/u/Mario mentioned the NES Remix on Wii U to me the other day, basically snippets and stuff from 16 NES games. It struck me that a lot of the games on there aren't really what you'd consider to be great titles.
My top 16 in no particular order would probably be:
- Super Mario Bros.
- Metroid
- The Legend of Zelda
- Contra
- Ninja Gaiden
- Castlevania
- Rad Racer
- Tetris
- Gremlins 2
- Chip N Dale
- Battletoads
- Mega Man
- Galaxy 5000
- Punch Out
- Kid Icarus
- Gradius
Not sure I can remember that many now. Nes period for me was all about cars, drinking and girls, I didn't get into gaming or computing more until I was over 30 and most games for Nes and Snes I'd take turns with friends on, even the single player stuff.
I did play a lot of the first Zelda and the second one as well(taped the button down here to level up). Double Dragon I remember and the Mario games. Punch-Out was another one I was good at.