Genre: Children – Educational
Publisher: Gametek
Total time played: 20 Minutes
Short review: An easier, slower moving, less fun version of Classic Concentration.
Interesting links related to Fisher Price: I Can Remember
Video Playthrough
Soundtrack
Isn’t It Ironic? Don’t You Think?
While logging all of my NES games in Pat Contri’s awesome iPhone application that allows users to track and sort their collections I realized something funny. I had marked Fisher Price: I Can Remember as a
Genre: Role Playing Game
Publisher: Enix
Total time played: 30 Hours
Short review: The first of 3 sequels to the grandfather of all NES JRPGs. It will take a keen eye to notice any graphical differences between the original and this sequel but under the hood it features many noticeable improvements.
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Speedrun (4Hours 41min 52sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (SuperDerekRPGs)
Written Walkthrough (Jason Venter)
Walkthrough and Maps (Mike’s RPG Cente
Genre: Board Game
Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions
Total time played: 30 minutes
Short review: No twists or turns, no dated animations, just plain old chess with a very competent computer opponent.
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Speedrun (13 secs)
Soundtrack
Video Review (RetroStadium)
Cover Art
I want to know the backstory to the guy on the cover of this game. I mean, obviously I know the part where he was the groundskeeper at Hogwarts, but, what else did he do with his
Genre: Arcade
Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions
Total time played: 3 Hours
Short review: A Pac-Man style game with more variety but suffers from dated late 80’s/early 90’s style which now seems dated.
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Speedrun (12min 7sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Panik100)
What the heck is Trog!?
A Trog is a one eyed caveman who wants nothing more than to kill and eat you, a dino-mite named Bloop (1-player) or Spike (2-player). The game plays like Pac-Man but has quit
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: Nintendo
Total time played: 2 Hours
Short review: Nintendo’s take on Tetris which is different enough to be a classic on its own but doesn’t have quite the same universal appeal as Tetris.
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Speedrun Level 20 High Speed (4min 9sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Classic Game Room)
How To Play
Dr. Mario sits in the top right corner of the screen and throws pills into a pill bottle which has viruses scattered throughout. The pills
Genre: Arcade
Publisher: Kemco
Total time played: 30 minutes
Short review: A short pointless game that is so unintuitive I had to read the manual to be able to play.
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Speedrun (tool assisted) (2min)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Classic Game Room)
Written Review (Take On The NES Library)
My First Time
I have a vague memory of not being able to find a game I wanted at the local neighborhood video store one Friday evening. My dad had driven there me
Genre: Shooter
Publisher: FCI
Total time played: 30 minutes
Short review: An early side scrolling shooter with decent controls, primitive graphics, bleep bloopy sound and not very much replay-ability
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Speedrun 2 loops (16min 46sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Classic Game Room)
Written Review (Take On The NES Library)
Amazing Box Art
The box art for Magmax is amazing. It features a mech with a light saber fighting a multi-headed robot dragon. Most NES ga
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Seta
Total time played: 3 Hours
Short review: A very simple platform game with horrible graphics, one hit deaths, no link to the reference material and no depth.
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Speedrun (10min 25sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Under the Radar Games)
My First Time
The summer when I was 15 years old I set a goal to beat every NES game I owned. I decided I would beat games in alphabetical order. The first game alphabetically t
Genre: Action, Arcade
Publisher: Acclaim
Total time played: 1.5 Hours
Short review: A very respectable port of a brutally violent arcade classic full of memorable sleazy bad guys. But, all the violence and gore is negated to parents of kids who played the game because you are a police officer killing drug dealers.
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Speedrun – no death (11min 17sec)
Soundtrack
N.A.R.C. “explosive tips” video
Arcade playthrough
My First Time
My cousin Chris rented t
Genre: Educational
Publisher: Konami
Total time played: 10 minutes
Short review: Tiny Toon Cartoon Workshop really tried to make something unique and give kids the ability to make their own cartoons. Unfortunately the NES limitations and unintuitive controls make it virtually unplayable.
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Soundtrack
Gameplay Footage
A completed cartoon by HexenDarkside “Murder In The ACME Woods”
My video attempt to play this “game”
Not good in 2017
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Konami
Total time played: 2 hours
Short review: A sad followup to a decent NES game that has more in common with Adventures in the Magic Kingdom than Tiny Toons.
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Soundtrack
Video Review (Brotherhood of Gaming)
Tool Assisted Speedrun (13min 13sec)
An unneeded sub-par sequel
When I was a kid I played the Tiny Toons NES game quite a bit and really enjoyed it. Revisiting it as an adult I re
Genre: Sports – Baseball
Publisher: Culture Brain
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: An arcade style baseball game with stat tracking and super powers and one of my favorite sports games on the NES.
