Most Popular NES Games

  • Super Mario Bros. 3

    • Release Date: Feb 12, 1990

    Mario ventures beyond the Mushroom Kingdom to battle Koopas across seven neighboring worlds using new power-ups like the Tanooki Suit.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Super Mario Bros.

    • Release Date: Oct 18, 1985

    Super Mario Bros. was one of the early NES games that fueled Nintendo's rapid rise to power.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Super Mario Bros. 2

    • Release Date: October 1988

    SMB2 took Mario into the strange new world of Subcon and had a distinctly different feel than the rest of the series.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Mega Man 2

    • Release Date: June 1989

    Mega Man 2 featured an all-new cast of enemy robots to defeat.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Bubble Bobble

    • Release Date: November 1988

    Bubble Bobble is an arcade-style action game starring dinosaurs who can run and spit bubbles at enemies.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    • Release Date: June 1989

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Mega Man

    • Release Date: December 1987

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Castlevania

    • Release Date: May 1987

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Mario Bros.

    • Release Date: June 1986

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

    • Release Date: December 1988

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Adventure Island

    • Release Date: September 1988

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

    • Release Date: September 1990

    This, the last Castlevania released for the NES, takes place 100 years before the events of Castlevania and Castlevania II.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Mega Man 3

    • Release Date: November 1990

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Mega Man 6

    • Release Date: March 1994

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
  • Ninja Gaiden

    • Release Date: March 1989

    Ryu Hayabusa sets out to avenge his father's death, but becomes involved in a sinister plot.

    • Genre: 2D Platformer
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