Gaming History 101

Below is our current list of reviews and/or retrospectives.  If a game has a retrospective it seemed redundant to do a review.  Please note that as a US site we lean to the US name of the game, although the European and Japanese titles will also be given in each review profile.  On rare occassions (like Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II) we will put the link in both Ironsword and Wizards & Warriors II for connection to series and ease to find.  If a US title is a single game with a larger European or Japanese series, it will be mentioned within the review.  In cases of card games, casino games, annual sports series and especially poker and mahjong, the titles will not make the list given their extremely niche nature.  If a special add-on is required, it will also be mentioned in the profile.  All games will have current game value, auction price and console/pricing info if digital versions exist although in some instances (ie: Final Fantasy) we may not include all consoles the game is available on.  Reviews in this section will specifically discuss the version on these specific consoles.

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• 10-Yard Fight
• 1942
• 1943: Battle of Midway
• Abadox
• Adventure Island (aka Hudson’s Adventure Island)
• Adventures of Lolo
• Altered Beast (Famicom, Japan only)
• Battletoads – Gameplay Video (Brief)
• Castlevania
• Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
• Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
• Double Dragon
• Duck Hunt
• DuckTales – Review, we also did a Podcast involving this title.
• Earthbound Zero (unreleased prototype, see Mother for more info)
• Fantasy Zone
• Final Fantasy
• Friday the 13th
• Galaga
• Ghosts’N Goblins – Retro Game Challenge Video
• Gradius
• Gradius II (Famicom only)
• Hogan’s Alley
• The Legend of Zelda – Series Podcast
• The Legend of Zelda II: Adventures of Link – Series Podcast
• Life Force (Salamander outside US)
• Maniac Mansion
• Mega Man
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Mega Man 4
• Mega Man 5
• Mega Man 6
• Metal Gear
• Snake’s Revenge (intended to be Metal Gear 2 until Kojima made official sequel on MSX)
• Mother (Famicom only, same as Earthbound Zero, fan translation available)
• Operation Secret Storm (Unlicensed, published by Color Dreams)
• Operation Wolf (Zapper support)
• Parodius Da! (Famicom only)
• The Punisher (NES only)
• Shinobi (Tengen game)
• Smash TV
• Splatterhouse (Famicom only, titled Wanpaku Graffiti)
• Stinger (Muero! TwinBee in Japan on the FDS and Famicom)
• Strider
• Super Mario Bros
• Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan)
• Super Mario Bros 2 (Super Mario Bros USA in Japan)
• Super C (Super Contra outside US)
• Sweet Home (Famicom only, fan translation available)
• Yume Koji: Doki Doki Panic! (converted to Super Mario Bros 2 in US, Famicom Disk System only, fan translation available)
• Zombie Nation (Abarenbo Tengu in Japan)