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Top 10 Hidden Gem NES Games

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Heavy Barrel

An overhead run and gun video game released for arcades in 1987 by Data East.

Totally Rad

Totally Rad, known in Japan as Magic John (マジック・ジョン, Majikku Jon), is an action-adventure game developed by Aicom and published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan on September 28, 1990, in Europe on December 21, 1990 and in North America on March 29, 1991.

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The Punisher (1990)

The Punisher is a 1990 video game developed by Beam Software and released by LJN, which stars the Marvel Comics anti-hero, the Punisher. It is one of the few NES rail shooters. In the same year, there was also The Punisher computer game for Amiga and DOS systems, unrelated to this one and released by MicroProse.

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Shadowgate (1987)

Shadowgate is a 1987 point-and-click adventure video game originally for the Apple Macintosh in the MacVenture series. It was also ported to various other systems. The game is named for its setting, Castle Shadowgate, residence of the evil Warlock Lord. The player, as the "last of a great line of hero-kings" is charged with the task of saving the world by defeating the Warlock Lord, who is attempting to summon up the demon Behemoth out of Hell.

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Tiger Heli

Tiger-Heli (タイガー・ヘリ) is a 1985 scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and published by Taito for the arcades. It is a predecessor to Twin Cobra.

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The Battle of Olympus

The Battle of Olympus, originally released in Japan as Olympus no Tatakai (オリュンポスの戦い), is a 1988 side-scrolling historical action-adventure video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Infinity, and published by Imagineer in Japan, by Brøderbund in North America and by Nintendo in Europe. It was the first game from Infinity, and was designed and programmed by the company's president. There's also a 1993 Game Boy port of the same game that was published by Imagineer exclusively…

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Pro Wrestling (1986)

Pro Wrestling (プロレス, Puroresu) is a pro wrestling video game released originally for the Famicom Disk System in 1986. It was later released in North American and Europe on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was the third wrestling game on the Nintendo Entertainment System (after M.U.S.C.L.E. and Tag Team Wrestling).

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Battletank

Garry Kitchen's Battletank is an action video game released by Absolute Entertainment in September 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game is similar to the Atari game Battlezone, and supports one player. Code from its development was meant for a space flight game for the Commodore 64

Super Dodge Ball (1988)

Super Dodge Ball is a dodgeball-based sports game produced by Technos Japan Corp. that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. It is loosely based on the 1987 arcade game of the same name, which was also developed by Technos. Like its arcade counterpart, it was released in Japan as part of the Kunio-kun series.

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a Platform video game developed and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy video game systems in 1990. The game was released in conjunction with the film from Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment. In the NES game, the player controls Gizmo through various levels in the building, armed with weapons ranging from the genetically modified super tomato in the laboratory to the new matchstick-firing bow in the later sections. The goal of…

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