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Starting in 2013 I began playing through NES games with the ultimate goal of beating them all. WhenI complete a game I will write a blog entry about my experience and rate the game between 1 and 8 hearts. 

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Donkey Kong 3

Genre: Arcade Publisher: Nintendo Total time played: 15 minutes Short review: Stanley the Gardner must stop Donkey Kong from terrorizing his greenhouse over 3 “exciting” levels. Interesting links related to Donkey Kong 3 NES Manual Mike and Bootsy Play Donkey Kong 3 Soundtrack That Was Fast After spending 20 months trying to beat Battletoads I was able to knock out Donkey Kong 3 in under 20 minutes! The game is short and to the point and only has 3 d
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Battletoads

Genre: Action Publisher: Tradewest Total time played: 75 hours Short review: A masterclass in early video game development featuring multiple styles over its 12 levels. But, it is mostly known for being brutally difficult. Interesting links related to  Soundtrack Manual Walkthrough (You Can Beat Video Games) Walkthrough (BadLuckBootsy) Review (Angry Video Game Nerd) Game Genie Codes I’m Back!! It has been well over a year since I last bea
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Tecmo Cup Soccer Game

Genre: Soccer Publisher: Tecmo Total Time Played: 20 Hours Short Review: The most unique sports game on the console plays more like a role playing game. Luckily, you don’t need to know much about soccer to get a lot of enjoyment out of this game. Interesting links related to Tecmo Cup Soccer Game Soundtrack Playthrough (4 hours 4 minutes) Instruction Manual Not What I Expected When I was 5 years old my mom signed me up to play soccer, my first team sport. When we
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Clu Clu Land

Genre: Arcade Publisher: Nintendo Total time played: 15 Hours Short review: An arcade style Pac-Man knock off that is addictive even if the controls aren’t quite as easy to pick up as I would have liked. Interesting links related to Clu Clu Land Soundtrack Instruction Manual Video Review (CGRUndertow) Full Game Playthrough (23min 47secs) Hi, hello, how are you? Remember me? I play Nintendo games and try to beat them. But, I’ve been MIA since May 10, 2022 and
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Solomon’s Key

Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Tecmo Total time played: 25 Hours Short review: An ingenious puzzle game that takes great hand eye coordination, puzzle solving skills, a steel trap memory and luck. Many people consider it to be one of the hardest games on the NES Interesting links related to Solomon’s Key Full Video Walkthrough Speedrun by Arcus (19min 34sec) Soundtrack Instruction Manual A great game I wasn’t in the mood for It has been 3+ months since I completed Pinball. I be
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Pinball

Genre: Pinball Publisher: Nintendo Total time played: 3 Hours Short review: One of the earliest NES games takes takes a stab at recreating the excitement of playing a pinball machine in an arcade. Interesting links related to  Soundtrack Video Review (Classic Game Room) Playthrough It’s Pinball! I have played real pinball before on multiple occasions but I did not grow up in pinball’s prime. When I would go to an arcade as a kid there were pinball machines but my heart wa
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Orb 3d

Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions Total time played: 8.5 Hours Short review: It’s like Pong and Arkanoid combines with an overly long Sci-Fi story and a 3D gimmick. It is a cool concept but not executed as well as I would have liked. Interesting links related to Orb 3D Speedrun by AndyDick (31min 49sec) Soundtrack Video Review (NES Friend) An Unneeded Gimmick 3D is the gimmick that just never goes away. Every 10-15 years it has a resurgence and then dies away a
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Jordan Vs. Bird One on One

Genre: Basketball Publisher: Milton Bradley Total time played: 1.5 Hours Short review: A primitive basketball game featuring 2 of the NBA’s all-time greatest players. Interesting links related to Jordan Vs. Bird One on One Written Review – Arnpoly Soundtrack Video Playthrough An Interesting Work Around Old video games always were always trying new things to portray sports in a way that hid the limitations of the primitive hardware. Many of the early NES sports games were
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Starship Hector

