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Disney's The Little Mermaid for the NES is a side-scrolling action game loosely based on the 1989 animated film. It was developed by Capcom and released in 1990. At the time, Capco...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Summer Carnival '92: Recca is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em-up for the NES, created by KID Corp and released in 1992. Have you ever wondered what the best sci-fi vertical scrollin...
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Knight Rider is a game based on the 1982 television series starring KITT, the hi-tech supercar, and David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight. The game was created by Pack-In-Video and published by Acclaim in 1988 for the NES only.
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Batman: The Video Game is a platformer created by Sunsoft for the NES in 1989, right after the Batman movie by Tim Burton. It should not be confused with the Batman videogame creat...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Konami for the Nintendo NES and released in 1989 in the US. It was released in Europe one year later, togethe...
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Castlevania, released in 1987 in North America for the NES, marked the beginning of one of Konami’s most iconic franchises. Designed by Hitoshi Akamatsu (as later confirmed throu...
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Mega Man (aka Rockman) is a platform game developed and published by Capcom in 1987 for NES. It is the first in the Mega Man franchise, boasting a voluminous game library. Three years later, it was released for MS-DOS.
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! is one of the most iconic boxing games and was developed and published by Nintendo in 1987 for the NES. In addition to being a classic icon, it is also one of the best-selling games of all time.
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New Ghostbusters II is a videogame inspired by the popular Ivan Reitman movie, the sequel to the famous Ghostbusters. The film Ghostbusters II was released in 1989. This game, crea...
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the third chapter in the Castlevania series created by Konami. The horror platformer was released in December 1989 for the NES. The game is set ...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Sweet Home is a survival horror roleplaying game produced and published by Capcom for Famicom in 1989. Although it was released exclusively for Japan, it received an excellent translation for English-speaking players.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos is an isometric puzzle-platformer developed by the UK-based studio Software Creations. It was released for the NES in 1990. It marked th...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Contra Force is a run-and-gun platformer created by Konami and released exclusively for the NES in 1992 in North America only. This is the fifth game in the Contra series and the...
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Tecmo Super Bowl, released for the NES in 1991, is widely regarded as one of the greatest American football video games ever made for an 8-bit console. Developed by Tecmo, the same...
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