been playing madden the past few weeks. Last nes game I played was kickmaster. Ive been on the last sector for three days now. Grawr. This video made me wanna play NES. Great video.

@jacobbaranowski Жыл бұрын

So many good hidden gems on the NES

@HiNRGboy Жыл бұрын

yeah, and a rediculous amount of variety too.. I'll always love the NES 😁💯

@spoonshiro Жыл бұрын

I got Dynowarz as a Christmas present from an uncle. Not amazing but I had some fun with it.

@voodoocustompickups2547 Жыл бұрын

I loved Ironsword as a kid

@josephbradshaw6985 Жыл бұрын

I just picked up Rescue, Golgo, and Bump n Jump. I already had Karate Champ, and at one point I knew all the moves. I traded in Marble Madness though. I think that's the popular game I dislike the most. I might buy it back and give it another shot. Ha. You can do that with cheap games. 🙂

@TiltingT Жыл бұрын

Black Manta was great....and Rock.. Rock.. Rock and Rollergames !

@jasonmountain4643 Жыл бұрын

Golgo 13 was so awesome!

@Sakura_Matou Жыл бұрын

Xexyz is cheap and one of my favorite NES/Famicom games of all time.

@elronaldese Жыл бұрын

Anticipation and Final Fantasy are the only 2 games complete in box in a 8/10 state that I have in my NES collection 🤟🏻

@welding_guy7524 Жыл бұрын

My uncle used to work cleaning akklaim offices overnights. He did manage to get us all of their new games in the 80s and 90s.. I never asked questions

@jonmullaly6274 Жыл бұрын

Konami's Track & Field 2 is one of the cheapest NES out there - still have lots of fun with this one. Classic Konami graphics and sound.

@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

I almost added this to the list. Played it a ton.

@gambitwilsonbillyho953 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid and Friday would come along, i could only rent one game for the weekend. I remember how mad i was at myself for renting 'Karate Champ." I thought that i would never say this, but don't listen to Riggs THIS time, folks. Lol

@BeautifulRust Жыл бұрын

“Take your time…You do have a time limit”

@Radd1976 Жыл бұрын

So upset I traded my old NES (GB, GEN) games. Stopped that around the SNES era and forward. I was ashamed when I put my NES carts on a shelf, and I didn't even have SMB/DH..... The most common cart of all time LOL. I watch videos and remember having these carts, and when I look around.... I don't have these carts anymore :P. (had to buy a 3DO somehow LOL). The Riggs hat is outstanding, btw.