For many that grew up with just Tecmo Bowl, then nostalgia goggles make it an S-tier for them. Even though, objectively, it is more of an A-tier to Super Tecmo Bowl's S-tier.
Agreed, Tecmo Bowl was great and definitely an A or S but Tecmo Super Bowl was S+++++. Hell, they still make roms with updated rosters and have tournaments all over the US for it
Tecmo Super Bowl is the best football game ever and SNK Baseball Stars is the best baseball game of all time. Super Tecmo NBA basketball was the greatest basketball game of all time. NHL ‘94 or ‘95 is the greatest hockey game of all time.
Yep... Dave Krieg, Curt Warner, Steve Largent and company!! The teams featured in the game were Indianapolis, Miami, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles (Raiders), Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, New York (Giants), Chicago, and Minnesota.
Solomons Key is one of my favorite games for the NES. It's a difficult game no doubt, it's pretty complex that goes beyond just the blocks. It's worth the effort to learn how to play it. Nice list
John Riggs is like the AVGN in that if he finds a game possessing challenging game play mechanics then he won't bother to actually learn about the game. Solomon's Key and Fire n Ice were extremely fun and challenging! All you need is to apply a little brain power!
Balance the Raiders with the 49ers. Joe Montana throwing to Jerry Rice...And you could run all the way to the end of your own endzone, and throw it all the way to the other end. Between those two teams you'd have insanely high scores...
I'd rank Tecmo Cup Soccer Game as an A Tecmo Cup Soccer Game is actually a localization of Tecmo's Captain Tsubasa game for the Famicom, a game based on the soccer manga/anime Captain Tsubasa Tecmo actually made a sequel on the Famicom, Captain Tsubasa 2, which I would rank as an S, and they also made 3 more sequels on the Super Famicom
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
@@duffman18 the anime it's awesome... I'll highly suggest for you to check it out... If you love soccer!!... I remember there was an edition that came out during the world cup 2002... I remember I used to watch them in Mexico...
There is the generation that Madden is their football game..but I played the heck out of Tecmo Bowl back in the day ,all day we'd play that thing my friend an I..And I have yet to have as much fun playing a football game since.
Tecmo Super Bowl is by far my favorite NES game of all time. It was great on the SNES as well. I have a couple of the newer hacks of the game and it still stands the test of time!
Have you ever played Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball? That is my personal #2 NES sports game (behind only Tecmo Super Bowl) because of the incredible depth and customization due to the game's many characters having different strengths/weaknesses. It really is a hidden gem and I have NO idea why Dusty Diamond wasn't more popular back in the day.
Solomon’s key is an “S”. No questions asked. And I played this when I was 3 didn’t beat until I was 31. I was born in 86 and this was one of the 10 games I had. But my god, at my age now I would say this is in the top 3 hardest NES games of all time. And my dad, back in 89 got to level 21 and neither of us could believe it. Shows how much it takes to beat this game.
Love these rank videos. Brings me back to when I was a kid and reminds me of games I used to play and forgot about. Looking forward to more. Would love to see how you rank Taxan, Technos, HAL Lab, and Data East games too. Whichever one it is, keep em coming. 👍👍👍
Tecmo Bowl is def S tier. I had a friend who kept stats in a notebook and played out seasons and playoffs and kept track of it all himself. Every Sunday night for dinner they had waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. Miss you Silas Simms! Rygar I got for Christmas with Mario 2 and T and C surf. Never beat Rygar but it was one of those games you left on pause and came back to it cuz you didn't want to have to start over.
So true about Rygar 😄 I still play it to this day on my steam deck. Man I tell you. The save states are the BEST 😆 You know the giants inside the pillars? I always thought they were Genies 😋
The Wizard taught me how to pronounce "Ninja Gaiden." Remember that Riggs? The longest Nintendo commercial ever made and as a kid I loved it. I had Ninja Gaiden and it was one of the games that made me into the hard-core gamer I am today.
I wish I liked it more than I did. I rented it a ton and also played it on an emulator. In my opinion, what keeps it from being truly an S, is the knock back and the constant respawning. The fact that you have to deal with both of these difficulty tropes in the same game keeps this at an A. It does cheapen the experience. Still a fantastic NES game, but not an 'S', so very close though...
@@kekeke8988 I get the reason why it's in there. My gaming is rooted in retro difficulty, trial and error, difficulty tactics to extend gameplay. I am simply saying the respawning is at a ridiculous level even for the time and this is combined with the knock back. I do agree that the game would be too easy since the devs decided to have your regular enemies go down in one slice. Regardless, this is why it just doesn't reach that S ranking.
Tecmo NBA is a masterpiece (big and numerous sprites with almost no flickering, smooth gameplay, good animations, real roster -Michael Jordan included -...). It's not an S for me because it's too easy and the only challenge is to play a lot and complete the season. Great videos!
