After being asked about my Top 10 NES Games of All-Time, I kinda drew a blank. While there are obvious, blurt-them-out answers to that question, I haven't really gone back and put any real thought into 8-bit Nintendo games for a very long time. And so, here we are. What started as a simple "let's check out some NES games" is slowly morphing into the ONE TRUE AND DEFINITIVE LIST OF NES GAMES IN RANKED ORDER DONE BY SCIENCE AND ONLY SCIENCE.
Let's return to the scene of the crime and look over another batch of NES "classics" to see how they hold up. Then we'll rank them and place them on THE ONE TRUE ULTIMATE LIST OF RANKED NES GAMES!
Hooboy. I remember Ikari Warriors as being a good, but incredibly weird and glitchy time. Does it... hold up? At all? Well, we all found out about that here today.
It's time to get some more games on this ranked list of games for the ol' Nintendo Entertainment System. This time out we'll look at Rygar, Life Force, Dr. Chaos, Athena, and more.
It's time to add some big names to our list of ranked Nintendo Entertainment System games. This time out let's get into RC Pro-Am, Little Nemo, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, and, sure, Deadly Towers.
My daughter's been feeling sick so she's holed up in the office with me for awhile on this one. Can I manage to play Astyanax while a four-year-old asks me about Rapunzel's hair? Can Little Samson survive my daughter's runny nose? Time to put this operation to the ultimate test.
It's time to figure out what's up with games like Ice Hockey, Jackal, and City Connection! Where will they end up on our list?
The quality is all over the place on this week's installment, as we start with Commando, then get into some other hits like Double Dare, Toobin', Xenophobe, Legendary Wings, and even Spelunker. Wow.
We return to the scene of the crime to check out Tecmo Bowl, Motor City Patrol, M.U.L.E., The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, and more on this quest to touch and rank every single NES game released in these United States!
We reconvene unexpectedly to get another look at a batch of NES classics and NES "classics," such as Xexyz, Contra, Gun.Smoke, Marble Madness, Castlequest, Journey to Silius, and more!
Let's get back to it and look at a batch of NES games that vary wildly in quality, including Super Dodge Ball, Super Spy Hunter, Ice Climber, Rockin' Kats, and Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu. Wow.
It's time to break out the big first-party guns, and I'm not talking about the Zapper. Super Mario Bros. joins the list this week along with Tecmo World Wrestling, Solstice, Zombie Nation, and more!
It's time to figure out just how good Urban Champion is. Let's also look at Solar Jetman, Sqoon, Gradius, GI Joe, and more as the quest to rank every Nintendo Entertainment System game released in North America continues!
Some real high points and some astounding low points await you in this one as we cover games like Balloon Fight, Bad Dudes, Bases Loaded, Galaga, 1942, and more! Watch on as games finally start falling out of the Top 100 NES Games of All-Time!
Master Higgins makes his debut on the list this week as it's time to get into Hudson's Adventure Island. Other games ranked include Willow, Gun-Nac, Excitebike, Super Spike V'Ball, and more.
A hairy list of games awaits you this time around. Let's check out T&C Surf Designs: Wood and Water Rage, along with Battletoads, Slalom, Top Gun, Guerilla War, Back to the Future, and... Rambo. Yeah, Rambo.
A big week of 8-bit Nintendo games as I dig into Kid Icarus, Cobra Triangle, Thrilla's Surfari, and the unlicensed menace... Chiller.
You heard me. Mega Man 1 is totally OK. Let's dig into it and look at some other hits, like Palamedes, Maniac Mansion, and... Dig Dug 2? Trouble in Paradise?
Is Duck Hunt any good? What's up with Street Fighter 2010? Can a game possibly be any better than The Goonies II? It's time to answer all of these questions and more on the 19th edition of getting all of these Nintendo Entertainment System games scientifically ranked.
Not all games are created equal, and here at the Gaming Institute of Science Institute, we recognize that. So let's give Dragon Warrior a slightly longer look before getting it onto a brave list of ranked NES games.
It's time to get serious... and by that I mean it's time to get Rollergames onto this list. Let's also see what's up with Castlevania, Micro Machines, and more!
