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How many original NES games are there?

How many original NES games are there?

A total of 716 known licensed games (715 cartridges, including compilations of previously released games) were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) during its lifespan; 673 of these games were released in North America plus 2 championship games, with an additional 34 games released in Europe or …

What NES games are good?

List of 10 Best Selling NES Games of All Time

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  • Golf.
  • Excitebike.
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
  • Dr. Mario.
  • The Legend of Zelda.
  • Super Mario Bros 2.
  • Super Mario Bros.

What is the largest NES game?

The largest licensed NES game is Kirby’s Adventure (512 KiB PRG + 256 KiB CHR + MMC3).

What NES game has the best graphics?

Art direction will always be more important than graphics when it comes down to it, and there are a few NES games that still look amazing today.

  • 3 Kirby’s Adventure.
  • 4 Metroid.
  • 5 Punch-Out!!
  • 6 Dragon Quest IV.
  • 7 Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse.
  • 8 Mega Man 6.
  • 9 Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link.
  • 10 Super Mario Bros.

How much was a NES in 1990?

An NES game in 1990 cost, on average, about $50. That’s $89 in 2013 money. Your $70 N64 cartridges in 1998 would require the equivalent of $100 today. Heck, the $50 PlayStation 2 game you bought in 2005 is worth $60, the exact price of a typical retail game in 2013.

What kind of games can you play on the NES?

Nintendo’s 8-bit home console was the platform that ushered many of us into our lifelong love of video games, with its wildly diverse library full of first-party gems and third-party oddities.

What was the last game to be released on the NES?

The final licensed NES game released on a physical cartridge was the PAL-exclusive The Lion King in 1995, and the most recent unlicensed game of significant notability released is Data East All Star Collection released in December 2017. The NES was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1991.

Which is the best selling NES game of all time?

Two sequels are within the top five best-selling NES games: Super Mario Bros. 2 ranks fourth at 7.46 million units, and Super Mario Bros. 3 ranks third at 18 million units.

How many NES games are there in the world?

Perhaps most importantly, many of the game design concepts that developers introduced on NES still define the medium. To celebrate the console’s 35 anniversary, I’ve combed through the library of 700+ official U.S. releases to pick out the true elite: The 35 best NES games ever created.