You'll Cowards Don't Even Play Licensed NES Games

But you should. And no, we're not counting celebrity-endorsed and/or league-licensed sports games. Only NA/PAL releases.

If I missed anything, or if I very understandably somehow ended up with the wrong version of the multiple entries virtually every game on this list has, drop me a message/comment.

Currently missing Fisher Price: I Can Remember and Super Jeopardy. IGDB issues.

Bucky O'Hare
Bucky O'Hare
This game shows up twice in the database, and the other one has all the logs, but this one has the right box art so here we are.
Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales
You will learn the awkward pogo input, and you will love it.
Disney's DuckTales 2
Disney's DuckTales 2
It's Ducktales, but slightly more complicated and much less played.
Town & Country Surf Designs II: Thrilla's Surfari
Town & Country Surf Designs II: Thrilla's Surfari
Given previous experience, I am now concerned that this lifestyle-branded experience may not, in fact, be tight at all.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Often forgotten, as the youngest child so often is.
Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat
Imagine your first exposure to Felix the Cat being the unbelievably explicit bootleg XXX porn movie. Anyway, great game.
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Powerful evidence that Capcom sought to lower the birth rate in Japan by tearing families apart.
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Love is throwing your cousin into the void.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
The game that taught me what a downport and, consequently, disappointment was.
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
The Ninja Gaiden of Looney Tunes.
Monster in My Pocket
Monster in My Pocket
This game with a figure, absolute peak.
New Ghostbusters II
New Ghostbusters II
Th good sequel. Not to be confused with the bad one.
Batman: The Video Game
Batman: The Video Game
The reigning champion of Batman games.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
It is a heartless world that gives us Battletoads vs Double Dragon, but not G.I. Joe vs Contra.
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Mega Dark Man Duck.
The Mafat Conspiracy
The Mafat Conspiracy
The good Golgo 13 game.
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
You will get on/in the animal, and you will like it.
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Oh. Oh no. Why is that the cover.
North & South
North & South
Belgian comic book enjoyers rejoice: I see you.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Noteworthy, as most pools aren't radiant at all.
The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
It's a 1994 NES platformer, which means it's either an absolute banger or utter dreck.
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Which Doctor incarnation do you think she is?
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
No need to dig deeper for sleeper hits, you've hit... bedrock.
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
You can rebrand your Japanese movie tie-ins all you want, I'll find every one.
Wacky Races
Wacky Races
That dog is a real piece.
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
G.I. Joe x Atlantis = <3
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
Oh boy, problematic hidden gems.
Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman: Return of the Joker
The game that came after the reigning champion of Batman games.
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
The not-so-good Golgo 13 game.
Journey to Silius
Journey to Silius
Don't let the gaslight you, this is a Terminator game where the rights fell through at the last second.
Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
Aladdin, but with half the bits.
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
This man, this comic book.
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
The moral of the story is that you should never let your daughter date.
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
You can't hide from me, Mickey Mouse.
Willow
Willow
You are required to watch the terrible CGI morphing scene from the movie before playing this game.
Popeye
Popeye
Look at that little man on the cover. Look at his stride.
Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Judge your child.
Pin-Bot
Pin-Bot
It's another real life table, the sequel to which is, for some reason, a little horny.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The best game about a movie I genuinely despise.
Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
Was... was that not Vanna before?
The Goonies II
The Goonies II
You probably already know The Goonies stayed trapped on Famicom.
Batman Returns
Batman Returns
A little Konami smack 'em up, as a treat.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Arguably the better version.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
It's no Impossible Mission, but it'll do.
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
You can play as Hamton in this one, and therefore it is notably worse.
Disney's TaleSpin
Disney's TaleSpin
Never let them gaslight you: Star Fox 64 ripped the flippy maneuver off from this game.
The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
Taito showing up to make sure you grandpa's favorite cartoon gets some respect.
Win, Lose or Draw
Win, Lose or Draw
Did you know Burt Reynolds, sex icon, is credited as a creator of this long-running game show?
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
Wheel of Fortune, but now it;s a threat.
