IGN’s Top 100 NES games of all time!

Nintendo literally saved the video game market. After the video game crash of 1983 caused by Atari and the lack of proper licensing from 3rd party developers the market tanked. However, Nintendo’s lock out chip made it so the company had to approve what games were released on their systems. Some of the most iconic games and characters were born in the early days of Nintendo. IGN is an authority on video gaming and we couldn’t think of a better source to list out the 100 top games. So here is IGN’s list of the 100 best NES games of all time.





(From IGN) – How did we pick the games? We had two conditions: they had to be released in the U.S. and they had to be fun. Whether or not the game was a blast to play is how we decided the order of our beloved NES carts – so don’t be surprised if you see an important or influential title below something we loved to play over and over and over again.

THE GAMES

• A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
• Adventure Island II
• Adventures of Lolo 3
• Astyanax
• Baseball Stars
• Batman: The Video Game
• Battletoads
• Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
• Bionic Commando
• Blades of Steel
• Blaster Master
• Bubble Bobble
• Castlevania
• Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
• Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
• Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers
• Cobra Triangle
• Contra
• Crystalis
• Demon Sword
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
• Dr. Mario
• Dragon Warrior
• Dragon Warrior III
• Dragon Warrior IV
• Duck Hunt
• Duck Tales
• Excitebike
• Faxanadu
• Fester’s Quest
• Final Fantasy
• Gargoyle’s Quest II: The Demon Darkness
• Ghosts ‘N Goblins
• Gradius
• Ice Climber
• Ice Hockey
• Ikari Warriors
• IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II
• Jackal
• Journey to Silius
• Kickle Cubicle
• Kid Icarus
• Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
• Kirby’s Adventure
• Klax
• Kung Fu
• Legendary Wings
• Life Force
• Little Nemo: The Dream Master
• Little Samson
• Lode Runner
• Maniac Mansion
• Mario Bros.
• Mega Man
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Mega Man 4
• Mega Man 5
• Mega Man 6
• Metal Gear
• Metal Storm
• Metroid
• Mickey Mousecapade
• Micro Machines
• Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
• Ninja Gaiden
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
• Power Blade
• Qix
• R.C. Pro-Am
• Rad Racer
• Ring King
• River City Ransom
• Rush’n Attack
• Rygar
• Section Z
• Shadowgate
• Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble
• Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll
• Spy Hunter
• StarTropics
• Stinger
• Super C
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Tecmo Super Bowl
• Tecmo World Wrestling
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
• Tetris (Tengen)
• The Goonies II
• The Guardian Legend
• The Legend of Zelda
• Vice: Project Doom
• Willow
• Wizards & Warriors
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
• Zombie Nation

Article by: IGN Entertainment
Source: IGN Top 100 NES Games

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