NES Box Art: The Uncanny X-Men

The entire human race is in danger! Magneto and his band of evil mutants are on the rampage and nothing can stop them… except for you, professor Xavier and your uncanny X-Men. Cerebro, your advanced computer system, displays the different missions, all of which must be completed in order to accomplish your ultimate goal… the defeat of Magneto!

Working with Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Iceman, you select the best attack team for each battle based on their combination of superhuman skills.

The X-Men must work together as a team in both the 1 player and 2 player games. The 2 player game features simultaneous control where cooperation and teamwork are essential… but be careful; once one of your super heroes is immobilized, they’re out of action for the rest of the game. Good luck… humanity’s fate is in your hands!

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NES Box Art: Ghosts ‘N Goblins

The beautiful princess is kidnapped. Her lover, the Knight in shining armor, armed with five different weapons to fight the enemy, sets out to rescue the beautiful princess. The Knight, aided by your skill, must pass through seven different guarded gates, fighting and destroying demons, dragons, giants and zombies. There are hidden characters, too! Some friends, some foes. Ghosts ‘N Goblins is exciting… challenging you and the Knight to rescue the princess, amid great danger, escaping Hades, land of the enemies!

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NES Box Art: Mappy-Land

Mappy, who is a policeman, prepared all kinds of wonderful birthday presents for his girlfriend, Mapico. But, Nyamco and his child Mukies have hidden them in the eight towns of Mappyland. What a pity! Mappy must hurry to get the presents back before Mapico’s birthday party. The problem is that there are so many mysterious towns where Mappy must search, while fighting off his enemies. Can you accept the challenge and help Mappy to succeed?

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NES Box Art: Gyromite

You’ll need R.O.B. - the world’s first Robotic Operating Buddy - to play this action-packed game! You’ve got to keep R.O.B.’s gyroscope spinning in order to help a mad scientist deactivate all the dynamite in his laboratory. You’ll move columns up and down to speed the scientist on his way while trying to avoid the lethal Smicks. And you’ll get him to his dynamite even faster if you can get R.O.B. to spin two gyros at the same time! But don’t take your eyes off the scientist, because anything can happen in Gyromite! Where two hands and one pair of eyes aren’t always enough!

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NES Box Art: Kirby’s Adventure

Kirby’s Back in Power-Puffing Action!

What would Dream Land be without dreams? A nightmare! The Dream Spring, source of all dreams, has dried up, taking with it all the blissful dreams of Dream Land. It’s up to Kirby, the bombastic blimp, To return happy naps to the inhabitants of Dream Land!

Kirby’s appetite for adventure is as big as ever as he eats his way through a feast of all-new enemies! In this adventure, he can also steal the abilities of the bad guys he scarfs down! With this new power, Kirby can perform 20 new tricks that will help him make his way through the nightmare infested Dream Land!

Kirby’s Adventure features brand new worlds to explore with the same fun action-packed feel that made Kirby’s Dream Land for Gameboy a hit!

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NES Box Art: 1942

Released Dec 11, 1985 (JP) 1986 (US)

1942… you and daring fighter pilot “Super Ace” are engaged in realistic, thrilling and challenging high-flying battles with the enemy.

Over land, on the sea and in the air, your own skill and dexterity… combined with Super Ace’s flying mastery, duel enemy pilots in fighter and bomber craft.

1942… it’s airplanes taking off and landing on ocean-going aircraft carriers… disrupting enemy formations ready to attack… intercepting enemy air-warriors you must defeat by “blasting ‘em out of the sky.” Will it be victory? Or defeat? It’s in your skillful hands!

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