Dear Wes and Robert, I'm a 71 year old U.K. resident and I love your channel. My wife doesn't share my interests at all but I don't give a shit....keep going guys.

Adults didn't game back then like they do today. That might explain why the sales weren't like they are today. Our parents didn't understand gaming and viewed it as a waste of time, worse than watching TV. Parents today are soooo different. My sister and bro-in-law have a gaming room with ridiculous PC setups for THEMSELVES.

I was always late to the party with systems didn’t get a Nintendo until 1990 but man it was amazing , still have it in the closet … good vid

Great video guys! Still have my original front loader from 1985. I was 13 and played the Hell out of it. Zelda, Pro Wrestling, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Gauntlet, Metroid, Castlevania, Mega Man 2, Contra, Super Mario Brothers, Metal Gear. Awesome!

About the different coloured zapper: initially it was grey, but they later changed it to orange so that it looks less like a real gun

MY GOD the amount of quality content you guys put out is astounding. Thank you on behalf of your thousands... AND THOUSANDS of subscribers

I love how the 1st 2 minutes are filled with old news clips on the NES 😍😍😍 I love stuff like that , it's like a time capsule

Great channel and content. Being born in the first week of 1980 my first console and memories were of the Atari 2600. When I finally got an NES, I was blown away by the graphics and gameplay. The music in NES games is also legendary. To this day I still play NES predominantly and have also started collecting for other (all cartridge based) consoles. CRT and original hardware is the only way to fly in my opinion, but I've found an Everdrive to be handy for playing some of the out of reach games and to "try before you buy" other titles. You have a solid list of games here that anyone collecting and playing NES should absolutely get. Recently, I beat Batman and Castlevania after playing them for the first time 30 years ago. I've been working on Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man 3 lately...long live the NES.

I have to admit I had a childhood NES and moved to the RetroUSB AVS. I love it, and it’s probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

After my grandfather passed away in 2020 I started helping my grandmother around her house with outdoor chores. One day after a strong storm she wanted me to inspect the attic area to see if there were any signs of wet spots or leaks. When I got up there the first thing that I saw was a grey gun Nintendo box in mint condition. I must have been from '88 or '89. I opened the box and all the bags and instruction books and foam were in there. I already had the Nintendo and Mario/Duck Hunt at home. Ended up with a complete, in box NES. It felt like a last gift from my grandfather and instantly became one of the most cherished pieces in all of my collections.

Man there were a TON of games on the NES that were fantastic entries. This is where I got my start into gaming and to this day still finding one great game after another. Great video guys!

Yeah. I was born in 81 and by 89 everyone had a NES in the crib in NYC. The sales numbers must be under represented. It was like a VCR back then and we would go rent movies and games for the weekend.

Dude, I’d kill for a R.O.B. It wouldn’t even have to be functioning, I’d be cool just having him displayed on my shelf. Iconic.

This channel is such a gem in this landscape of KZfaq super thankful I came across your content, one of the few times KZfaq recommendations gives you a Banger 😎🔥🤌

Got mine for my 11th birthday. My mom and dad called me downstairs and gave it to me as an early birthday present. They knew I wanted one and kept asking for one

Just found your channel and this was the first video I watched. As a child of the '80s, I still play my classic NES on almost a daily basis. Kudos on such a great review, and I love the beer commentary as well. Keep up the great work.

Awesome episode guys, great level of detail!!

Now the power pad was actually awesome. World class track meet worked great. Trying to run faster than Cheetah and jumping the huddles felt so real as a kid.

My NES saga began the year they hit North America. My brother and I asked for an Atari for Christmas and we got a NES. We were upset because we didn't think we would be able to use the controller because of all the buttons lol. Thanks for this trip down memory lane guys. Fantastic video as always!

I became a Sega kid in the 90s starting with Genesis, but before that, NES was King! So many great memories with NES playing with family and friends as a kid. My parents never bought me many games, I had WrestleMania, Arch Rivals, Heavy Barrel, Tecmo Bowl, and Mario/Duck, but my cousin had tons of games so would hang at his house when I could. Have a collection of about 40 cib games now, got all the games could never afford back then. After NES went out back then, got a Genesis, then Saturn, then DC and never played much any other Nintendo console, but in the 80s/early 90s, NES was King for me. Great memories. Love the NES.

What I love most about the NES is how most of the games are quick and easy to pick-up-and-play yet very challenging to beat. This makes them great for replayability and it feels so damn good when you finally get good enough to beat a game that you have been trying to beat for years. Modern games tend to be the complete opposite of that in that they are a hassle to pick-up-and-play and take forever to get going yet are easy for pretty much anybody to beat if you just put in the time which is why I’m still often choosing to pop-in a NES game over all of the games on the modern consoles that I own. Oh, and Team Gray, of course.

