Including and especially the bad ones
Year: 1985
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Sports – Football
Let’s start this at the beginning (well, the beginning here in the Americas, anyway). The year is 1985, and the NES has finally been released in the United States. With it comes what will be remembered as one of the most hit and miss selection of release titles in history. The first game alphabetically on that list? 10-Yard Fight.
This is a master list of all the games that have been reviewed on this Blog. This list will be populated with links as we progress.
| Name | Year | Genre | Ratings | Publisher | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Yard Fight |
1985 | Sports Football |
John: 1.0 | Nintendo | A game of running a lot and not passing if you know what’s good for you. |
| Baseball | 1985 | Sports Baseball |
John: 2.0 | Nintendo | A baseball simulation that felt no need for clever titles. |
| Clu Clu Land | 1985 | Puzzle Action |
John 3.0 | Nintendo | A game where the awkward controls are kinda’ the point. |
| Donkey Kong Jr. Math | 1985 | Edutainment | John 1.0 | Nintendo | Ape-based arithmetic action. |
| Duck Hunt | 1985 | Shooting Zapper |
John 3.0 | Nintendo | Murder most fowl. |
“There is nothing new under the sun.” King Solomon said that, and I’m pretty sure he cribbed it from someone else, possibly someone who was reviewing classic games. Given the preponderance of web reviewers obsessed with the classic Nintendo, one might well ask why anyone would bother setting out on a project to review every single Nintendo game ever made. The answer is actually pretty simple: because I want to.
I’m John, this is Every NES Game. Continue reading “Why Review an Obsolete System?”