Nintendo · 1985–1995
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Revisit the games you grew up with — and discover the ones you missed. Explore NES favorites, unusual finds, and your next reason to pick up a controller.
Why we still play
An 8-bit library worth coming back to
Some NES games are old friends. Others are still waiting to become favorites. That mix of familiar adventures and unexpected discoveries is what makes the library so rewarding to explore.
Start with a series you know, follow a collecting theme, or take a chance on something different. There’s more than one way to build an NES collection.
The system itself arrived in North America in October 1985, two years after Japan’s Famicom, and went on to sell roughly 62 million units worldwide. Super Mario Bros., Zelda, Metroid, Mega Man and Castlevania all started here — which is why so many of us still keep a gray cartridge within reach.
Find your next NES game
Start with a familiar favorite, explore a theme, or browse by what’s included.
Counts are listings in stock — the same game can appear more than once in different packaging.
Nintendo’s black-box classics
Distinctive packaging, familiar names, and a collecting theme worth exploring.
Nintendo favorites
Revisit the characters and series that made you a Nintendo fan.
Konami's golden age
Castlevania, Contra, Life Force and the run-and-gun classics that made Konami a household name.
Capcom and the Blue Bomber
Mega Man and the Disney Afternoon: Capcom's NES run is one of the best in the business.
RPGs that started it all
Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy and the adventure games that taught America to grind.
Rare's NES workshop
Before Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye, Rare cut its teeth on the NES — and it shows.
The NES refused to die
Released after the Super Nintendo was already on shelves. What developers were still squeezing out of an 8-bit box.
Localization witness protection
Games that got a whole new identity crossing the Pacific. The name on the box is not the name it was born with.
Variant hunters
Same game, different print: five-screw shells, Classic Series reissues, Left Bros and Red Overalls boxes, gray Tengen carts, imports.
The orphan shelf
Original heroes and worlds that never got a sequel, a cartoon, or a comeback. Some of the NES's best ideas, filed under 'one and done'.
You need a notebook
Passwords, maps, clues and things worth writing down. Pencil not included.
Box-art crimes
Packaging that wildly misrepresents the game, or is just wonderfully strange. Mega Man, when he's in stock, we're looking at you.
Adults' movies, children's Nintendo
R-rated films turned into games for eight-year-olds. The strange cultural logic of the licensing era.
Saturday-morning television
The cartoon block, on a cartridge. DuckTales to Darkwing to the Turtles.
The controller-breaking shelf
Curated by reputation, not a ranking. Rage sold separately.
Having a job: the video game
Sorted by occupation instead of genre. Clock in.
Play as the monster
Let the creature have its turn.
Needs a Zapper or a Power Pad
Light-gun and floor-mat games. Bring the accessories.
The Tengen files
Black carts and their licensed twins: Gauntlet, Pac-Man, R.B.I. Baseball, Tetris, Klax. Unlicensed, unbothered.
The Sunsoft bass line
Sunsoft's sound team made the NES growl. Blaster Master, Batman, Journey to Silius and the rest of the discography.
Nintendo Power cover stars
Games that landed the front of the magazine, from issue one (Super Mario Bros. 2) on.
The food court
Food as the setting, the hero, or the enemy.
This cartridge is an advertisement
A miniature museum of branded entertainment. Domino's, McDonald's and Cheetos made video games, and here they are.
The strange second installment
Sequels that took a conspicuous detour: Zelda II, Castlevania II, and the Mario 2 that wasn't Mario 2.
The floor is a suggestion
Unusual gravity, unusual angles, unusual movement.
Tiny hero, enormous household
Everyday objects become the landscape.
Same name, different game
Two publishers, one title, zero shared code — Nintendo's Tetris vs Tengen's, Taito's Last Crusade vs UBI's — whenever both sides are in stock.
Tiny complete families
The Kemco adventure trio and other sets you can actually finish collecting.
Same developer?!
Follow the studio behind the publisher logo. KID made Burai Fighter, Low G Man, Kick Master and both G.I. Joe games.
More of the NES to discover
Explore a wider mix of adventures, puzzles, sports games, and unexpected finds.
Nothing in stock for the NES right now — new intake lands weekly.
A closer look at the NES
Revisit familiar games, compare versions, and discover something you might have missed.
Dragon Warrior III vs. Dragon Quest III HD-2D
Dragon Warrior III vs. Dragon Quest III HD-2D
An old favorite, a new presentation. See how the two versions compare.
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TMNT Tournament Fighters: which version was best?
TMNT Tournament Fighters: which version was best?
Same name, different fights. See how the versions stack up.
Explore Turtles games →AROUND THE WEB
Videos and reading we'd pass across the counter — picked by hand from the channels and sites we actually follow.
Headlines link out to the publishers and videos play through YouTube. Not our writing — our reading list.
WHERE NEXT?
Another Nintendo library. Another reason to keep exploring.
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