supergamboy | 61 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I've always been a Sega guy. For the NES and SNES there are probably 100-150 titles I recognize for each system, and then a handful of names I've seen mentioned as people on NA discussed what was rare, etc. I vaguely remember a period when there were a plethora of NES (and maybe SNES) books coming out, possibly via Kickstarter, others maybe started on NA. They books generally had a goal of listing each game, having the screenshot for each game, then a blurb about the game. I see a handful on Amazon but I figure among those there are some that are more highly recommended than others. Looking at the Pat Contri books, it looks like for each game he's taken a picture of the cart/label art, then also has screenshots below, which is a neat way to let me see both the box art and screenshots. Mostly I'm just not familiar enough with the Nintendo libraries. I could easily look at a text list on Wikipedia and then look the games up one by one, but I thought maybe having a resource with everything in one place would be nice. Recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,035 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) I have the Pat Contri book, it’s really nice and gives a little bit on every title and gives a personal account of each game. If you like his personality you’ll like the book. I have the non limited edition that I got after the Kickstarter sold out. Good luck in your search, there are tons of books out there now. edit: I have the NES book not the SNES Edited December 24, 2019 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,328 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I like Pat’s book (good anecdotes, nice production values) and NES Homebrew and Oddities for unlicensed stuff. Not 100% comprehensive but good info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,401 Editorials Team · Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 There's a free mostly completed one in my sig. The author is something of a hack though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inzoreno | 102 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 While it's still an ongoing series, I would recommend NES Works by Jeremy Parish. Since he's going year by year, it's a little slower going in coming out, but he does a fantastic job with great in-depth analysis of the games and their history and provides great photos of the cart, box and manual cover. Well-worth owning in my opinion, you can buy them from Fangamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues | 18 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I have a certain NES guidebook by Pat Contri. Bought it from Pat himself at Retropalooza in Arlington Tx a couple years ago. Didn't even realize he had signed it until I showed it to my daughter earlier this year and she pointed it out. Her mother is a librarian and she has several books signed by the authors. When I told her I bought it directly from Pat, she said she immediately started looking for a signature. Anyway, it's a great book. Not sure if I'll get the SNES one, though, as I don't have as much nostalgia for that machine. I got a TurboGrafx that generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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