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What's the best 8-bit game of all time?
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Oh, there's no argument there. The "8 bit" "16 bit" etc thing was always a super crazy thing to try to define, and broke down entirely by the time the Jaguar, PS1, N64 released.
The TurboGrafx/PC Engine was released in 1987 though and intended to compete against the NES and Master System. The delayed US release and shady marketing obscures this.
As for the first point, I'm still not sure how I'd feel about putting it on the same stage as Castlevania 3, even though they both have 8 Bit CPUs. It feels like saying that a Ryzen 2 APU and a Ryzen 2 CPU of Similar Speed with a dedicated 1060 or higher are the same machines.
Otherwise I hard agree with that point on FF v DQ, the only issue was that III/IV on the NES had to go against 4 on the SNES in NA Iirc.
Why would you include Castlevania 1 & not the generally preferred Castlevania 3? Where's Kirby's Adventure? Dragon Quest/Warrior 3 & 4 are both fantastic games that are still very playable even today, and Phantasy Star 1 was way ahead of its time (all of which I'd much rather play than a super early Pokemon game).
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Castlevania 1 is deemed to be perfect while Castlevania 3 is thought to have annoying stuff.
Pokémon is RPG
it's on a system with an 8-bit processor-- that is the criteria for 8-bit.
when most people refer to "8-bit games", they're referring to the third generation of game consoles-- which the Turbografx-16/PC-Engine do not belong to. Nor does the Game Boy-- the PC-E/TG-16 and the Game Boy are fourth gen.
That's not even getting into the other notable exclusions of stuff like Mega Man, which has almost his entire influence tied to the NES Era(and SNES) being considered classics, yet alone the missing PC/Other systems
I was going to say Mario 3, but fuck, if Civ counts, that's my answer.
Its still a wonderful game.
I just love its look, physics, and level design. It's such a joy to breeze through, I'll never get bored of replaying it.
But these kids don't understand what it was like playing Mario on its release. It blew everyones' minds. And then it ushered in a golden era of platformers.
Where's Super Mario brothers 2? (it's seriously my favorite NES game of all time, I beat it like once a year). Also Final Fantasy and Dragon's Quest are both missing from that list. But I guess for me it'd be a tie between Mario 2 and Tetris GB/NES.
That's because Nintendo's hardware typically doesn't push the technical envelope. The Turbo is MUCH better looking than the NES, but it's not nearly as far past the Master System which is ALSO an 8 bit system.
Most people in the US have never actually played that one- the technical gap between Master System and NES games was huge.
We had this game when I was a kid, but it got broken somehow. Apparently it's super expensive nowadays due to the limited release. But anyway, it was one of my favourites back then! I was never very good at it and don't remember much past the first two sections since that's where my attempts mostly ended.It's Gimmick!
All these games here are better than the ones listed.
California Games
Turrican II
Maniac Mansion
Wasteland
And I could list 100 more games.. all better than those in the poll..
... commodore 64 was (and still is) the best 8bit machine ever released.
There is a world outside of the USA.. like Europe..
California Games
Turrican II
Maniac Mansion
Wasteland
And I could list 100 more games.. all better than those in the poll..
... commodore 64 was (and still is) the best 8bit machine ever released.
There is a world outside of the USA.. like Europe..
Looking at both of these threads: https://www.resetera.com/threads/best-classic-castlevania.62397/ & https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...ectively-correct-list-by-jeremy-parish.77196/ - CV3 is praised far more than CV1 (although people also like CV1). When they decided to make a TV series based on the game series, it's telling that CV3 is the one they choose to base it on. CV1 is the SMB1 of the series - it does a lot right, sets the foundations, and is a good game in its own right. CV3 is the SMB3 of the series - it expands on the original in amazing ways.
And I wonder why anyone would play OG Pokémon instead of one of the many later & improved games in the series given that the entire series is basically a remake of that original game. In contrast, DQ3, DQ4, and Phantasy Star 1 all offer unique experiences that are still worth going back to even today.
All though there are so many impressive titles, I feel like Tetris was a stage of human evolution.
The Master System came out in 85. I think the NES came out in 83.
For its time the NES hardware was pretty damn good. It was really amazing to see games scroll the way NES games did when you first saw it. Obviously later hardware is going to be more powerful and capable.
I do feel like the TurboGrafx had better graphics than the Master System. Even before the addons.
Its definitely SMB3 but Wonder Boy The Dragons Trap deserves to be in the poll, that game was outstanding!
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Sam Claiborn (IGN NES and arcades expert) played Castlevania 1 and 3 recently and he concluded that Castlevania 1 is better. Plus Castlevania 1 is one of Miyazaki's favorite games
I never played it as a kid but I love the technical stuff Sunsoft was able to do on this little machine, its clearly one of the if not the last great NES game ever made and will stand as one of those games you can marvel at how they got this even running on the machine but the best part about it is that it's a fun as heck platformer with some crazy ideas about movement.
You should try to revisit it someday the trip and adventure is definitely worth it!
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I've played both Castlevania 1 and 3 recently and concluded Castlevania 3 is better.
what the hell dude lmao
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And every poster in this thread that isn't you that has mentioned the Castlevania series champions 3 over 1.
Noted retro game scholar, Jeremy Parish, ranked Castlevania 3 as the 4th best game in the series. Castlevania 1 was ranked at #8.
I've played both games recently (as have many people thanks to the recent Castlevania collection) & Castlevania 1 is a good game & impressive for having started the series & being such an old game, but I feel 3 renders it mostly redundant.
I feel like citing one person from IGN vs this forum itself in a discussion for "which entry to use" is a disservice to both groups
It's a tie between NES Contra and Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! for me. Both endlessly playable titles.