Horizontal and vertical scrolling shooter for the Super Nintendo, which seamlessly switches between the two modes.
A side-scrolling adventure game starring the eponymous arcade hero as he sets out to fetch things for his family. Instead of controlling him directly, players h...
Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo is the third game in the series and the first to be released on the Super Famicom. The game is a remake of and sequel to the origi...
Dragon Buster is a dungeon-crawling, arcade platformer with RPG elements, released by Namco in 1985. It was later ported to various home systems. It featured se...
The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released for the NES by Konami. The game is primarily a side-scrolling beat-em-up, but it also includes driving ...
The first 3D Legend of Zelda game, Ocarina of Time was created for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and introduced innovative mechanics such as Z-targeting as well as ma...
A colorful turn-based strategy game developed by Intelligent Systems. It is the first game in Nintendo's "Wars" series to be released outside Japan.
As the Dark Prognosticus foretold, Mario travels to faraway lands to put a stop to the nefarious Count Bleck.
Billy, Jimmy, and the whole Double Dragon gang fight for the Sacred Stones to save in the world in yet another beat-em-up.
This game is the second release in the PixelJunk series on PSN. PixelJunk Monsters is an RTS game in which you build up your defenses to protect your base again...
Released in 2005, Power Tour is a fantasy take on the classic sport.
Soccer is the seminal soccer game for the NES, it is wholly about soccer.
A mutliplayer-focused spin on the classic action/puzzle game that takes several cues from Hudson's Bomberman series.
The fifth game in the Fire Emblem series, released only in Japan for the Super Famicom. It is a midquel to Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu and stars Leif, a major ...
One of the progenitors of the "swap and match" tile-based action-puzzle games, featuring either a Yoshi theme (for its international "Tetris Attack" release) or...
Battle Network 3 is the third in a series of games for the GBA. Once again, Mega Man and Lan must face up against the WWW Organization, headed by Lord Wily.
The first Castlevania installment for the Game Boy Advance, following up on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night's "Metroidvania" style while introducing a unique...
Originally developed as the SNES version of Mega Man 8, Mega Man & Bass became a series spin-off where players can play as either Mega Man or his rival, Bas...
Drive through five cities painting the road and dodging police cars along the way in this early Jaleco Arcade platformer.
A side-scrolling platformer that takes place inside a pyramid. Collect bombs and treasure while avoiding enemies in search of the kidnapped royal family.
The second game in the Ace Attorney franchise, you reprise your role as Phoenix Wright and take on new cases meeting characters new and old.
Kururin Paradise revolves around avoiding collisions as the player maneuver a robot through levels. The robot is shaped like a stick, and constantly spins.
A platformer/fighter game in which a young martial artist named Ryuhi must recover several stolen scrolls by fighting in duels. It is the second game in the Hir...
The follow-up to Ocarina of Time sees the series stalwart Link embark on a journey to save the land of Termina from being crushed by the moon in three days. To ...
The second game in the Mega Man Zero series. Retained the high difficulty of the first Zero game while bringing back a few features that were typical to Mega Ma...
The first in Jaleco's Rushing Beat series of Final Fight-inspired beat-'em-ups.
Smooth Moves is the fifth WarioWare game, continuing the franchise tradition of packing dozens of microgames into a single package.
A puzzle game from Sonic Team, ChuChu Rocket! was one of the first games to include online multiplayer on a console.
A 2D side-scrolling shooter, and an arcade classic! Travel across space, power-up the companion orb, and bring down some of the toughest alien bosses in gaming.
The second handheld installment of the F-Zero franchise, based on the 2003-2004 anime adaptation of the same name.
In Ice Climber the player controls a hammer wielding Eskimo that needs to climb 32 ice-covered mountains in order to recover a stolen vegetable from a giant con...
Pac-Man enters the lucrative world of falling block puzzles.
Also known as Salamander, Life Force is a spin-off of the 1985 shoot-'em-up Gradius featuring two-player multiplayer and both side-scrolling and vertical-scroll...