Genre: Shooter Publisher: Hudson Soft Total time played: 40 Hours Short review: A vertical and horizontal shooter that is easy to pick up and nearly impossible to master. Interesting links related to Starship Hector Full Playthrough (19min 16sec) Soundtrack This Won’t Take Too Long This was my first time playing Starship Hector. When my random number generator told me this was the next game I needed to play I immediately went to find TMR playing through the game on YouTu
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Bad Dudes

Genre: Action Publisher: Data East Total time played: 2 hours Short review: An early beat em up that plays similar to Double Dragon but doesn’t have quite as much charm. Interesting links related to Bad Dudes Speed Run (15min 07sec) Soundtrack Video Review (TheHeineHouse) Memories I have a vague memory of playing this as a kid. I’m pretty sure that there was an extra lives code that we used to beat the game. The only things I remembered were that the Level 1 boss is Karno
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Back to the Future

Genre: Action Publisher: LJN Total time played: 10 Hours Short review: Does a decent job of hitting all of the beats of the film of the same name but it fails to make a video game worth playing. Interesting links related to Back to the Future Speedrun (17min 11sec) Soundtrack Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd) Video Review (LJN Defender) Where Have I Been? It has been a while since I posted a review which means it has been 3 months since I have beaten an NES game. This
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The Magic of Scheherazade

Genre: Action Adventure RPG Publisher: Culture Brain Total time played: 10 Hours Short review: An ambitious game that fits snuggly in the action, adventure and RPG genre Interesting links related to The Magic of Scheherazade Speedrun (1hour 5minute) Soundtrack Video Review (TwoHeadedGiant) Arnpoly Written Review One Memory It’s funny how a single memory about a game can stick out so strongly in your mind. A memory about a game I never played that really isn’t even a large
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Contra (Replay)

Genre: Action Publisher: Konami Total time played: 2 Hours Short review: A game synonymous with the NES. The first truly great run and gun style action game. Interesting links related to Contra My Original Review From 2013 Original Soundtrack Heavy Metal Contra Soundtrack Speedrun (11 minutes 34 seconds) Contra Live Action Short Film Contra memories (James Rolfe aka Angry Video Game Nerd) Confession Time Never have I ever, until today, beaten Contra without the Konami cod
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Yoshi

Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Nintendo Total time played: 4 Hours Short review: A knock off of Tetris featuring Nintendo characters and iconology. It’s a lot of fun but it seems to be more luck based than skill based. Interesting links related to Yoshi Video Review (CGRundertow) Soundtrack Not Much To Say You know, this doesn’t happen often but I don’t have a lot to say about Yoshi. It isn’t a game I really every played growing up so I don’t have any memories. It also is a pr
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American Gladiators

Genre: Sports Publisher: Gametek Total time played: 7 hours Short review: A pretty decent version of one of my favorite gameshows from childhood, American Gladiators. Interesting links related to American Gladiators Speedrun (MixMastaPJ) (22min 08secs) Written Walkthrough Soundtrack Arnpoly Written Review I’m Back! Technically I never left, but, it has been 3 months since I beat an NES game so I figured I’d fill in my fan on where I have been. My 3 year old daughter h
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Thundercade

Genre: Shooter Publisher: American Sammy Total time played: 12 Hours Short review: A pretty straight forward auto-scrolling shooter where you kill hundreds of guys while riding on a motorcycle. Interesting links related to Thundercade Full Game Playthrough (Arnpoly) (27min 22sec) Soundtrack Review (Take On The NES Library) Ahh… Memories I rented this game one time as a kid and remember nothing about it but I remember a lot about the situation surrounding me renting the ga
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Vice: Project Doom

