I really like your videos and positive attitude. It makes me feel great

10. Metroid 9. Dragon Warrior 4 8. Zelda 2 7. Ninja Gaiden 2 6. Castlevania 3 5. Kirbys Adventure 4. Mike Tyson's Punch Out 3. Mega Man 2 2. Legend of Zelda 1. Super Mario Bros 3

Honestly Johnny, your delivery for this whole vid (and every video of yours overall) just shows how much fun you have with these. Like it's not about the money for you, you just make videos and tell stories of your childhood while playing games, or you give your opinion on games even if some people don't know them. This is why I've been subbed for a while and your stuff never gets old.

10. The Guardian Legend 9. Kid Icarus 8. Dragon Warrior 2 7. Rygar 6. Metroid 5. Zelda 2 4. Ninja Gaiden 3. Super Mario 2 2. Mario 3 1. Legend of Zelda

Stuck on a plane or in a car for 2 hours? I recently found that going back to Kirby's Adventure on Switch is a great way to fill in that time and make it easily fly by with minimal stress. Really great level design that shows how much fun the devs were having when making it.

I know this is an old video, but thanks for sharing...and loved hearing the memories tied to each game. I can relate to your experiences, and I had a love for video games that others around me didn't understand. My top 10: 1-Super Mario 3 2-Zelda 3-Metroid 4-Super Mario 1 5-Zelda II 6-Final Fantasy 7-Mike Tyson's Punch-Out 8-Contra 9-Metal Gear 10-Strider HM's: Batman Ninja Gaiden Excitebike Cobra Triangle Ice Hockey Castlevania III Kung Fu Life Force

Great games, I'm missing those good old times so much - no download only games, no remake of a remake's remake, no lootboxes, no first day patch! Just insert it and have fun!!!

Simons Quest was an amazing game for the time. Very imersive and scary. Glad you mentioned it.

What better way to start the day than watching a HCG Top 10. What makes them so good are the stories you add about your experiences with the games. Love the content, keep it coming!

FAXANADU... The most overlooked gem in the NES library.

I didnt grew up with the NES, but It trully is an amazing system that still holds up. Hard to pick 10 but my favorite NES game is a little hidden gem called Robo Warriror. Good list Johnny ,) Cheers

Johnny "HappyConsoleGamer" Millenium's List: [0:00] Intro [1:00] Honorable Mentions - StarTropics - Rygar - Strider - Blaster Master - Bionic Commando - Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) - Double Dragon [3:52] 10. *Super Mario Bros.* [5:21] 09. *Contra* [6:26] 08. *Castlevania II - Simon's Quest* [7:45] 07. *Mega Man 2* [8:42] 06. *Crystalis* [9:52] 05. *Final Fantasy* [11:25] 04. *Dragon Warrior IV (Dragon Quest IV)* [12:45] 03. *Zelda II - The Adventure of Link* [14:03] 02. *Legend of Zelda, The* [15:43] 01. *Super Mario Bros. 3*

great video man. you are probably the best youtube gaming channel. keep up the good work. i'm just 20 but i know all of the games that you mentioned. my personal favourites are Gradius contra castlevania Ghost n goblins mega man double dragon ninja gaiden ducktales super mario bros kirby

Legend of Zelda is my number one! And the music... Just awesome. What a great and epic game.

A tea, a smoke(tryin to quit) and HCG is the best part of my week thanks Johnny you're the best! My list.. 10. 1942 9. Ninja Gaiden 8. Contra 7. Metroid 6. Willow 5. Crystalis 4. Final Fantasy 3. Mario Bros 3 2. Legend of Zelda 1. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Video opens with the theme from Simon's Quest playing in the background. OF COURSE IT's ON THE LIST!😂

HCG nostalgia time. Bliss. Nothing better

Your enthusiasm for these games is really contagious. It makes me wish I could have been there when these games were released. Because even though I like replaying older games you never quite get that same experience as when they had just come out and when you were going in fresh.

