Pro Wrestling (NES)
A professional wrestling video game on the NES has a few things working against it. Besides the inherently limited presentation,
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Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Fire ‘n Ice (NES)
Fire ‘n Ice, also known as Solomon’s Key 2 since this game serves as a prequel to it, stars Dana
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The Haunted Hoard: Phantom Fighter (NES)
Jiangshi, also known as Chinese hopping vampires, are a particular type of undead who can suck the life energy from
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The Haunted Hoard: Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (NES)
While Frankenstein’s monster is often seen alongside supernatural fiends like vampires and werewolves, he’s actually meant to represent the idea
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The Haunted Hoard: Gargoyle’s Quest II (NES)
If you look at Gargoyle’s Quest on the Game Boy and then it’s sequel for the NES, it would be
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Batman: The Video Game (NES)
As an adaptation of Tim Burton’s Batman film, Batman: The Video Game on NES didn’t have too many characters it
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Devil World (NES)
In the 1980s when Nintendo of America was trying to find its footing, a squeaky clean family friendly image was
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Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (NES)
In the Salad Kingdom, people made of fruits and veggies live together in relative peace. Despite most of the citizenry
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES)
Donkey Kong Jr. Math has both a solid idea for how to make math fun and perhaps the absolute worst
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
After the worldwide success of the original Super Mario Bros., the game was followed up by a pair of odd
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (NES)
The name Super Mario Bros. 2 refers to different games depending on the country you’re in, Japan and the United
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Mega Man (NES)
The Mega Man series of run and gun platformers has a pretty familiar structure it follows which makes playing the
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The Haunted Hoard: Friday the 13th (NES)
Horror movies certainly had bad luck getting adapted into video games during the early years of the medium, and while
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Casino Kid (NES)
A little context can go a long way in making a virtual gambling game where no real money is involved
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The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (NES)
While the Splatterhouse series is known for its grisly violence and detailed viscera, shortly after the first game’s release, the
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Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Ever since I started The Game Hoard I knew I wanted Super Mario Bros. to be my 1000th review. It
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50 Years of Video Games: Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
One of the most often repeated pieces of video game trivia is that the game America received under the name
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50 Years of Video Games: The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Nintendo Entertainment System certainly isn’t lacking when it comes to groundbreaking titles, Nintendo kicking off many of their iconic
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50 Years of Video Games: Excitebike (NES)
The North American video game market was in a rough spot between 1983 and 1985. A boom in the amount
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Soccer (NES)
It’s important to keep your expectations in check when playing a sports title for an old system. When I picked
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Yo! Noid (NES)
In the era of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Japanese developers often felt overseas audiences wouldn’t buy anything with too much
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