Another heavy hitter opens the show this week as it's time to see how well Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! holds up. Beforehand I have to say I wasn't expecting it to hold up especially well... but let's find out, OK?
A fully licensed and legal version of Tetris is played on today's installment, along with a weird little unlicensed gem, some pinball, and... Kid Klown. Boy oh boy, Kid Klown.
Don't tell my Robot Operating Buddy that I'm doing this without him, OK? Let's check out one of the launch games for the platform, some big names, as well as a late-era game that I'd never even heard of. Peaks and valleys, baby. Peaks and valleys.
Between Donkey Kong Jr. and Super Mario Bros. lies... Mario Bros. It's also time to look at these other Nintendo Entertainment System releases, like 10-Yard Fight, Skate or Die 2, Base Wars, Defenders of Dynatron City, and more!
In my mind Blaster Master is one of the all-time greats for the NES. But I'm not really sure if it holds up anymore. Was I just a dumb kid? Possible! We'll also look at Double Dribble, Paperboy, Code Name: Viper and more!
We're six months in on this nightmare endeavor and the list was feeling like it was starting to take shape... but then came Rescue Rangers! And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! And Swamp Thing? Hoo boy, what a week.
Golf! Shatterhand! The Legend of Kage! KickMaster! These are just most of the games that will be ranked on today's installment of Ranking the NES.
This week we dive into a strange assortment of games ranging from Dr. Mario to Where's Waldo?. Also the words "M.C. Kids" are said aloud, leading to a longer rumination on "British game design" and what that means. Some highs and lows, for sure!
They say never start the show with a showstopper, but that's precisely how it's going this week as we finally get Ninja Gaiden onto the list. Also, uh, Jurassic Park, Casino Kid... Treasure Master? Wario's Woods, hey! Weird week. It still smells bad in here, let's rank some games!
It's time to see what's up with Goku and the dragon balls... or, I guess, the crystal balls? Dragon Power headlines this week's list along with Blades of Steel, Star Wars, and a very special unlicensed game. Very special.
Which Super Mario Bros. 2 do you think of as the real one? Let's play the US release along with Bucky O'Hare, The Krion Conquest, and a few other famous (or infamous) NES releases.
What the heck is up with Clash at Demonhead? Let's find out today. Also: The Uncanny X-Men, a truly confusing video game. And more??? Another unlicensed light gun game???
Whoops I fell in love with Hydlide and now I'm going to have to finish it one of these days. But "love" and "science" are two very different things, friends. We'll also look at Arkista's Ring, a game I had never heard of until Michael suggested it over on Patreon. A wild batch of NES games to rank this week!
The large Russian and his inventory of shoes and ladders is here at last as I take a look at Karnov for the NES. Other games on the docket this week include Rampage, Totally Rad, Monster In My Pocket, Mickey Mousecapade, and more! Subscribe to see it all!
It's time to shoot a detective to make him jump as Gumshoe steps up to be ranked. Also, did you know they made a Felix the Cat game in like 1992 or so? That hot character, Felix the Cat? They did! Also we'll get our bible on with Spiritual Warfare.
The quest to determine the top NES games continues! With 4/20 around the corner, it's time for us to talk about making smart choices. That's why I'm playing and ranking Wally Bear and the NO! Gang on this week's installment. It's also time to play R.B.I. Baseball, The Adventures of Rad Gravity, and Pool of Radiance!
By the time you've finished watching this video we will have ranked 250 NES games. That's a lot! But there's so much more to do. This week's batch includes Rad Racer, Dirty Harry, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and more.
When I think Acclaim and licensed games, only one game comes to mind: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants for the NES. It's time to dive into this... experience... and see how it fares on our list. Also, did you know that Speedball game out on the NES under a different name? Check out Klash Ball.
52 games on one cartridge? Sounds like a deal! This unlicensed NES cart was released in 1991 and cost 200 dollars. I mean, hey, 200 bones for 52 games sounds like a great deal, right? Well, in order to properly rank this NES cart, we're first going to have to play and rank all 52 of the games contined within, from hot james like Ninja Assault all the way to Cheetahmen, the most famous (infamous?) game on the cart, by far. Strap in, this one is a ride.
