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
The Ninja Gaiden of Looney Tunes.
The only casino game that will let you use the bathroom.
The best game to both not have and desperately need a save system.
The Waterworld video game had an incredible soundtrack, you know.
The good Golgo 13 game.
The not-so-good Golgo 13 game.
In Japan this was based on a child actor and his... impression of a baseball player?
It's no Impossible Mission, but it'll do.
Bet you didn't know this was a TV show.
Too bad this isn't a list of PC games or I could put the good version in here.
I don't want to hear any crying about the dam level, it's not that bad once you figure it out.
The game that taught me what a downport and, consequently, disappointment was.
Often forgotten, as the youngest child so often is.
Turns out this was a real life pinball table.
Look how big those sprites are. Now fly over everything as Mothra.
Imagine getting this after playing the first game only to find out it's a turn-based strategy game.
I hate this band so much.
A slow game? With no continues? Bennet Foddy gets his first taste of masocore.
The game based on the cartoon based on the movie.
Disney fans: out. This one is not for you.
He's not where fun is, I can tell you that much.
There are no words to describe the absolute zeitgeist that formed around this child's shocked face.
For when you need to contemplate the void.
The one where Piers Morgan definitely doesn't crossdress.
He apologizes for his father's behavior and is dedicated to social justice.
Blame John K for this cursed series of games.
Alan Moore, shaking and crying.
In GamePro this was reviewed by Data Carvey.
You'll have to put your own reference in here, I've never seen the show.
It is a heartless world that gives us Battletoads vs Double Dragon, but not G.I. Joe vs Contra.
No need to dig deeper for sleeper hits, you've hit... bedrock.
It's a 1994 NES platformer, which means it's either an absolute banger or utter dreck.
Nobody buys Sean Connery as Harrison Ford's dad.
Taito showing up to make sure you grandpa's favorite cartoon gets some respect.
The reigning champion of Batman games.
The game that came after the reigning champion of Batman games.
You're going to have dreams about the respawning enemies.
The best game about a movie I genuinely despise.
Don't let the gaslight you, this is a Terminator game where the rights fell through at the last second.
Yeah, this seems like a perfectly reasonable movie to turn into a video game.
This was supposed to be a Bond game and there's nothing you can do to stop me from including it.
I was alive when this movie came out and I still have no idea what it's about.
It's a good day to Hudson Hawk.
A game about a guy who is a guy in a movie.
Based on the film, totally counts. Enjoy wondering why the NES and Sega CD version are split off from the other consoles.
You're not going to believe how buggy this game is.
Manga origins once again emerging from the woodworks to hurt completionists.
In a shocking twist, Casino Kid II, like its predecessor, is also based on a manga.
Do yourself a favor and go look up the M.C. Hammer song/MV that was made for this movie.
Basically everything used to get a cartoon if it was a movie that got even a little bit of traction with kids.
Sure, let's make this super horny movie into a game for kids.
Fighter of the Lightman.
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.
Man who is too old for this is on system he is too young for. Fate is cruel.
Who keeps making games out of rated R movies for kids?
Please, let Officer Murphy rest.
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?
It's another real life table, the sequel to which is, for some reason, a little horny.
Look at that little man on the cover. Look at his stride.
The greatest game of raw tactical prowess ever invented.
Duke Nukem's side gig.
Tom Cruise before he had his teeth fixed.
Real pity about Clint Eastwood, isn't it?
This one was a novel, believe it or not.
Can you believe the kid who played shortstop would go on to become the emotional core of Everything, Everywhere All at Once?
Buy the game CIB, put the box on your nightstand, live life complete.
Not the one where you have to shoot the knees.
Better than the film.
It's only a matter of time before some Rick & Morty fan reskins this.
The good movie and the bad movie combine to create a passable game.
Rae really looked at Beetlejuice and went "Yeah. Top-down sounds good."
I was so scared of mother as a kid.
Why would you make them sentient?
You would expect this to have all the thrills and chills of hunting a giant shark, wouldn't you?
The chopstick minigame still rules.
A metaphor for LJN's relentless license hunger.
Suddenly: saxophone.
The one where you have to shoot the knees.
I bet this lifestyle-branded game is going to be tight.
Given previous experience, I am now concerned that this lifestyle-branded experience may not, in fact, be tight at all.
I really don't know why they keep looking at these properties and not just making a 6/10 platformer with them.
Apex game, shun the doubters.
You won't really feel like Wolverine, but do not let the haters tell you this is a bad game.
Original sin.
A little Konami smack 'em up, as a treat.
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.
You probably already know The Goonies stayed trapped on Famicom.
Oh boy, problematic hidden gems.
This game with a figure, absolute peak.
Arguably the better version.
You can play as Hamton in this one, and therefore it is notably worse.
Hello, rage.
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.
Which Doctor incarnation do you think she is?
This man, this comic book.
These people do not seem like they are here to help Bugs Bunny celebrate.
This fortress is positively unhinged.
Belgian comic book enjoyers rejoice: I see you.
There's nothing in the rules that says a dog can't have a silly sports spectacular.