Amazing list HCG ! 10. Guardian Legend 09. Mega Man 1 08. Dragon Warrior 1 07. Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers 06. Super Mario Bros 1 05. Super Mario Bros 3 04. Kid Icarus 03. Dragon Warrior 3 02. The Legend of Zelda 2 01. The Legend of Zelda 1

10.) Super Mario Bros. - Just so many memories playing this game and I think this was the first nes game I beat, but I remember being incredibly proud of myself when I beat this game for the first time. 9.) Contra - I have actually beat this game before but its been such a long time since I've played this game. I really need to play it again just to see if I can beat it without the konami code. 8.) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - I still haven't played this game before. 7.) Mega Man II - It was only recently that I actually beat and completed this game just last year, but I use to rent this game all the time in my childhood but I actually found it difficult as a kid. 6.) Crystalis - I had never played this game before. 5.) Final Fantasy - I tried so hard to own this game because I always use to rent this game but it was a game that you couldn't really rent. I have played and completed this game and its still one of my favourite games of all time for the nes. 4.) Dragon Warrior IV - An entry of the dragon warrior series for the nes that I have not played yet. 3.) Zelda II - A game that I've dabbled a little bit but I haven't really dedicated a lot of time towards it. 2.) The Legend of Zelda - A game that I have played quite extensively but I still haven't beat this game yet. 1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 - My favourite nes game of all time. So many happy memories associated with me playing this game.

Just finished Mario 2, such a FUN game for it's time! Just finished Metroid NES, wow for 1986 that game was ahead of it's time!! Very good, end boss broken af!

I call it the regular Nintendo till this day

Great list Johnny, thanks for your enthusiasm!

I really appreciate you sharing your personal stories about your experience with the games. It is what really makes your channel stand out against the other gaming channels.

Glad someone my age still loves the NES as much as I do. I got to be one of the lucky ones that got it for Christmas in 85' and that started my love for the Nintendo to this day. This is a great trip down memory lane for me. Thanks!

Awesome video Johnny! Makes me want jump on my NES, and start playing these games lol!

Great selection, love it!!!!

I still remember the Mario 3 commercial where everyone on Earth is yelling "MARIO!" and it shows the Earth from orbit and it's just Mario's face instead of the entire Western Hemisphere.

Awesome video and list! Thanks for sharing : )))

The first time I saw SMB, I thought the Koopa Troopas were turkeys hahaha.

Great list man and great video!

I was so happy you mentioned Crystalis. I put so many hours into that one as well. I really enjoyed the story and the item progression to get stronger.

Solid list. Love your videos.

Excellent list 👍 Some of my favorite NES games Super Mario Bros. 3 Metroid Castlevania Final Fantasy TMNT Contra Tetris Mega Man ExciteBike Punch Out

Love your top 10's keep them coming 👍

First video of yours I have seen, and I loved it and your personality! 👍👍. Hit that subscribe button for sure. Can’t wait to see more!

I as well received Super Mario Bros. 2 on Christmas morning in the year 1988. That was THE hard- to-find Christmas gift that year and I felt so fortunate to have gotten it. That game is very dear to my heart.

So happy to see some love for Zelda 2! I love this game so much.

I love you for giving strider an honourable mention! ❤❤❤😍😍😍

I can feel your nostalgia! Thanks for sharing! For awhile after Mario 3 came out, it was so good I lost appreciation for all other games.

That’s a great top 10 list and great stories that go with it. I remember getting games from my parents, like the first Mega Man, Rygar or Battle for Olympus back in the day because they were cheap and in the end loving it a lot. Greetings all the way from The Netherlands ;)

Awesome vid thank you.

The first nes game, I have ever played was mike tysons punch out. I consider that my number one nes game.

Fantastic recap. Dude, I remember being in summer school back in 1988 and EVERYONE was talking about Legend of Zelda. It was all the rage...faster forward to 1990 and there was literal hysteria for Super Mario Bros. 3. I think my parents paid about $90 for it, the single most expensive NES game I ever got. Still have it to this day along with my NES.

Great list! Many of my top 10 as well. I would have River City Ransom and Maniac Mansion on my list 😁 👍🏻

My top Ten in no particular order: -Maniac mansion -River City Ransome -Zelda -Mario 3 -Double Dragon 2 -Final Fantasy -Bubble Bobble -Ninja turtles Arcade -Super Dodgeball -Metroid

Awesome list my man :)

I prayed simons quest was in here after hearing the background music! My first castlevania and still my favourite. Top list as always sir!

Loved that. Some great games in there. I missed the whole NES thing at the time. I think I caught the end of it and we borrowed the console a few times off of a mate. But there are some real classic sin there for sure!

