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BigStu's 8-bit NES Wonderland   
BigStu could just possibly run the most
professional looking NES site
ever created, as well as one of the
Internet's biggest and best places for
information and humor. In fact, there
is so much content here that the site
has literally at least one review
for nearly every NES game made. And
the humor? That aspect of the site shines
through in the highly creative Caption
NES section, and the various Special
Feature articles. The only fault
I can find with this four-year-old site
is the slow and dying updates. |
| GameFAQs
The best spot for FAQs, walkthroughs,
and codes. Including message
boards for each game to open specific
discussions is an aimable touch to this
interactional meeting place. The problem
is it often degrades into a virtual
day care center. My main qualm, however,
lies within the pitiful (and plentiful,
mind you) attempts at reviewing games
much of which have the tendency to use
such shallow arguments to label a game
as "7h15 R00LZ" or "7h15
SUX0RS." For the love of everything
holy, please don't base judgment on
them. |
NES City
Weird
Edsel's back. Back again. Hate him or
hate him, Edsel has formed an incredible
tag team partner with graphics guru
NESMonster to create a total visual
treat. The shift to pictures, such as
AIM icons and Desktop images, does seem
to change focus of the previous incarnation
for the better. |
| NES Smackdown
Smackdown is back at it again! Great
humor, interesting articles, shrines,
and even a bit of information. Also,
the layout is an NES site marvel. You
can even learn the true meaning of capitalism
with an ever growing archive of evil
Funcoland tactics straight from the
employees themselves! Let's hope Twitch
keeps up this pace. |
| NEStopia The
web's more original and larger
NES fansite around, one that I closely
focused on while first creating the
early ideas of this very site you are
on now. I can proudly admit having spent
a fair share of time here. The only
speed bump that anyone in his or her
right mind could have with NEStopia
is the total lack of graphics/sprites.
(As you can very well see that part
of the site didn't influence me one
iota.) You'd be a fool if that held
you back from enjoying this excellent
webpage though. |
| Nintendo Information Repository
Are you an NES information junkie? Up
into your shoulders with gobs and gobs
of informative stuff involving NES history
and pirates? You need not continue
searching further then, fellow addict. |
| Old School Gamer
In what seems like everyone and their
mother's opinion, OSG holds some of
the best NES humor you'll find
anywhere in cyberspace. Sarcasm is a
damn fine thing
especially
when it's used dealing with the NES,
as is shown in his Comics, anagrams,
and manual molestation. There's
a cornucopia of fun and random stuff
to please the old schooler with that
special kind of sense of humor. |
| |tsr's NES Archive
The NES archive remains one of the biggest
and best sites for any kind of info
on the NES. After more than 4 years,
|tsr remains the Internet NES source
god. No one can deny the wealth of information
he has archived. Whether you want merchandise,
advertisements, instruction
manuals, box art - there's
just so much to click and view (although
finding it all can be rough)! |
| The Warp Zone
TRM has shelves and shelves of NES information
along with a sprinkle of spice called
personality, which goes a long
way in my grade book. |
| The Beta Files Deleted
level information and other game mysteries
are uncovered in... The Beta Files!
The Lost Levels of "Super Mario
Bros. 3" and the debug menu for
"Adventure Island II" are
just two of the featured files put together
by Rick. |
| Flying Omelette's Kitchen FO really has some
of the best reviews around. An excellent
Kid Icarus shrine and the hilarious
NES Oddities make this kitchen
a hot place to check out for all walks
of gaming. Not to mention the great
message board! You go girl! |
| The
Koopatorivm
Although not strictly about the
NES, or its games, Koopatorivm (another
one of those 'artisitc spellings') really
blew me away. Kaptain H uses the site
as an art gallery of sorts, only maybe
geared more towards the Koopa Kids than
the Greenwich village crowd. Her talent
shines through the masterful drawings
and comics and even literature (she's
been published) scattered all over the
'torivm. I'm told she doesn't like the
term 'art-ist'. But damnit, she's
one of the best I have seen! (Sgt.