Just got my first NES a couple weeks ago. Traded in a Wii and a couple games I got cheap at a garage sale. Was sitting on a stack of NES games already from thrift stores and garage sales. So much fun! Love the channel, keep it up!

6:53 🤣 Robert's reaction to 'i can play on my mom's meat wallet' well done sir you kept your composure 🤣

Incredible video fellas! Very clean and straight to the point. Your list definitely has some bangers in it! Mike Tyson Punch out is mine. So many memories. I also love your take on the prices of these games. Everyone is different, and I’m glad you realize that. So I’m happy that we can all accept how everyone plays and collects for these retro consoles.

This was an amazing video, nostalgia overload. Keep up the good work.

GRAY! They were all intended to be gray. That was the only option when I got my NES in 1988 at 5 years old. Some law was passed that year saying that toy guns had to be made in flamboyant colors, so it was replaced with the orange one in 1989. I ROLL WITH GRAY! Stay outta my toy box, Washington! Side note, I remember when I first realized I could control the select screen for Duck Hunt by shooting off the screen to switch options and firing at the screen to select. That's at least 35 years ago now and I still remember it.

Awesome awesome episode guys. Love what you’re putting out. Talk about memory lane

Just found your channel through a random search on GameCube. I’ve been binging all your videos. I definitely think this channel is a hidden gem on KZfaq. Subscribed for sure

fantastic episode boys, always great stuff from you guys... and the commercial footage made it way better

That’s so interesting, I’ve got a similar story to Robert’s! I was also born in 1994 and was introduced to the NES when I was about 4 years old. My dad had my aunt’s old NES and a bunch of games, including SMB3. Even as I constantly played the N64, my childhood console, I would still play the NES because the games were just so good.

You guys rock! My parents got me the NES action set Christmas of 1989. I couldn’t get the NES the Christmas before, because Toys R Us just ran out of stock. Instead my parents got me the Sega Master System w/the free Double Dragon promotion. I guess it was meant to be?

Great channel guys, it is criminally undersubscribed to. Hope you get big!

Y'all did a great job on this one!

Excellent video! You guys nailed every aspect of the NES! Thanks for the great content! I had an orange zapper back in the day.

Love the trip back in time. My gaming adventure started with the Atari, but the NES was a console I've always wanted. I would like to see a buying guide for what to look for online when buying an NES used. The price of the NES is all over the place when you look on eBay. Maybe give us some tips on how to find deals on eBay or even tips on which NES consoles to avoid. For example, how to spot bad deals or when to go after a broken console you can probably fix at home.

Hey nice open!! Nes Rules!! I am really liking this buying guide here.

I don't usually comment but really enjoyed the video. Sometimes I think these videos can be regurgitated each year but the content in this was fantastic. You can see you're passionate about this console in particular. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the continuation of the madness series. You've probably already got the next madness series but franchise madness must be next.

36:31 "We love ourselves... ... some NES." 😂

I love all of your content the amount of time and details is awesome

So when I went to repurchase an nes years after I sold my original, there was a Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out inside. What a bonus.

Don't be afraid to boil the pin connector. Tried, tested and true.

Really enjoyed the informative aspect of the video as well, it's nice to have some background and context.

It’s crazy you posted this video today, I have an NES arriving in the mail today! What a pleasant coincidence.

Such a great intro, good call on the news clips!

I only recently got into video game collecting, mostly for consoles that I have nostalgia/memories. I never owned an NES growing up but I always remember playing it whenever my mom dropped me off at my friends house. It's the first console I ever played on and so I just bought an NES last week and will start collecting the games I used to play as well as the top 10-20 or so.

The beginning of the end for a healthy social life and meaningful subject conversations

The Mister FPGA can play just like original hardware because it's hardware emulation and has no input lag

The editing and the video opening was top notch! You guys just keep getting better

I had the orange zapper and the turbo controller. Also the auto fire joy stick that I used alot playing Captain Skyhawk!

Selling it as a toy after a few years after the E.T. video game was a good strategy with Rob the robot bundled in. I used the NES Advantage for Tecmo Bowl cause it feels nice to me after playing Pac-Man and the Turtles arcade game

Never in my 10 years of game collecting did I want an NES till now haha.

NES is my first console and had it my whole life. I have to share my fav games after watching this. Some are FC carts. Mario 3, Super C, TMNT 2, Gun-Nac, Jackal, Mike Tyson’s Punchout, Crisis Force, Bucky O’Hare, Mega Man IV, Gradius II.

Excellent videos boys! Now same format for other retro consoles

I got my NES (top loader) on ebay with 5 controllers, 2 zappers and 15 games (zelda 1 and 2, mario 1-3 and a few other dingers) for like 115 about 6 years ago. And gotta say, this thing has only ever grown on me. Im currently waiting on Tysons Punch Out to come in the mail. Ive never played it, and im looking to put some REAL time into it so I can maybe dream of beating him one day lmao

I love the intro with pats magical hair

I was born in 82 and me and my cousins had the nes so many great memories

lol you guys got me almost wanting to get a CRT TV. It really is the only way to play any console thru the 6th generation. I have NES downloaded on my switch and an SNES Classic. But after watching your SNES vid and now watching this. It’s like why not pick up original hardware and a tube tv down the line haha..