TECMO BOWL!!! One of the only sports titles that I love! And of course Ninja Gaiden! I may need to do a video like this for my channel. Keep these coming, Riggs!
Tecmo Bowl DID have Seattle lmao. I remember vividly their pink unis and whenever I'd try to throw when I'd get my play picked by the AI, Kenny Easley would intercept and return it for a touchdown because my guys would all get popcorned trying to tackle him.
Yo!! Tecmo Soccer is Captain Tsubasa, but localized! I never knew that! Captain Tsubasa is a huge long running soccer manga, and as such, all of its games are a RPG type of soccer. Those graphics are the same, its just localized from Japan to USA
Tecmo DID have Seattle in it. But they were colored Pink and White! The original Tecmo Bowl didn't have an NFL license, so it didn't have the real teams, but it DID have an NFLPA license, so it had real players, which is why LA had Bo Jackson. :D
quick explanation of Mighty Bomb Jack's bomb rooms: In the final room of every stage you're trying to collect all the bombs and then leave via the gate. This is called a SAVE. Every one of these rooms also has a single lit bomb- if you collect the lit bomb last, you can warp directly to the next stage's bomb room. the catch is that if you die, you'll always be sent back to the last place you saved- which does not happen after a warp. Also, the game has multiple endings which depend on you achieving certain things in certain levels, which means you can't just warp to the end if you want the best ending.
In mighty bomb jack, those extra rooms at the end of a level where you're collecting bombs; collecting the active bombs in order will net you extra points and that's pretty much all it's good for.
Ninja Gaiden 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, definitely an S in my book, but the others were too damn tough to be as enjoyable to me. I can beat NG2 without dying, with help of the shadow Ninja buddies (which is an awesome gameplay mechanic) but 1 & 3 are nigh impossible to me without cheating.
Damn..... that's impressive. I've beaten part 3 in 30 minutes once before (got it way before even owning parts 1 or 2). I can beat the others, but I cannot do a deathless run (in any of them)
Fun fact about Mighty Bomb Jack. It was designed by a man who applied over a dozen times for a job at SEGA before accepting defeat and got a job at Tecmo where he proceeded to make a complete hash of the sequel to one of my favourite classic arcade games ever. What a hack. I can't find who it was but maybe he got better.
Tecmo was outstanding on NES...Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl, Tecmo NBA Basketball (my favorite b-ball game on the system), Ninja Gaiden series, Bad News Baseball, Rygar and Tecmo World Wrestling are the titles that stand out to me.
He gave it a B because she doesn't understand the game. There's SO much of that in his tier lists, it pervades nearly all of them. A tier, minimum. It's one of the best games on the console. It's a metroidvania before even Castlevania was.
Rygar. Nostalgia feels. ♥ I remember playing this with my father. And I even remember using a GameGenie. (Or maybe GameShark?🤔) Either way, it's one of my top NES games I still play to this day, with my steam deck 👑 And yes. For me, this game holds up epicly. The epic music, the gameplay trains your reflexes.. I smile every time I play it 😄 It's an S+ Perfect score in my book. 👑
That Tecmo Soccer is a licenced game on the famicom based off an anime called Captain Tsubasa also known as Holly and Benji in europe and Super Campeones in latin america
Tecmo Cup Soccer Game is an American version of Captain Tsubasa in Japan. The original game was quite popular in my country, because of an anime series back in the 90s. This was super fun. I would give an A.
Never cared for the sport itself but loved Bad News Baseball growing up, in Japan it was called Gekito! Stadium. I love Pro Wrestling too but I'd definitely put Tecmo World Wrestling as an S despite those quirks.
Tecmo World Wrestling drove me nuts with its blatant NBA Jam caliber cheating. So many times I'd have an opponent beat only to have them hit about 25 moves in a row, which I couldn't stop even with turbo. It was super fun with a friend though.
Hey, check out this new football (soccer) game coming out next week, it's based on the same anime as this NES one was, Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm buying this game day one because it looks absolutely insane, and breathtaking. It's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids, it's like Blitzball but with a real sport. Dude seriously just watch the trailer. It is kinda mindblowing. It's such a cool unique idea, turn a real sport into an insane Dragonball z Fighters looking game with all these crazy super moves and so on. I dunno if it's gonna be a turn based RPG or more like a modern JRPG with real time battles, it's hard to tell from the trailer, but yeah just go watch it
Solomon's Key is a great puzzle game, with especially awesome music. I'd say B-tier, maybe even A. To say that it was hyped-up back in the day is nuts. There weren't any Nintendo Power profiles or commercials for the game, not sure how anyone could say that.