Love the videos, would love to see a Top 10 of your favorite N64 games, unless I missed the video somewhere.

Pleasure to watch your episodes thank you

I wear my “Super Mario Brothers 3” shirt a lot. It’s unbelievable how many people, both young and old, give me a compliment on it and a quick fond memory, while smiling. Great list!

I'm new to the NES scene. I just play some roms when I have some time off and I usually do that with Zelda 2, Ninja Gaiden, Ducktales and Mario 2. (Some NES games were made to be hard and I never got to finish Metroid or Ninja Gaiden JUST because of the last boss :p ) But lately I've been trying some games I haven't heard of before and I find myself having a blast with those. Faxanadu, Gun Nac, and Dr. Chaos are great. I'm still finding out NES games little by little and this is really becoming one of my favorite systems.

4:52 I remember my dad bringing home this magic box, hooking it up and playing Mario. We had a blast with duck hunt also. I took over as he disappeared into the background. We also had Gyruss. My dad loved it. It was epic back then. I remember being in class day dreaming just waiting to get home to play Zelda. I swear that gold cartridge was glowing when I took it out of the box. I even liked the Zelda cartoon. Anything video games on 📺 was awesome. The Mario 3 cartoon. The NES is the greatest game console to me. Just for what it did to gaming and my childhood.

Playing Crystalis on the Nintendo Switch Online App was what got me into finding and playing NES games.

8:40 "i dono you know?" LOL love your videos john i just had to point that one out.

Dude John your in the raising kratos documentary at the end awesome!

I've been waiting on this video. The kettle is on now! 😊

Johnny, where do you get your shirts from? That Ninja Gaiden shirt is badass.

What a great list, thanks for sharing! I didn't have a ton of NES games as a kid, but if I were to make a list, at least based on nostalgia, I would probably throw in Ice Hockey and Snake, Rattle n' Roll, lol

Your honorable mentions are most of my top 10 games actually haha!

Ninja Gaiden T-shirt, no mention of the game on the video xD, you got me there Johnny

I love your video, I also grown up playing NES games. I remember playing a loot of "Monsters in my pocket" cooperative with a girl from school!, was his game, I got a loot of games, Mario Contra Battle Tanks, That gaming era was crazy!!! Love from Argentina!!!!

Makes me so happy that Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest is on your list. I’m so nostalgic about that game. It was the only game my dad and I really played together, and I hate when people bash it

My favorite childhood Nes games: Gradius, Smash brothers, Goonies, Contra, life force and Metroid

Great video. You have Great taste in NES games.

Awesome NES picks John!

I’ve always wanted to take some time and really play Dragon Warrior IV. I’ve heard so much about it and my cousins loved the series when I was growing up

Made me reconsider colllecting for nostalgia again :) Literally the first console i ever owned. MegaMan 2,the 3 Mario games, Castlevania 2.... Good times. Ninja Gaiden would likely be on the list as well.

Watching this video makes me miss my Nintendo. Good video.

Zelda II startet it for me to learn english. What a throwback! Thank you!

Excellent, just excellent list.

Loved Simons Quest! I first played it at a friends house, he couldn't get anywhere in it so he gave to cart to me. I remember staying up till the early morning hours for weeks one summer drawing maps and writing down hints until I couldn't progress any further. My only option was to thumb through a Nintendo hint book in Coles book store. "Of course, kneel in front of the cliff with the red jewel equipped!" How could I be so dense 😉

Great top 10 list, but here's mine (from the games that I played back then) :) : 1) The Legend Of Zelda 2) Super Mario Bros. 3 3) Zelda 2: A Link To The Past 4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5) Super Mario Bros. 6) Castlevania 7) The Battle Of Olympus 8) Duck Tales 9) Duck Hunt 10) Gun Smoke

Great video, thanks for the memories. SM3 I figured out how to get 99 men, by carrying a shell backwards and dropping it, and other kids would offer me their lunch deserts for the how-to. Oh how I miss the days we didn't have the Internet and earned bragging rights on our own.

Blaster Master and Little Nemo in Dreamland were some of my top rented games, aside from the Megaman games.

