The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System

By Chris Scullion

Book Overview

"As a catalog of all 876 NES games, this work is unique in its breadth of coverage and will be of great interest to old-school video gamers and collectors." - Booklist

The NES is one of the most iconic video game systems of all time, and is often credited with saving the American video games industry in the early 80s when it looked likely to collapse.

The NES Encyclopedia is a complete reference guide to every game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo's first industry-defining video game system. As well as covering all 714 officially licensed NES games, the book also includes more than 160 unlicensed games released during the system's lifespan, giving for the first time a definitive history of this important console's full library.

The NES continues to enjoy a strong cult following among Nintendo fans and gamers in general, with games like Super Mario Bros, The Legend Of Zelda and Metroid remaining well-loved to this day: both for older fans who remember them the first time around, and younger gamers discovering the system for the first time through Nintendo's regular re-releases of its older games.

Nintendo's most recent console, the Switch, is the fastest selling video game console of all time in the United States and Japan. With Nintendo recently launching an ever-growing library of classic NES games for download on the Switch, a new audience of gamers is discovering the NES for the first time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526760150
• ISBN13: 9781526760159
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: White Owl
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Welcome to a summation of my 1980s/1990s childhood

The book presents what it states in the title - it is a list of every game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (as far as I know, or want to dig). I bought this as a refresher into the games I enjoyed to play, the games I couldn't afford (and had to borrow from Blockbuster), or the games I avoided as a kid. The summaries are little more than 100-200 words and a screenshot, but I understand the author's desire to keep the book short enough to be interesting, yet long enough to cover the topic. (Yes, I stole that quote from Winston Churchill). There are sprinkles of facts about the games long since forgotten that attempt to make me revel in nostalgia. But... be warned. There are a few games that will bring back child PTSD for those of us dumb enough to attempt... and waste hours on (I'm looking at you, Ghostbusters and Friday the 13th).