I remember Tecmo Cup Soccer Game. Very good in my opinion with the story about this game. It was originally called Captain Tsubasa in Japan cause of a popular Japanese soccer anime. It was brought into the US and they heavily Americanized the game, changing the character name and appearance.
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
Lotta S's here! When you're done with all the publishers you feel like doing you should do a video running down all the S ranks! Maybe the A ranks too, and create John Riggs ultimate top whatever NES games.
Tecmo Bowl is our #1 played game on the NES... well the Switch's NES platform :). It's an all-time classic in every way. My son and I play it practically daily.
Love it , thanks for doing my request 😁👍 solid ranking. You're awesome Riggs keep up the good work on this stellar series and can't wait to see what company will be next.
I can't wait for the Nintendo company version, if or when there is one (Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers 3, etc) all S's no doubt (I'd hope so)!
I got Ninja Gaiden II as a kid. Got pretty good at it over the years but offcourse: Didn't finish it as a kid. Later on in my 20's I tried it again. Came SO close but finally did rage quit after quite some time. Next try was years later and you know what? I did it and found out something many might not know. The last boss comes in different shapes. I don't remember how many but if you come to say shape 2 or 3, you die and get a game over and then start at the beginning of the last stage. You'll still run into the shape you last met being back at the last boss despite having a Game Over. Never played Ninja Gaiden I or III so I don't know it if's the same there but what a feeling finally beating Ninja Gaiden II.
Did anybody else enjoy Tecmo NBA Basketball? I played a ton of that game. Fastbreak pass the rebound out to the wing to Shawn Kemp and Dunk on just about anybody. If you couldn't get to the rim then kick the ball out to Ricky Pierce or Nate McMillan. Money.
Best basketball game on the NES, but it's way too easy. I played a season using the Miami Heat backups and the closest game I had was a 23 point win...all the vids are on my channel if curious.
Your ratings are pretty much spot on with what I was thinking. I think I would have Tecmo NBA as a B, as I really enjoyed it as a kid, but it really doesn't hold up today, so I get the rating. Rygar was a game I always wanted to love, but just couldn't get into it, so I go C. I
Ninja Gaiden 2 is an S for the opening cinematic alone! I remember seeing that as a kid and I was f'n speechless. That song still gives me goosebumps to this day. That Tecmo snare drum... Tecmo Baseball was more involved with the pitching/batting. I'd give it a C. I'd give Temo Bowl an A, but definitely TSB a S+. Tecmo World Wrestling is most def the best wrestling game on NES (I'm a wrestling fan too)
In french we had an anime in the morning that was exactly that. Soccer meet dragonball. Tecmo soccer feels like that. We also had an anime where they were cooking chef, great anime. Looking back we had more anime translation back in the time than local or american animated series
The second part that never made it to the USA is even better. The one in this list eventually allows for super trick shots and the second one has a lot more of those. There are English roms available online if you want to try an even better and more complete version of the game.
Also, I hear you on Mighty Bombjack (it is a strange game in some ways) but it really is an enjoyable game the more you play it. It's one of those games where you just have to experiment a bit to understand the little nuances of the game. It's a good one though (possibly a B for me). And Fire 'n Ice is a very fun puzzle game but you are totally right, John! Members of Mensa HAD to be responsible for some of the later stages in that game (just like with the Lolo games which are equally difficult). It's pretty amazing how tough the puzzles could be. Anyway, I have rambled long enough. Great video man! Every one of them is truly a treat so please keep it up!
I love these tier videos. Look forward to them every weekend! I agree with this video for the most part, except for Fire N Ice. Didn't grow up with it. Discovered it on an emulator many years after the Nintendo, and just devoured it. Played it through, loved it. Fire N Ice is an A (maybe even an S for me).
John, you are the man! I agree with you on so many things. Started gaming at 5 years old when the NES hit the U.S. and grew up with gaming from there. Also from Washington. Also love Faxanadu (hidden gems video). Also...Go Seahawks!!!
You just made 2020 a whole lot better for me personally. I never beat Ninja Gaiden either. I could get to the final boss (I've watched You Tube clips to confirm this) but never finish the job. Knowing an expert like you couldn't beat it either makes me feel much better 30 years later.... 👍🙂
My friend still plays Madden 2003 and updates the rosters and gives them their stats and stuff. He’s the same friend that I beat Gauntlet with. We will soon be playing Ninja Gaiden on Wii U online. It’s awesome that the online still works for Wii U at the moment.
Seen someone on Whatnot tonight sell Tecmo Soccer for $48 after starting bid at a $1. After auction was over he went silent and stared at the camera looking upset for 5 minutes. It pricecharts loose at $88.
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Tecmo World Wrestling is 100% an S. You broke my heart Mr Riggs!
