System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: June 1990 Grab your toolbelt and crack open some crates with Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers on the NES, the 1990 Disney platformer from Capcom that turned Saturday-morning heroes into 8-bit legends. Whether you’re bounding through gardens or infiltrating Fat Cat’s lair, this charming co-op caper became a staple…
System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: December 1986 Take flight into myth and mayhem with Kid Icarus on the NES, the 1986 cult classic from Nintendo that sends angelic hero Pit on a perilous quest through the Underworld, Overworld, and Sky Palace. With platforming, RPG elements, and a sprinkling of Greek-inspired madness, this early experiment…
System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: September 1986 Rev your engines for muddy motorsport mayhem with Excitebike on the NES, the September 1986 Nintendo nail-biter that slings you into 16-track tussles, leaping ramps and dodging rivals like a two-wheeled tornado. This racer offers simple thrills and track-editing tricks, but does it still skid into glory…
System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: August 1991 Slice into shadow-shrouded strife with Shadow Warriors on the NES, the August 1991 Tecmo thrill ride that thrusts Ryu Hayabusa into a globe-trotting grudge against the Jaquio’s demonic horde. This wall-clinging, shuriken-slinging saga is loaded with cinematic cutscenes and brutal platforming, but does it still stun in…
System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: September 1989 Oi, treasure-hunting quacks! Pogo into penny-pinching peril with DuckTales on the NES, the September 1989 Capcom caper that lets Scrooge McDuck bounce his cane across the globe, grabbing gold from Amazon jungles to Transylvanian tombs. This platforming plunder has Disney dazzle and duck-sized danger, but does it…
System: Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: December 1987 Step into the squared circle with Punch-Out!! on the NES, the December 1987 Nintendo knockout that shrinks Little Mac into a pixel pugilist dodging hooks from global goons like Glass Joe and Piston Honda. This boxing bonanza is all timing, taunts, and terror from the final foe,…