The Smurfs
The Smurfs
May you never be haunted by the theme song. Looping. Forever.
Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder
This one was a novel, believe it or not.
Hook
Hook
You're not going to believe how buggy this game is.
Astérix
Astérix
Franco-Belgian comics: not the first time you will see one on this list.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
See a dragon, strike a dragon.
Alien 3
Alien 3
Better than the film.
Captain America and the Avengers
Captain America and the Avengers
Captain America and Hawkeye go and do their own thing in an adventure of reasonable power levels.
High Speed
High Speed
Turns out this was a real life pinball table.
Casino Kid II
Casino Kid II
In a shocking twist, Casino Kid II, like its predecessor, is also based on a manga.
Rollergames
Rollergames
Bet you didn't know this was a TV show.
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
I hate this band so much.
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
This fortress is positively unhinged.
Casino Kid
Casino Kid
Manga origins once again emerging from the woodworks to hurt completionists.
Family Feud
Family Feud
An incredible way to lose faith in a random assortment of 100 people from a mall.
Spy Hunter
Spy Hunter
This was supposed to be a Bond game and there's nothing you can do to stop me from including it.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
In the distant past, all pulp icons get to have a tiny version.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Nobody buys Sean Connery as Harrison Ford's dad.
Spy vs Spy
Spy vs Spy
Not fondly remembered, and that;s because history is unjust.
M.C Kids
M.C Kids
The best game to both not have and desperately need a save system.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
It is so unbelievably obnoxious to try and find the right version of a game from a popular movie. I am begging for systems in search results.
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
The game show that brings its own punctuation.
Yo! Noid
Yo! Noid
Terrible fact: this mascot got cancelled because a guy that shared a name with him killed himself over it.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I don't want to hear any crying about the dam level, it's not that bad once you figure it out.
Classic Concentration
Classic Concentration
Classic. None of that godforsaken Neo-Concentration.
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
All Hollywood Squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are Hollywood Squares.
Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy, but distinguished by the passage of aesthetically pleasing portions of time.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Waterworld video game had an incredible soundtrack, you know.
The Punisher
The Punisher
Suddenly: saxophone.
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
They didn't even have to edit the racism out.
RoboCop 2
RoboCop 2
Then again, it doesn't feel like Ocean is really understanding the vicious satire that the original Robocop movie was, does it?
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Can you believe the kid who played shortstop would go on to become the emotional core of Everything, Everywhere All at Once?
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
These people do not seem like they are here to help Bugs Bunny celebrate.
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Look how big those sprites are. Now fly over everything as Mothra.
Widget
Widget
Shin Megami Tensei prequel.
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
The boys can have Sailor Moon, as a treat.
Battleship
Battleship
The greatest game of raw tactical prowess ever invented.
Ninja Kid
Ninja Kid
They just wont stop reskinning Japanese properties, and this list won't stop growing.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune
No way this will ever be easily edited for laughs in the future.
Krusty's Fun House
Krusty's Fun House
Just what everyone wanted: a slow puzzle platformer starring the wackiest Simpsons character.
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
Basically everything used to get a cartoon if it was a movie that got even a little bit of traction with kids.
Fun House
Fun House
Based on the Outrageous, Unpredictable and Fun-Filled TV Game Show!
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
Man who is too old for this is on system he is too young for. Fate is cruel.
Phantom Fighter
Phantom Fighter
The deep state will tell you this is not based off the Japanese film Mr. Vampire. They are lying to you. Stand strong.
RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3
Please, let Officer Murphy rest.
Monopoly
Monopoly
Is it really a licensed game if you own the license but let someone else develop it for you? What if you develop it internally? What if I've had too much whiskey to care?
Tag Team Match M.U.S.C.L.E.
Tag Team Match M.U.S.C.L.E.
Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere. That's what it stands for.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
Unlike the movie, does not star Madonna.
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
A great game that also has Thunder Mountain. Why, Thunder Mountain. You pox. You stain.
Sesame Street A B C
Sesame Street A B C
Ernie, currently 3/3 for cover appearances. Hopefully he is on the cover of Sesame Street: Countdown as well.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A metaphor for LJN's relentless license hunger.
Die Hard
Die Hard
For this Die Hard, nine lives may not be enough.

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