Top 25 Killer Apps for the NES Powerpak - 25 games powerpak owners must have

[satoshi_matrix]

Over the past several months I've been preparing a list of the top 25 essential games for Retrozone's NES Powerpak. Why 25? Seemed like a good number. The only qualification would be that the games must work with the latest powerpak mappers and must not include any commercially available NES games.

After extensive play testing, I feel I've come up with a pretty good list. Check it out! This took a long time to compile.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/top-25-powerpak-killer-apps-nes/

Let me know what you guys think and feel free to drop any further recommendations. Enjoy!

[Jedi Master Baiter]

A good deal of these games seem to be commercially available Famicom games.

And Ganbare Goemon is fun! Why isn't the first one on there? Did you find it no fun?

Also, SMB256 wasn't as interesting as I thought it'd be - lots of levels are repeats or don't work

By the way, I'm having trouble viewing the page in IE8 (the left half of the article gets cut off.

[satoshi_matrix]

There are a few of those games that were released in Japan such as Final Fantasy III and Ganbare Goemon 2, but I include them on the powerpak due to the strength of the fan translations for them. When significant changes were made to bring the games to a western audience, I feel they are no longer commercially released Famicom games. It's a fine line I tried not to cross. I could have included the translations for Recca or Crisis Force, but all they are are minimal titlescreen translations. Those are still Famicom games and I wanted to avoid them. The point of this list is games you can't play on an NES as they are; even if you were to use an adapter and run the Famicom versions.

As I put in my mini coverage, I think Ganbare Goemon 1 FC is slow, boring and repetitive. The second game is much stronger.

Spacing issues should be fixed now. If anything persists, let me know.

[tappybot]

What is this powerpak and how do I get it and make the magic happen??  

[satoshi_matrix]

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?products_id=34

The Powerpak is a programmable flashcart that plays just about every NES game ever made. It's brilliant.