Topic: VC Recommendations thread

Like Mickeymac said, MUSHA is in the Aleste series just like the game you mentioned, so your best bet is to go with that one. It's pretty good.

super mario64, donkey kong country snes, super metroid
smetroid is way great...perfect music. donkeykc is better by far than the wii game. super m64 is the best mario game ever made....

The Adventures of Lolo aren't bad if you enjoy puzzle games like LIT and Frobot.

I only have 2000 points and am hoping to get Ogre Battle: Person of Lordly Caliberand 2 NES games
Does anyone know any good NES games, besides metroid, LoZ, Mario, etc.
-I've played those and want some good addicting games that you can play over and over again.
Any recomendations? (also is Ogre Battle good?)

@countglasse Ogre Battle is a great game. I've played it for over 60 hours (it has multiple endings), but I'm also a fan of strategy games. Other gamers have found it boring and confusing.
-You might want to look into Faxanadu on the NES. It's an action RPG like the Adventures of Link or Simon's Quest--but much better than those two games. There will be times in Faxanadu when you don't know what to do next, and that can be frustrating. So I don't think you could call it addicting, it's more of an epic game. I still think it's the best NES game on the VC.

It holds up better than the SNES Castlevanias IMO. But you should know, the 'Professional!' Mode will unlock after you beat the game once--that means you won't be able to avoid the town building simulation levels at first.

id suggest Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, its an import and a worthy platformer when you need to play something different. nice worlds and visuals.
i slept on this one for a looong time, but im glad i have it and beat it. google it, it aint cheap

I'd suggest Kirby's Adventure and Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.

Faxanadu looks fun, how long do you think the game will last me? Also how's Blaster Master?

Blaster Master is good fun, though the continue limit can be annoying (of course, once you master the game it's not a problem).

It's hard to say. It took me over 10 hours to finish, but I was always backtracking for keys and free elixirs. Some people online are claiming they can speed run Faxanadu in an hour--it might be posible if you had the game memorized and never died (also skip the Tower of Suffer).

@waveboy Ristar is an absolute Genesis classic. I have the PS3 Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and it is one of the best games created for the Genesis.

I have ActRaiser on my list to download to. I remember renting that game as a kid and I was blown away by the graphics because it was one of the first SNES games I played. I didn't like the simulation part of the game back then but now I am definitely tempted to revisit it and appreciate it the uniqueness of that game.

I personally liked them more than Gunstar Heroes. They're classics, and I highly suggest you give them a go. However, make sure you set Ristar on hard...otherwise it's a bit too easy.

@WaveBoy: Ristar's great. One of the best games on the Genesis. As for Dynamite Headdy, it's OK but not one of my favorite Genesis games.

Just beat Super Mario World (SNES) for the first time such a great game.

@Waveboy

Yeah, StarTropics is great, I love it a lot. Good luck finishing it though, it's extremely difficult, and pretty cheap at times as well.

@Waveboy You are going crazy nuts with the VC lately! My question is how do you have time? If I am not mistaken from reading previous posts I assume that you were but a young lad during the 'golden age of gaming," the SNES and Genesis? Point beeing that I am married and I dont have a ton of time for video games. The old ball-n-chain (ha! I say that in jest of course) doesn't share in my favorite pastime of playing video games so its take me awhile to get to all these classics. So that is why I was just curious if you were married or not and how you find the time. Due to your praise of Startropics I will add that to my download list during the three weeks my wife is away at school. Startropics was always game that tempted my curiosity as a kid after seeing it in Nintendo Power but I never ended up playing. I will definitely right this wrong!

What took you so long? It is my favorite Mario game. Did you beat the Star World too?

@waveboy Wow, interesting stuff there! I wish you well good sir! I do enjoy your posts and though I am 4 years your senior your appreciation the NES, SNES, and Genesis (and TMNT action figures) nearly matches my own (Mickeymac, oldgamesonly, and Tasuki also come to mind) Actually you may even surpass me in that regards because I do not currently own a NES (gasp) though lately I have this unshakeable urge to!

I am going to search for my StarTropics Nintendo Power tonight and then when I get some time in the next month I am going to use it old school with StarTropics on the VC. No way would I have thought 22 years later I would be using it! Just awesome

@Mickeymac No sweat I will be using Nintendo Power! Na, have you ever completed it? Cheap how so?

I got stuck halfway through. It's cheap in that you can't see most stuff coming. Take the instant death rooms or the split paths, one of which usually leads to instant death. Or the dark rooms. These aren't frequent, but they are annoying.

yes yes yes!

I never owned a SNES. I beat all of the Star World but I need one more secret exit.