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What do database nerds do to fill up downtime you ask? Yep, that's right, they start out by creating a table to track every NES release ever made and then start prioritizing said table by desirability.

As far as I can tell there were about 818 releases for the NES.

Here is a list of the first releases I will be going after:


Game Manufacturer Notes
1942 Capcom
Adventure Island Hudson Soft
Adventure Island 2 Hudson Soft
The Adventures of Bayou Billy Konami
Bad Dudes Data East
Battletoads Tradewest
Battletoads & Double Dragon Tradewest
Blades of Steel Konami
Blaster Master Sunsoft
Castlevania Konami
Castlevania II Konami
Castlevania III Konami
Cobra Triangle Nintendo
Contra Konami Probotector in Europe
Contra Force Konami
Dragon Warrior Nintendo Dragon Quest in Japan.
Dragon Warrior II Enix Remade for Super Nintendo and Game Boy Color
Dragon Warrior III Enix Remade for Super Nintendo and Game Boy Color
Dragon Warrior IV Enix Remade for PlayStation
Excitebike Nintendo
Faxanadu Nintendo
Fester's Quest Sunsoft
Final Fantasy Nintendo Remade for PlayStation under Final Fantasy Origins.
Friday the 13th LJN
Gauntlet Tengen Unlicensed
Gauntlet II Mindscape
Gradius Konami
Gun.Smoke Capcom
Ikari Warriors SNK
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road SNK
Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue SNK
Jackal Konami
Karnov Data East
Kid Icarus Nintendo Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami in Japan
The Legend of Zelda Nintendo The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu in Japan
Legendary Wings Capcom
Life Force Konami Salamander in Japan
The Magic of Scheherazade Culture Brain Released as Arabian Dream Sherezaado in Japan
Maniac Mansion Jaleco
Mega Man Capcom Rockman in Japan
Mega Man 2 Capcom Rockman 2 in Japan
Mega Man 3 Capcom Rockman 3 In Japan
Mega Man 4 Capcom Rockman 4 In Japan
Mega Man 5 Capcom Rockman 5 In Japan
Mega Man 6 Nintendo Developed by Capcom. Rockman 6 in Japan
Metal Gear Konami
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Nintendo
Ninja Gaiden Tecmo Ninja Ryuukenden in Japan
Ninja Gaiden II: Tecmo Ninja Ryuukenden 2 in Japan
Ninja Gaiden III: Tecmo Ninja Ryuukenden 3 in Japan
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War SNK
Predator Activision
R.C. Pro-Am II Tradewest
R.C. Pro-Am Nintendo
Rad Racer Nintendo Released as Highway Star in Japan
Rad Racer II Squaresoft
Rampage Data East
RBI Baseball Tengen Unlicensed
RBI Baseball II Tengen Unlicensed
RBI Baseball III Tengen Unlicensed
River City Ransom American TechnosDowntown Nekketsu Monogatari in Japan.
Rygar Tecmo Argos no Senshi: Hachamecha Daishingeki in Japan
Shadowgate Seika
Skate or Die! Ultra
Skate or Die 2 Electronic Arts
Smash T.V. Acclaim
Snake's Revenge Ultra Europe and US only
Spy Hunter Sunsoft
Spy VS. Spy Kemco
Strider Capcom
Super C Konami
Super Dodge Ball Sony Imagesoft
Super Spy Hunter Sunsoft
Tecmo Baseball Tecmo
Tecmo Bowl Tecmo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultra/Konami Gekikame Ninja Den in Japan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II Ultra/Konami
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIIKonami
The Three Stooges Activision
Town & Country II Acclaim
T&C Surf Designs LJN
Track & Field Konami
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Nintendo The Legend of Zelda 2: Rinku no Bouken in Japan