Category: NES

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy
March 13, 2023 No Responses

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer:    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/91   Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers were not...
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The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island
March 6, 2023 No Responses

The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island

Developer: Human Entertainment   Publisher: Bandai    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...
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Ripple Island
February 10, 2023 No Responses

Ripple Island

Developer: Tokai    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 01/23/88   Genre: Adventure Kemco’s NES ports of the MacVenture point and click games sparked my love of adventure games. But while the pickings were slim for the NES in the West in Japan...
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer
February 8, 2023 No Responses

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Developer: Winky Soft    Publisher: Seta    Release: 08/89    Genre: Platformer You really have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to license Tom Sawyer for a video game. Licensed titles of all stripes were nothing new for the...
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Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu
February 6, 2023 No Responses

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu

Developer: Joy Van    Publisher: Color Dreams    Release: 1989   Genre: Action I’ve made fun of it long enough, it is about time I explain why Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu is one of the worst games on...
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Batman Returns (NES)
January 30, 2023 No Responses

Batman Returns (NES)

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/93   Genre: Beat ’em up As the movie event of the year Batman Returns hit every viable platform on the market. Even European PCs received some version of the game. So it stands to...
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The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
January 23, 2023 No Responses

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/92   Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...
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Crystalis
January 20, 2023 No Responses

Crystalis

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs did not have a good go of it on the NES in the early years. Deadly Towers and Hydlide, despite their ambition, were the type of titles that...
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The Simpsons: Bartman meets Radioactive Man
January 16, 2023 No Responses

The Simpsons: Bartman meets Radioactive Man

Developer: Imagineering Inc.   Publisher: Acclaim    Release:12/92   Genre: Action When the Simpsons hit they hit big. And with any popular property the licensed tie-ins came fast. While a lot of us were excited for the Simpsons video games as the years...
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Winter Games
January 9, 2023 No Responses

Winter Games

Developer: Action Graphics   Publisher: Acclaim   Release: 09/87   Genre: Sports To this day I still remember my crushing disappointment with Winter Games. Fresh off of the NES port of Track and Field and the wild Summer I spent...
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