NES Adventure/RPG game recommendations

[mattheweston]

I'm about to finish up Zelda: A Link to the Past for the 100th time and was looking for some recommendations for old Adventure or RPG games.

I've played Final Fantasy I, II, and III all the way through several hundred times as well as Chrono Trigger.
All the Zeldas, all the mario bros games, and Castlevania games have been played.

I'm looking for something that I might not have played before. I'm trying to broaden my horizons. =)

[Dominger]

Have you tried Paper Mario for the N64? Absolute blast to play. Its mostly an RPG but feels like an adventure that will make you laugh with its witty humor.

[Falco Girgis]

So... what console are you really looking to play games on?

[mattheweston]

NES or SNES right now. I might get something for XBOX later on.

[mattheweston]

No suggestions?

[Tvspelsfreak]

NES:

Blaster Master
Yeah, it's more on the action side of things with a bit of adventure. But it's great and the soundtrack is awesome (as with all Sunsoft games).

Hebereke (a.k.a. Ufouria)
Open world platform adventure. Reminds me of metroid. Also made by Sunsoft, so the soundtrack thing applies to this one as well.

Crystalis
Not the best out there IMO, but a very solid action-RPG.

StarTropics and StarTropics 2
These are both very zelda-like (made by Nintendo after all) but they're way harder. The second one isn't as good as the first, but it's still a solid game.

Sweet Home
I can't recommend this enough. Mix Resident Evil with an RPG and you get this game.
You control a group of five people sent to investigate a deserted mansion. Once there, they discover they're trapped and have to work together to escape. Each caracter has their strengths and weaknesses and they're all needed at some point. The storytelling, attention to details and gruesomeness is all beyond what you'd expect from an NES game.
It was only released in Japan due to the horror nature of it, but there's a fan translation available.

Metroid and Kid Icarus
These should speak for themselves, but since you didn't mention them I thought I'd bring it up. Kid Icarus switches between being a vertical platformer, a horizontal platformer and an adventure game. Hell, the last stage is even a shooter.

Battle of Olympus, Faxanadu and Legacy of the Wizard
Unlike the other games on this list I've never played through these. But I've heard they're all great adventure games, and that seems true from what I've played. I gotta get these some day.

[mattheweston]

NES:

Blaster Master
Yeah, it's more on the action side of things with a bit of adventure. But it's great and the soundtrack is awesome (as with all Sunsoft games).

Hebereke (a.k.a. Ufouria)
Open world platform adventure. Reminds me of metroid. Also made by Sunsoft, so the soundtrack thing applies to this one as well.

Crystalis
Not the best out there IMO, but a very solid action-RPG.

StarTropics and StarTropics 2
These are both very zelda-like (made by Nintendo after all) but they're way harder. The second one isn't as good as the first, but it's still a solid game.

Sweet Home
I can't recommend this enough. Mix Resident Evil with an RPG and you get this game.
You control a group of five people sent to investigate a deserted mansion. Once there, they discover they're trapped and have to work together to escape. Each caracter has their strengths and weaknesses and they're all needed at some point. The storytelling, attention to details and gruesomeness is all beyond what you'd expect from an NES game.
It was only released in Japan due to the horror nature of it, but there's a fan translation available.

Metroid and Kid Icarus
These should speak for themselves, but since you didn't mention them I thought I'd bring it up. Kid Icarus switches between being a vertical platformer, a horizontal platformer and an adventure game. Hell, the last stage is even a shooter.

Battle of Olympus, Faxanadu and Legacy of the Wizard
Unlike the other games on this list I've never played through these. But I've heard they're all great adventure games, and that seems true from what I've played. I gotta get these some day.

I've actually played most of these. Haven't played the last three in awhile though so I may revisit them.

[Light-Dark]

I recomend Metroid or Super Metroid they are pretty good.

[Falco Girgis]

FF3/6 and Secret of Mana... if you like Chrono Trigger, you'll love these as well.