How many NES games have you beaten?

[Elmdor Rizer]

There are 709 licensed titles in the NES library in the US and PAL regions and on top of that you have the 113 unlicensed games. Counting the Japan-exclusive titles you've got, fuck I dunno, over a thousand games anyways. And this is the NES, titles are easy and short. So how many games have you beaten? 50? 100?

My friend brought this subject up with me and I was sort of surprised by the fact that it was less than thirty for me, 29 to be precise. So, what's your number?

You can count which way you like but I chose to only include games that I've played without saving/loading at all, which means that a lot of games I've emulated dun' go on the list. Also, there's a bunch of games that I played on the NES when I was little that I think I might have beaten, but since I don't know for sure I didn't feel like adding them.

Edit: I had forgotten about two games, so my number was actually 31!!!

1. Bubble Bobble
2. Castlevania
3. Castlevania III
4. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
5. Contra
6. Double Dragon III
7. Family Feud
8. Ghostbusters II
9. Kung Fu
10. The Legend of Zelda
11. Maniac Mansion
12. Mega Man
13. Mega Man II
14. Mega Man III
15. Mega Man IV
16. Mega Man V
17. Mega Man VI
18. Ninja Gaiden
19. Ninja Gaiden II
20. Ninja Gaiden III
21. Nintendo World Cup
22. Rush'n Attack
23. Shadowgate
24. Super C
25. Super Mario Bros.
26. Super Mario Bros. II
27. Super Mario Bros. III
28. Tecmo World Wrestling
29. Vice: Project Doom
30. Adventures in the magic kingdom
31. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
32. Battletoads and Double Dragon

Also, I chose to only include games with a, more or less, real ending. So most sport/contest games were excluded as well as stuff like rescue: embassy mission and whatnot.

[Zaladane]

Hmm hard to remember but I'll post those that I'm reasonably sure I've beaten. On the actual hardware too and not emulation.

Here we go:

Adventure Island
Batman
Batman Return of the Joker
Castlevania
Castlevania 3
Chip and dales rescue rangers
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior 3
Ducktales
Ghostbusters
Kings Quest 5
Metroid
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
Star Trek 25th anniversary
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
TMNT 2
TMNT 3
Tiny Toon Adventures
Yo! Noid

So yeah just over 20 that I can remember.

Of course there's puzzle/sports games that I left out too!!!

[Drageuth]

Only included are the ones I know I've finished on the original hardware. I've finished a few through ROMs/emulators using save states and whatnot, but those don't count. I also don't remember if I've beaten a bunch of games, like the Ninja Gaidens, so I didn't include those to be safe, even though I'm fairly certain I've finished one of them.

1. 10-Yard Fight
2. Addams Family
3. Adventure Island
4. Batman
5. Blaster Master
6. Bucky O'Hare
7. Burai Fighter
8. Castlevania
9. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
10. Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
11. Crystalis
12. Darkwing Duck
13. Dragon Warrior
14. Duck Tales
15. Duck Tales 2
16. Final Fantasy
17. Freedom Force
18. Ghosts 'n' Goblins
19. Kid Icarus
20. Kirby's Adventure
21. Legend of Zelda
22. Zelda II: Adventures of Link
23. Marble Madness
24. Mario's Time Machine
25. M.C. Kids
26. Mega Man
27. Mega Man 2
28. Mega Man 3
29. Mega Man 4
30. Mega Man 5
31. Mega Man 6
32. NES Open Tournament Golf
33. Super C
34. Super Mario Bros.
35. Super Mario Bros. 2
36. Super Mario Bros. 3
37. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game
38. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project
39. Tetris 2
40. To The Earth
41. Wheel of Fortune feat. Vanna White
42. Yo! Noid
43. Zombie Nation

[FlavaFlave]

