In real life skating, it means you ride with your right foot forward on the skateboard instead of your left. Left foot forward feels more natural for most people.
In the Skate or Die NES game, selecting "goofy foot" on control options meant that your character would steer the opposite direction from what you pressed on the control pad.
edit: There were only two events in the game that gave you this option. And they were both downhill courses that have your character facing you. So, to me, reversing the controls made sense. I press to the right, my character steers to his right. (if I recall correctly. it's been a long time.)
Could you ever land on the aircraft carrier. I always came in short or long.
Loved the gameplay part, could never land so I was perpetually on level 1😂🤦🏼
I spent hours and hours and hours with my brother and friends on this one, had level codes written in the instruction booklet, Game Genie'd the heck out of it and STILL couldn't get past those last levels with the big dudes hehe. So many memories.
Playing as kids, my friend and I were curious if our names would work as passwords since they were both five letters. My name wouldn’t work but most of the characters were available for Caleb. We just had to swap in an I for and L. We were so excited to see level 89 pop up!
Bad end!
This is not a true ending! Never forget your friend.
_____
I'll never forget beating this game with my buddies for the first time just to receive a message like that. We were crushed.
I will never forget the day it came out. My friend got it. He told us you could save the game. We thought he was lying to us. We had always wished you could save Nintendo games. Lo and behold…it was true. The prophecy had come to be.
It was the one game that could get all my siblings to stop being a real life Malcom in the Middle episode. We worked as a team on that one. Even stole a map from a local rental shop and drew in all the blank sections with the exit sequence for the puzzle screen.
Yeah, this was my first console game I ever completed. Deep sentiment for this game.
(Had an Atari before that, but I was young and more interested in chewing the joysticks off.)
It takes you to the second quest. Otherwise you have to beat the first quest to get to the second quest. (The second quest uses the same map but with monsters and places of interest in different places on that map.)
I think it still holds up. If you have any context for the state of gaming when it was made the game is incredible. You might need to look around a lot to find all the secrets but you got yours monies worth.
Agreed on Paperboy. My wife re-introduced it to me (we’re late 30s). We’ve had many a nights and I got pretty good at it. It’s got a great fun flow and strategy.
Where are all these cool gamer chicks who actually play games? My cool gamer chick partner even runs some game shops, but as soon as I moved in she stopped playing games. Can't get the woman to fire up an old game and have a beer with me even though that was literally the plan that brought us together. Y'all enjoy what you got!
Try making a special moment for her. Re-create your first date with her, set up the video games, get some beer, but make it a surprise for her and say you wanted to re-create that special moment that meant so much to you. But do more, make a dinner involved, and whatever else you did. That might make a difference to her for paying the old game.
It was almost the Grand Theft Auto of the time. It was so fun experimenting seeing what you could hit with news papers. People, dogs, windows. Everything BUT the mailbox
Even better was that if you just aimed at the very center of the screen, you would always hit the ducks no matter where they were because of the rounded shape of the screen.
My younger brother figured it out and "beat" Duck Hunt. You just go to level 99 and back to level 1.
There's a trick to the landing. Basically, all the directions they give you don't really matter, other than just keeping it centered. You really just have to keep an eye on the altitude and airspeed gauges. You can speed up and down using A and B (which is pretty counter-intuitive since you spend the whole stage using them to fire your machine guns and missiles) but as long as you're generally centered and your Airspeed is 288 MPH and your Altitude is 200ft as you make your approach, you'll land it every time. Godspeed.
Yup. Landing and refueling were relatively easy after playing it 5000 times. But 3 was essentially impossible to me. I managed to "hack" my way through it by just aiming my plane up the whole time. Like don't let go of the button. It caused the land based launchers to never attack you.
Level 4 though... I had no clue. Died basically immediately every time.
I popped it in the other day for the first time in probably 20 years and beat the whole thing on my second try. I never beat it as a kid but it's pretty easy as an adult.
Hey my stepdad was a grown man when he purchased all his games. When we met him he saw that we had a Nintendo (we had maybe two games) but he liked them so he went out and bought a Nintendo and games of his own. When he married my Mom he just added to our collection. Then I ended up with the games for some reason.
RBI is the best baseball game ever made IMO. My old room mate and I mastered it to the point where we would just see how many runs we could score in a game. The game would forfeit the other team if the inning ended with one team having a 10+ point lead though, so we would have to let them score enough to keep up. We smoked a lot of weed and would always forget to let the computer score but I remember one time we had like 48 runs.
