Page 6 of 25 · Researched one game at a time
Long-form introductions built from official records, manuals, interviews and inspectable archives—with every displayed image credited to its Nintendo page.
The story library
Game story
Jaleco's two-player brawler finds its most interesting pulse in a series of small decisions: when to dash, when to grab, when to spend a crowd-clearing move, and when an apparent disaster has turned into a brief invitation to take control.
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Dig Dug II moves the series from underground tunnels to a floating island, then hands the player a tool that can erase parts of the map. Pumping a monster is immediate and intimate; driving cracks through the ground can drown a crowd, but may leave Dig Dug standing on the wrong shore.
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Nintendo’s early Famicom pinball game begins as a compact score chase, then quietly changes the job. A hole in the lower table sends the ball to a third screen, where Mario must catch a falling Lady and escort her to safety. The result is less a single machine than a tiny amusement hall hidden inside one table.
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Data East’s Japanese Super Famicom fighter asks players to read more than distance and timing. Every combatant has a visible weak point, and repeated hits there can tear away a costume piece, stun its owner and turn a comfortable round into an anxious hunt for one precise opening.
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The 1986 Famicom chapter of DAIVA sends the player from a galaxy map to fleet-command decisions and down to planet-side action, all while a hidden Vritra factory makes every expedition feel like borrowed time.
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Nintendo’s Japanese Disk System action game sends Takamaru across a shifting map of castle towns, corridors, tricks, and flying blades, where speed is useful but careful route-making is the real survival skill.
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Namco's 1986 Famicom action puzzle makes a staircase feel like a decision with consequences. Indie Borgnine can carry only one strange L-shaped stone at a time, every lift spends power, and a beautiful route to the exit may begin by ruining the floor beneath his feet.
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The Japanese Super Famicom version turns one gentle instruction—trap a star between matching animal blocks—into a lively puzzle about waiting, arranging, chaining and, in its story and VS modes, making somebody else’s board feel just a little too crowded.
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Nintendo’s Japanese Famicom original sends an armed rider across a ruined future, then asks for much more than a quick trigger finger: four gears, a mirror, limited ammunition, hostile traffic and, finally, a road of the player’s own making.
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Nintendo's 1983 Japanese Famicom 麻雀 makes an ancient, social table game feel startlingly private. There are only two hands, one human opponent is missing, and the machine patiently keeps score—but every draw still leads to the old, irreversible question: which tile can you afford to let go?
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Nintendo’s 1984 Japanese Family Computer oddity sends Tamagon through a maze where the Devil points, the walls obey, crosses make pellets edible, and the safest corridor can suddenly become a trap.
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Nintendo's 1983 Japanese Famicom arithmetic action game makes every calculation a short journey. In CALCULATE, a target number is not entered at a desk: Junior has to climb, choose digits and operators, and build a route to it before another player can take the useful piece away.
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