Ranking the NES Black Box Games

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  @Nerdtendo6366 · 9 months ago

  Thank you Scott for celebrating my favorite holiday<br><br>Happy Gumshoe Wednesday everybody

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• CL

  @cleberous · 9 months ago

  Donkey Kong Jr Math not in S-Tier???

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• SL

  @SlickA10Homepage · 9 months ago

  If I had a nickel for every time Scott talked about playing the NES at his grandma’s house, I’d have about $75

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• AL

  @AlexDown1 · 9 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbFb1dMeiI&amp;t=480">8:00</a> what my finger is doing when playing with an NES controller:

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• BO

  @boombox378 · 9 months ago

  cant wait for the nintendo console power buttons ranking

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  @videogameobsession · 9 months ago (edited)

  It&apos;s cool to see a lot of the NES &quot;black box&quot; cover scans that I scanned way back in 1996 for my website. Some still have my old watermark. ;)

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• RT

  @RTB-x2f · 9 months ago

  Legend of Zelda was going to have a black box label in the American release, where Link had a hilariously cursed smile. Thankfully, they used to iconic golden one instead.

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  @Mrcoconutgun · 9 months ago (edited)

  You gotta admire the blackbox titles for showing what the games actually looked like. Before the NES you&apos;d have these games with beautiful box art for the Atari, and then the game is nothing like it. Crazy to think those simple sprites were probably impressive as hell in the mid 80s. <br><br>Edit: I posted this comment before watching, Scott ended up saying the exact same thing....

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• JE

  @jeppyvp · 9 months ago

  I got the notification for this video while I was already watching it. 👍

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• AD

  @Adambomb2002 · 9 months ago

  I&apos;d actually argue for pro wrestling to be in B-tier with the amount of depth put into the combat, along with the characters all having unique move lists (with actual inputs mind you!) that let them stand out from one another. not to mention the fact that they have a fully unplayable boss as an actual end point is monumental when it comes to these games.<br><br>hell, I&apos;d also put mach rider in B bc of how fun and frantic the combat can be along with trying to balance it with keeping your speed in check (which btw, the footage only having it be on first gear was painful); to where it essentially becomes a more active version of pole position that keeps you on your toes.<br><br>also this is just a quick aside, but you mentioned that balloon fight is nintendo&apos;s version of joust; but consider that urban champion is their version of karate champ (just with the rounds represented as knocking them closer to the manhole, along with some other gimmicks like the cops and plants).

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• LU

  @LuminousRA1N · 9 months ago

  Thank you for an hour of nes games that had a specific box at 8pm est

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  @bluescreenman42 · 9 months ago

  Wild to think about Zelda 1 and Punch Out were gonna be black box games.

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