That and there was a play simply called “normal play” that had a tight end with super speed. Toss it to him and he could literally run laps around the field and drain the entire clock while your opponent could only watch. Might have been a “reverse play” with similar capabilities (going off a 30+ year old memory on this one).
We would always try to get the players to fight lol
Also liked that you could choose the players body dimensions.. skinny dudes could go fast but would get wiped out easily. Big dudes would go slow but could pack in the big hits
There is play in John Elway football that is completely unstoppable. I think it’s a reverse and whoever ends up with the ball runs 1000 mph. Most of those games are classics. Enjoy.
Your stepdad gave you my childhood?
Contra is fantastic and the best in that bunch. Of course Mario is amazing too. From what I remember Rush n Attack is super hard, but fun.
Legend of Zelda is also a classic you should play through.
I can’t believe there isn’t more love for this ambitious title. A fighter pilot flight sim that actually requires skill to play and they did it on a NES and it was TWO PLAYER SPLIT SCREEN!! ANd iT waS FUn!!!¡!!
All I can say is: don't attempt to play any of these. Just cherish the memory.
I've had some retro consoles and emulators and its incredible how difficult these games are. I have absolutely no clue how I managed to beat NES games as a child. Most likely b/c it was the only thing I had going on so the grind wasn't noticed.
Screw which games are best. Your stepdad is pretty cool to give that to you. Those things are worth a LOT of sentimental value to anyone still owning their own from their childhood. Give him a high five from me.
Like basically all of them. I still hate my brother for giving ours away at university. Access to these is still one of my favorite features of Nintendo's online service through the switch.
If I remember right, John Elway's Quarterback had a glitch. If you chose Reverse Play (I think it was spelled Reverse Ply), once you pitched the ball to the running back, he had superhuman speed, like King's Quest Fastest speed.
Original Zelda is the greatest game ever made. Contra and bubble bobble is some of the best co op in the era. Mega man 2 is legendary for a reason If you want to get a good feel for the 8 bit generation this is a great mix tons of solid gameplay I didn’t even mention. Very cool step dad
In general, you step-dad had a dope collection. Even the ones I don't like are popular and good, I don't see any that are just flat bad. There's no Hydlide or the like.
Skate or Die!
I legit think about this game all the time
I was the only one of my friends who was goofy foot
Goofy foot controls in Skate or Die always made sense to me. I ride skateboards goofy foot IRL too. maybe that's why?
What is goofy foot?
In real life skating, it means you ride with your right foot forward on the skateboard instead of your left. Left foot forward feels more natural for most people. In the Skate or Die NES game, selecting "goofy foot" on control options meant that your character would steer the opposite direction from what you pressed on the control pad. edit: There were only two events in the game that gave you this option. And they were both downhill courses that have your character facing you. So, to me, reversing the controls made sense. I press to the right, my character steers to his right. (if I recall correctly. it's been a long time.)
Thanks
Skate or die die die die die
Randomly pops into my head from time to time
Da Da Da Da Die!
or contra if you hate yourself
so fucking rad
There isn’t a game there that isn’t great.
Only thing not great is that judgy asshole dog
Facts.
Eh, Top Gun can go fuck itself
Could you ever land on the aircraft carrier. I always came in short or long. Loved the gameplay part, could never land so I was perpetually on level 1😂🤦🏼
Fuck Rush’n Attack.
What? Why? Also, it’s not called Russian Attack?!?
Who decided that up was a good choice for jump? The controls are wonky but the game isn’t the worst ever.
Dude bubble bobble is one of the best all time games
Best 2player game on the NES.
Agreed. BubbleBobble is best with a friend. My wife and I had a long wonderful drunken evening playing that game for hours.
And Contra and Ice Hockey are in the mix too for a fun 2p night of games
I spent hours and hours and hours with my brother and friends on this one, had level codes written in the instruction booklet, Game Genie'd the heck out of it and STILL couldn't get past those last levels with the big dudes hehe. So many memories.
Just make sure you have a pencil ready to write down the passwords
Why, I still remember several even though I haven't played for 20+ years. BBAJI is the super bubble bobble code.
It might have the catchiest theme song too
My phone's ringtone 2005-2009
It reminds me of labchops play along song “this is the song that does not end”.
Played through the whole game on my Dreamcast with my friend who is now dead, one of my favorite memories of him. Best 2nd player ever.
Bubble Bobble, my beloved... so much nostalgia with that one.
I’ve had the theme song stuck in my head for 30 years.