Genre: Action Publisher: American Sammy Total time played: 3.5 Hours Short review: An action platformer that plays like Ninja Gaiden mixed with Batman, with some first person action as well as some driving levels. The game also has a pretty involved story. Interesting links related to Vice: Project Doom Soundtrack Speedrun (14min 28sec) All Cutscenes Fresh Air After so many long, hard and/or boring games in a row it was nice to get a short and to the point game with
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Best of the Best: Karate Championship

Genre: Fighting Publisher: Electro Brain Total time played: 10 Hours Short review: I guess this qualifies as a karate game but I never once felt in control so it almost felt like I was watching a poorly animated 8-bit cartoon over and over until I was lucky enough to win. Interesting links related to Best of the Best: Karate Championship Video Review (FilmnStuff) Soundtrack They Tried I’ll give it to the developers, they really tried to make this game realistic. The graphics are pretty d
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Ikari Warriors

Genre: Action/Arcade Publisher: SNK Total time played: 5 Hours Short review: An early port of a quarter munching arcade game where you play as a soldier who must infiltrate the most heavily guarded base of all time. It is one of the hardest games on the NES. Interesting links related to Ikari Warriors The Mexican Runner Playthrough (55min 25secs) Soundtrack Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd) Level Maps Arnpoly Written Review Oh Boy After playing through 40+ hours of Bases Loaded I w
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Section Z

Genre: Shooter Publisher: Capcom Total time played: 4 Hours Short review: A competent side scrolling shooter with a maze element that at first seems daunting but ends up being really easy to follow as long as you draw a map. Interesting links related to Section Z Detailed Strategy Guide For Section Z Speedrun (31min 26sec) Soundtrack Video Review (Jeremy Parish) A Brief Relationship After the long hard battle with Bases Loaded my playthrough of Section Z felt very brief. I believe my e
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Bases Loaded

Genre: Baseball Publisher: Jaleco Total time played: 50 hours Short review: To pick up and play a single game with a friend can provide some mild entertainment. But, if you try to play through a season you are going to quickly learn to hate this slog of a baseball game and look for any shortcuts to end games quickly. Interesting links related to Bases Loaded Soundtrack Take On The NES Library Written Review Aqualung Video Review Insturction Manual (PDF) Fun For 1 Game Bases Loaded is a
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Super Russian Roulette

Genre: Multiplayer Party Publisher: Batlab Electronics Total time played: 30 Minutes Short review: A party game where you and your friends try to live longer than the digital cowboy in this game of Russian Roulette. Interesting links related to Super Russian Roulette Kickstarter Commerical Well, This Has Never Been Done Before One of the coolest things about the homebrew community is it allows inventive people to create NES games that no one could have thought of 25 years ago or Nintendo
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Nescape

Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Khan Games Total time played: 3 Hours Short review: A point and click adventure in the vein of Shadowgate where your only job is to escape! Interesting links related to Nescape Kickstarter Project A New Game! It has been 25 years since the NES had an officially released game but since then dozens, if not hundreds of “homebrew” games made by small teams, or in some cases, a single person are still coding out and releasing new games using antiquated assembly languag
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Ferrari Grand Prix

Genre: Racing Publisher: Acclaim Total time played: 10 Hours Short review: Billed as a racing simulator it is more of a generic racing game with simple controls. Interesting links related to Ferrari Grand Prix Soundtrack Full Playthrough (The Mexican Runner) Story There isn’t one. But, I’ll make one up. You are the new guy on the track and have to prove yourself in your rookie season over 16 courses around the world to win the most points at the end of the year and be crowned the F1 cha
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Prince of Persia

Genre: Adventure Publisher: Virgin Interactive Total time played: 5 Hours Short review: A port of a classic computer game that features some innovative ideas but clunky controls hold it back from being great. Interesting links related to  Speedrun (21min 42sec) History and Review by Arnpoly Soundtrack It’s Hard to Go Backwards In 2003 I bought Prince of Persia: Sands of Time on the XBOX and played the heck out of it. It was so fun, fast paced and innovative. You could run on walls, you
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