Goomba deserves props too for this crazy
adventure.) |
| NES Chedda
Chedda just keeps getting better and
better. This place has already become
one of the top three NES sites that
I check on a semi-daily basis. MinkisP
and MacDaddi have worked hard to keep
putting out shrines, pranks, articles,
flash flicks, and the unique recordings
page. And it shows God damnit! Yeah
you heard! As a bonus, the ghetto
talk is always a welcome change
and gets icing points, j'yo. |
| NESFAQs
If this site was a forest, originality
would be its many trees. Damn, that
was a deep thought. The Zen studies
of yore are gleaming. My karma has truly
taken a liking to NFAQs and the content
therein; like those wacky Collision
Pics that display the end results
of when two games smack into one another.
A section section, the Mind Games,
reveals to us exactly what game characters
are really thinking. Of course
FAQs play a big role of the site's
content, too. Do yourself a favor and
visit. Then ring a bell to nirvana. |
| NES Forever
NES
Forever has evolved from a fun little
site with a lot of different sections
to a bigger fun corner of the NES community
with a lot of different sections. ZOOBLA!
If I enjoyed visiting, you surely will
too. Yay for NES Forever. Yay for PgC.
But most importantly, yay for pineapples! |
| NES Fountain
Introducing
his massively re-done layout and content
to the world, Ruudos's revamped
site has reappeared, splashing onto
the scene with English translations
of Dutch game counselor interviews,
game manuals written in Dutch, and one
very interesting Europe section.
Fountain serves up an international
NES fandom flare and then some. |
| NES Times
I am in utter amazement that an NES
website, which started back in '98,
is still at it updating! The Times has
the regular stuff you would normally
expect on an NES-related site (codes,
accessories, reviews, etc.). World
of Nintendo is a good source to
learn more about Nintendo television
shows. The commercial vault is by far
the best resource on the site. Drop
by sometime! |
| Nintendo-A-Go-Go
A-Go-Go shows us what an overall good
NES site should look like. Jason houses
come very interesting rantings
that cannot be seen anyplace else! NES
Abursities are crazy, but fun,
to read also. Just make sure you have
a tissue to wipe off any nose bleeds
that may have been caused after reading
such loooong conversations. |
| nintendope
Only on
a rare occassion do I put up a new link
above the very nice mark. Nintendope
has touched me in a very special, non-sexual
manner. Being a fellow Jenny Lewis fan,
the webmaster specializes in my love
for her and also relishes in randomized
NES humor supplied by plenty of crazy
articles and pictures. The layout "nearly"
makes me bawl tears of joy. |
| OPCFG
How has such a good site managed hiding
from me for so long? The import reviews,
some are famicom, and special features
are much-o excellent-o. Not to mention
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti is #1.
Right? 'Shaaw. |
| Royal Ranger's NES Site
Looking for a nifty NES site? How about
one with a section called Hall of
Lame, portraying some of the most
awful NES games ever, and a neat-o interview
with a member of the Maniac Mansion
NES team? Well. Look no further.
Except here. Click. Go. Happy. You will
be. Significant updates coming at
slower paces. Damn you, Ranger! |
| Simply NES
Serving as an extremely helpful site,
SimplyNes is dedicated to the regular
stuff such as reviews, screen shots,
etc. However, what really makes the
site so cool is the array of special
articles on how to make your NES
universal, thrown in with great proto/pirate
information that all combines to
definitely warrant this fansite a simply
superb rating. You have to dig the top
button layout, too. (Oh and you can't
forget the way cool "Simpsons:
Bart Vs. The Space Mutants" shrine!) |
| This Old NES
The owner,
Sheik, runs a great NES site that has
some good content and the funniest NES
pranks ever attempted that mostly
involve a certain obsessive NES prototype
maniac that everyone loves to hate.