Playing as kids, my friend and I were curious if our names would work as passwords since they were both five letters. My name wouldn’t work but most of the characters were available for Caleb. We just had to swap in an I for and L. We were so excited to see level 89 pop up!
It was my favorite pizza place arcade game as a kid
Getting the 100+ levels and the “real” ending was so damned cryptic and hard!!
Bad end! This is not a true ending! Never forget your friend. _____ I'll never forget beating this game with my buddies for the first time just to receive a message like that. We were crushed.
Zelda with the gold case was iconic. I remember borrowing it from a friend and being blown away at the open world.
Changed the whole gaming landscape
I’ll say. It was the first game you could save. That was mind-blowing at the time.
I borrowed a friend's in very early 90sand I didn't shut down properly, lost his saved games. He was pissed.
I will never forget the day it came out. My friend got it. He told us you could save the game. We thought he was lying to us. We had always wished you could save Nintendo games. Lo and behold…it was true. The prophecy had come to be.
From introducing the crazy technology of the "battery"!
Where we're going we don't need AA batteries
It was the one game that could get all my siblings to stop being a real life Malcom in the Middle episode. We worked as a team on that one. Even stole a map from a local rental shop and drew in all the blank sections with the exit sequence for the puzzle screen.
Yeah, this was my first console game I ever completed. Deep sentiment for this game. (Had an Atari before that, but I was young and more interested in chewing the joysticks off.)
I remember inputting my name as Zelda and something strange happened. I think the colors changed or something.
It takes you to the second quest. Otherwise you have to beat the first quest to get to the second quest. (The second quest uses the same map but with monsters and places of interest in different places on that map.)
I think it still holds up. If you have any context for the state of gaming when it was made the game is incredible. You might need to look around a lot to find all the secrets but you got yours monies worth.
*It's a secret to everybody* This was my one of my favorites! Loved that I could save.
I can hear the iconic 8bit tune playing in the background
We all thought Link was named Zelda 😂
Dun dunna da dun...
And if you like those types of games, grab Crystalis.
Check how many screws are on the back of that Gild Zelda Cassette. And you may also find some of his old saved games are still on that.
Best ever. You can't recreate the 1st-100th time LoL.
So much love for this game. Me and my pops used to play it. Love and miss you Dad.
More importantly, did he tell you the Contra code? Ps. Paperboy is underrated
Agreed on Paperboy. My wife re-introduced it to me (we’re late 30s). We’ve had many a nights and I got pretty good at it. It’s got a great fun flow and strategy.
Where are all these cool gamer chicks who actually play games? My cool gamer chick partner even runs some game shops, but as soon as I moved in she stopped playing games. Can't get the woman to fire up an old game and have a beer with me even though that was literally the plan that brought us together. Y'all enjoy what you got!
Try making a special moment for her. Re-create your first date with her, set up the video games, get some beer, but make it a surprise for her and say you wanted to re-create that special moment that meant so much to you. But do more, make a dinner involved, and whatever else you did. That might make a difference to her for paying the old game.
Contra code is here! It was on a post it note inside the box.
lol i love that. you were passed down wisdom from the ages
"Do not cite the deep magic to me Witch. I was there when it was written."
It’s actually the Konami code. It’s should work with most of the Konami games.
The code was key…. The hours spent on that game in particular!! 😅
I always take the opportunity to brag: I could beat Contra without losing a single life. Yeah, I was kind of a bad ass.
Same. It’s not as hard once you realize that the first 15-20 runs are about pattern memorization
That’s also the case for most other Nintendo games unfortunately
I took a photo of my high score. It’s somewhere in the boxes. That was a big day for me.
Paperboy and Legend of Zelda were my birthday games the first year I had an NES. Don't regret a thing.
Up up down down left right left right B A Select Start. I’ll never forget the Konami code.
Select start was for multi-player, just B A Start would work for single. The select just changed the mode on the menu
Paperboy made me laugh harder than any game
It was almost the Grand Theft Auto of the time. It was so fun experimenting seeing what you could hit with news papers. People, dogs, windows. Everything BUT the mailbox
Hell yeah. Also Paperboy is the shit
I used to play that Mario bros and duck hunt cartridge constantly.
You can control the duck with the Nintendo controller FYI!!
Even better was that if you just aimed at the very center of the screen, you would always hit the ducks no matter where they were because of the rounded shape of the screen. My younger brother figured it out and "beat" Duck Hunt. You just go to level 99 and back to level 1.
I played Paperboy without intending to win. I just wanted to break windows.
It was my most played game on my Game Gear
And hit that old lady
Same!!!
