Currently Playing - Master Games List
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The Master Games List is a guide to help show you where I’m at and where I’m going. If you’re new to Nintendo is Great and you want to start reading from the beginning, or you just want to play along, this List will help.
As I progress through each console’s library, the List will be updated accordingly.
May - Aug. 1988 - Summer of Double Dragon and Metal Gear
City Connection
Rambo
Double Dragon
Metal Gear
R.B.I. Baseball
Bases Loaded
Defender II
Gauntlet
Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy
Legendary Wings
Life Force
Jan - Apr. 1988 - Early NES Classics and Not-So-Classics
T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
Oct- Dec. 1987 - Punch-Out!!, First Licensed Games, and Mega Man
Alpha Mission, Lunar Pool, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!
BreakThru, The Goonies II, Gotcha! The Sport!
Jaws, The Karate Kid, Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Side Pocket, Star Force, Super Pitfall,
Top Gun, Mega Man, Wizards & Warriors
Sept. 1987 - Something for Everyone
3-D World Runner, Deadly Towers
Raid on Bungeling Bay, Ring King
Sky Kid, Spelunker, Spy Hunter
Sqoon, Stadium Events, Star Voyager
Stinger, Tiger-Heli, Winter Games
Jul.-Aug. 1987 - Zelda, Metroid, and Kid Icarus Stun Players
Elevator Action, The Legend of Kage
Feb.-May 1987 - The NES Gets Cookin’
Oct.-Dec. 1986 - The Initial Batch of Third-Party NES Games
Chubby Cherub, M.U.S.C.L.E.: Tag Team Match
Jun. 1986 - The National NES Launch Lineup
Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Donkey Kong 3
Oct. 1985 - The NYC NES Launch Lineup
10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land
Gyromite, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber
Hey Dylan, looks like you’re getting close to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I happened to grow up with that one, and find most reviewers can’t stomach it long enough to arrive to Level 10 (however there is a warp on Level 1 to get you there much quicker). If you make it to 10, you will find what is widely considered to be one of the most difficult levels of all NES games. Hope you enjoy your second (at least) round with this one! Been reading you since your Questicle days, keep it up! :)
I am thinking about getting and playing Nintendo World Championships, but that is not what you are doing here, right?
World Championships: https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition-switch/