Tecmo Bowl definitely has Seattle and Tecmo Soccer is actually Captan Tsubasa, a very popular game in Japan.
@@Friggle_Dee He must have lost to the Blue Beetle.
Any plans to do a Bandai vid?
@@jamespaterson503 Great question
Dude, if Tecmo Bowl is an "S," then Tecmo Super Bowl has to be a "Super S."
makes sense to me!
For many that grew up with just Tecmo Bowl, then nostalgia goggles make it an S-tier for them. Even though, objectively, it is more of an A-tier to Super Tecmo Bowl's S-tier.
@tek O Only with nostalgia goggles installed. The more refined Tecmo Super Bowl is objectively a tier above Tecmo Bowl.
Agreed, Tecmo Bowl was great and definitely an A or S but Tecmo Super Bowl was S+++++. Hell, they still make roms with updated rosters and have tournaments all over the US for it
@@thepolacek They’re both S tier games though
Tecmo Super Bowl is a very strong contender for the greatest game I've ever played. I am just in awe of what they accomplished with it.
Tecmo Super Bowl is the best football game ever and SNK Baseball Stars is the best baseball game of all time. Super Tecmo NBA basketball was the greatest basketball game of all time. NHL ‘94 or ‘95 is the greatest hockey game of all time.
@@stephenjohnson9632 I’ll second NHL ‘94
Tecmo Bowl DID have the Seahawks, with Brian Bosworth. They were pink for some reason, but SEA was definitely on Tecmo Bowl, fren.
Yep... Dave Krieg, Curt Warner, Steve Largent and company!! The teams featured in the game were Indianapolis, Miami, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles (Raiders), Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, New York (Giants), Chicago, and Minnesota.
Number 55, himself
Truth Largent caught bombs.
@Based Catholic Actually it was a team based in Seattle. Tecmo Bowl didn’t have a league license, but it had a players license.
@@bildo1977 then technically it had no teams. Just a bunch of randomly allocated NFLPA players. Touche.
Rygar and Solomon's Key are pretty much my 2 favorite NES games.
The music and background of Rygar made a huge impression on 12 year old me.
I still love it.
One of the few NES games I think surpasses the arcade counterpart.
I prefer the arcade game.. very pleasantly surprised to see it on the nintendo shop.. now if i could get arcade Rastan too
Same man.. 🥰 Sometimes I turned on the game just to listen to the music 😄
My copy was always glitchy.
Is that normal for Rygar?
Solomons Key is one of my favorite games for the NES. It's a difficult game no doubt, it's pretty complex that goes beyond just the blocks. It's worth the effort to learn how to play it. Nice list
Its awesome.
Absolutely, it's age old great game now and back then
John Riggs is like the AVGN in that if he finds a game possessing challenging game play mechanics then he won't bother to actually learn about the game. Solomon's Key and Fire n Ice were extremely fun and challenging! All you need is to apply a little brain power!
Tecmo Bo was so broken we had a rule playing Tecmo Super Bowl: You couldn't use the Raiders.
Rick K. Hahaha. We had same rule. Bo Jackson , right?
I always hear everyone say that about Bo, but when I was a kid, I played with the Lions. A pitch to Barry Sanders is a touchdown every time.
Balance the Raiders with the 49ers. Joe Montana throwing to Jerry Rice...And you could run all the way to the end of your own endzone, and throw it all the way to the other end. Between those two teams you'd have insanely high scores...
@@stormykeep9213 But my secret weapon was the Eagles and Randall Cunningham.
Oh sorry Eagles QB
@@briandunn1468 Bo Jackson indeed
I agree with your list but I can't still go over of you not putting Contra as an "S" 😂
I'd rank Tecmo Cup Soccer Game as an A
Tecmo Cup Soccer Game is actually a localization of Tecmo's Captain Tsubasa game for the Famicom, a game based on the soccer manga/anime Captain Tsubasa
Tecmo actually made a sequel on the Famicom, Captain Tsubasa 2, which I would rank as an S, and they also made 3 more sequels on the Super Famicom
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
I saw that soccer game and automatically thought of the Famicom Captain Tsubasa games, which are legendary.
I believe the soccer game is a re-skin for a series of games for a certain anime... Check it out if you haven't... It's called "Captain Tsubasa"
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
@@duffman18 the anime it's awesome... I'll highly suggest for you to check it out... If you love soccer!!... I remember there was an edition that came out during the world cup 2002... I remember I used to watch them in Mexico...
There is the generation that Madden is their football game..but I played the heck out of Tecmo Bowl back in the day ,all day we'd play that thing my friend an I..And I have yet to have as much fun playing a football game since.