I know I've beaten a lot of games, and I won't include anything I had to use an emulator for (it's pretty rare anyway, since I've owned the NES since 1987, I've rented just about everything I could get my hands on).
1. Contra
2. Super C
3. SMB
4. SMB2
5. SMB3
6. Castlevania
7. Castlevania 2
8. Metroid
9. Punchout
10. Kid Icarus
11. Top Gun
12. Rambo
13. Zelda
14. Zelda II
15. Legacy of the Wizard
16. Faxanadu
17. Blaster Master
18. Dragon Warrior
19. DW2
20. DW3
21. DW4
22. Metal Gear
23. Snake's Revenge
24. Amagon
25. Mappy Land
26. P.O.W
27. Double Dragon
28. Double Dragon II
29. Gradius
30. Life Force
31. Jackal
32. Cabal
33. Tiger Heli (it repeats, but there is technically an end to it)
34. Rad Racer
35. RC Pro Am (it repeats as well, but spelling NINTENDO 3 times in the course of one game and earning all the vehicles is enough for me)
36. Magic of Scheherezade
37. Guerilla War
38. Bubble Bobble
39. 8 Eyes
40. Maniac Mansion
41. Shadowgate
42. Deja Vu
43. StarTropics
44. Final Fantasy
45. River City Ransom
46. Astyanax
47. Bad Dudes
48. Batman
49. Bionic Commando
50. Commando
51. BreakThru
52. Rush n Attack
53. Cobra Command
54. Crystalis
55. Dirty Harry
56. Empire Strikes Back
57. Star Wars
58. Dynowarz
59. Ghostbusters (had to use the NES Advantage to beat it though)
60. GunSmoke
61. Heavy Barrel
62. Ikari Warriors 2
63. Karate Kid
64. Kung Fu
65. Legendary Wings
66. Mega Man 2
67. Mega Man 4
68. Metal Storm
69. Platoon
70. RoboCop
71. Rygar
72. Rescue Rangers
73. Little Nemo
74. Section Z
75. Shatterhand
76. Snake Rattle and Roll
77. Zoda's Revenge
78. Sword Master
79. Renegade
80. TMNT 2
81. TMNT3
82. Terminator 2
83. Thundercade
84. Willow
85. Wizards and Warriors
86. Wizards and Warriors 2
87. Rescue the Embassy Mission
88. Tiny Toon Adventure
89. Flintstones
90. Ninja Gaiden
91. Ninja Gaiden II
92. Wrath of the Black Manta
93. Skate or Die 2 (story mode)
94. Adventures of Tom Sawyer
95. Batman Return of the Joker
96. Air Fortress
97. The Rocketeer
98. GI Joe
99. Iron Tank
100. Karnov
101. Jaws

I think that's about it - I kinda browsed a master list, so that helped a bit..... but in hindsight there really are a fair amount of NES games that can't really be beaten. I remember beating the hell out of games like Spyhunter, Xevious, Seicross and plenty of sports games and other arcade ports, but most of them just repeated and never had an end.

[Iamerror]

I still play nes games,so I'll probably be adding to this list frequently.
1.Amagon
2.Legend of Zelda
3.Insector X
4.Abadox
5.Super Mario Bros
6.Super Mario Bros 2
7.Super Mario Bros 3
8.Final Fantasy
9.Final Fantasy 2
10. Gradius
11. Adventure Island

[maverickhuntergirlZ492]

Not counting gameshow games, tetris types and such

1-Castlevania II
2-Duck Tales 2
3-Faxanadu
4-Kid Icarus-only twice and just barely
5-Kirby's Adventure
6-Legend of Zelda
7-Adventure of Link
8-Little Mermaid
9-Maniac Mansion
10-Megaman 2
11-Monster Party
12-Super Mario Bros 1
13-Super Mario Bros. 2
14-Super Mario Bros 3


yeah...not many '

and some I don't ever expect to beat, like Battletoads, Marble Madness, TMNT, Snake, Rattle n Roll etc.

[treos]

not many, in fact, aside from the few i remember owning in the past (mind you this was quite a while back, like early to mid 90's) i haven't really played all that much of nes evenvia emulators. lets see...

1.Megaman
2.Guardian Legend
3.maybe 1 of the TMNT games, not sure

as for those i've played on an emulator

4.Battle Kid - Fortress of Peril (the battle kid games are HARD)

and thats all i can remember having actually beaten on that console. despite it being the first console i had and having owned several games for it i never really beat many of them and still don't bother with nes much on emulators.