It is also one of the few sites out
there that still displays an NES
movies section. Rock on! |
| We Want the NES Back Foundation C'est
un NES page which I used to have much
respect for. The very well thought-out
rantings mixed in with an admirable
petition for the re-release
of the original Nintendo really carries
WWNBF. Navigation is easy, and I like
how their reviews are portrayed
cosmetically so much so that I thought
it warranted a mention. Game Endings
and a semi-popular message board
make WWNBF a hit as well. Why no more
respect now? The site closed down once
the wasteful E-Reader cards were released.
Isn't that more of a loss than a triumph?
Really, have you ever used an E-Reader?
"We Want the 'We Want the NES Back
Foundation' Back Foundation." |
| Yoichi's Temple of Fiends Revisited
ToF2 is run by Mr.
Verbose himself, Yoichi. Beneath the
no-thrills design lies some of the most
intelligent insights in NES Land which
range from tackling video game reviews
to branching off into VG articles in
hard-hitting truthfulness. Some won't
like what may sometimes seem like plain
whining, but keeping an open
mind helps out. I AM AN NES
SNOB! |
| Goat & Bubblun's NES Wonderpage L@@K
to here for a nice little site that
includes a few new tricks of the trade
such as pranks. Those gags
are priceless. Not like those 'annoying
commercials priceless.' More like a
'precious artifact priceless.' Sort
of a gemstone in the rough. Or something.
I cannot express my deep down emtions
in words. |
| NES? An NES
website that has managed to hide from
me for this long? NES? Come here to
papa, you naughty NES website, you!
Look out Seth Mcfarlane, this webmaster
flaunts an even kookier sense of humor
and some 'beard-rubbing-in-awe' moments
that help fuse quite a lively prescription
of laughter. |
| NESRETREAT
NESRetreat is an underrated NES page
that really should be given more praise.
Game specials, reviews, collecting,
and the usual give way to the very unique
humor sections. Comics, tips on
achieving 133tn355, where nes characters
are now, cool useless facts,
and interviews (that adversely
inspired me to do my Tonite Show section)
make NESRetreat so stand out from
the pack. Although the future of the
site is untold, you have to give up
respect to the thought behind this great
web site. |
| NES Vortex
BPZ
has a great thing going with Vortex.
The fresh NES Survivor idea, versatile
articles, and very thorough game FAQs
make this site special. |
| NESville
NESville may be a new addition to the
NES community, but it is destined to
NES humor greatness if it keeps up with
the laughs. If you enjoy making fun
of the system's worst games, I suggest
you give this site a shot. |
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Nintendo's University of Classic Gaming
A lot
of old-timers and former webmasters
in the NES online community have combined
their talents to put together a very
clever take on the traditional Nintendo
fansite, which they call Nintendo's
University of Classic Gaming. It's never
to early to enroll for next semester!
(Watch for this to move up in rating
as time goes by. It is after all not
even a month old yet.) |
| sickosonparade.com
Dedicated strictly to humor,
SOP is one of the "finer"
game-related humor sites I have come
across that doesn't get their just credit.
Shitty games and The Power
Hour are my two favorite parts
of the site, but there's also plenty
more to see like the other new comic
series. |
| The Toneman's Page O'HappiNES
Starting back in September '97, Toneman's
was and still is one of the good ones.
There isn't a lot of eye candy but his
content makes up for my choco-loco
needs. (Choco-loco?) |
| Antro Nes Archives
One of the older sites still up. Holds
an average amount of material. The NES
song lyrics make the site a must-see. |
| NES Phone NES Phone
serves as a trash heap... nah,
too strong... serves as a recycle
bin for the bigger NES sites out
there. Random humor is this site's main
game. You got game? |
| Temple of the NES
A Francais site entry with
a lot of heart. Heart as in beer. Beer
as in alcohol. You see, content is still
low as of now with only some game achievements
and a top 10, butcha, the most amusing
section is NES Drinking Games
that will probably turn into one butt-ugly
binge if anyone in the party attempts
to take on the Castlevania challenge. |
| Thunder God's Realm
Not too well known. It doesn't have
a lot of sections up yet but the cart
destruction is devilishly funny
as hell. |
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