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RE: My Top Five Underappreciated Nintendo NES Games
I'll argue for Castlevania II to my grave. It's got a lot of problems, but it also has an amazing soundtrack and I'd argue it has the best color palette on the NES, rivaled only by Batman.
As a game collector, NES will always be my favorite system. I have so much nostalgia for it and it has a huge library to explore. Here's my top 5 favorite underappreciated games:
- Journey To Silius - Fantastic soundtrack and great visuals
- Shatterhand - Great gameplay and graphics
- Life Force - Improved Gradius in every way
- Gumshoe - A unique use of the Zapper, and a game nobody ever discusses
- River City Ransom - It deserved all the attention that Double Dragon received
Do you think Journey to Silius would have been better if Sunsoft had gotten the Terminator license?
Shatterhand was one of those games I really wanted but never got to play.
Gotta agree with you on Gumshoe, surprise hit for me as a kid.
I am still trying to get into the whole River City Ransom series though I admit, I don't give it a lot of time when I am gaming - something I need to fix.
Life Force was one of those games I sucked at and kept trying to get better at - I was more of an overhead shooter fan as they seemed easier for me.
Great to hear from another Castlevania II fan and know that I am not alone here in liking it. Batman made awesome use of shading and pixels. Really added depth and detail - too bad it was not ripped off more by other developers.