NES Works

An exploration of the Nintendo Entertainment System game library.

We have 155 videos in this series.

Apr 30, 2025

The Worst of NES 1985-87: NES Works Recap No. 2

Apr 2, 2025

The Best of NES 1985-87: NES Works Recap No. 1

Nov 6, 2024

Addams Family damage values: Fester's Quest | NES Works 146

Oct 23, 2024

Second down and P-51: NFL & Sky Shark | NES Works 145

Oct 16, 2024

Open T-H-E - P-O-D - B-A-Y doors, H-A-L: Air Fortress & Sesame Street ABC | NES Works 144

Oct 9, 2024

A stately pleasure-game decree: Faxanadu | NES Works 143

Oct 2, 2024

A total load of Bulls: Jordan Vs. Bird: One-on-One & The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | NES Works 142

Sep 25, 2024

A Knightmare scenario: King's Knight & The Adventures of Dino-Riki | NES Works 141

Sep 18, 2024

More castles, more hassles: Castlequest & The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | NES Works 140

Sep 11, 2024

Fast cars and casual Saxon: Super Sprint & Defender of the Crown | NES Works 139

Jun 19, 2024

Nintendo at the top of its game: Peak NES | NES Works 1989

Jun 12, 2024

Secret Service, secret scrolls: Bad Dudes & Flying Dragon | NES Works 138

Jun 5, 2024

There's a snake in my boat: Cobra Triangle | NES Works 137

May 29, 2024

Diamond jubilee: Baseball Stars | NES Works 136

May 22, 2024

No fief, no life: Nobunaga's Ambition | NES Works 135

May 15, 2024

I blast the Zain down in Africa: Strider | NES Works 134

Apr 10, 2024

Kill the slime, do the time: Dragon Warrior | NES Works 133

Apr 3, 2024

Victory road warriors: Thundercade & Guerrilla War | NES Works 132

Mar 27, 2024

In-console-able rage: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | NES Works 131

Mar 20, 2024

Surf; Nazis must die: Desert Commander & California Games | NES Works 130

Mar 13, 2024

Hard times in New Orleans Town: The Adventures of Bayou Billy | NES Works 129

Mar 6, 2024

He balls nasty: Super Dodge Ball | NES Works 128

Feb 28, 2024

Get equipped with Master Piece: Mega Man 2 | NES Works 127

Feb 21, 2024

Half-court, half-baked: Hoops & Shooting Range | NES Works 126

Feb 14, 2024

A Human work: Monster Party & Street Cop | NES Works 125

Feb 7, 2024

A real Jim in the rough: Hydlide | NES Works 124

Jan 31, 2024

Not hungering for this: Operation Wolf & Airwolf | NES Works 123

Jan 17, 2024

Mais Ouija: Predator & Taboo: The Sixth Sense | NES Works 122

Jan 10, 2024

’Roidvania: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Amagon | NES Works 121

Jan 3, 2024

Soukoban is hell, except when it's HAL: The Adventures of Lolo | NES Works 120

Dec 27, 2023

The family that slays together, stays together: Legacy of the Wizard | NES Works 119

Dec 20, 2023

Taxan' your patience: Fist of the North Star & Mystery Quest | NES Works 118

Dec 6, 2023

That's no lady, that's my wardroid: The Guardian Legend | NES Works 117

Nov 29, 2023

Sweatin' the oldies: Mappy Land & Dance Aerobics | NES Works 116

Nov 22, 2023

Oh I see no I.O.C.: Track & Field II & World Games | NES Works 115

Nov 15, 2023

Ball's quiet on the western front: Marble Madness & John Elway's Quarterback | NES Works 114