I'm the middle generation.. Nfl blitz on 64.. Best football game ever
Tecmo Super Bowl is by far my favorite NES game of all time. It was great on the SNES as well. I have a couple of the newer hacks of the game and it still stands the test of time!
Rygar is an A for me. I absolutely love it
For me, Solomons Key is triple S, it's one of the best games of all time!!!
Bad News Baseball is fantastic! It's probably my second favorite baseball game on the NES - my favorite being Baseball Stars by SNK.
Baseball Stars is so far beyond the other baseball games. It's the only one I would play.
Have you ever played Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball? That is my personal #2 NES sports game (behind only Tecmo Super Bowl) because of the incredible depth and customization due to the game's many characters having different strengths/weaknesses. It really is a hidden gem and I have NO idea why Dusty Diamond wasn't more popular back in the day.
Baseball Stars was amazing and still holds up today! It was the baseball equivalent to Tecmo Super Bowl.
Tecmo was the polar opposite of LJN in terms of quality games.
John Smith I got a headache reading that.
Tecmo is the third gem in the NES and Arcade cabinet developer trinity alongside Capcom and Konami
"how can you not put tecmo bowl as an s?"
"I think you'll find I'm British, sir..."
Solomon’s key is an “S”. No questions asked. And I played this when I was 3 didn’t beat until I was 31. I was born in 86 and this was one of the 10 games I had. But my god, at my age now I would say this is in the top 3 hardest NES games of all time. And my dad, back in 89 got to level 21 and neither of us could believe it. Shows how much it takes to beat this game.
Love these rank videos. Brings me back to when I was a kid and reminds me of games I used to play and forgot about.
Looking forward to more. Would love to see how you rank Taxan, Technos, HAL Lab, and Data East games too. Whichever one it is, keep em coming. 👍👍👍
Tecmo Bowl is def S tier. I had a friend who kept stats in a notebook and played out seasons and playoffs and kept track of it all himself. Every Sunday night for dinner they had waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. Miss you Silas Simms!
Rygar I got for Christmas with Mario 2 and T and C surf. Never beat Rygar but it was one of those games you left on pause and came back to it cuz you didn't want to have to start over.
So true about Rygar 😄 I still play it to this day on my steam deck. Man I tell you. The save states are the BEST 😆 You know the giants inside the pillars? I always thought they were Genies 😋
Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, 3 is my childhood achievement which I am very proud of, beat those game at age around twelve.
Tecmo World Wrestling was awesome but you kind of need a turbo controller to beat it from what I remember. Two player versus was more balanced.
I love Tecmo Wrestling. Got the U.S & Japanese versions.👍
The Wizard taught me how to pronounce "Ninja Gaiden." Remember that Riggs? The longest Nintendo commercial ever made and as a kid I loved it. I had Ninja Gaiden and it was one of the games that made me into the hard-core gamer I am today.
I'm glad you gave Ninja Gaiden an S . Anything else would be blasphemy
Tuff game!!!
@@pointedspider very hard, yes
I wish I liked it more than I did. I rented it a ton and also played it on an emulator. In my opinion, what keeps it from being truly an S, is the knock back and the constant respawning. The fact that you have to deal with both of these difficulty tropes in the same game keeps this at an A. It does cheapen the experience. Still a fantastic NES game, but not an 'S', so very close though...
@@bmshaven
It doesn't cheapen the experience, it MAKES the experience. Without it, the game would be too easy.
@@kekeke8988 I get the reason why it's in there. My gaming is rooted in retro difficulty, trial and error, difficulty tactics to extend gameplay. I am simply saying the respawning is at a ridiculous level even for the time and this is combined with the knock back. I do agree that the game would be too easy since the devs decided to have your regular enemies go down in one slice. Regardless, this is why it just doesn't reach that S ranking.
Tecmo NBA is a masterpiece (big and numerous sprites with almost no flickering, smooth gameplay, good animations, real roster -Michael Jordan included -...). It's not an S for me because it's too easy and the only challenge is to play a lot and complete the season.
Great videos!
TECMO BOWL!!! One of the only sports titles that I love! And of course Ninja Gaiden! I may need to do a video like this for my channel. Keep these coming, Riggs!
Yes, been waiting for Tecmo ranking
Tecmo Bowl DID have Seattle lmao. I remember vividly their pink unis and whenever I'd try to throw when I'd get my play picked by the AI, Kenny Easley would intercept and return it for a touchdown because my guys would all get popcorned trying to tackle him.
Yo!! Tecmo Soccer is Captain Tsubasa, but localized! I never knew that!
Captain Tsubasa is a huge long running soccer manga, and as such, all of its games are a RPG type of soccer. Those graphics are the same, its just localized from Japan to USA
Great list! I agree with just about every ranking... Except I'd give Tecmo NBA Basketball an 'A' and the SNES version of the same game is an 'S'
Solomon’s Key is one of my favorites; combining puzzles and action usually doesn’t work, but this game is perfect. It took me 4 years to beat it.
