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Darkwing Duck

What one little change from Capcom’s platform shooter formula made Darkwing Duck so enjoyable?
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Bryan Sarracino

Bryan’s a NES fan with some kind words to say about the magazine. Thanks, Bryan!
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Kirby’s Adventure

If you’ve not played Kirby’s Adventure on the NES then you’ve missed out on one of the best games in the entire NES library
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Jaws

Another terrible game from LJN based on a popular film licence.
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Mach Rider

Video-games and futuristic settings are normally a match made in heaven. The imaginative and infinite possibilities setting a game in the future allows go as far as gaming programmers want.
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StarTropics

StarTropics is by far the most under-appreciated forgotten gem on the NES…

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Blue Shadow

It is no secret that when a game becomes a success, it is soon going to have a clone made of it, to capitalise on the original game's success…

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Mighty Bomb Jack

Out of all the consoles ever released, the NES has to have the most diverse game library ever…

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Wario’s Woods

The final game ever released for the NES, Wario's Woods, would see you playing as Toad trying to create a variety of block patterns which in turn would lead you to the next level and a harder puzzle to work out…

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Sweet Home

Capcom started doing survival horror long before Resident Evil came along…
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Akira

Released for the Famicom on Christmas Eve 1988, five months after the Japanese release of the groundbreaking movie on which it’s based, Akira has garnered a distinct reputation in the ensuing years…

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Famicom Family Basic

Co-developed by Nintendo, Hudson Soft and Sharp Corporation, and released by Nintendo in June of 1984, Family BASIC was an early attempt by Nintendo to sway computer users over to their newly released console…

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Crystalis

It’s funny how growing up with video games can fragment your perception of them in retrospect.
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John Elway’s Quarterback

Despite previous ports already on the Amstrad GPC, Commodore 64, and the ZX Spectrum, Tradewest’s 1989 NES release of John Elway’s Quarterback was plagued with a lack of features and game play resulting in one of the worst sports titles I’ve ever played.
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Crisis Force

Crisis Force is a vertical scrolling shooter, featuring  two player simultaneous play…

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Marble Madness

What do you get when you cross the childhood fun of marbles with the mind-melting art style of M…

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Donkey Kong Jr.

The tables have turned! Donkey Kong is being held captive by Mario and the only person who can save him is his son, Donkey Kong Jr

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Donkey Kong 3

With anything successful whether it is an album, a novel, a film, a TV series and even a video-game, usually a sequel is created to see if it can rekindle the thunder of the original…

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Donkey Kong Jr. Math

It is fair to say that when it comes to Nintendo they usually treat their franchises right. With each new Mario, Zelda, Metroid or Donkey Kong game, they are often followed by a mass of critical and financial success.
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Holy Diver

You’ll need to have all the game skills to get through this rock hard arcade adventure from Irem.
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Cosmic Spacehead

A genuinely fun adventure puzzler merging point and click story telling with minigames (and an unfortunately poor platformer in between map areas)…
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10-yard fight

10 Yard Fight is the earliest, and least sophisticated of NES’s football games.
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Solstice

Solstice is an isometric puzzler that is graphically very pleasing on the eye but as punishing and unrelenting to play as Mega Man, Contra and Ghosts 'n Goblins combined…

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Blaster Master

Blaster Master has to be one of the most underrated games to have ever come out on the NES.
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Slalom

Ah, Slalom. Rare’s first game, Slalom is a very fun game, with an interesting story.
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