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The Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1376 [a] officially licensed games released for the Japanese version, the Family Computer (Famicom), and its international counterpart, the NES, during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 were released ...
June – Lucasfilm Games releases puzzle game Pipe Mania, which lives on in other titles as a visual representation of computer or security system hacking. July 11 – Capcom releases Mega Man 2 in more countries (US). July 27 – Nintendo releases Mother in Japan, the first of a trilogy of role-playing games produced by celebrity writer ...
This is a list of games that are part of the Classic NES Series in North America, Famicom Mini (ファミコンミニ, Famikon Mini) in Japan, and NES Classics in Europe and Australia. The series consists of emulated Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer, and Family Computer Disk System games for the Game Boy Advance.
Comparison of NES from different regions. From top: Japanese Famicom, European NES and American NES . In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. [163] By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. [164]
Title Licensor(s) North America PAL Ref. Nintendo World Cup: Technōs Japan: June 1991 1991 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge: Capcom: 1996 (Player's Choice) July 10, 1992 Space Invaders: Taito: October 1994 1994 Arcade Classics: Asteroids and Missile Command: The Code Monkeys: July 1995 1995 Arcade Classics 2: Centipede and Millipede: The Code ...
Double Dragon II: The Revenge [a] is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System in late 1989. It is the second Double Dragon game for the NES and was published in North America by Acclaim Entertainment, who took over publishing duties from Tradewest. Accalim also published it in PAL regions.
The NES game was still localized for the North American market and released shortly after the arcade game in 1989. For their package art, Capcom contracted game illustrator Marc Ericksen's vision of Strider Hiryu wielding his Plasma powered Cipher against an enemy guard and his bayonet equipped AK-47, against a backdrop of Russian inspired ...
Friday the 13th was released in North America exclusively in February 1989, as part of LJN's focus on creating video games based on licenses, to very poor critical reception. Game Informer lists the game among the most difficult horror games of all time. [11] Michigan Daily ' s Matt Grandstaff called it a "poor offering" by LJN. [12]