What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

I haven't played a large number of NES games, but I'd say Capcom. Honestly, I think the Mega Man games are better then anything Nintendo themselves put on the NES. Mario and Zelda are great, don't get me wrong, (especially SMB3) but I just love Mega Man more.

Capcom

Konami

Data East (some games might have been horrible, but there were a few good ones as well)

Rare

Without doubt Capcom wins with its Disney based games

Sun Soft. Even their questionably bad games had some redeeming qualities, like the music in Fester's Quest (which I personally love. Not sure why everyone hates it.)

Well, this is a hard question but I think Konami were very strong on the NES. But Capcom were equally imporant.

By the way, Rare did much more NES games than what you listed (like Battletoads, Captain Skyhawk, Ironsword, Slalom, Snake Rattle 'n' Roll, ect.).

Konami, Rare, Capcom, Taito, Enix, Sunsoft

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

Emerald_Warrior

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We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

KillerCannonade

Did you read the whole post, or just skim it? Yeah, I did mention Nintendo, I mentioned that they were a first-party game developer. :roll:

Also, read the last last sentence of my post to see why I didn't include those developers. *sigh* Or is it that you just want to start another ridiculous argument?

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

Emerald_Warrior

Did you read the whole post, or just skim it? Yeah, I did mention Nintendo, I mentioned that they were a first-party game developer. :roll:

Also, read the last last sentence of my post to see why I didn't include those developers. *sigh* Or is it that you just want to start another ridiculous argument?

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[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"] You said third-party and then mentioned Nintendo btw. Oh and I don't agree with your first statement. On topic, key developers you seem to have forgotten to mention: ACTIVISION HUDSON SOFT DATA EAST OCEAN THQ JALECO IREM SNK ACCLAIM SAMMY just to name a few. You had a good list to but Rare? Square? Square had like one game relevant to U.S. release and Rare? Did better later.KillerCannonade

Did you read the whole post, or just skim it? Yeah, I did mention Nintendo, I mentioned that they were a first-party game developer. :roll:

Also, read the last last sentence of my post to see why I didn't include those developers. *sigh* Or is it that you just want to start another ridiculous argument?

"etc." meaning all the others I didn't mention.

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Did you read the whole post, or just skim it? Yeah, I did mention Nintendo, I mentioned that they were a first-party game developer. :roll:

Also, read the last last sentence of my post to see why I didn't include those developers. *sigh* Or is it that you just want to start another ridiculous argument?

Emerald_Warrior

"etc." meaning all the others I didn't mention.

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[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"] I did you just assumed I didn't read the topic, the only thing you actually satetd that was true is i didn't see you wrote NIN was first party. Everything else you assumed, i was mostly referring to your top 4 choices and what you wrote in your post (Rare, Square, Tengen.) nice try though.KillerCannonade

"etc." meaning all the others I didn't mention.

What? How is that possible when you posted after my post?

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"] Well my bad, i posted before you put it in.Emerald_Warrior

What? How is that possible when you posted after my post?

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid,

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C.Pro-Am1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

AndBTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, RareEmerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"]

What? How is that possible when you posted after my post?

KillerCannonade

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid,

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies) - Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C.Pro-Am1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

AndBTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, RareEmerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"] The Bottom of your post wasn't there.Let me press the back button and paste what it read: [QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid,

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies) - Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C.Pro-Am1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

AndBTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, RareEmerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"] The Bottom of your post wasn't there.Let me press the back button and paste what it read: [QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid,

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies) - Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C.Pro-Am1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

AndBTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, RareEmerald_Warrior

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[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"]

KillerCannonade

Riiiiight. It made a completely random error that just happened to show things in your favor. :roll:

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Are you kidding me? You so don't want to be wrong that you go back and change what people said?

Hey smart guy, the edit is stamped on the time when I made the edit:

Edited on May 14, 2012 1:38 pm PT

You post is stamped:

May 14, 2012 2:35 pm PT

If your math is rusty, that means you posted nearly an hour after I did the edit that you say I changed after you posted. YOU edited the post just now, not the other way around. You're pathetic, go find someone else to troll.

Emerald_Warrior

Riiiiight. It made a completely random error that just happened to show things in your favor. :roll:

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[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"] Orrrr, maybe that means that my computer messed up because when I refreshed the page a few times those same erros occured. But I mean you know everything ans just like jumping out at people because you think your right on the time, so I might as well let you since your the great mr.smarta$$ that just knows that I must have made this up and could not have been any other way. No you just jumped in and attacked me for no reason. Have fun feeling bad.KillerCannonade

Riiiiight. It made a completely random error that just happened to show things in your favor. :roll:

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

KillerCannonade

Yeah he mentioned some Nintendo games, but then went on to say, "So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?" So I have no idea why you needed to point out that he mentioned Nintendo games. He specifically clarified the purpose of the post.

Aside from that Capcom and Konami to me had some unbelieveable games for the NES. I think overall Capcom would take the prize though!

Haha I didn't realize the argument was already on!

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

We all know that Nintendo themselves made some of the best games on the NES. Anyone who's a fan of the NES pretty much can agree on this. Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, etc.

So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?

Mine:

Konami/Ultra (Same company, used different names to dodge Nintendo's strict licensing policies)- Castlevania 1-3, Contra, Super C, Gradius 1 & 2, LifeForce, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Bucky O'Hare, Monster In My Pocket

Capcom - Bionic Commando, Mega Man 1-6, DuckTales 1 & 2, 1942 & 1943, Mighty Final Fight, Ghosts N'Goblins

Tecmo - Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Rygar

Rare - Pin-Bot, R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2

What Were Your Favorite Third-Party NES Game Developers?

And BTW, GameSpot only gives me 5 slots for polls, so take it up with them why I didn't include developers like Squaresoft, Tengen, Rare, and others. Sorry.

Samslayer

Yeah he mentioned some Nintendo games, but then went on to say, "So aside from Nintendo, who were some of your favorite NES game developers?" So I have no idea why you needed to point out that he mentioned Nintendo games. He specifically clarified the purpose of the post.

Aside from that Capcom and Konami to me had some unbelieveable games for the NES. I think overall Capcom would take the prize though!

Haha I didn't realize the argument was already on!

Samslayer

SNK- Crystalis for the win

I also loved all their top down shooters like Guerilla War and the Ikari series.

SNK- Crystalis for the win

I also loved all their top down shooters like Guerilla War and the Ikari series.

Uloset

Guerilla War was a great port while Ikari Warriors was rather poor imo.