Ranking the NES Episode 12 + Updated Rankings (Patreon)

It's time to break out the big first-party guns, and I'm not talking about the Zapper. Super Mario Bros. joins the list this week along with Tecmo World Wrestling, Solstice, Zombie Nation, and more!

This series has been a lot of fun and I'm hope you're enjoying watching it as much as I am making it. I find myself, like, brushing my teeth at night and thinking about the potential ramifications that some games will have on the list. Like... where will Castlevania end up? What about Chiller? How mad are people going to get about RPGs when I start getting those on the list? Am I really going to have to play more Milon's Secret Castle someday?

Anyway, I'm embedding the most recent installment here, which links through to a YouTube playlist for the series. But really I just wanted to post the most recent version of the list here for people looking for a hard copy. I'll eventually host this somewhere nicer than this.

Oh, speaking of which, I set up a cleaner redirect for the energy drink list, so you should be able to hit http://energy.guard.bike/ and get the latest version of that.

And with that, here's the list! Keep in mind that it contains the games ranked in the above episode, which.. I don't know, maybe that counts as spoilers. Be warned! Check out this Zombie Nation box art, just as a little palette cleanser before we get into the list. See ya soon!

Super Mario Bros. (Ep12)

Rygar (Ep4)

River City Ransom (Ep1)

Contra (Ep10)

Gun.Smoke (Ep10)

Super Dodge Ball (Ep11)

Little Samson (Ep6)

Solomon’s Key (Ep1)

Jackal (Ep7)

R.C. Pro-Am (Ep5)

Tecmo Bowl (Ep9)

Kickle Cubicle (Ep2)

Kung Fu (Ep1)

Commando (Ep8)

Tecmo World Wrestling (Ep12)

Trojan (Ep2)

Super Spy Hunter (Ep11)

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Ep4)

Air Fortress (Ep3)

Zanac (Ep6)

Kabuki: Quantum Fighter (Ep5)

M.U.S.C.L.E. Tag Team Match (Ep1)

Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man (Ep1)

Life Force (Ep4)

Batman: The Video Game (Ep6)

City Connection (Ep7)

Zombie Nation (Ep12)

Rockin’ Kats (Ep11)

Astyanax (Ep6)

Rescue: The Embassy Mission (Ep5)

Xexyz (Ep10)

Archon (Ep7)

Section Z (Ep3)

3-D WorldRunner (Ep5)

Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu (Ep3)

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Ep9)

Legendary Wings (Ep8)

Journey to Silius (Ep10)

Ice Climber (Ep11)

Wrecking Crew (Ep1)

Dr. Chaos (Ep4)

Ring King (Ep6)

NARC (Ep7)

Dusty Diamond’s All Star Softball (Ep9)

California Games (Ep4)

Little Nemo: The Dream Master (Ep5)

Pirates! (Ep8)

Tiny Toon Adventures (Ep12)

The Little Mermaid (Ep9)

Spy vs. Spy (Ep2)

Donkey Kong (Ep2)

BurgerTime (Ep2)

Kid Niki: Radical Ninja (Ep1)

Ice Hockey (Ep7)

Lunar Pool (Ep1)

Lode Runner (Ep2)

Ikari Warriors (Ep3)

Rush’n Attack (Ep9)

Qix (Ep6)

Anticipation (Ep12)

Spy Hunter (Ep4)

Baseball (Ep7)

Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos (Ep12)

Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylous (Ep7)

Spelunker (Ep8)

Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off-Road (Ep11)

M.U.L.E. (Ep9)

Tiger-Heli (Ep2)

Captain Skyhawk (Ep1)

Mach Rider (Ep9)

Skate or Die (Ep11)

Double Dare (Ep8)

The Karate Kid (Ep9)

Krusty’s Fun House (Ep10)

Marble Madness (Ep10)

Dick Tracy (Ep12)

RoboCop (Ep8)

The Three Stooges (Ep5)

Classic Concentration (Ep2)

Renegade (Ep2)

Castlequest (Ep10)

Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue (Ep3)

Toobin’ (Ep8)

WWF Wrestlemania (Ep8)

Xenophobe (Ep8)

Deadly Towers (Ep5)

Snoopy’s Silly Sports Spectacular! (Ep12)

Ghostbusters (Ep11)

Motor City Patrol (Ep9)

Super Pitfall (Ep6)

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu (Ep11)

Athena (Ep4)