Tecmo DID have Seattle in it. But they were colored Pink and White! The original Tecmo Bowl didn't have an NFL license, so it didn't have the real teams, but it DID have an NFLPA license, so it had real players, which is why LA had Bo Jackson. :D
quick explanation of Mighty Bomb Jack's bomb rooms: In the final room of every stage you're trying to collect all the bombs and then leave via the gate. This is called a SAVE. Every one of these rooms also has a single lit bomb- if you collect the lit bomb last, you can warp directly to the next stage's bomb room. the catch is that if you die, you'll always be sent back to the last place you saved- which does not happen after a warp.
Also, the game has multiple endings which depend on you achieving certain things in certain levels, which means you can't just warp to the end if you want the best ending.
In mighty bomb jack, those extra rooms at the end of a level where you're collecting bombs; collecting the active bombs in order will net you extra points and that's pretty much all it's good for.
Ninja Gaiden 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, definitely an S in my book, but the others were too damn tough to be as enjoyable to me. I can beat NG2 without dying, with help of the shadow Ninja buddies (which is an awesome gameplay mechanic) but 1 & 3 are nigh impossible to me without cheating.
Damn..... that's impressive. I've beaten part 3 in 30 minutes once before (got it way before even owning parts 1 or 2). I can beat the others, but I cannot do a deathless run (in any of them)
John "I Just Can't" Riggs
Tecmo NBA Basketball was awesome. Much better than Double Dribble!
Agreed, it's an easy A. And the SNES version is even better!
Fun fact about Mighty Bomb Jack. It was designed by a man who applied over a dozen times for a job at SEGA before accepting defeat and got a job at Tecmo where he proceeded to make a complete hash of the sequel to one of my favourite classic arcade games ever. What a hack. I can't find who it was but maybe he got better.
Man. The fact you didn't give Vice Project Doom an S yet Ninja Gaiden got it makes me wanna cry.
Tecmo Bowl does have the Seahawks. I play with them all the time. You just choose the team Seattle. :) Go Hawks!!!
Tecmo World Wrestling not an S tier?! Blasphemy, sir! I do agree that it's better than Pro Wrestling, though.
Actually Tech Mobile actually did have Seattle in it because it had a Brian Bosworth on I remember that game
I guess I understand how subjective your lists are now, because Solomon’s key is most certainly not a D, even from your own description
Tecmo Wrestling for me is an S and Tecmo Basketball is the best basketball game on the NES but still has flaws. I give it a B.
Man I Love Tecmo's Music In Video Games Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl, Super Tecmo Bowl
Rygar will always be my favorite tecmo game(an S in my opinion)next to the ninja gaiden series and tecmo super bowl.
Rygar is also an S in my book ♥
Tecmo was outstanding on NES...Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl, Tecmo NBA Basketball (my favorite b-ball game on the system), Ninja Gaiden series, Bad News Baseball, Rygar and Tecmo World Wrestling are the titles that stand out to me.
Rygar soundtrack is an “S” on its own.
He gave it a B because she doesn't understand the game.
There's SO much of that in his tier lists, it pervades nearly all of them.
A tier, minimum. It's one of the best games on the console. It's a metroidvania before even Castlevania was.
I still play Rygar to this day ♥
@@leozar69 Me too. Such a unique awesome game.
I'm never heard of the Tecmo Soccer game, but I'm gunna play it. Thank you sir!
It’s based of the Japanese Famicom game Captain Tsubasa ⚽️
Annnnd now you’re disappointed
Rygar. Nostalgia feels. ♥ I remember playing this with my father. And I even remember using a GameGenie. (Or maybe GameShark?🤔) Either way, it's one of my top NES games I still play to this day, with my steam deck 👑 And yes. For me, this game holds up epicly. The epic music, the gameplay trains your reflexes.. I smile every time I play it 😄
It's an S+ Perfect score in my book. 👑
That Tecmo Soccer is a licenced game on the famicom based off an anime called Captain Tsubasa also known as Holly and Benji in europe and Super Campeones in latin america
I played Star Force so many hours when I was a kid
I still play Star Force all the time. It’s one of my go to pick up and play games.
Deserved a B
4:10 I used to play the Rygar arcade game at a local restaurant all the time when I was a kid
Without watching tecmo Super Bowl unquestioned number 1
The mechanics of Tecmo Cup Soccer Game really remind me of the Blitzball minigame in Final Fantasy X. I wonder if the developers did that on purpose
Tecmo Cup Soccer Game is an American version of Captain Tsubasa in Japan. The original game was quite popular in my country, because of an anime series back in the 90s. This was super fun. I would give an A.