Oct 31, 2023

The masked axe-slinger: Friday the 13th | NES Works 113

Oct 25, 2023

Gaidenomics: Ninja Gaiden | NES Works 112

Oct 18, 2023

Brawl ’n ball: Kung Fu Heroes & Bandai Golf | NES Works 111

Sep 20, 2023

Put some spin on it: Q*Bert & Gyruss | NES Works 110

Sep 13, 2023

Rare's heel turn: WWF Wrestlemania | NES Works 109

Sep 6, 2023

More like "Alpha Genesis," am I right??: Ultima: Exodus | NES Works 108

Aug 30, 2023

Rookie season: Tecmo Baseball & Tecmo Bowl | NES Works 107

Aug 23, 2023

I love to count to 16 shots! Ah hah hah! Sesame Street 1-2-3 and Star Soldier | NES Works 106

Nov 23, 2022

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link retrospective: Hyrule warrior | NES Works #105

Nov 16, 2022

Bomberman / Othello / RoboWarrior retrospective: Boomed to obscurity | NES Works #104

Oct 26, 2022

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest retrospective: Quest-ionable design choices | NES Works #103

Oct 19, 2022

Platoon & Xenophobe retrospective: Sunsoft sundowns | NES Works #102

Aug 31, 2022

Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom & Rampage retrospective: Smash’n grab | NES Works #101

Aug 24, 2022

Bionic Commando retrospective: This machine-arm kills fascists | NES Works #100

Aug 17, 2022

Skate or Die! and Paperboy retrospective: Pre-teenage wasteland | NES Works #099

Aug 10, 2022

Blades of Steel & Super Team Games retrospective: Body checks and balances | NES Works #098

Aug 3, 2022

Cobra Command & Anticipation retrospective: White flight | NES Works #097

Jul 27, 2022

Dr. Chaos & Superman retrospective: Injustice for all | NES Works #096

Jul 20, 2022

1943: The Battle of Midway & Bump'N Jump retrospective: Flight risks | NES Works #095

Jul 13, 2022

Blaster Master retrospective and Tengen check-in: One froggy evening | NES Works #094

Jul 6, 2022

Super Mario Bros. 2 & Nintendo Power retrospective: Presstige | NES Works #093

Jun 8, 2022

Mickey Mousecapade/ Joust/ Millipede/ DK Classics retrospective: Slip ’em a Mickey | NES Works #092

Jun 1, 2022

Ghostbusters retrospective: A haunt mess | NES Works #091

May 25, 2022

Spy Vs. Spy / MagMax / Seicross retrospective: Espionage-à-trois | NES Works #090

May 18, 2022

Bubble Bobble & Racket Attack retrospective: Doubles matches | NES Works #089

May 11, 2022

Jackal / Wheel of Fortune / Jeopardy! retrospective: I'm givin' up, Don Pardo | NES Works #088

Feb 9, 2022

Hudson's Adventure Island & Milon's Secret Castle retrospective: The Hudson proxy | NES Works #087

Dec 8, 2021

Legendary Wings / Xevious / Galaga retrospective: Recursive loop | NES Works #086

Nov 3, 2021

Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode retrospective: At any rate, an amazing retrospective | NES Works #085

Oct 20, 2021

Life Force & World Class Track Meet retrospective: Vic boss | NES Works #084

Oct 13, 2021

Bases Loaded & Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf retrospective: Burning fight | NES Works #083

Sep 1, 2021

Defender II & Iron Tank retrospective: Let's Punch-Out!! some Nazis | NES Works #082

Aug 25, 2021

Double Dragon retrospective: A singular creation | NES Works #081

Aug 18, 2021

Metal Gear retrospective: Metal Gear?! It can't be! (But it is.) | NES Works #080

Feb 3, 2021

Rambo retrospective: Stallone in the dark | NES Works #079

Jan 27, 2021

City Connection & Freedom Force retrospective: Gun it! | NES Works #078

Jan 20, 2021

Ice Hockey & MLB retrospective: Sports memorabilia | NES Works #077

Jan 13, 2021

Dragon Power & Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road retrospective: Monkey's paw | NES Works #076

Dec 23, 2020

R.C. Pro-Am and T&C Surf Designs retrospective: Grody to the NES Max | NES Works #075

