adam76 wrote:
Target Renegade - the original was great but with scrolling levels and a two-player mode this was the tops.
Oi, I really hate that one. Corniness to the max! It had nothin to do with the Nekketsu high school kids, either.
Favorite underrated NES classics:
Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu, Bucky O'Hare: These are the two greatest platformers the NES has to offer, IMO, outside of the Mario games. Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu is beautiful in every aspect, and Bucky O'Hare just has that classic Konami charm.
Metal Storm -- Incredible Irem classic where the gravity could be changed at the whim of the player. Simply amazing game, it's hard to categorize it into just one genre.
Journey to Silius: Really solid run 'n gunner with amazing music that rivals the tracks in the Mega Man games, seriously. Check out more info about the game and how it was originally supposed to be a Terminator game:
http://www.neszone.net/shrines/silius/ Sigh, it would have been an awesome Terminator game, too.
Clash at Demonhead -- pretty ugly game but chock-full of anime styled humor and art. It tries hard to be Mega Man, but ends up a wee bit short.
Code Name: Viper -- Like an even better version of Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode. Really great game that is incredibly similar to the Rolling Thunder series; main character's a badass.
Power Blade series -- These games are incredibly akin to the Mega Man series, but have an Arnie look-a-like as the main character and a boomerang as the main weapon..trust me, it's a LOT better and funner than what I made it sound to be. Definitely pick it up if you see 1 or 2, since they are getting pretty rare nowadays.
Shadow of the Ninja -- Solid ninja action from Natsume, before they started making farming sims. Harvest Moon my ass, gimme Shadow of the Ninja 2, or better yet, a sequel to...
Shatterhand -- Yes, this game rocks so much face it isn't funny. Definitely worthy of a sequel, true shame we never saw one on the SNES. I was way happy when I saw a certain Brazilian sporting the title as his username
Little Nemo: The Dream Master -- Really cool platformer based on the turn of the century comic book (it also was a movie in the early 90s), you can morph into different dream creatures if you walk into them. Really nice and feel-good game.
MC Kids --

NEED I SAY MORE.
here's a site with 99% of every US box art for the NES if anyone's interested:
http://atarihq.com/tsr/nes/nesgallery.html