Renegade
Developer: Technos Publisher: Taito Release: 01/88 Genre: Beat em up Double Dragon is one of my favorite beat em ups on the NES. In many ways it shaped what I came to expect from the genre. But it...
Category: NES
Attack Animal Gakuen
Developer: Scitron & Art Publisher: Pony Canyon Release: 12/26/87 Genre: Action I was not a Sega Master System owner growing up. I was fortunate to have friends with one and had the chance to occasionally swap systems. While I...
Image Fight (NES)
Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/90 Genre: Shooter R-Type was sorely missed on the NES. As the undisputed king of the console market you would expect one of the most popular arcade games of the day to hit...
Super Pitfall
Developer: Micronics Publisher: Activision Release: 11/87 Genre: Platformer This fucking game. There are few games I hate more in the NES library than Super Pitfall. For a generation of older gamers like myself Pitfall is one of...
Trog!
Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Trog is one of many NES and arcade games that is long forgotten. Even Midway, its publisher did little to keep it alive despite releasing many retro collections. But...
Tetяis
Developer: Atari Publisher: Tengen Release: 05/89 Genre: Puzzle History is written by the victor. Atari under their Tengen brand were the first to bring Tetris to home consoles. But legal trouble with Nintendo took it off the...
Silver Eagle
Developer: Sachen Publisher: Sachen Release: 1994 Genre: Action Heavy Barrel was one of the biggest NES surprises of my youth. For a time I was all about coop multiplayer and would gladly go for a quick run in...
Seirei Gari
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 12/08/89 Genre: Adventure One of my biggest regrets with the NES library is that point and click adventure games were sparse. Back in the 80s the genre was still largely...
The Ultimate Stuntman
Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Camerica Release: 1990 Genre: Action Camerica were an interesting publisher. I had no idea at the time they were releasing unlicensed games in the US. But in hindsight their distinctive gold cartridges were a...
Super Sprint
Developer: Atari Publisher: Tengen Release: 07/89 Genre: Racing I did not like Super Sprint when I was young. I found the controls twitchy and did not like the experience overall. But my friends loved it and insisted...