10. Snake Rattle and Roll 9. Castlevania 2 Simons Quest 8. Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 7. Gremlins 2 6. TMNT 5. Mega Man 3 4. Faxanadu 3. Mike Tyson Punchout 2. Super Mario Bros 3 1. Mega Man 2

In regard to Castlevania being similar to Ravenloft, Castlevania actually has some ties to DnD IIRC. Years after a Judges Guild module for Dnd called "Tegel Manor" came out, Konami approached Judges Guild with some sort of offer to adapt it into a video game. The deal didn't work out for whatever reason and then shortly after the original Castlevania came out which featured elements similar to the Tegel Manor module.

My favorite games of all Time period. 1-Mario bros 3 2-Megaman 2/3 (their equally great for me) 3-Final fantasy 3 4-Secret of mana 5-Megaman x 6-Final fantasy 7 7-Twilight princess 8-Dragon quest 8 9-Super Mario world 10-Donkey Kong Country Place of honors: Sonic 2/ Sonic and knuckles,Legend of legaia, ys 8 lacrimosa of Diana, megaman 7

Oh man cannot wait for this!!

Seeing super Mario Bros 3 in the wizard was amazing. My dad got it for me for running a mile. Amazing gaming experience. Simon's quest and Zelda 2 are underrated.

I actually bought a nes so I could play double dragon at home. I saw an advertisement in a comic for it lol. Mind was blown! Who needs the internet when you've got comics! Surprised metroid wasnt in your list

I was also there and here in Canada not a lot of people had it lol. My top changed over the years. So hard to rate one over the other. Contra1, Simons Quest, FF1, Shadowgate, Megaman2, BlasterMaster, Faxanadu, Bionic Commando, SMB2 & Zelda2

Amazing video. It’s hard to place Crystalis among the Zelda games. In many ways I feel it is superior, but the two Zelda games are so good and such classics. Thank you for this amazing trip down memory lane.

Faxanadu is one of my all time favorites, it was the first game that gave me a true feeling of wonder.

It's a beautiful list :)

I remember borrowing Final Fantasy in grade 4. I had only played action games and platformers up to that point. I couldn't make sense out of the gameplay, so I never made it anywhere and was glad to return it and get it out of my sight!

My favorite video game of all time is pacman. I just can't get enough of this game it's so awesome and very addicting.

Mario 3 and a baseball game that I can’t remember the name of weren’t favorites when I was a kid.

I agree with your #1 spot, SMB3 is the greatest NES game of all time.

Journey to Silius deserves more recognition. Especially that soundtrack.

This is a hell of a list, can't argue with any of these choices. I couldn't make a top 10 if I had to. Now way I could narrow it down to 10. My brother and I spent so many hours playing games together. This system just blew our mind at the time.

Great video as usual Johnny. My top 10 NES games are 10. Gun-Nac 9. Shatterhand 8. Metroid 7. Duck Tales 6. River City Ransom 5. Paper Boy 4. Mother 3. Goonies II 2. Mega Man 2 1. Super Mario Bros 3 Honorable Mentions: Dragon Quest III, Kirby's Adventure, Wizardry, Ghost Lion, Little Nemo: The Dream Master

Your Ninja Gaiden shirt is PERFECT with your jacket Johnny. ::thumbs up::

please, please, help me find a video where you talk about your memories of playing Contra! when you should have already left for the school bus, but you have already almost finished playing the game. I can't find it, but I remember exactly what I saw.

I always love the story of you and your Dad at 5:00. What a good memory. Envious.

Blaster Master is my number one favorite. I bought it when it first came out and 30 years later I still remember how to beat it too!! Contra is my 2nd favorite game. Super Mario is my 3rd, it was the first nes game I beat , loved the secret to get the extra men !! Ninja Gaiden was good, Megaman 2 was awesome !! Mike Tyson's Punch Out is still fun today !! Final Fantasy was awesome in its day(my copy got destroyed in a fire at a friends home along with the strategy guide that was released by nintendo power) !! TMNT 2 The arcade game was fun too !! There were so many great nostalgic games on the nes !! :D

I didn't notice the Robotech jacket when watching this video on my phone. Nice.

So many memories.

Awesome list Johnny! It is good to know someone else likes Castlevania II Simon's Quest besides me. My all time favorite nes game is The Battle Of Olympus and a really close second is Shadowgate because they are practically both my favorite. And then the other 8 games are: Friday The 13th, Batman, Ninja Gaiden I, Metroid, The Immortal, Castlevania III Dracula's Curse, The Legend Of Zelda, and Tombs & Treasure.