Category: NES

Ikari III: the Rescue
August 30, 2021 No Responses

Ikari III: the Rescue

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released: 1990    Genre: Action The Ikari Warriors series in the arcade were pretty good games overall. Unfortunately they were absolutely dreadful on the NES, especially the first game. Somehow despite that fact it was one...
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River City Ransom
August 13, 2021 No Responses

River City Ransom

Developer: Technos Japan     Publisher: American Technos    Released: January 1990    Genre: Beat ’em up River City Ransom is one of the greatest NES games of all time. Many have known this for decades but I am a recent...
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Kung Fu
August 11, 2021 No Responses

Kung Fu

Developer: Irem     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: October 1985     Genre: Beat ’em up When I look back on my video game career I count myself fortunate to have been born in time for the NES launch. Although I played the Atari 2600...
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Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates
August 9, 2021 No Responses

Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates

Developer: Equilibrium Inc.    Publisher: THQ     Released: January 1991    Genre: Action I remember Peter Pan and the Pirates as a cartoon that focused on the fun side of being a kid forever. It came on during the day so...
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Rockin’ Kats
July 19, 2021 No Responses

Rockin’ Kats

Developer: Atlus     Publisher: Atlus     Released: September 1991     Genre: Platformer Atlus is not a name I have ever associated with 2d platforming. While they are synonymous with RPGs now there was a brief period early on when they experimente...
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Starship Hector
July 12, 2021 No Responses

Starship Hector

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: June 1990    Genre: Shooter Star Soldier was a big hit on the NES and one of the first big shooter series after Gradius. This was in Japan, where the series became a staple...
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King’s Knight
July 5, 2021 No Responses

King’s Knight

Developer: Square/Workss    Publisher: Square     Released: September 1989    Genre: Action Square Enix is the Japanese role-playing game powerhouse in Japan. It is a reputation that is well deserved as they put in the work over these last thirty years...
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Ufouria: the Saga
June 11, 2021 No Responses

Ufouria: the Saga

Developer: Sunsoft     Publisher: Sunsoft     Released: September 20, 1991     Genre: Action In the days before the internet we had to rely on video game magazines for all of our news. While the information was usually out of date their previews of...
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The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
June 9, 2021 No Responses

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

Developer: Kemco     Publisher: Kemco Seika    Released: 1989    Genre: Action Licensed games were routinely terrible on the NES. Whether they came from LJN or Activision some of the most beloved movie and cartoon franchises were done dirty in their...
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Mach Rider
June 7, 2021 No Responses

Mach Rider

Developer: Nintendo     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: 1986     Genre: Action Mach Rider is a game that I have not thought about in decades. As one of the first NES releases in the US I vaguely remember liking it but as the years...
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