Category: NES

Developer: Studio 12    Publisher: Acclaim   Release: 1989   Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...

Developer: Rare   Publisher: Milton Bradley  Release: 03/89  Genre: Puzzle There is something to be said about preconceived notions. Once upon a time when I was young I considered myself a strictly action and platform game fan. Sports games? I...

Developer: KID   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 07/17/92  Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 11/15/91   Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Willow but the pickings were slim...

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 08/89   Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...

Developer: Special Fx Software    Publisher: Ocean    Release: 07/91   Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually awful and a waste of your hard...

Developer: Tose   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 02/15/89   Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...

Developer: Irem   Publisher: Irem   Release: 10/23/87   Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...

Developer: Nintendo    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 03/15/94    Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted toward the Western audience who might have found ...