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I wanted to see what everyone's picks for the best NES game is. My personal pick is for the original Contra. I still remember the first time I learned about that cheat code. U, U, D, D, L. R. L. R. A. B. Ahh... those were simpler days.

Zelda the first one hands down

Super Mario 3!

Not only the best NES game, but possibly the best game of all time!

Super mario 3 and the first Legend of Zelda

I was all about the original Zelda and Super Mario Brothers. I still play them on emulators and I even got a USB NES controller so it is like I am still 8 years old... except now it is my wife instead of mom telling me to stop playing!

Yes, I played and enjoyed the Mario games, and the Zelda games., but did anybody else use to play 'Adventures of Lolo' (1 or 2)?

I really miss games with the simplicity and charm.

First Zelda. As someone else said, not even close. I would give Tecmo Bowl and Mike Tyson's Punch Out probably the next closest nods. The first Final Fantasy was groundbreaking for me (and much more fun than Dragon Warrior, which came first). And my best friend and I would play our made up teams in Baseball Simulator 1000's seasons endlessly.

Mad props to the Contra poster. I have to brag a little bit, but I got to the point where I could beat Contra with one guy.

Adventures of Lolo was fun...until I got to the room I couldn't beat and never picked it up again. I still hate that game because it got so frustrating for me.

My top games must have been Mario 1, 3, PunchOut and that Tiny Tunes game. Did anyone ever play that?

Mario 1, 3, and lots of time was spent on the first Zelda and Contra.

Excuse me while I go fish through my emulator.

My favorite games were Little Nemo, Shadowgate (both have great soundtracks), SMB3, POW, Strider, Golgo 13, Castlevania and Megaman anything, Maniac Mansion, and there was so much more. Those are just the really memorable games to me. I could probably remember a hundred great games if I tried.

Ultima Exodus, without a doubt the best game. Played for hours, days, years. A Very deep RPG for its' time.

I am so surprised that no one has mentioned Tetris. I used to do all nighters playing Tetris.

Mario 2 is actually pretty good.

Good call with Tetris! I've played it on so many systems, I don't think of it as NES; It's more Gameboy in my world. A classic no matter what though.