Original Release: GameTek, 1990, NES A variant of GameTek’s Wheel of Fortune that has easier puzzles available that are more appropriate for kids. Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition (NES, GameTek, 1990) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Like most of Rare/Gametek’s board game/game show offerings for the NES, Wheel Of Fortune is…
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Original Release: FCI, 1989, NES The first of the licensed WCW games keeps it pretty basic with a limited roster and play options. World Championship Wrestling (NES, FCI, 1989) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! If you’re like me, you really had no awareness of the WCW until around the NWO era…
WALL STREET KID
Original Release: SOFEL, NES, 1989 One of very few stock market simulator games, with an odd style and jokey localization. Wall Street Kid (NES, SOFEL, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Sofel is one of those oddball game companies. They were actually a technology / information systems sort of company that…
VOLLEYBALL
Original Release: Nintendo, 1986, NES/Arcade Another forgettable early sports title from Nintendo. Volleyball (NES, Nintendo, 1986) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Most of Nintendo’s 8-bit sports titles were total garbage, although they did squeak out a couple of minorly fun ones. Tennis and Ice Hockey weren’t too bad if you had…
VEGAS DREAM
Original Release: HAL, 1988, NESOther Releases: platform (year), etc. A collection of casino games with mild RPG elements, one of the first examples of the subgenre. Vegas Dream (NES, HAL, 1988) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! This little casino collection has just four games — blackjack, roulette, keno and reel slots…
TSUPPARI OOZUMOU
Original Release: Tecmo, 1987, NESOther Releases: Wii (2007), 3DS / Wii U (2014), Switch (2019) A very simple, cute and fast-paced adaptation of sumo wrestling. Tsuppari Oozumou (NES, Tecmo, 1987) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! This cartoony and fairly simple sumo simulator is somewhat reminiscent of a Kunio game, but is…
TENNIS
Original Release: Nintendo, 1984, NESOther Releases: PC-88 / X1 (1985), Game Boy (1989), Gamecube (in Animal Crossing – 2001), Game Boy Advance (2002), Wii (2006), 3DS (2011), Wii U (2013), Switch (2018) One of the more decent in-house sports games from Nintendo, but still not very good. Tennis (NES, Nintendo, 1984) Where to Buy: Amazon…
TECMO WORLD WRESTLING
Original Release: Tecmo, 1989, NES An interesting take on wrestling from Tecmo with a play-by-play announcer. Tecmo World Wrestling (NES, Tecmo, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Tecmo World Wrestling is a cut above most 8-bit wrestling games with better-looking sprites, music by the Ninja Gaiden/Tecmo Super Bowl composer, faster and…
TECMO SUPER BOWL
Original Release: Tecmo, 1991, NESOther Releases: SNES / Genesis (1993) The “super” sequel added NFL teams and players, and tightened up the little issues with the prequel to make one of the classic football games of all time. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES, Tecmo, 1991) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! There are…
CAPTAIN TSUBASA
Original Release: Tecmo, 1988, NESOther Releases: NES (as Tecmo Cup Soccer Game- 1992) Tecmo’s interesting strategy-soccer hybrid was the basic formula that FFX’s Blitzball would eventually be built on. Tecmo Cup Soccer Game (NES, Tecmo, 1992) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! This is a localization of a game called Captain Tsubasa…