After enduring all of Action 52, this week I felt like I perhaps deserved a treat. So let's play DuckTales! But we can't just spend three hours ranking DuckTales, that would be irresponsible. So other NES "classics" such as Ghostbusters II, Crash 'n The Boys, S.C.A.T., and Captain Comic are also on the menu! OK, gotta go see about buying a used Power Pad...
What are the best NES games? Jeff Gerstmann is here to find out. This week: Who in their right mind gave Mario a time machine? Let's check out Mario's Time Machine along with Baseball Stars, Platoon, Burai Fighter, Dragon Fighter, Pac-Man and more on this, the 40th time we're convening to rank every single NES game released in these United States!
Let's continue to figure out the greatest NES games of all-time as the list gets built! This week it's time to take a visit to Milon's Secret Castle! Let's also take a look at another Black Box Classic! And how about some... uh... what the heck is Phantom Fighter? Who made this stuff? Are these games real? Help!
It's time for the awkwardly named Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game! Also this video might contain footage of me at the most frustrated I've ever been by one of these NES games? Let's rank Mad Max, Turtles, Castelian, and more.
It's finally time for a little game called Mega Man 2. Will it hold up after all these years? Or has it just been put on a pedestal by weirdos for all these years? Let's move past the nostalgia and find out together! Also this week: more hits like Indiana Jones & The Tample of Doom, Track & Field, Captain America and the Avengers, Barbie, and... Robodemons. Wow.
The quest for the top NES games continues! We must rank every NES game! How were they able to fit both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde onto one NES cartridge? It's insane! This week's batch is really something. First up it's Clu Clu Land, then a little Mystery Quest, and... well, at least Mighty Final Fight is in there somewhere, right?
While I've certainly played a lot of NES games before, at some point I shifted my attention to newer platforms. So there's a lot of stuff that sorta fell through the cracks. Here's Metal Storm, one such game. Also... they made a Puss 'n Boots game? Based on an anime? Sure. Sure!
Over 300 NES games have been ranked, but there's hundreds left to go! Double Dragon 2 seems like it'd have to be better than the first one, right? Let's dig in and find out. Also it's FINALLY time to rank JAWS for the NES.
What are the best NES games of all time? It's time to continue building the list as we rank Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road, Die Hard, The Lone Ranger, Klax, and more.
A fresh batch of games are on tap to be ranked this week including the NES port of 720 Degrees, Eliminator Boat Duel, and... The Blues Brothers. Strap in.
How did we make it almost a year into this process without anyone suggesting a Dizzy game? Well, you're in luck--the DIZZY DROUGHT IS OVER.
Are we going to have a big, special 50th episode with a cavalcade of video game stars? Or are we going to take long looks at questionable games? I think you already know the answer to that. Here are some fascinating release that I've never played, like Magician, Time Lord, and Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs. Also? Hudson's Adventure Island II! And Dizzy somehow finds a way to creep onto this installment, as well. Help!
Two movies in one game? Sounds like a winner, right? Let's look at Back to the Future II & III and see what it's all about. Also: Fire 'N Ice! WWF Wrestlemania Challenge! The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and more!
A fresh batch of NES releases starts with Tag Team Wrestling, Data East's arcade port that also served as a backdoor pilot for Homestar Runner, if you think about it (don't think about it). Also: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Total Recall make their way onto the list.
Strider! Smash TV! Orb-3D??? It's a weird week for NES games, let's get to ranking them!
The power of the punch is finally measured here with a look at Power Punch II. But let's focus on the positive: it's finally time to crack into The Guardian Legend and see what makes it tick. Also: The Adventures of Lolo!
What starts out as a nice look back at Ghosts 'n Goblins for the NES quickly devolves into a real mess with games like Skull & Crossbones and Dragon's Lair. But wait! At least Panic Restaurant is here!
It's time for Amagon! But also the Gerstmann Advisory Panel has conspired to push a trio of licensed games onto this week's show. So get ready for Beetlejuice, Lethal Weapon, and Alien 3. Also: Dash Galaxy and something called Silent Assault? Wow.