List of Nintendo Entertainment System games
A total of 715 known licensed game titles were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System during its life span, 677 of these games were released in North America plus 2 championship cartridges, with an additional 35 released in Europe or Australia, and one additional game in Hong Kong. This list does not feature unlicensed NES games. The Nintendo Entertainment System — renamed from the Family Computer, or Famicom – was first released in North America on. The NES was released in Europe and Australia in 1986 and 1987 and distributed by various third-party companies until Nintendo took over distribution in 1990 and 1994 respectively. The final licensed NES game released was Wario's Woods on December 10, 1994 in North America and the PAL-exclusive The Lion King in 1995. The NES was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1991 in America and 1992 in Europe and Australia.
Licensed games
There are a total of 715 known licensed game titles of which 677 were released in North America along with 2 championship games. 36 were exclusively released outside North America, fully listed below.For a chronological list, click the sort button in any of the available region's columns. Games dated October 18, 1985 are launch titles for North America.
Championship games
Unreleased games
For cancelled games see List of cancelled Nintendo games.Title | Publisher |
Airball | Tengen |
Armadillo | IGS |
Jaleco | |
Blazeblasters | Nexoft |
Blockout | Technōs Japan |
Buster Bros. | Hudson Soft |
' | Capcom |
Card Sharks | GameTek |
Cheetahmen II | Active Enterprises |
Chip's Challenge | Bullet-Proof Software |
Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat | Electronic Arts |
Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge | Technōs Japan |
Days of Thunder | Mindscape |
Drac's Night Out | Parker Brothers |
Earth Bound | Nintendo |
Erik the Viking | ??? |
Escape from Atlantis | Color Dreams |
Exploding Fist | Tradewest |
Final Fantasy II | Square |
Happy Camper | Color Dreams |
Happily Ever After | SOFEL |
Hard Drivin | Tengen |
HeroQuest | Milton Bradley Company |
Hit the Ice | Taito |
John Madden Football '93 | Ubisoft |
Kung Fu 2 | Irem |
New Kids on the Block | Parker Brothers |
Password | GameTek |
Pescatore | Sunsoft |
Pizza Pop | Jaleco |
Police Academy | Tengen |
The Price is Right | GameTek |
Return of Donkey Kong | Nintendo |
RoboCop vs. the Terminator | Virgin Interactive |
SimCity | Nintendo |
Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper | Kemco |
Squashed | Jaleco |
Sunman | Sunsoft |
Super Password | GameTek |
Super Pitfall 2 | Activision |
Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan | CollectorVision |
Talking Super Password | GameTek |
Technocop | Tengen |
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends | THQ |
Taito | |
Titan Warriors | Capcom |
Trival Pursuit | Parker Brothers |
Twin Peaks | Hi Tech Expressions |
UWC | SETA |
War on Wheels | Jaleco |
World War III | LJN |
Xybots | Tengen |