I highly recommend installing the 'Blinking Light Win' pin replacement kit. It sets your NES up to also not push the cart down ever again. Reliable as heck - plays first try every time now!!!

😲 yes I still remember blowing inside the cartarge and trying to figure out why the red light won't stop blinking! Super Mario Bros 3 was and still is the absolute best video game ever made!

The orange zapper gun came out in early 1989...in 1988 the US passed a law that all toy guns had to have an orange tip or orange strip on the barrel. I must have got one of the last grey zappers because I got the console bundle with the power pad for Christmas in 1988 or 1989.

I recently bought a sega genesis and super nintendo. I'm considering an nes but my only concern is those consoles were very finicky back in the day. I'd be worried about it breaking...but man do I miss my nes.

The NES sports set was my very first video game console. My dad gave me the choice of SNED or the sports set and I went with the og NES. Greatest decision ever as there were tons of available games on the cheap when I started gaming.

Another awesome buying guide! The NES will always be one of my favorite consoles not only because it is awesome but also because it was my first! It popped my gaming 🍒 haha

I didn't even know about the orange zapper until several years ago lol.

The NES Advantage is a must for Gun.Smoke.

I had the full NES entertainment System with with rob the robot gyro-mite duck hunt super Mario combo got for my ninth birthday 🎂 I turn 46 on June 19 I remember being blown away by the whole package After playing it for hours I remember looking through the Nintendo players guide and planning what to get next I was hooked from then on gaming from the nes to the turbo graphX to the Sega genesis Super Nintendo and so and so on till the current gen but I still have fond memories of the nes .

Mario Bros 3. Castlevania 3 and Batman are top tier for me.

OOOF A CASTLEVANIA T-SHIRT, my cousin said 'chicken in the wall once' because of the chicken legs that you can get in some wall or stair blocks when you whip them- in an ideal world, it'd just become a standard phrase for when you find something useful that you couldn't immediately see

Tip 1, have some money. Tip 2, just get a flash cart.

probably 6 years ago i sold off a 500+ nes collection with 250cib. hopped on pricecharting hoping to get a few of my favorites back and my jaw dropped! still got my sony pvm and rgb modded nes. i dunno if i can buy games non cib, but i don't know if my wallet agrees. jeeeeeez

Funny see a guy a year older and one some year younger... My first console was a pong/gun console running on batteries. Got a c64 after that, then a nes. A computer again and finally a n64. After that its been collecting childhood memories

Everytime you guys mention jackel I have to load it up. Such a game!

Loved the opening! Always loved the NES and playing it on original hardware, Mike Tyson punchout definitely my favorite. The zapper color never mattered to me but everyone that I've owned has always been orange. Love your videos by the way!!

I've had an nes max since the beginning. But I absolutely love the Korean made Beeziu zipper with the turbo switches! Awesome contollers! My wife bought me a blue one and then had to get a red one as well.

I also still have my Game Genies for my Nes Sega and for my Gameboy. I also still have my orginal cleaning kits!

I remember we got our NES very late in the game (meaning it was impossible to coerce my dad to get us a SNES so soon after). In rural MO we hardly knew anybody else that had a Nintendo, so for the longest time I didn't think of it as a household staple--meaning it's very strange to me now to hear of so many who grew up with one since that wasn't the case in our area. If I recall, the design of the NA NES was to liken it to a VCR to help sell it as more than just a video game console (because of said US crash)--then again, that could have been somebody talking out of their ass and me listening to every toot. Shout out to Lady Laci who hooked us up with the Deluxe set complete with a never-used R.O.B.! Tom here--only ever had the grey zapper BUT the Capt. N. cartoon made me want the orange. My NES trick was the Game Genie--get the game working through that and just don't remove the genie. No need for codes, it just maintained that pin connection for you. BUT, I was so happy to get the top-loader. I DO like the dogbone because it's so similar to the SNES pad, but yeah, still hold that nostalgia for the rectangle. Ugh, the Power Glove really was so bad! But nearly every somebody comes over, they want to put it on. lol SMB2 is my favorite NES Mario. Dude, the soundtrack to NES Batman--it still floors me that the 8-bit toaster was capable of such jams! Do love me some Dr. Mario!

