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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
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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
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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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The Legend of Zelda
- 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. 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
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Metroid
- Release Date: August 1987
Samus Aran's first adventure was also one of the first games to utilize a password system to save your progress.
- Genre: Sci-Fi Action Adventure
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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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Final Fantasy
- Release Date: Jul 12, 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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Super C
- Release Date: April 1990
The sequel to Contra features the same run-and-gun action as its predecessor, with new weapons, enemies, and bosses.
- Genre: Shoot-'Em-Up
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Release Date: September 1988
- Genre: Action Role-Playing
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Castlevania
- Release Date: May 1987
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Mega Man 2
- Release Date: July 1989
Mega Man 2 featured an all-new cast of enemy robots to defeat.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Bomberman
- Release Date: January 1989
- Genre: Puzzle
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Bubble Bobble
- Release Date: December 1988
Bubble Bobble is an arcade-style action game starring dinosaurs who can run and spit bubbles at enemies.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Dr. Mario
- Release Date: October 1990
- Genre: Matching Puzzle
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