Genre: Educational
Publisher: Konami
Total time played: 10 minutes
Short review: Tiny Toon Cartoon Workshop really tried to make something unique and give kids the ability to make their own cartoons. Unfortunately the NES limitations and unintuitive controls make it virtually unplayable.
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Gameplay Footage
A completed cartoon by HexenDarkside “Murder In The ACME Woods”
My video attempt to play this “game”
Not good in 2017
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Konami
Total time played: 2 hours
Short review: A sad followup to a decent NES game that has more in common with Adventures in the Magic Kingdom than Tiny Toons.
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Video Review (Brotherhood of Gaming)
Tool Assisted Speedrun (13min 13sec)
An unneeded sub-par sequel
When I was a kid I played the Tiny Toons NES game quite a bit and really enjoyed it. Revisiting it as an adult I re
Genre: Sports – Baseball
Publisher: Culture Brain
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: An arcade style baseball game with stat tracking and super powers and one of my favorite sports games on the NES.
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Video Review (CGRUndertwo)
Written Review (Nintendo Legend)
The First Great Baseball Game on the NES
Each sport has a standout game on the NES. Football has Tecmo Bowl, Soccer has Nintendo World Cup, basketball has Double
Genre: Platform – Puzzle
Publisher: Kemco
Total time played: 2 hours
Short review: A simple puzzle game spread across 60 levels where the goal is to collect the carrots and not touch Sylvester, Wile-E-Coyote, Daffy Duck or Yosemite Sam.
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Soundtrack
Speedrun (Tool Assisted by Brandon Evans in 40min50sec)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
Can I compare this game to Pac-Man?
While playing through this game I kept thinking to myself
Genre: Sports
Publisher: Tecmo
Total time played: 5 hours
Short review: Considered to be the first great sports game on the NES and the first to feature real teams and players. Fast paced arcade action that is easy to learn and hard to master.
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Gameplay Footage
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Video Review (PatTheNESPunk)
All I know about Football…
Growing up I was a huge baseball fan and got into basketball during the Dream Team NBA/Olympics era but I was never really
Genre: Action
Publisher: Capcom
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: The sequel to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero that features more complex gameplay mechanics and level structure and never quite captures the magic of the original
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Speedrun (9minutes 50seconds)
Speedrun (tool assisted) (7minutes 15 seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (Classic Game Room)
Video Review (Haruokay)
Game walkthrough (wish I had seen this before I pla
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Hi-Tech Expression
Total time played: 3 hours
Short review: A stiff platformer aimed at young girls that would have been a piece of cake if it weren’t for the broken controls.
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Speedrun (12minutes 42seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
My History with Barbie
I grew up with a brother and most of my friends didn’t have sisters who were into video games so as a kid I never ran a
Genre: Action
Publisher: Tecmo
Total time played: 8 hours
Short review: A puzzle game disguised as a fast paced action game featuring revolutionary cut scenes and some of the most stress inducing levels on the NES.
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Speedrun (12minutes 29seconds)
Speedrun w/ no sword
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
Video Review (Angry Video Game Nerd)
The game
The game is pretty straight forward, A jumps, B swings your sword. Once you have these basics do
Genre: Platform
Publisher: Virgin Interactive
Total time played: 4 hours
Short review: McDonalds propaganda wrapped up in a surprisingly fun and innovative platformer that is a complete rip off of Super Mario Bros. 3 with graphics that are designed for children who are much too young to fully enjoy this game.
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Speedrun (22minutes 24seconds)
Soundtrack
Video Review (CG Undertow)
When I was about 11 years old a friend whose judgement I did not trust to
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: Taito
Total time played: 1 hour
Short review: An unappreciated NES puzzle classic that is addictive, fun and rewarding while also keeping you on the edge of your seat.
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Qix high score run by Playing For Points (4min 50sec) (131,226 points)
Video Review (Retro-Matric Gamer)
When my family got our first computer in 1996 I spent way too many hours playing the game Jezzball that came on the computer. It was a simple puzz
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Electrobrain
Total time played: 1 hour 15 minutes (using walkthrough)
Short review: A horror themed game featuring the exploring mechanics of Metroid and item system of Mega Man or Zelda. Unfortunately it does not live up to any of the games that influenced it.
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Soundtrack
My Video Playthrough (1 Hour 13 minutes)
Tool Assisted Speedrun (TAS) AndrewG1990 (5 minutes 27 seconds)
Video Review (BenevolentDick)
Walkthrough
Genre: Arcade
Publisher: Activision
Total time played: 1 Hour today (dozens of hours since I was a kid)
Short review: A poorly executed licensed game with a near impossible final stage that almost ruined one of my favorite 80’s franchises.
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Video Playthrough (17 minutes 23 seconds)
Video Review (AVGN)
Stairwell Glitch (James and Mike Mondays)
For this game I have to go way back in time. My grandfather lived out of town when I was youn
Genre: Action
Publisher: Color Dreams
Total time played: 1.5 Hours
Short review: A short find and seek action game with clunky controls and repetitive music
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Soundtrack
No Death Playthrough (15 minutes 37 seconds)
Video Review (AVGN)
To my knowledge Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu is the only game that mentions alcohol or being drunk in the NES library. I would venture to say the name alone is why the game could not get the NES
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: American Video Entertainment
Total time played: 45 minutes
Short review: A puzzle game that is simple enough for a chile, fast paced enough to entertain people with short attention spans, difficult enough to be rewarding and easy enough to complete.
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Krazy Creatures James and Mike Mondays
NES Gameplay
I picked up Krazy Kreatures (which my computer keeps auto correcting to Crazy Creatures) about 20 years ago. I don’t
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Broderbund
Total time played: 6 hours
Short review: A clone of Zelda II that is harder than Castlevania III and more cryptic than Castlevania II featuring characters from Greek Mythology.
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Speedrun (31min 09sec)
Soundtrack
Video Review (HalfBlindGamer)
Written Walkthrough
My first memory of this game was during the brief period of my childhood when I was obsessed with Greek and Roman Mythology. I would re
Genre: RPG
Publisher: Nintendo
Total time played: 14 hours
Short review: The first accessible RPG on the NES. Not as good as Final Fantasy due to an unnecessarily menu system but still a classic.
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Speedrun (tool assisted in 17min 47sec)
How to beat Dragon Warrior in 5 minutes
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Video Review (CGRUndertow)
Dragon Warrior dungeon maps
I first heard of this game through Nintendo Power and it wasn’t something that really struck my 7 year