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.

Batman: The Video Game
Batman: The Video Game
The reigning champion of Batman games.
Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales
You will learn the awkward pogo input, and you will love it.
M.C Kids
M.C Kids
The best game to both not have and desperately need a save system.
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.
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.
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.
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Mega Dark Man Duck.
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
The Ninja Gaiden of Looney Tunes.
Barbie
Barbie
I had this game when I was little and it is just so, so weird. See you in hell re: the jukebox level.
Disney's TaleSpin
Disney's TaleSpin
Never let them gaslight you: Star Fox 64 ripped the flippy maneuver off from this game.
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
The moral of the story is that you should never let your daughter date.
Double Dare
Double Dare
You will never, ever get the final flag in the physical challenge.
Family Feud
Family Feud
An incredible way to lose faith in a random assortment of 100 people from a mall.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune
No way this will ever be easily edited for laughs in the future.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Weird. Weird and fast.
Spot: The Video Game
Spot: The Video Game
Othello, but just... so slow, and different.
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
Terrible, just terrible, you should absolutely play it.
The Great Waldo Search
The Great Waldo Search
For when you need to contemplate the void.

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
See a dragon, strike a dragon.

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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.

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Noteworthy, as most pools aren't radiant at all.

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Airwolf
Airwolf
This game is so hard and also based on the hit TV series.

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Alien 3
Alien 3
Better than the film.

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American Gladiators
American Gladiators
The dream of every child.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A metaphor for LJN's relentless license hunger.

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Astérix
Astérix
Franco-Belgian comics: not the first time you will see one on this list.

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The game based on the cartoon based on the movie.

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Back to the Future
Back to the Future
It's only a matter of time before some Rick & Morty fan reskins this.

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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.

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Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman: Return of the Joker
The game that came after the reigning champion of Batman games.

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Batman Returns
Batman Returns
A little Konami smack 'em up, as a treat.

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Battleship
Battleship
The greatest game of raw tactical prowess ever invented.

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Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Rae really looked at Beetlejuice and went "Yeah. Top-down sounds good."

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Based on the film, totally counts. Enjoy wondering why the NES and Sega CD version are split off from the other consoles.

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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.

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Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace
The only casino game that will let you use the bathroom.

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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.

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Duke Nukem's side gig.

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Casino Kid
Casino Kid
Manga origins once again emerging from the woodworks to hurt completionists.

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Casino Kid II
Casino Kid II
In a shocking twist, Casino Kid II, like its predecessor, is also based on a manga.

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Chubby Cherub
Chubby Cherub
Apparently they thought a naked child was better than the Japanese media property this was originally based on.

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Classic Concentration
Classic Concentration
Classic. None of that godforsaken Neo-Concentration.

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Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
I was alive when this movie came out and I still have no idea what it's about.

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Cool World
Cool World
Sure, let's make this super horny movie into a game for kids.

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Darkman
Darkman
Fighter of the Lightman.

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Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder
Tom Cruise before he had his teeth fixed.

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Defenders of Dynatron City
Defenders of Dynatron City
This got an animated pilot and six comic issues, and now it's here.

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Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
Unlike the movie, does not star Madonna.

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Die Hard
Die Hard
For this Die Hard, nine lives may not be enough.

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Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry
Real pity about Clint Eastwood, isn't it?

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Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
Aladdin, but with half the bits.

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Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
PAL mysteries. Who knows what it's like? Maybe it;s great.

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Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Love is throwing your cousin into the void.

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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.

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Disney's DuckTales 2
Disney's DuckTales 2
It's Ducktales, but slightly more complicated and much less played.

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Disney's The Lion King
Disney's The Lion King
All the frustration, half the graphics.

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Dragon Power
Dragon Power
That's Goku. On the cover. Goku-san himself.

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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.

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Fester's Quest
Fester's Quest
You're going to have dreams about the respawning enemies.

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Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
Are you rescuing them from the firehouse, or on the firehouse's behalf?

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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.

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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.

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Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder
This one was a novel, believe it or not.

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Fox's Peter Pan & The Pirates: The Revenge of Captain Hook
Fox's Peter Pan & The Pirates: The Revenge of Captain Hook
Disney fans: out. This one is not for you.

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Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
I was so scared of mother as a kid.

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Fun House
Fun House
Based on the Outrageous, Unpredictable and Fun-Filled TV Game Show!

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Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II
When I was little I loved the scene where the toaster danced.

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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.

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G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
G.I. Joe x Atlantis = <3

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Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
Imagine getting this after playing the first game only to find out it's a turn-based strategy game.

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Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Look how big those sprites are. Now fly over everything as Mothra.

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Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
The not-so-good Golgo 13 game.

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The best game about a movie I genuinely despise.

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Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters
No, this does not count as a celebrity-endorsed sports game.

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High Speed
High Speed
Turns out this was a real life pinball table.

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Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
All Hollywood Squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are Hollywood Squares.

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Home Alone
Home Alone
There are no words to describe the absolute zeitgeist that formed around this child's shocked face.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The one where Piers Morgan definitely doesn't crossdress.

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Hook
Hook
You're not going to believe how buggy this game is.

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Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk
It's a good day to Hudson Hawk.

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Nobody buys Sean Connery as Harrison Ford's dad.

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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?

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Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Oh. Oh no. Why is that the cover.

Unrated

James Bond Jr.
James Bond Jr.
He apologizes for his father's behavior and is dedicated to social justice.

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Jaws
Jaws
You would expect this to have all the thrills and chills of hunting a giant shark, wouldn't you?

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Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
The game show that brings its own punctuation.

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Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy!: 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeopardy, but distinguished by the passage of aesthetically pleasing portions of time.

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Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Jeopardy!: Junior Edition
Judge your child.

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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.

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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.

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Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
You can rebrand your Japanese movie tie-ins all you want, I'll find every one.

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Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
You can't hide from me, Mickey Mouse.

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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?

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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.

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Krusty's Fun House
Krusty's Fun House
Just what everyone wanted: a slow puzzle platformer starring the wackiest Simpsons character.

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Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
A game about a guy who is a guy in a movie.

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Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
Man who is too old for this is on system he is too young for. Fate is cruel.

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Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
You will get on/in the animal, and you will like it.

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Mad Max
Mad Max
Buy the game CIB, put the box on your nightstand, live life complete.

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