With over 700 games available for the NES, there are bound to be a large number of games that are … Continue reading NES A List Titles

“He’s Hurt Me Doc!”…..”Join the Nintendo Fun Club Today Mac.” Doc really didn’t seem to know what he was doing … Continue reading Game of the Week (12/25/16) – Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!

No video game magazine before or after had the influence on thousands of children the way Nintendo Power did from … Continue reading Nintendo Power and NES Peripherals

Sports games were an important part of Nintendo’s launch and for the first year or so that the system was on … Continue reading NES Sports Special

The title screen music to Metroid is stark and foreboding. It’s an electronic space lullaby that perfectly prepares the player … Continue reading Game of the Week (12/18/16) – Metroid

My last post was a celebration of my childhood hand eye coordination, finger speed and my proudest NES accomplishments. This post … Continue reading Classic NES Titles Nearly Finished As A Kid

Like many NES kids with few titles in their library and plenty of free time on their hands, I wanted … Continue reading Classic NES Titles Finished As A Kid

I don’t think there are many NES kids out there that don’t have distinct memories of playing The Legend of … Continue reading Game of the Week (12/11/16) – The Legend of Zelda

There are a lot of important games from my youth in my NES collection but the ones I will covering in this post aren’t going to … Continue reading Important NES Games from Youth

Nintendo’s iconic black box titles…..so pixelated, so simple, so black. These were the games that drew me in when I … Continue reading Nintendo Launch and Black Box Titles