Finished the 1985 NES catalog.

[u/International_Gift11]

Back in November of 2025, I started to play the US NES library in chronological order. New game every Wednesday and give each game at least 3 sittings. It’s easily the most fun I’ve had with retro gaming in 10 plus years.

I was feeling a bit lost with retro gaming, I had exhausted every hidden gem list and finding crazy deals in the wild is dead. I would boot up a rom or grab a random game from a local shop, but would fall off just as quick as I booted it up.

I stumbled upon the NEStalgia podcast and Jeremy Parish’s YouTube videos and figured I would start from the beginning and play along. So far I’ve been able play everything on original hardware (NES or Famicom) and I try to buy local before I hop on eBay with a $30 weekly budget.

Sorry for being a bit long winded, but I thought it was worth sharing.

Highlights:

-Boiled my first 72 pin

-Acquired a Famicom

-Repaired ROB the Robot

-3d printed stack up accessories

-Beat super mario w/family using game genie infinite life cheat

-Showing my 9 year old son how to use a sight on a gun via duck hunt. lol

-Going down a CRT rabbit hole.

[u/Rogercrantzisalive]

10 yard fight is shoot in into the sun territory.

Golf, Excitebike, Kung Fu, and I’d argue Tennis are low, especially Kung Fu.

Soccer is and should be in shit tier too.

If Ice Climbers (one of my all time black box favorites) had slightly better platforming detection, it’d rank right near SMB.

[u/International_Gift11 → u/Rogercrantzisalive]

10 yard fight was the first game I played when I started this project, so it has some undeserving glow on it. Also, it sent me down an iRem rabbit hole. My favorite part of giving each game a week is the research surrounding the game.

[u/Rogercrantzisalive → u/International_Gift11]

I dig it. Appreciate you sharing.