Let's rank every Taito game! Or have you done that already?
Never cared for the sport itself but loved Bad News Baseball growing up, in Japan it was called Gekito! Stadium.
I love Pro Wrestling too but I'd definitely put Tecmo World Wrestling as an S despite those quirks.
Tecmo World Wrestling drove me nuts with its blatant NBA Jam caliber cheating. So many times I'd have an opponent beat only to have them hit about 25 moves in a row, which I couldn't stop even with turbo. It was super fun with a friend though.
As a soccer fan, and a fan of games like FF and Zelda, discovering Tecmo Cup Soccer back then was THE most breathtaking gaming moment for me!
Hey, check out this new football (soccer) game coming out next week, it's based on the same anime as this NES one was, Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm buying this game day one because it looks absolutely insane, and breathtaking. It's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids, it's like Blitzball but with a real sport. Dude seriously just watch the trailer. It is kinda mindblowing. It's such a cool unique idea, turn a real sport into an insane Dragonball z Fighters looking game with all these crazy super moves and so on. I dunno if it's gonna be a turn based RPG or more like a modern JRPG with real time battles, it's hard to tell from the trailer, but yeah just go watch it
@@duffman18 actually a friend of mine mentioned that game as a game that had some similarities with Tecmo Cup 😀
Solomon's Key is a great puzzle game, with especially awesome music. I'd say B-tier, maybe even A. To say that it was hyped-up back in the day is nuts. There weren't any Nintendo Power profiles or commercials for the game, not sure how anyone could say that.
A tier for me too.
I remember Tecmo Cup Soccer Game. Very good in my opinion with the story about this game. It was originally called Captain Tsubasa in Japan cause of a popular Japanese soccer anime. It was brought into the US and they heavily Americanized the game, changing the character name and appearance.
There's an absolutely insane looking new football (soccer) game coming out for Switch and Ps4 and Windows that's based on Captain Tsubasa. I've never heard of the anime but I'm definitely buying this game when it comes out because it looks so damn cool, I think it's the same deal as the NES one, a football RPG, but it has these crazy looking super moves, it's like Shaolin Soccer on steroids. It just seems like such a crazy and unique concept, take a real sport but make it _ANIME_ if you know what I mean, it's like Blitzball from Final Fantasy X but a real sport. Because the only other football action game we have for Switch is FIFA, and I hate FIFA, the PES series has always been and still is far superior. The best football game series in general is Football Manager but that's an entirely different sort of thing as you just watch matches play out, you don't control the players. And this Captain Tsubasa thing is another thing entirely to both those other styles of game. It's like football mixed with Dragonball Z Fighters. And it's being made by Bandai Namco and they always seem to make quality games, so yeah
Lotta S's here! When you're done with all the publishers you feel like doing you should do a video running down all the S ranks! Maybe the A ranks too, and create John Riggs ultimate top whatever NES games.
Tecmo Bowl is our #1 played game on the NES... well the Switch's NES platform :). It's an all-time classic in every way. My son and I play it practically daily.
That football/soccer game is actually based on Captain Tsubasa Super Strikers in Japan.
Love it , thanks for doing my request 😁👍 solid ranking. You're awesome Riggs keep up the good work on this stellar series and can't wait to see what company will be next.
I can't wait for the Nintendo company version, if or when there is one (Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers 3, etc) all S's no doubt (I'd hope so)!
Regarding Rygar I would say an a myself. It could have been a s rank if they had saved game mechanism in it.
Tecmo Bowl & Super Tecmo Bowl are my all time fav nes games. so goooood
Tecmo Bowl had Seattle with Dave Krieg and Steve Largent.
Tecmo World Wrestling was incredible. Just very intense the longer you went.
John these videos are awesome!!
Tecmo Bowl had the Seahawks…or Seattle. I remember playing with the great Steve Largent, Dave Craig, and the original Curt Warner.
I would give Rygar an "A". I played that game forever with the power on just to beat it because it had no password feature.
Similar thing here, it was like a seven hour marathon for me.
The world record speedrun is sub 23:00. That just blows my mind. = )
I got Ninja Gaiden II as a kid. Got pretty good at it over the years but offcourse: Didn't finish it as a kid. Later on in my 20's I tried it again. Came SO close but finally did rage quit after quite some time. Next try was years later and you know what? I did it and found out something many might not know. The last boss comes in different shapes. I don't remember how many but if you come to say shape 2 or 3, you die and get a game over and then start at the beginning of the last stage. You'll still run into the shape you last met being back at the last boss despite having a Game Over.
Never played Ninja Gaiden I or III so I don't know it if's the same there but what a feeling finally beating Ninja Gaiden II.