Dec 16, 2020

Contra retrospective: Alien Predator vs. Commandos | NES Works #074

Nov 25, 2020

Gun.Smoke retrospective: Wild gunmen | NES Works #073

Sep 16, 2020

Karnov retrospective: Rush ’n attack | NES Works #072

Jul 15, 2020

Renegade retrospective: Shoulder-tossed in translation | NES Works #071

Apr 15, 2020

Mega Man retrospective: Rock of all trades | NES Works #070

Apr 8, 2020

Wizards and Warriors retrospective: Knight in the woods | NES Works #069

Apr 1, 2020

Top Gun & Breakthru review: Take my NES away | NES Works #068

Mar 25, 2020

Jaws & The Karate Kid retrospective: Let's Just Not | NES Works #067

Mar 18, 2020

Kid Niki & Gotcha! The Sport retrospective: Shinobi shootout | NES Works #66

Mar 11, 2020

Star Force | Side Pocket retrospective: The bore ’n the Pocket | NES Works #065

Mar 4, 2020

Super Pitfall retrospective: Super pitiful | NES Works #064

Feb 26, 2020

The Goonies II retrospective: Truffle shufflevania | NES Works #063

Feb 19, 2020

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! retrospective: Tech knock-out | NES Works #062

Feb 5, 2020

Rad Racer retrospective: The silver Star | NES Works #061

Jan 22, 2020

Zanac & Lunar Pool retrospective: Greatest hits Compile-ation | NES Works #060

Jan 15, 2020

Spy Hunter & Alpha Mission retrospective: Shoot the snore | NES Works #059

Jan 8, 2020

Double Dribble & Ring King retrospective: Three-point arena shooter | NES Works #058

Dec 25, 2019

Batman: The Video Game retrospective: Wayne of terror | NES Works #168

Dec 11, 2019

Stadium Events & Winter Games retrospective: Worth its weight in gold medals | NES Works #057

Nov 20, 2019

Tiger-Heli & Star Voyager retrospective: Micro(nics)aggressions | NES Works #056

Nov 13, 2019

Deadly Towers retrospective: Myer lemon | NES Works #055

Oct 16, 2019

Stinger retrospective: Two ’Bee or not two ’Bee? | NES Works #054

Oct 9, 2019

Gauntlet - Pac-Man - R.B.I. Baseball retrospective: Tengen trio | NES Works #053

Oct 2, 2019

3-D WorldRunner & Sky Kid retrospective: Depth-defying debuts | NES Works #052

Sep 11, 2019

Spelunker & Sqoon retrospective: Mortality bytes | NES Works #051

Jul 10, 2019

Lode Runner & Raid on Bungeling Bay retrospective: Brød wars | NES Works #050

May 8, 2019

Arkanoid & Athena retrospective: Big boxes, big pain | NES Works #049

Mar 13, 2019

Metroid retrospective (part 2): Galaxy brain | NES Works #048, Pt. 2

Mar 6, 2019

Metroid retrospective (part 1): Me and my Ze-best gal | NES Works #048 Pt. 1

Jan 9, 2019

The Legend of Zelda retrospective: The gold standard | NES Works #047

Dec 19, 2018

Elevator Action & Legend of Kage retrospective: Ups and downs | NES Works #046

Dec 5, 2018

Section-Z retrospective: Tunnel visionary | NES Works #045

Nov 28, 2018

Rygar retrospective: The sunset of a new dawn for NES | NES Works #044

Nov 21, 2018

Kid Icarus retrospective: A stygian Pit | NES Works #043

Nov 14, 2018

Mighty Bomb Jack & Solomon's Key retrospective: Tecmo's inception | NES Works #042

Nov 7, 2018

Ikari Warriors & Athletic World retrospective: Anger mismanagement | NES Works #041

Oct 24, 2018

Castlevania retrospective: Vlad tidings | NES Works #040

Oct 3, 2018

Track & Field | Rush ’N Attack | BurgerTime retrospective: Arcade fire | NES Works #039

Sep 26, 2018

Slalom retrospective: Rare's slippery slope to fame | NES Works #038

Sep 19, 2018

Pro Wrestling | Soccer | Volleyball retrospective: Amazon delivers pain | NES Works #037

