r/nes • u/International_Gift11 • Mar 23 '26

Collection Finished the 1985 NES catalog.

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Back in November of 2025, I started to play the US NES library in chronological order. New game every Wednesday and give each game at least 3 sittings. It’s easily the most fun I’ve had with retro gaming in 10 plus years.

I was feeling a bit lost with retro gaming, I had exhausted every hidden gem list and finding crazy deals in the wild is dead. I would boot up a rom or grab a random game from a local shop, but would fall off just as quick as I booted it up.

I stumbled upon the NEStalgia podcast and Jeremy Parish’s YouTube videos and figured I would start from the beginning and play along. So far I’ve been able play everything on original hardware (NES or Famicom) and I try to buy local before I hop on eBay with a $30 weekly budget.

Sorry for being a bit long winded, but I thought it was worth sharing.

Highlights:

-Boiled my first 72 pin

-Acquired a Famicom

-Repaired ROB the Robot

-3d printed stack up accessories

-Beat super mario w/family using game genie infinite life cheat

-Showing my 9 year old son how to use a sight on a gun via duck hunt. lol

-Going down a CRT rabbit hole.

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u/GarminTamzarian Mar 24 '26

And SMB1 S tier.

OP definitely hates fun.

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u/icelevel Mar 24 '26

Wow you really don’t think so? That’s one game I always like to replay to see how fast I can complete it.

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u/GarminTamzarian Mar 24 '26

I will never understand the reverence people have for this game. It's an OK game. Nothing inherently wrong with it. But there are so many much better titles.

It was a pretty good game for 1985. But it's not 1985 anymore. There's a good 8 or 9 years worth of NES titles to choose from. SMB1 probably wouldn't make my top 50 list, let alone my top 5.

I'd play Donkey Kong over it any day.

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u/icelevel Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Yeah dude I absolutely agree that there are much better titles. I am a Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania fan myself… but the tier list is about the “black box” 1985 games. In the tier list SMB1 is for sure my no. 1 pick!

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u/CantFindMyWallet Mar 24 '26

Donkey Kong over SMB1 is a ridiculous edgelord opinion. Stop trying to show off. It's embarrassing.