Did anybody else enjoy Tecmo NBA Basketball? I played a ton of that game. Fastbreak pass the rebound out to the wing to Shawn Kemp and Dunk on just about anybody. If you couldn't get to the rim then kick the ball out to Ricky Pierce or Nate McMillan. Money.
Best basketball game on the NES, but it's way too easy. I played a season using the Miami Heat backups and the closest game I had was a 23 point win...all the vids are on my channel if curious.
Your ratings are pretty much spot on with what I was thinking. I think I would have Tecmo NBA as a B, as I really enjoyed it as a kid, but it really doesn't hold up today, so I get the rating. Rygar was a game I always wanted to love, but just couldn't get into it, so I go C. I
Ninja Gaiden 2 is an S for the opening cinematic alone! I remember seeing that as a kid and I was f'n speechless. That song still gives me goosebumps to this day. That Tecmo snare drum... Tecmo Baseball was more involved with the pitching/batting. I'd give it a C. I'd give Temo Bowl an A, but definitely TSB a S+. Tecmo World Wrestling is most def the best wrestling game on NES (I'm a wrestling fan too)
In french we had an anime in the morning that was exactly that. Soccer meet dragonball. Tecmo soccer feels like that.
We also had an anime where they were cooking chef, great anime. Looking back we had more anime translation back in the time than local or american animated series
Please rank all the Data East games next!!!!...they were one of my fave companies outside Konami and Capcom.
Great games from Data East, I own Donald Land for Famicom and it’s an awesome McDonald’s game that never came out in N.A
Tecmo Soccer Cup was a reskin of the Captain Tsubasa soccer anime game.
The second part that never made it to the USA is even better. The one in this list eventually allows for super trick shots and the second one has a lot more of those. There are English roms available online if you want to try an even better and more complete version of the game.
Tecmo Basketball is a A+ and I am playing full season mode on it right now. I am the Timberwolves and Sam Mitches is primary scorer.
I would like to see a list for ranking the games by either *Technos, SNK, Taito, Data East, or Acclaim*
Or a video for each
Also, I hear you on Mighty Bombjack (it is a strange game in some ways) but it really is an enjoyable game the more you play it. It's one of those games where you just have to experiment a bit to understand the little nuances of the game. It's a good one though (possibly a B for me). And Fire 'n Ice is a very fun puzzle game but you are totally right, John! Members of Mensa HAD to be responsible for some of the later stages in that game (just like with the Lolo games which are equally difficult). It's pretty amazing how tough the puzzles could be. Anyway, I have rambled long enough. Great video man! Every one of them is truly a treat so please keep it up!
I love these tier videos. Look forward to them every weekend!
I agree with this video for the most part, except for Fire N Ice. Didn't grow up with it. Discovered it on an emulator many years after the Nintendo, and just devoured it. Played it through, loved it. Fire N Ice is an A (maybe even an S for me).
John, you are the man! I agree with you on so many things. Started gaming at 5 years old when the NES hit the U.S. and grew up with gaming from there. Also from Washington. Also love Faxanadu (hidden gems video). Also...Go Seahawks!!!
You just made 2020 a whole lot better for me personally. I never beat Ninja Gaiden either. I could get to the final boss (I've watched You Tube clips to confirm this) but never finish the job. Knowing an expert like you couldn't beat it either makes me feel much better 30 years later.... 👍🙂
did i just see that guy get a pile driver outside of the ring and he just stands right back up ??? lol but i loved tecmo wrestling!
Must be shawn michaels the one who doesn’t sold the move
My friend still plays Madden 2003 and updates the rosters and gives them their stats and stuff. He’s the same friend that I beat Gauntlet with. We will soon be playing Ninja Gaiden on Wii U online. It’s awesome that the online still works for Wii U at the moment.
the tecno soccer game was a licensed game in japan , is named captain tsubasa based in the soccer anime
Mighty Bomb Jack, S because it's still good today. Objective is to collect all the bombs and go to the next level.
Bad News is my favorite 2 player baseball game. Nice video!
Gecko is my favorite NES games. So this video hit all the feels. Great job.
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Tecmo Super NBA on SNES was pretty fun, though!
Not long ago, I did a bunch of videos commentating on the games.
Gosh dang, love the nes publisher series. 🥊
Seen someone on Whatnot tonight sell Tecmo Soccer for $48 after starting bid at a $1. After auction was over he went silent and stared at the camera looking upset for 5 minutes. It pricecharts loose at $88.
Rygar's saw/shield thing is called Diskarmor.
Definitely do a Natsume NES game ranking video, they had some really interesting unique great games like Shatterhand and Powerblade
wont lie, this put me in the mood to have to go watch the family guy tecmo bowl video :P
Seattle was in the original Tecmo Bowl btw. Love you videos.