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Soundtrack
Video Review (CGRUndertwo)
Written Review (Nintendo Legend)
The First Great Baseball Game on the NES
Each sport has a standout game on the NES. Football has Tecmo Bowl, Soccer has Nintendo World Cup, basketball has Double
Genre: Platform – Puzzle
Publisher: Kemco
Total time played: 2 hours
Short review: A simple puzzle game spread across 60 levels where the goal is to collect the carrots and not touch Sylvester, Wile-E-Coyote, Daffy Duck or Yosemite Sam.
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Soundtrack
Speedrun (Tool Assisted by Brandon Evans in 40min50sec)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
Can I compare this game to Pac-Man?
While playing through this game I kept thinking to myself
Genre: Sports
Publisher: Tecmo
Total time played: 5 hours
Short review: Considered to be the first great sports game on the NES and the first to feature real teams and players. Fast paced arcade action that is easy to learn and hard to master.
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Gameplay Footage
Soundtrack
Video Review (PatTheNESPunk)
All I know about Football…
Growing up I was a huge baseball fan and got into basketball during the Dream Team NBA/Olympics era but I was never really
Genre: Action
Publisher: Capcom
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: The sequel to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero that features more complex gameplay mechanics and level structure and never quite captures the magic of the original
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Speedrun (9minutes 50seconds)
Speedrun (tool assisted) (7minutes 15 seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Classic Game Room)
Video Review (Haruokay)
Game walkthrough (wish I had seen this before I pla
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Hi-Tech Expression
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: A stiff platformer aimed at young girls that would have been a piece of cake if it weren’t for the broken controls.
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Speedrun (12minutes 42seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
My History with Barbie
I grew up with a brother and most of my friends didn’t have sisters who were into video games so as a kid I never ran a
Genre: Action
Publisher: Tecmo
Total time played: 8 hours
Short review: A puzzle game disguised as a fast paced action game featuring revolutionary cut scenes and some of the most stress inducing levels on the NES.
Interesting links related to Ninja Gaiden
Speedrun (12minutes 29seconds)
Speedrun w/ no sword
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
The game
The game is pretty straight forward, A jumps, B swings your sword. Once you have these basics do
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Virgin Interactive
Total time played: 4 hours
Short review: McDonalds propaganda wrapped up in a surprisingly fun and innovative platformer that is a complete rip off of Super Mario Bros. 3 with graphics that are designed for children who are much too young to fully enjoy this game.
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Speedrun (22minutes 24seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
When I was about 11 years old a friend whose judgement I did not trust to
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: Taito
Total time played: 1 hour
Short review: An unappreciated NES puzzle classic that is addictive, fun and rewarding while also keeping you on the edge of your seat.
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Soundtrack
Qix high score run by Playing For Points (4min 50sec) (131,226 points)
Video Review (Retro-Matric Gamer)
When my family got our first computer in 1996 I spent way too many hours playing the game Jezzball that came on the computer. It was a simple puzz
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Electrobrain
Total time played: 1 hour 15 minutes (using walkthrough)
Short review: A horror themed game featuring the exploring mechanics of Metroid and item system of Mega Man or Zelda. Unfortunately it does not live up to any of the games that influenced it.
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Soundtrack
My Video Playthrough (1 Hour 13 minutes)
Tool Assisted Speedrun (TAS) AndrewG1990 (5 minutes 27 seconds)
Video Review (BenevolentDick)
Walkthrough
Genre: Arcade
Publisher: Activision
Total time played: 1 Hour today (dozens of hours since I was a kid)
Short review: A poorly executed licensed game with a near impossible final stage that almost ruined one of my favorite 80’s franchises.
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Soundtrack
Video Playthrough (17 minutes 23 seconds)
Video Review (AVGN)
Stairwell Glitch (James and Mike Mondays)
For this game I have to go way back in time. My grandfather lived out of town when I was youn
Genre: Action
Publisher: Color Dreams
Total time played: 1.5 Hours
Short review: A short find and seek action game with clunky controls and repetitive music
Interesting links related to Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu
Soundtrack
No Death Playthrough (15 minutes 37 seconds)
Video Review (AVGN)
To my knowledge Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu is the only game that mentions alcohol or being drunk in the NES library. I would venture to say the name alone is why the game could not get the NES
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: American Video Entertainment
Total time played: 45 minutes
Short review: A puzzle game that is simple enough for a chile, fast paced enough to entertain people with short attention spans, difficult enough to be rewarding and easy enough to complete.
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Krazy Creatures James and Mike Mondays
NES Gameplay
I picked up Krazy Kreatures (which my computer keeps auto correcting to Crazy Creatures) about 20 years ago. I don’t