[MaslowK]

I've beaten a whopping two NES games ever, those being Mario Bros 2 & 3. If you count ports to other consoles you can include Mario Bros 1, Final Fantasy 1 and Dragon Warrior 3 :p

[skullpoker]

1 Bionic Commando
2 Contra
3 Castlevania II
4 Castlevania III
5 Double Dragon II: The Revenge
6 Dragon Warrior
7 Final Fantasy
8 Metroid
9 MegaMan II
10 MegaMan III
11 MegaMan IV
12 MegaMan V
13 Ninja Gaiden
14 Ninja Gaiden II (last 3 bosses without dying)
15 River City Ransom
16 Strider
17 Super Mario Bros 2
18 Super Mario Bros 3
19 Trojan
20 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
21 Wrath of the Black Manta
22 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

I ALWAYS get lost in Blaster Master, and I think I managed to make it to the last boss of Battletoads one time, only to be promptly served. Gauntlet II goes on forever, but I played to about level 210 once just to be sure.

[Spose']

None because why not.

[FlavaFlave]

Do you guys consider it beating a game if it's in the style of something like California Games, Skate or Die, Winter Games, World Games, 720, Track and Field, etc?? In other words, games that don't actually "end", but you can master all the events. If so I have a few others to add

Edit: Also, what about the games like Jaws, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St..... I don't think there's an actual end to any of those either - I remember working over Jason more than a few times in 1 playthrough, and the same with Jaws. Freddy I remember having to get all the bones and then fight him, but I'm not actually sure if I ever pulled it off.

[Corey]

I honestly can't name all the games I've beaten on NES, but it's quite a few. Certainly no 80+ or anything, but growing up me and my dad used to play all the time and beat quite a few. I didn't beat the harder ones until my adult life though. The Megamans and such. I've still never beaten Contra without the code though. I'd need to plug in the NES again to try again, and I don't think I can handle the heartbreak.

[Tassadar]

1. Super Mario Bros.

[Drageuth]

Do you guys consider it beating a game if it's in the style of something like California Games, Skate or Die, Winter Games, World Games, 720, Track and Field, etc?? In other words, games that don't actually "end", but you can master all the events. If so I have a few others to add

Edit: Also, what about the games like Jaws, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St..... I don't think there's an actual end to any of those either - I remember working over Jason more than a few times in 1 playthrough, and the same with Jaws. Freddy I remember having to get all the bones and then fight him, but I'm not actually sure if I ever pulled it off.

There is an end to Jaws, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th. You have to kill Jason 3 times, and there's a final boss fight with Freddy where you have to throw all of the bones that you've collected into a furnace. There are definitive screens that say "End" on them. I got bored and watched a speedrun of those games. I've never watched a speedrun of Jaws, but according to this GameFAQ article that I have bookmarked, it does exist.

For the others, I personally consider the point where something loops to be the "end" of the game. For example, in RC ProAM you will eventually loop around back to the beginning of the game if you keep playing long enough. It technically goes on forever, but once you hit that first loop, you're done in my opinion. Or for a game like 720, once you beat each event 4 times and rank up to and beat Class 4, you'll get a really quick "Finished" screen then start Class 4 over again, so that can be considering "beating" the game.

[Corey]

There is an end to Jaws, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th. You have to kill Jason 3 times, and there's a final boss fight with Freddy where you have to throw all of the bones that you've collected into a furnace. There are definitive screens that say "End" on them. I got bored and watched a speedrun of those games. I've never watched a speedrun of Jaws, but according to this GameFAQ article that I have bookmarked, it does exist.

For the others, I personally consider the point where something loops to be the "end" of the game. For example, in RC ProAM you will eventually loop around back to the beginning of the game if you keep playing long enough. It technically goes on forever, but once you hit that first loop, you're done in my opinion. Or for a game like 720, once you beat each event 4 times and rank up to and beat Class 4, you'll get a really quick "Finished" screen then start Class 4 over again, so that can be considering "beating" the game.

I never knew 720 was on NES. I had it on one of those old multi midway discs you could get for a couple bucks and loved it.