Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll

Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll

Developer: Rare   Publisher: Nintendo   Release: 07/90   Genre: Action Rare were one of the most prolific developers on the NES. In total they developed over 60 games throughout the course of the system’s life. Many of these were...
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Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Famicom)

Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Famicom)

Developer: Advance Communication    Publisher: Victor    Release: 09/27/91   Genre: Action RPG Ys III should have been an easy home run. While the previous games were simple and accessible their combat system was not the greatest. Charging in to enemies....
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Ys II – the Final Chapter

Ys II – the Final Chapter

Developer: Advance Communication   Publisher: Victor   Release: 05/25/90    Genre: Action RPG Falcom did an excellent job establishing Ys as a unique series within the action RPG sphere with the original game. Its combat may have been divisive but it wa...
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Ys – The Vanished Omens

Ys – The Vanished Omens

Developer: Advance Communication   Publisher: Victor    Release: 08/26/88   Genre: Action RPG Even though RPGs had a low profile until the 16-bit and PlayStation there was still a decent selection available for the NES and the Sega Master System....
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Thunder & Lightning

Thunder & Lightning

Developer: Visco   Publisher: Romstar    Release: 12/90   Genre: Action Breakout is a video game classic. Like Tetris the formula is simple yet addicting and has endured for decades. To this day there are still clones of Breakout being released....
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Time Lord

Time Lord

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Milton Bradley    Release: 09/90   Genre: Action Growing up borrowing games was an institution. Unless you were rich you did not receive new games regularly so the only way to experience new releases was to either rent...
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Robocco Wars

Robocco Wars

 Developer: Pixel   Publisher: IGS/Taito   Release: 08/02/91   Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...
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Day Dreamin’ Davey

Day Dreamin’ Davey

 Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: HAL    Release: 06/92   Genre: Action The latter years of the NES were an embarrassment of riches. With some developers closing in on almost a decade of experience with the hardware some of the all-time bes...
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Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū

Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 07/30/86   Genre: Action Legend of the Mystical Ninja is one of the greatest hidden gems on the SNES. Konami took a gamble on an extremely Japanese title and the lucky few who gave it...
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Ai Senshi Nicol

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/24/87    Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...
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