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.

Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak
Hiding and speaking is just pretending to be a ghost to scare your sister.
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October
Russo-Scottish espionage.
Total Recall
Total Recall
Do you think there are any women with more than the usual number of secondary sexual characteristics, or do you think this is a game where people who are jerks punch you through a fence?
Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
Was... was that not Vanna before?
New Ghostbusters II
New Ghostbusters II
Th good sequel. Not to be confused with the bad one.
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
You can rebrand your Japanese movie tie-ins all you want, I'll find every one.
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.
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
Terrible, just terrible, you should absolutely play it.
Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer
Music good so hard AVGN.
The Punisher
The Punisher
Suddenly: saxophone.
Yo! Noid
Yo! Noid
Terrible fact: this mascot got cancelled because a guy that shared a name with him killed himself over it.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A metaphor for LJN's relentless license hunger.
Classic Concentration
Classic Concentration
Classic. None of that godforsaken Neo-Concentration.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
It's no Impossible Mission, but it'll do.
Back to the Future Part II & III
Back to the Future Part II & III
The good movie and the bad movie combine to create a passable game.
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
You will get on/in the animal, and you will like it.
Rollergames
Rollergames
Bet you didn't know this was a TV show.
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
These people do not seem like they are here to help Bugs Bunny celebrate.
The Mafat Conspiracy
The Mafat Conspiracy
The 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.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
Unlike the movie, does not star Madonna.
Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy, but distinguished by the passage of aesthetically pleasing portions of time.
Mad Max
Mad Max
Buy the game CIB, put the box on your nightstand, live life complete.
The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
This island is severely lacking in interpersonal relationship skills.
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Love is throwing your cousin into the void.
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.
Spot: The Video Game
Spot: The Video Game
Othello, but just... so slow, and different.
Fisher-Price: Perfect Fit
Fisher-Price: Perfect Fit
When you find the perfect pair of jeans and just buy five of them on the spot.
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.
Pin-Bot
Pin-Bot
It's another real life table, the sequel to which is, for some reason, a little horny.
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular!
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular!
There's nothing in the rules that says a dog can't have a silly sports spectacular.
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
Wheel of Fortune, but now it;s a threat.
Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs
Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs
In Japan this was based on a child actor and his... impression of a baseball player?
Die Hard
Die Hard
For this Die Hard, nine lives may not be enough.
Fun House
Fun House
Based on the Outrageous, Unpredictable and Fun-Filled TV Game Show!
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?
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Weird. Weird and fast.
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
I was alive when this movie came out and I still have no idea what it's about.
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II
When I was little I loved the scene where the toaster danced.
North & South
North & South
Belgian comic book enjoyers rejoice: I see you.
Sesame Street: 1-2-3
Sesame Street: 1-2-3
This game has my least favorite Muppet: Grover. 0/5.
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
This fortress is positively unhinged.
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Which Doctor incarnation do you think she is?
Batman: The Video Game
Batman: The Video Game
The reigning champion of Batman games.
RoboCop
RoboCop
There are people out there who will tear you down, tell you Ocean could never make a good game, that they were a license shovelware factory. They are demons, and they have no respect for this walk cycle.
Top Gun: The Second Mission
Top Gun: The Second Mission
I don't know if this one is as hard as the first because my therapist told me it was high-risk media for me.
The Uncanny X-Men
The Uncanny X-Men
I really don't know why they keep looking at these properties and not just making a 6/10 platformer with them.
Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition
Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition
Challenge your children. Destroy them.
Casino Kid
Casino Kid
Manga origins once again emerging from the woodworks to hurt completionists.
Fester's Quest
Fester's Quest
You're going to have dreams about the respawning enemies.
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
All Hollywood Squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are Hollywood Squares.
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
It's only a matter of time before some Rick & Morty fan reskins this.
Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales
You will learn the awkward pogo input, and you will love it.
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.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Apex game, shun the doubters.
Remote Control
Remote Control
Trivia for the radical generation.
Willow
Willow
You are required to watch the terrible CGI morphing scene from the movie before playing this game.
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Original sin.
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.
Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star
You'll have to put your own reference in here, I've never seen the show.
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
I was so scared of mother as a kid.
Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Judge your child.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
If you saw the note for DragonStrike: be wary. This one is set int he Dragonlance universe. Some of these dragons are good, and do not deserve striking.
Double Dare
Double Dare
You will never, ever get the final flag in the physical challenge.
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
The game show that brings its own punctuation.
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Look how big those sprites are. Now fly over everything as Mothra.
Rambo
Rambo
Go. Go watch this movie. Now play the game. Consider the dissonance and the destructive nature of success within capitalist systems.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Noteworthy, as most pools aren't radiant at all.
Knight Rider
Knight Rider
It says it right there on the front: you drive the hit TV series. David Hasseloff is done for. Over. He is dead to you.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune
No way this will ever be easily edited for laughs in the future.
Airwolf
Airwolf
This game is so hard and also based on the hit TV series.
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
The not-so-good Golgo 13 game.
Predator
Predator
Arnold must have the record for the real person on the most NES covers.
Dragon Power
Dragon Power
That's Goku. On the cover. Goku-san himself.
Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
Are you rescuing them from the firehouse, or on the firehouse's behalf?
Jaws
Jaws
You would expect this to have all the thrills and chills of hunting a giant shark, wouldn't you?
Platoon
Platoon
Yeah, this seems like a perfectly reasonable movie to turn into a video game.
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
The chopstick minigame still rules.
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges
You're going to hate the oyster cracker minigame.
Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
I bet this lifestyle-branded game is going to be tight.
Superman
Superman
Superman theme, but on kazoo.
Top Gun
Top Gun
Hello, rage.
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
The boys can have Sailor Moon, as a treat.
The Goonies II
The Goonies II
You probably already know The Goonies stayed trapped on Famicom.
Mickey Mousecapade
Mickey Mousecapade
Shoot, you animal. Shoot every tile of every screen. Find those secrets.
Chubby Cherub
Chubby Cherub
Apparently they thought a naked child was better than the Japanese media property this was originally based on.
Ninja Kid
Ninja Kid
They just wont stop reskinning Japanese properties, and this list won't stop growing.
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.
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?
Spy vs Spy
Spy vs Spy
Not fondly remembered, and that;s because history is unjust.
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.
Popeye
Popeye
Look at that little man on the cover. Look at his stride.

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