Best 3rd party NES games

[Lasersamurai]

Feel free to make a list of your favorite 3rd party NES games in this topic. My favorites would have to be Blaster Master, Contra, Castlevania, Crystalis, Megaman 3 and Bionic Commando

[foxknight]

dragon warrior 3, Metal gear and Mega man 2

[WillSerenity]

Call me crazy, but I always loved the G.I. Joe game. SOOOOO good!!!

[PaperLuigi232]

Pretty much the whole Mega Man series, Contra, and Castlevania 3
Those games where freakin great!!!

[pacman911]

Hmm.... I'm gonna steal PaperLuigi's games on this one... The Castlevania games (Not as much 2, though >_<) and Megaman games

[Unholyrath]

Final Fantasy 3(the REAL 3, not the american SNES 3), Bubble Bobble, Burger Time, and (even tho I'm terrible at them) the Megaman Series.

[Theguesst]

Personally, I'd have to say contra since it pioneered the sidescrolling platformer shooter/beat em' up. Think of it this way. Without contra, there would be no jumping down.

[socko25]

For me it's the Double Dragon series, the Adventures of Lolo series & Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2 (3 not so much).

[Gdub67]

I have to agree on Megaman series, I love those games.

Also Contra and the sequels to the TMNT games (Hate the first one) by Konami are great as well

[Paradox_Zero]

For me, it's Castlevania 3 hands down.

#2 is Mega Man 3/4 though. Both are great games.

[FinalstarmanDX]

Megaman 1-3 (4-6 are great games, just not on the same level as 1-3)
Contra
*shudder* Ninja Gaiden I-III
Mother would be on this list but I'm pretty sure HAL and Creatures are 2nd party developers

[RenTimH]

Uh... I almost love every 3rd party games, except the ones that made based from TV, and Movies from LJN for example. I mean I like Nightmare on Elm Street game, but not all of the rest of the games that was made.