First let me start of by saying I love the NES and it's games and I have 200+ games for it.  Also let me say that probably my favorite game of all-time is the Mega Man 2...Now with that said...

I don't like Kid Icarus.  It's actually a hard thing for me to admit because of how everybody praises it and me being a NES fanatic, I should like it, but I don't.  To me it just feels like a lack-luster, watered-down platformer and like I said above I love Mega Man 2, so it's not as though I don't like platformers...

One thing I really hate is the fact that you have no extra lives.  I don't mind having to start from the beginning of the level when you die because well that's how many NES games are, but most games at least give you a life or two before doing so...  Also the bow and arrow idea is cool, but at least give me a little range on the thing...

Anyone else not like this game??

What are some popular NES games that are praised, but you just flat out don't like them....
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I don't really like Spy Hunter, the first Bomberman, Adventure Island, A Boy and His Blob, Shadowgate, or PacMan.

I never played Spy Hunter in the arcade, so it may have been better there, but I never really got the point of the NES version.

I thought bomberman was sort of dull as well, though I think I liked it better than Spy Hunter.

I never understood the appeal of Adventure Island.  That game just gets on my nerves.  If someone cares to explain it to me I would be interested.

I sort of had fun with A Boy and His Blob, but the game was way too short.  It took me several tries to beat it, but when I did it probably only took about seven minutes.

A lot of people seem to love Shadowgate, but I thought that the puzzles in it were pretty lame, and a lot of them were rather nonsensical.  I liked Maniac Mansion much better.

I've never really enjoyed any pacman port very much.  This is sort of odd though, because I recall enjoying the knock-off version Munch Man on my TI-99/4a.


I hated Metal Gear when I first played it, but once I figured out how to make it through the forest to the first base I thought it was awesome.

Nice to have you back on the forum NESaholic, hope all is well or at least better

Martin wrote on 08. Oct 2007 at 22:32:

Thanks Martin, yeah i had some rough times with my sis but all is stabile atm. Glad to have some spare time again.

FamicomJL wrote on 19. Oct 2007 at 02:26:


What are you, some kind of nazi? /jk

Anyways, i second Kid Icarus and Metal Gear.  They're not bad games but they were far from great.

I never got very into Mario 2 - it's really hard.

Adventure Island always baffled me because it seemed like it was too easy to die.

Ditto for Marble Madness!

I hate SMB2 ! This game is so strange ...

I hate RPG games like Dragon Warriors 2-4 and Final Fantasy.  I think they are super boring.