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Nintendo NES Buying Guide & Best Games

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Buying Guide and game recommendations for new console collectors!

Games shown:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
Contra
Super Dodge Ball
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
TMNT II: The Arcade Game
Final Fantasy
Bubble Bobble
Excitebike
Metroid

Video Transcript:
Metal Jesus: Metal Jesus here, and I’m back again with John Riggs.

John Riggs: How you feeling?

Metal: Dude, how’s it going, man?

John: Thanks for having me back. Appreciate it.

Metal: You are here for a very special episode I’ve been wanting to do for a while.

John: Special episode?

Metal: Special episode!

John: Wow. Oh my goodness.

Metal: This is going to be a buyer’s guide for the original Nintendo.

John: Oh, the old NES. It’s my favorite system of all time.

Metal: Yeah, and the reason why I want do this is because this is for people who are just starting out to collect and get into the NES. What do you look out for as far as the hardware goes, as far as the controllers, everything.

John: What are you looking for, what kind of games are you looking for? If you start out with zero games, we’re going to show you ten solid titles, not necessarily my favorite games of all time, just 10 great games that will get you going in the right direction.

Metal: This is going to be an awesome episode. Let’s take a look!

Metal: So I’m going to start off with, this is the NES that I had as a kid.
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GAMER EATS – Mountain Dew Pepper Jam

Mountain Dew soda meets pepper jam when Drunken Master Paul creates a tasty Gamer snack that is super easy and anybody can make!

Mountain Dew Pepper Jam RECIPE:
Ingredients
16 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew
1/2 to 3/4 cup finely chopped Habanero peppers (10-12)
1/2 cup finely diced onion
3 cloves finely diced garlic
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 tbsp Classic fruit pectin

Dump all ingredients except sugar into saucepan, including pectin.

Bring to boil over medium high heat, stirring a lot

When foamy remove from heat and add sugar.

Return to boil for 30 seconds.

Remove from heat for about 5 minutes, then transfer to jars.

when cooled, put jars in fridge. Eat after a couple days with cream cheese on cracker or just with a spoon in the shower.

Don’t eat the pepper just because you are an attention whore.

Atari 2600 Box Covers We Love – w/John Hancock

Take a rare look at our favorite vintage Atari 2600 boxes and cover art with The Immortal John Hancock & Metal Jesus Rocks.

GAMES SHOWN:
Marauder
Demon Attack
Tanks but no Tanks
Threshold
Pitfall!
Mega Force
Missile Command
Radar Lock
Vanguard
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle
Gyruss
Space Invaders
Tac/Scan
Dark Chambers

What ROCK & Metal VINYL Records Do I recommend?

Metal Jesus recommends some awesome rock & metal records to new vinyl collectors. Drop the needle, grab a cold brew and throw up the horns! \m/

Recommendations:
Deep Purple – Burn
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
AC/DC – High Voltage (Australian Edition)
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Kingdom Come – In Your Face
Manowar – Fighting the World
Def Leppard – High n Dry
Scorpions – World Wide Live
KISS – Alive
The Pretty Reckless – Going to Hell
Ghost – If You Have Ghost (EP)
S.O.D. – Speak English or Die
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Kyuss – Sky Valley
Testament – The Gathering
Slayer – When the Stillness Comes (Single)
Judas Priest – 5 Souls (EP)

Heavy Metal Vinyl Records

10 Great Nintendo FAMICOM Games – Import these now!

Nintendo collectors may not realize that collecting Japanese Famicom games can be a cheaper option AND get you some games that we never got! Game Collector John Riggs shows us some fun & cheap Famicom games for Nintendo fans!

Games Shown:
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
New Ghostbusters II
Parodius Da!
Star Wars
Joy Mech Fight
Kid Niki 2
Samurai Pizza Cats
Holy Diver
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!!