| The Ghost of RubangB said: 1988 was the year of awesome new IPs as well as amazing departure sequels that were nothing like their ancestors.
Altered Beast Other than the silly So Bad It's Good- soundbites, a greek zombie-lycanthrope-thing gorging on animal steroids and okay music, I don't see why this one was so great. Has nothing on the first Double Dragon IMO. Battle Chess I guess it's okay, but the Windows version and Archon were better, since it's only chess with fancy animations. Bionic Commando No big complaints here. Blaster Master Nor here. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (U.S. release) The third worst Castlevania game in history - no plausible way of beating it without a guide, only halfway finished, the subweapons were horribly imbalanced, and most enemies and bosses were beyond stupid in design, balance and behaviour. Has no place on any Best Of-list. Double Dragon II: The Revenge Other than the lack of difficulty and annoying control issues, no complaints. Famicom Wars The What? Final Fantasy II Hampered by its levelling system. Ghouls 'n Ghosts As if. A potentially excellent game ruined by murderous difficulty, laggy gameplay and hatred for the player, even by NES standards. Gradius II (NES port) Close, but no cigar. Ice Hockey Yeah, it's good. Has nothing on Blades of Steel, though. Iron Tank Again - the what? Mega Man 2 OH GODDAMMIT~ NARC Probably only memorable because it had blood. Ninja Gaiden A pain in the ass to beat because of a certain eagle, but no complaints otherwise. P.O.W.: Prisoners of War Really mediocre in just about everything. No dice. Parodius Can't complain. THE POWER PAD with World Class Track Meet (U.S. release) Why is this here, of all things? Did it even work? R.C. Pro-Am The second one was better, but it's okay otherwise. Splatterhouse A second one that was memorable only because of the blood. Doesn't really belong on this list otherwise IMO. Super Contra (arcade version) No complaints here, actually. Super Mario Bros. 2 Yeah, it was a good one, even though it was just a graphics hack. Probably not good enough to be on this list, but meh. Super Mario Bros. 3 (Japanese release) This is a given. T&C Surf Designs The third "The What?" on this list. Track & Field II Button mashing and glitches galore. Ultima V If it's the NES version, then no. Otherwise it's a maybe. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (U.S. release) No big complaints here, either. |
I left some games out because while I know them, I haven't really tried and thus can't comment on them. I mentioned three games because this is the first time I've heard of them - and assuming they were so good, they probably should've been more generally known.
If anything, 1988 seems like the best year of the NES - but the best ever? Have to disagree, even if Mega Man 2 is on there.
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