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is a spin-off of the Pokémon franchise, this time starring Pokémon instead of the trainers.
The evil Dr. Wily is back with eight new menacing creations, and it's up to Mega Man to foil his new plans for world domination! Known for bootstrapping the lon...
The second game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series of historical simulation-strategy games set in the warring states era of Japan, and the first to be release...
A farming simulation game released on the SNES late in its lifespan and the first of its series. Inherit a farm, learn farming techniques, make money from selli...
The first Sonic game made after Sega went out of the console business, and the first one on a Nintendo system. It returns to the 2D platformer gameplay of the o...
Ufouria is a Sunsoft-developed Metroid-esque game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in Europe and Australia, it's a slightly changed version of th...
A TurboGrafx-16 exclusive entry in Hudson's Adventure Island series, featuring the always hungry grass skirt enthusiast Master Higgins.
Wario starts a video game company as part of his latest get rich quick scheme. Join him and his friends as you play through the dozens of wacky microgames they ...
The sequel to Tecmo's classic NES action-platformer enhances the gameplay of the original with new features such as the Shadow Clone powerup and a wall-climbing...
Strategy RPG from Quest. Follow freedom fighter Magnus Gallant as he fights to abolish the class system in Palatinus. Choose from dozens of character classes to...
A Japan-exclusive action-adventure platformer for the Famicom, known for its unrelenting difficulty and non-linear, and often non-sensical, level progression.
Straight-to-console sequel to the original Final Fight takes Mike Haggar worldwide as he and two new allies take on a re-grouped Mad Gear gang.
A graphically remastered version of the FDS adventure game Shin Onigashima. It was first released via Satellaview and later made available via Nintendo Power an...
Players guide a hammer-wielding Mario to victory in 100 stages of Wrecking Crew.
A first-party flight simulation game for SNES featuring a variety of aerial vehicles and challenges.
A thundershock has rocked Tenkai Palace and set free Ogura once again! Join Stafy and Kyorosuke for a third time to bring peace to the seas.
Enjoy barrel blasting, special powers, and saving the Kongs from King K. Rool in the Nintendo 64 installment of the Donkey Kong series.
Excitebike is a 1985 motocross racing game for the NES. Race around premade tracks and even create custom ones!
The final game in the Mega Man Zero series. While the Zero series was known for being challenging, the most notable feature of Zero 4 is the option to switch th...
A tactical turn-based strategy game with battles on a grid-based map. Once two units meet in battle, the combat system follows the familiar turn-based structure...
Kid Icarus is a 2D platformer released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, famed for its blending together of elements from The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario B...
A follow-up to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Story follows six Yoshis as they traverse the pop-up storybook version of their island to find the S...
Nintendo's flagship futuristic racing game featuring the raw new power of "Mode 7" technology, which gives players the illusion of dangerous high-speed racing a...
In this direct sequel to the first game, Stafy must rescue his Mama Star, and beat Ogura after he escaped from his magical jar prison once more.
The third and final entry in the Last Bible series, released in 1995 for the Super Famicom. This title was the first to be available for home consoles.
Excitebike 64 is the 1st in the series to be in 3D
Partners in Time is the second in the Mario & Luigi series. In this game, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi travel back and forth through time to sav...
The Game Boy Advance sequel to the Nintendo DS puzzle game "Polarium".
Considered one of the progenitors of the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Konami arcade game that puts players in the role of a martial artist as he fig...
A side scrolling arcade shoot 'em up and the first in Konami's famous series. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups.
Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer cr...
Breath of Fire is the first entry in the relatively successful Breath of Fire series, developed by Capcom. The gameplay is similar to other SNES RPG titles, suc...
Guide Stafy through his first adventure for the Gameboy Advance. Help out familiar faces like Kyorosuke and Hadehihari, and defeat the evil Ogura!
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams places Klonoa in the Kingdom of Jilius, where dreaming is prohibited. When he is found guilty of dreaming, he must defeat four monsters...