Sep 12, 2018

Trojan retrospective: Apocalyptic measures | NES Works #036

Jul 25, 2017

Gradius retrospective: A stellar finish | NES Works #035

Jul 18, 2017

Karate Champ retrospective: Weak jab | NES Works #034

Jul 11, 2017

Commando retrospective: A rapid assault of quality | NES Works #033

Jul 4, 2017

Ghosts ’N Goblins retrospective: The delicate art of self-flagellation | NES Works #032

Jun 13, 2017

1942 retrospective: Capcom's disaster at sea | NES Works #031

Jun 6, 2017

Ninja Kid retrospective: An unlikely glimmer of hope | NES Works #030

May 30, 2017

Tag Team Wrestling retrospective: The NES gets jobbed | NES Works #029

May 23, 2017

Chubby Cherub retrospective: Fallen angel | NES Works #028

May 16, 2017

M.U.S.C.L.E. retrospective: It's third party and I'll cry if I want to | NES Works #027

Mar 21, 2017

Gumshoe retrospective: Nintendo loves America, America loves shootin' | NES Works #026

Mar 14, 2017

Balloon Fight retrospective: A legend in our own time | NES Works #025

Mar 7, 2017

Urban Champion retrospective: Fun like a punch to the face | NES Works #024

Feb 28, 2017

Donkey Kong 3 retrospective: Farewell, my monkey vine | NES Works #023

Feb 21, 2017

Mario Bros. retrospective: The overlooked evolutionary link | NES Works #022

Feb 14, 2017

Popeye retrospective: An echo of what might have been | NES Works #021

Feb 9, 2017

Donkey Kong Jr. retrospective: Another vine mess | NES Works #020

Jan 24, 2017

Donkey Kong retrospective, Pt 2: Welcome to NES Donk City | NES Works #019-B

Jan 17, 2017

Donkey Kong retrospective, Pt 1: Nintendo's 800-lb. gorilla | NES Works #019-A

Jan 3, 2017

Mach Rider retrospective: The sum total of ’80s pop culture in game form | NES Works #018

Dec 20, 2016

Donkey Kong Jr. Math retrospective: Some "edu-", zero "-tainment" | NES Works #017

Nov 23, 2016

The Nintendo Entertainment System: History proves that NES is more | NES Works #000, Part 3

Nov 22, 2016

Advanced Video System: How the NES (almost) came to America | NES Works #000, Part 2

Oct 11, 2016

The Family Computer: How Nintendo set the stage for the NES | NES Works #000, Part 1

Aug 30, 2016

Super Mario Bros. retrospective: It all leads to this | NES Works #016

Jun 14, 2016

10-Yard Fight retrospective: Made for America | NES Works #015

Jun 7, 2016

Kung-Fu retrospective: Enter the third party | NES Works #012

May 31, 2016

Wrecking Crew retrospective | Mario's final temp gig | NES Works #011

May 24, 2016

Ice Climber retrospective: A slippery slope for platforming | NES Works #010

May 10, 2016

Excitebike retrospective: Real racing roots | NES Works #009

May 3, 2016

Stack-Up retrospective: Blech demo | NES Works #014

Apr 26, 2016

Gyromite and R.O.B. retrospective: Your plastic pal who's fun to be with | NES Works #013

Apr 12, 2016

Clu Clu Land retrospective: A brief bout of Pac-mania | NES Works #008

Apr 5, 2016

Hogan's Alley retrospective: The other light gun game | NES Works #007

Mar 29, 2016

Golf (NES) retrospective: A fore-taste of greatness | NES Works #006

Mar 22, 2016

Duck Hunt retrospective: Nintendo's history, and violence | NES Works #005

Jan 19, 2016

Wild Gunman retrospective: One heck of a baby's toy | NES Works #004

Dec 22, 2015

Pinball retrospective: Iwata takes charge | NES Works #003

Nov 23, 2015

Tennis retrospective: America's first glimpse of the NES | NES Works #002

Nov 4, 2015

Baseball NES retrospective: Home plate for home gaming | NES Works #001