Best Games by Popularity
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Super Mario Bros. 3
- GameSpot Score
- 9.0
- Editors' Choice
- 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
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The Legend of Zelda
- GameSpot Score
- 7.2
- good
- Release Date: Aug 22, 1987
The Legend of Zelda is a top-down, action RPG for the NES, and the first game in one of the biggest series of all time.
- Genre: Fantasy Action Adventure
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Super Mario Bros.
- GameSpot Score
- 8.3
- great
- 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
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Contra
- Release Date: February 1988
Contra on NES has you blasting enemies and aliens with a variety of different weapon types.
- Genre: Shoot-'Em-Up
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Super Mario Bros. 2
- GameSpot Score
- 8.0
- great
- 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
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Wolverine
- Release Date: October 1991
- Genre: Action
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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Release Date: October 1987
Mike Tyson joined a cast of make-believe boxers in this classic NES sports game.
- Genre: Boxing
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Smash T.V.
- Release Date: September 1991
- Genre: Shoot-'Em-Up
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Final Fantasy
- Release Date: May 1990
Square's epic RPG series started back in 1990, when the first Final Fantasy game was published in the US by Nintendo.
- Genre: Role-Playing
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Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
- Release Date: 1987
- Genre: Role-Playing
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- GameSpot Score
- 6.9
- fair
- Release Date: December 1988
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link has players help Link defeat the guardians of the palaces so he can obtain the Triforce of Courage.
- Genre: Action Role-Playing
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Duck Hunt
- Release Date: Oct 18, 1985
- Genre: Light Gun Shooter
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