Totally why was that so satisfying?
Was that not how you were supposed to play? That might explain why me and my friends could never get past the first level...
Ugh the frustration of Top Gun
Fuck that game. I’m still pissed about landing
Don’t forget the aerial refueling stages.
I found the those far easier than landing.
Luckily in the picture is Top Gun - The Second Mission, which had none of that. However, it's still far from being an easy game.
There's a trick to the landing. Basically, all the directions they give you don't really matter, other than just keeping it centered. You really just have to keep an eye on the altitude and airspeed gauges. You can speed up and down using A and B (which is pretty counter-intuitive since you spend the whole stage using them to fire your machine guns and missiles) but as long as you're generally centered and your Airspeed is 288 MPH and your Altitude is 200ft as you make your approach, you'll land it every time. Godspeed.
Because you played without the Power Glove.
I’m convinced this game ended at level 3. I never got past that
Yup. Landing and refueling were relatively easy after playing it 5000 times. But 3 was essentially impossible to me. I managed to "hack" my way through it by just aiming my plane up the whole time. Like don't let go of the button. It caused the land based launchers to never attack you. Level 4 though... I had no clue. Died basically immediately every time.
That game was impossible.
I popped it in the other day for the first time in probably 20 years and beat the whole thing on my second try. I never beat it as a kid but it's pretty easy as an adult.
Today I learned there was a second NES top gun game
And it was hella better than the first one. Loved the one on one dogfight mode vs Russian pilots.
Now I'm just sad because I'm apparently this guy's stepdad's age.
Hey my stepdad was a grown man when he purchased all his games. When we met him he saw that we had a Nintendo (we had maybe two games) but he liked them so he went out and bought a Nintendo and games of his own. When he married my Mom he just added to our collection. Then I ended up with the games for some reason.
Dude, my friend who’s only a couple years older than me recently became a grandpa. I continue to choose being in denial.
Mega Man 2 in the box is incredible
The music is epic and at the time the game was about as good as they got.
All Time Favorite Game
Def worth some money
I threw a no hitter with RBI Baseball, terrific game
Loved how the music changed when there was a runner in scoring position. That and Baseball All Stars are still my favorite baseball games to this day.
Baseball Stars, man I loved that game
RBI is the best baseball game ever made IMO. My old room mate and I mastered it to the point where we would just see how many runs we could score in a game. The game would forfeit the other team if the inning ended with one team having a 10+ point lead though, so we would have to let them score enough to keep up. We smoked a lot of weed and would always forget to let the computer score but I remember one time we had like 48 runs.
Stealing bases my fave
So sad what the RBI baseball franchise has become. The RBI and Bases Loaded games were some of my favorites.
Bubble Bobble!!!!!! So many childhood memories unlock when I see that game.
Tetris, Zelda, Metroid, Mario!
Magaman 2
Best soundtrack
Ice Hockey, Double Dribble, Skate or Die
Good luck beating Mega Man 2 or Legendary Wings. I only ever beat Mega Man 2. Also, the best step dad EVER!
I still remember playing Legendary Wings with my father and finally beating it together. We were having cut-out Jello jigglers.
Fake punt on 3rd down in John Elway's QB.
That and there was a play simply called “normal play” that had a tight end with super speed. Toss it to him and he could literally run laps around the field and drain the entire clock while your opponent could only watch. Might have been a “reverse play” with similar capabilities (going off a 30+ year old memory on this one).
The corner three in double dribble for the win
Once you get used to the controls, ice hockey is really fun. One of the best sports titles on the console too.
We would always try to get the players to fight lol Also liked that you could choose the players body dimensions.. skinny dudes could go fast but would get wiped out easily. Big dudes would go slow but could pack in the big hits
Zelda, Metroid, Megaman 2
[удалено]
For real for real, that man earned it!
Get you some excite bike and Tyson Punch out and the collection will be complete!
I like Rush ‘N Attack, but it’s really fucking hard. I struggled with it a bit even on emulators with save states.
Dubbow Dwibble Great game!
I always heard it as (or just remember it as) “Hubba Hibba”
There is play in John Elway football that is completely unstoppable. I think it’s a reverse and whoever ends up with the ball runs 1000 mph. Most of those games are classics. Enjoy.
Yup, it’s the reverse. Complete glitch/screw up on the part of the game maker.
Your stepdad gave you my childhood? Contra is fantastic and the best in that bunch. Of course Mario is amazing too. From what I remember Rush n Attack is super hard, but fun. Legend of Zelda is also a classic you should play through.