Awesome video..keeps getting better and better ..great editing I'm always excited when I get that Bell notification and see it's y'all with a new video

I got the action set with Mario/Duck Hunt for Christmas in 87. Funny thing is all my friends got it that Christmas too to the point where it wasn't until early KZfaq that I found out it came out in 86. Had no idea. I don't know which gun I had. I wish I did. My neighbor had the gamepad and we beat the shit out of that thing. My friend a street over had the power glove. We thought it was the coolest thing ever even though it sucked. I had another friend who lived in another town who I'd see over the summer. He was basically a rich kid who got everything who for some reason would only use the Max controller. I still don't understand why, but seeing him beat Megaman 1 with one was impressive. I've got some NES games still. I got rid of most of my games for Genesis games but early 2000s a friend of mine was getting rid of their games and gave me two shoeboxes of loose games for free. All the Mario games, all 3 Ninja Turtles games, Contra, Tetris, Dr. Mario, Solomon's Key and more. I've managed to get box and manuals for 4 of them: All 3 Castlevania games and Legend of Zelda with the map. There's only two games I want: Batman and Mike Tyson's Punchout. There were tons of systems prior to the NES but the NES is the first gaming system where gaming had figured out what works that all game systems afterwards built off of. I don't play modern games and think "This is the logical evolution of the Vectrex." NES is where the gaming of today started.

So stoked to see Jackal on someone’s top list. Thought it was just me

The orange zapper was created to align with the toy gun safety laws at the time (still to this day). Kids were being shot while brandishing toy guns, so laws were passed to make toy guns have bright orange/red and other bright colors so cops would know not to shoot the kids that were just playing with their toy guns outside. Nintendo will always be my first love. I did have an Atari 2600 but by the time I got one, the NES was released and it was game over for Atari. I didn't have it for more than a month. I think I traded it for a toy or something...

“I can play games on my mom’s meat wallet” how did I miss this the first half dozen times I watched this episode 😂😂😂 I just laughed sharted so hard when you said that

I bought the sports set. Had to purchase the game from another person but I have it 100% Complete in box. I am collecting the games currently around 115ish titles. Also play daily. Love the video guys! I subscribed and liked the video!

My Nintendo action set came with the Mario and duck hunt set and the orange zapper. I played lots of Mario and lots of duck hunt, Hogans alley and wild gunman.

My favorite system of all time. Loved this video guys!

This was actually the third or fourth console I played lol. I'm slightly older than you guys, but I had Atari 2600, that was first system. A Colecovision and A Commodore 64. The last one is technically a PC, but as a kid I only used it for gaming. The Nes though, once I got that I never wanted to go back to those previous consoles. It was mind blowing at the time, and of course the system that brought gaming back after the crash of 83'. Cheers fellas!

Working early morning, killing bugs and rats! Listening to you guys! I keep the headphones in all day boys need noise while I'm working!

Love the channel. Great to see the younger generation enjoying a console I played in ms/hs!

Jackal rules! That music is amazing. I would probably have put contra higher on this list.

Bill Oreilly had trouble with Lincoln logs? Hahaha I still have my original, Christmas 1989 console. I have to cram two cartridges, one on top of another, to get it to work but it works!

Nice break down guys! I had a NES twice. In college my PS1 broke so I started trawling the pawnshops. I had a huge collection of games for around $80. Honestly though I just play nes on my wiiu now. It's a space concern. That was a good list. I would pick Lifeforce over Gradius and Bionic Commando over Dr. Mario, but Mario 1-3 are some of the best games ever made. With the zapper, I used to go to Walmart as a kid, and there were shelves of fake machine guns. Then a couple of kids got stupid and got shot so they started putting orange tips on all the guns, then phased them out.

I HEAR THAT GUERILLA WAR BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII That's the only game I need in my life. Got a CIB box above this very monitor. Bless.

Thank you for all that. The NES Max is pretty bad. I'm a little older than you guys (‘77), but while I did play an Atari 2600, the NES was my first obsession. I never had either growing up (cause my parents knew I'd get crazy-addicted), but I played at friends' and cousins'. I didn’t get my own NES until college in 1995, and I donated that box to a children's hospital when I got married in'08. I have since tracked down another NES that I don’t play as much because I have a modded Wii on a CRT or the NES mini or Switch Online. There’s so much choice now. I'm thinking of getting an everdrive so I can go back to original hardware, though.

I just got my first Nes console for Christmas 2020! Here in the UK the nes was never that popular and I never knew anyone who had one - I had the commodore 64 and played the sega master system which was very popular over here. The snes was my first nintendo system along side my Megadrive.

The Wizard!!!! Our introduction to Super Mario Bros. 3!!!!!

Mike Tyson punch out prices has skyrocket for a CIB good condition copy these days.

Konami and Capcom had really great ones. I remember how happy I was beating Jackal 💓.

Team grey, never saw orange until now

I bought my first one today at a thrift store for $45. My friends had one, I did not.

Also want to bring up, I don't think any other system has better game music. You almost always know what game is on by the music.

Gonna have to make a coffee for this one 👌