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.
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.
192 Games
No, this does not count as a celebrity-endorsed sports game.
This man, this comic book.
Russo-Scottish espionage.
A little Konami smack 'em up, as a treat.
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?
Shin Megami Tensei prequel.
In the distant past, all pulp icons get to have a tiny version.
Shoot, you animal. Shoot every tile of every screen. Find those secrets.
At least he's not vs Radioactive Man. Which, presumably, would not go well.
Which Doctor incarnation do you think she is?
You're going to hate the oyster cracker minigame.
For this Die Hard, nine lives may not be enough.
It's another real life table, the sequel to which is, for some reason, a little horny.
Music good so hard AVGN.
The one where you have to shoot the knees.
Troma. TROMA. T R O M A.
A great game that also has Thunder Mountain. Why, Thunder Mountain. You pox. You stain.
This fortress is positively unhinged.
Th good sequel. Not to be confused with the bad one.
I bet this lifestyle-branded game is going to be tight.
Based on the Outrageous, Unpredictable and Fun-Filled TV Game Show!
Man who is too old for this is on system he is too young for. Fate is cruel.
The boys can have Sailor Moon, as a treat.
Can you believe the kid who played shortstop would go on to become the emotional core of Everything, Everywhere All at Once?
This game is so hard and also based on the hit TV series.
It's a good day to Hudson Hawk.
Oh, Ernie. They did you dirty.
You would expect this to have all the thrills and chills of hunting a giant shark, wouldn't you?
You can play as Hamton in this one, and therefore it is notably worse.
Apparently they thought a naked child was better than the Japanese media property this was originally based on.
Nobody buys Sean Connery as Harrison Ford's dad.
Blame John K for this cursed series of games.
Hello, rage.
Suddenly: saxophone.
Look how big those sprites are. Now fly over everything as Mothra.
It's only a matter of time before some Rick & Morty fan reskins this.
The greatest game of raw tactical prowess ever invented.
Disney fans: out. This one is not for you.
Judge your child.
Not the one where you have to shoot the knees.
Oh, hey, we're still versusing things? So violent.
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.
Arnold must have the record for the real person on the most NES covers.
Was... was that not Vanna before?
I hate this band so much.
In Japan this was based on a child actor and his... impression of a baseball player?
Then again, it doesn't feel like Ocean is really understanding the vicious satire that the original Robocop movie was, does it?
You won't really feel like Wolverine, but do not let the haters tell you this is a bad game.
All the frustration, half the graphics.
Hiding and speaking is just pretending to be a ghost to scare your sister.
When I was little I loved the scene where the toaster danced.
That dog is a real piece.
This got an animated pilot and six comic issues, and now it's here.
You're not going to believe how buggy this game is.
It's no Impossible Mission, but it'll do.
The moral of the story is that you should never let your daughter date.
Weird. Weird and fast.
Why would you make them sentient?
Your great-grandfather's favorite newspaper strip.
Challenge your children. Destroy them.
G.I. Joe x Atlantis = <3
You are required to watch the terrible CGI morphing scene from the movie before playing this game.
A game about a guy who is a guy in a movie.
You can rebrand your Japanese movie tie-ins all you want, I'll find every one.
Sure, let's make this super horny movie into a game for kids.
In a shocking twist, Casino Kid II, like its predecessor, is also based on a manga.
May you never be haunted by the theme song. Looping. Forever.
The good movie and the bad movie combine to create a passable game.
He apologizes for his father's behavior and is dedicated to social justice.
Hey look, it's indie gem Star Wars.
I find it suspicious that the bee on the cover knows to grab the "B". What's really going on here?
Classic. None of that godforsaken Neo-Concentration.
Turns out this was a real life pinball table.
Taito showing up to make sure you grandpa's favorite cartoon gets some respect.
Did you know Burt Reynolds, sex icon, is credited as a creator of this long-running game show?
Please, let Officer Murphy rest.
Not really sure they needed a second one, Luke and Leia really killed it round one.
Given previous experience, I am now concerned that this lifestyle-branded experience may not, in fact, be tight at all.
Fighter of the Lightman.
Do yourself a favor and go look up the M.C. Hammer song/MV that was made for this movie.
Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere. That's what it stands for.
This game has my least favorite Muppet: Grover. 0/5.
It is a heartless world that gives us Battletoads vs Double Dragon, but not G.I. Joe vs Contra.
He's not where fun is, I can tell you that much.
An incredible way to lose faith in a random assortment of 100 people from a mall.
Tom Cruise before he had his teeth fixed.
Belgian comic book enjoyers rejoice: I see you.
See a dragon, strike a dragon.
They just wont stop reskinning Japanese properties, and this list won't stop growing.
Real pity about Clint Eastwood, isn't it?
Manga origins once again emerging from the woodworks to hurt completionists.