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Arcade Classic Series Originals!

Or as Rainier Wolfcastle might call it, "Whomp Them."

Jaleco should've given Beam Software more time with this C64 sequel port, whose "pixel perfect" hitboxes are fundamentally broken on the NES.

Worth more than any shave and a haircut is Rare's unique 1940s adventure on NES.

These early NES wrestling games share a release window, but one is clearly of higher quality.

"When Captain America throws his mighty shield... Red Skull's goons will feel the pain of its power. On this adventure, it's personal. Captain America and Hawkeye must track down their fellow Avengers, Iron Man and Vision."

A Koei "Historical SImulation Series" release.

Battletoads showcases both the best and worst of the developers at Rare.

GOOOOOAL!!!

Battle bionoids in The Ancient Ship of Doom, preferably on the Nintendo Famicom.

Don't shoot the skateboarding kid in this bloody difficult Zapper game.

"Filled with restless energy and determination, you muster courage, embarking on the challenge of invading the enemy's territory to rescue the captives from the army of the evil empire."

To start season 8 of the Absolute Nintendo podcast, this episode invites you to "Let R.O.B. help you tackle the video challenge."

"♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, fishing ♪" - Homer Simpson, chanting to the Batman TV theme.

Does this SNK warfare duo hold up on NES, or are these games better suited for quarter-popping players?

"California's hottest games," featuring competition for up to eight players, gets the Absolute Nintendo Podcast treatment.

Please don't call it a metroidvania.

A homebrew retro game in the black box style, Fire and Rescue delivers some aftermarket 8-bit entertainment.

An arcade-style puzzler demanding plenty of practice—can you master Bubbles' peg-swinging action?

This episode of Absolute Nintendo considers a pair of unlicensed puzzle games from American Video Entertainment.

Fat Cat is back on the NES, but was it worth the long wait?

A late-release Nintendo Entertainment System game, this sequel has you searching for the "Lost Treasure of McDuck" as Uncle Scrooge.

Absolute Nintendo takes a casual look at SNK's Baseball Stars, one of the deepest, innovative, and most unique sports games of its time.

Based on the 1991 Disney cult classic film, which grows in popularity with each passing year.

Bandai's 1989 Zapper game "Separates The Hot Shots From The Pot Shots," or so it aims to.

The arcade triumph Q*bert jumps onto the Nintendo Entertainment System, courtesy of Ultra Games.

Short and tough, Gumshoe is a "quick-on-the-trigger Light Gun game!"

A karate-themed episode with a pair of early NES games closer to white belts than black belts.

"Tanks for saving Earth."

Tengen's late-80s port of the mid-80s racer from Atari is fleeting fun on NES

Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart endorsed this arcade smash. A gritty NES version with 4-player support later arrived (ported by Rare).

8-bit video pinball with a twist

Two mid-'80s arcade shooters became late-'80s NES ports.

Who is Cirque Verte? Season 7 of Absolute Nintendo begins, curious how Nintendo ended up publishing a Zapper game that was this "NES hard" in 89/90.

With Tecmo Super Bowl, "enjoy the excitement of football to your heart's content" on the road to the big game in this timeless NES classic.

"Solar Jetman must search through twelve menacing alien worlds in his quest to rebuild the Golden Warpship. Each one filled with savage alien armies, black holes, extreme gravitational forces, warp zones and deadly booby traps."

This duo of early first-party 'Programmable Series' games will have you constructing hairpin twists, 8-bit style.

This fun puzzler from Mr. Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, gets the Absolute Nintendo treatment.

First released as Donald Duck on the Famicom, Kemco later swapped Disney characters for the Peanuts gang in Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular—a charming, if uneven, kids' game.

"Okay, hero, if you're ready for some hot, fast and exciting action—this is it."