For the first time in Nintendo history, take control of Mario's former adversary as he travels through the island (with his nephew Diddy Kong) to recover his st...
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
Kirby's sole NES adventure introduces his signature ability to copy the abilities of special enemies (by swallowing them), as he must retrieve the seven broken ...
Sequel to the seminal fighting game by Konami for the MSX.
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town offers a portable remake of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature for the Game Boy Advance console.
The third game in the Shubibinman series. The Shubibinman duo fight three alien invaders and their forces, but eventually agree to help them fight a demonic usu...
An aquatic themed side-scrolling shooter from 1991. It is the first SNES title in the Darius franchise.
In Mario's first Wii adventure, the famed plumber travels throughout the universe on his latest quest to save Princess Peach from the evil Bowser.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second entry in the ground-breaking Zelda franchise. This controversial follow-up ditches the original's top-down perspec...
Aces from The Great War become birds in cartoon biplanes. Don't worry about it, just keep shooting!
When a mysterious billionaire sponsors an international robot fighting tournament only to reprogram the eight finalists to help him conquer the world, it's up t...
A "lost episode" of the Commander Keen series of platformers, Keen Dreams sees the titular boy genius travel through his dreams fighting sentient vegetables and...
The Ghoul realm is under attack and the warrior Firebrand sets out to save it.
Race against your favorite Mario characters on tracks resembling locations in the Mario universe. Use a wide array of power-ups and weapons to gain the upper ha...
King's Knight is a top-down vertically-scrolling shooter and was the first North American release under the Squaresoft label.
When Donkey Kong is kong-napped by the evil Kaptain K. Rool, it's up to nephew Diddy (and his girlfriend Dixie) to traverse Crocodile Isle to rescue him!
The third installment of the Mega Man X franchise has both Mega Man X and the rebuilt Zero (playable for the first time) hunting down the Maverick scientist Dr....
A side-scrolling shoot'em up, notable for its Medieval/anime art style and heavy metal soundtrack. It is the spiritual successor to Gate of Thunder.
Ghosts 'N Goblins is the first game in the Ghosts 'N Goblins series. It is widely recognized as being one of the hardest games of all time.
Kirby's sole Nintendo 64 adventure has him travel throughout the galaxy (with his friends) to gather shards of a magical Crystal. The game is notable for Kirby'...
An early turn-based SRPG spinoff of the Megami Tensei series released exclusively in Japan for the SNES. Although reminiscent of Nintendo series such as Famicom...
Quarth is an action/puzzle game released on multiple platforms.
In the sequel to StarTropics, Mike is sent hurtling through time and must find his way back to the present while hunting mysterious Tetrads.
The first 3D Bomberman game in the franchise. It features an action-adventure single-player mode as well as a four-player multiplayer mode.
A GBA Metroid game and remake of the original Metroid for the NES. It also depicts what happens immediately after the self destruct sequence by Mother Brain.
The official sequel to Namco's coin op classic Dig Dug. It was originally released in arcades and later ported to the NES and Famicom Disk System. It is a major...
A critically acclaimed "cinematic platformer" in which players control an unassuming young scientist trapped on an alien planet.
This platforming adventure game from the creators of the Pokémon series uses inventive drill-based mechanics and a built-in rumble pack to set itself apart fro...
The first Super Nintendo entry in Culture Brain's martial arts-based beat 'em up series Super Chinese. It was renamed Super Ninja Boy for the US release.
A puzzle game that released in the midst of the Tetris craze, Dr. Mario put its own spin on the falling-blocks concept. It was one of the few Tetris derivatives...
A JRPG based on Greek mythology and the fourth core game in the Heracles no Eikou/Glory of Heracles series from Data East. The player controls the magically dis...
In Kirby: Canvas Curse the player is given control of the 'Magic Brush' with which they can draw Kirby a path for him to ride around obstacles, enemies, and lar...
In 1908, a huge explosion occurred in the Tunguska region of Siberia, many times stronger than Hiroshima. When one of the leading scientists studying the explos...