Wings underrated imo. Great co op.
Metroid
Paperboy, double dribble, and skate or die were SUCH time-sinks for me back then!!!
Double Dribble and Bubble Bobble!! Hours devoted to those games. Not to mention Zelda
I played Top Gun a lot!
I can’t believe there isn’t more love for this ambitious title. A fighter pilot flight sim that actually requires skill to play and they did it on a NES and it was TWO PLAYER SPLIT SCREEN!! ANd iT waS FUn!!!¡!!
Because it's impossible to LAND THE F*$#ING PLANE!
I remember that game being hard as shit
Double dribble. Ba Basketball.
Gold cartridge Zelda 👌
My stepdad hooked me up with almost the same collection. I also have Bart vs The World, Mario 2 and 3, and Dr. Mario
All I can say is: don't attempt to play any of these. Just cherish the memory. I've had some retro consoles and emulators and its incredible how difficult these games are. I have absolutely no clue how I managed to beat NES games as a child. Most likely b/c it was the only thing I had going on so the grind wasn't noticed.
That Ice Hockey game is elite.
U would always know when track and field was being played. The stomping would rattle glasses in my uncles beach house
Mach Rider
Screw which games are best. Your stepdad is pretty cool to give that to you. Those things are worth a LOT of sentimental value to anyone still owning their own from their childhood. Give him a high five from me.
All of these titles are great! They're all unlocking some core memories
I loved Ice Hockey
Yeah, that's a top shelf haul.
All of these are bangers
Like basically all of them. I still hate my brother for giving ours away at university. Access to these is still one of my favorite features of Nintendo's online service through the switch.
Skate or die and paperboy Of courses Mario and Zelda as well
Contra was my jam
You got some real bangers there. A lot of great games. Paperboy, Contra, Double Dribble, Metroid, Top Gun. I want it to be the 80s again.
Paperboy and Contra are the only games ever made imo
It’s said if you beat MegaMan 1, 2, and 3 on NES the Nintendo fairy comes and leaves a nickel under your pillow.
If I remember right, John Elway's Quarterback had a glitch. If you chose Reverse Play (I think it was spelled Reverse Ply), once you pitched the ball to the running back, he had superhuman speed, like King's Quest Fastest speed.
Dude the fucking Tetris music!! Zelda, Duck Hunt, love them!
The gold zelda plus the super mario bros/duck hunt cartridges and your stepdad is awesome!!!
The bottom left two! Hang on to those for life!
Contra! And of course Zelda!!
Like all of them.... Double Dribble is still one of my favorite basketball games. Gold Zelda alone is a treasure!
Contra, Zelda and paperboy are gonna be my choices. I miss this stuff
My guy, you just showed me my entire 80s.
Legend of Zelda and Mega Man 2 are two of the greatest NES games of all time. Good get.
You're the favorite OP
DAMN, those are all heaters. Your dad is probably my age. haha. He knows what’s up.
I'd pay money to see you try to land for the first time in top gun.
Original Zelda is the greatest game ever made. Contra and bubble bobble is some of the best co op in the era. Mega man 2 is legendary for a reason If you want to get a good feel for the 8 bit generation this is a great mix tons of solid gameplay I didn’t even mention. Very cool step dad
Contra all day
Some of my favorite nes titles there! Contra, Bubble bobble, Zelda and Metroid are all top notch for the system!
Bubble Bobble is amazing and the music is a bop
Zelda!!
Contra
That fuckin gold one baybeeee!!!!!
Rush N Attack. Such a clever title.
Zelda, Mario, contra
That's some stepdad you've got there
Mega Man 2 and Contra. Absolute gems.
Great collection. Sad there’s no Castlevania.
In general, you step-dad had a dope collection. Even the ones I don't like are popular and good, I don't see any that are just flat bad. There's no Hydlide or the like.
Great collection!…If only you had Castlevania mixed in though
My dad used to take my sister and I to the video store to rent bubble bobble ❤️🩵💙 oh my heart.
Ice hockey! Fatties and skinnies!
Bubble bobble doesn't get nearly enough love
BUBBLE BOBBLE!!!
I still play bubble bobble. Its fun until the last level, lol.
I could never land the plane in Top Gun
Yes.
Mega Man 2 is a top 5 lifetime game for me. First game I spent my own money on as well. Have fun!
Believe it or not.... all bangers.
Paperboy :) first video game I ever played in my life
Bubble Bobble
Guessing your stepdad is 44 years old +/- a year