NINTENDO NES SHOWCASE

Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 video game produced and directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. and the first game in the Super Mario series. Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, to traverse the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa. They traverse side-scrolling stages while avoiding hazards such as enemies and pits and collecting power-ups such as the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower and Starman. Super Mario Bros. is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games, and is particularly admired for its precise controls. It is one of the best-selling games, with more than 58 million copies sold worldwide. Alongside the NES, it is credited as a key factor in reviving the video game industry after the 1983 crash, and helped popularize the side-scrolling platform genre. The soundtrack is often named among the best video game soundtracks. Mario has become prominent in popular culture, and Super Mario Bros. began a multimedia franchise including a long-running game series, an animated television series, a Japanese anime feature film, a live-action feature film and an animated feature film.

Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. After the smash hit Super Mario Bros. in 1985, Nintendo quickly released a minor adaptation of the original with advanced difficulty titled Super Mario Bros. 2, for its mature market in Japan in 1986. However, Nintendo of America found this sequel too similar to its predecessor, and its difficulty too frustrating for the nascent American market. This prompted a second Super Mario Bros. sequel based on Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. The characters, enemies, and themes in Doki Doki Panic have the mascots and theme of the festival, and were adapted into the Super Mario theme to make a Western Super Mario Bros. sequel. Super Mario Bros. 2 was a resounding success, becoming the fifth-best-selling game on the NES, and was critically well-received for its design aspects and for differentiating the Super Mario series.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is a 1988 video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released in North America on February 12, 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 introduced iconic features like the world map, unique power-ups such as the Tanooki Suit, and the Koopalings as bosses. It was the first game to feature the enemy Boo and allowed Mario to slide. The game was a massive commercial success, selling over 17 million copies on the NES alone and becoming one of the best-selling games of all time.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is a classic boxing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), originally released in 1987. The game is famous for its colorful opponents and a notoriously difficult final boss fight against Mike Tyson. In the game, players control a 17-year-old boxer from the Bronx named Little Mac, who fights his way through the ranks of the World Video Boxing Association. The ultimate goal is to earn a "dream fight" against the then-undisputed world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson.

Ninja Gaiden is a classic video game, originally developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Known for its difficult gameplay and innovative use of cinematic cutscenes, it follows the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as he travels to America to avenge his father's death.

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos is the 1990 sequel to the popular Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game. Following up on the original game's success, the sequel brings back the cinematic cutscenes and adds new mechanics, such as the ability to create "Shadow Clones" that mimic your movements to multiply your attack power. The game follows Ryu Hayabusa as he embarks on a mission to defeat the new villain, Ashtar, and destroy the powerful Dark Sword.

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is the third and final installment of the Ninja Gaiden trilogy for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released by Tecmo in 1991 and is notable for its unforgiving difficulty. The plot follows Ryu Hayabusa as he investigates the supposed death of his love interest, Irene Lew, only to uncover a conspiracy involving a powerful bio-organism.

Battletoads is a 1991 video game developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System and is the first installment of the Battletoads series. In the game, three space humanoid warrior toads form a group known as the Battletoads. Two of the Battletoads, Rash and Zitz, embark on a mission to defeat the evil Dark Queen on her planet and rescue their kidnapped friends: Pimple, the third member of the Battletoads, and Princess Angelica. The game was developed in response to the interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. It received mostly positive reviews upon release, with critics praising the graphics and variations of gameplay - however, many critics were divided over the game's difficulty.

Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the iconic 1987 action-platformer that introduced players to the Belmont clan's battle against Count Dracula. Renowned for its challenging gameplay, atmospheric gothic horror theme, and influential music. In the game, you play as vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who ventures into Dracula's castle to defeat him after his reawakening.

Playthrough with Sypha. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is a classic action-platformer developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989. The game is a prequel to the original Castlevania and is widely praised for improving upon the series' formula with multiple playable characters and non-linear, branching pathways. Set in the year 1476, the game's story begins as Count Dracula ravages Europe with an army of monsters. The once-feared Belmont family of vampire hunters is called upon by the Church to defeat Dracula. Players take on the role of Trevor Belmont, an ancestor of Simon Belmont, as he sets out to end Dracula's reign of terror.