Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library is an expansive and thorough look at one of the greatest video game libraries of all time: the Nintendo Entertainment System. This definitive source contains reviews and screenshots of all of the mainstream games released for the home video game console between 1985-1995. Read about hundreds of fun and classic 8-bit games like Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Castlevania, Punch-Out!!, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, and many others.Featuring all licensed and unlicensed titles, the book provides details for each game cart: developer, publisher, release date, genre, availability, and more. Bonus sections are dedicated to test and promo cartridges and even game cart variants! It s all here, so Nintendo and video game fans alike can learn about all the good, bad, and interesting games in the large and impressive NES library!- 800+ NES game reviews, including games released exclusively in Europe and Australia- Supplemental articles relating to the history of the NES by internet personalities and game historians such as James Rolfe, Andre Meadows, and more- A guide to popular NES devices and controllers- Samples of unreleased NES games- Written and compiled by Pat Contri, NES game collector and historian- Foreword by Blake Harris, author of Console WarsNote: this book is not authorized or endorsed by Nintendo. All registered trademarks, game art, and game screenshots used are copyright their respective holders and are utilized here under Fair Use.

Ultimate Nintendo Guide to the NES Library 1985 - 1995

Contri Code Productions

Pat Contri

United States, United States of America

États-Unis?, 2016

PS, 2016

2019

lg2297912

Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library 1985-1995 is an expansive and thorough look at one of the greatest video game libraries of all time - the Nintendo Entertainment System. This 450 page book covers all licensed and unlicensed games released during the system's lifespan, and features information and reviews on hundreds of classic (and not so classic) 8-bit games.
The NES had nearly 800 unique game cartridges released for it during its lifetime. While almost every video game fan has played or at least heard of the more famous titles, there were many, many games that werent as popular or well-known. This book features all of them, with detailed information such as the release date, developer, publisher, genre, availability, and more, as well as a review and rating for each title. There's also a separate "Reflections" section for each game where the author of that review can expound upon the game more, comment on interesting aspects of the game, or even go off on a tangent about video game history, or muse about childhood memories or a humorous anecdote the game may have conjured up.
Foreword: graciously written by Blake Harris, author of the hit video game history/drama book Console Wars!
750+ North American game reviews and reflections
30+ PAL exclusive reviews
10 HES exclusive reviews
Test cart overview
Promo/special game carts
North American game cart variants
Popular NES controllers and accessories
Unreleased NES Game Examples
Supplemental Articles:
"Horror on the NES" by James Rolfe
"How the NES Zapper Works by Joey Desena
"In Their Words - The NES Launch" by Frank Cifaldi
"Color Dreams and Wisdom Tree" by Karen Niemla
"Tengen and the Nintendo Lawsuit" by Norm Caruso
"The Dragon Warrior Giveaway" by Pat Contri
"Nintendo's Censorship Hypocrisy" by Pat Contri
"From Plastic to Pixels" by Dan Eardley
"Why Was Music So Good on the NES?" by Brent Black
"The Licensed Property NES Game Addiction" by Andre Meadows

This is a video game reference, and review book, for the "Nintendo Entertainment System" games. It covers the USA, and European games, as well as the Australian games, {it does not cover the Japanese version of the console the Nintendo "Family Computer" {Famicom }games}. Each of the USA games is featured in a 1/2 page description, a short "Reflections" review, with 4 screenshots in color, a rating from 1-5 stars, and release information. The release information, details the month and year the game was released, the genre that the game is, the Developer/Publisher, how many players the game could support, whether it was a licensed or unlicensed game, its rarity "Availability", and a quality score. For the games released outside of the USA, they get 1/4 of a page, there is only one screenshot, and the description and review are combined into one paragraph about the game. There are scans of the cartridges on the side of the information panel of each game. The main writer/editor is generally listed as the books author. But several of the reviews are written by other "contributors". There are also articles written by the contributors, the editor, and other writers on various topics relating to the video game system. The book was published by its Author/Editor Pat Contri, through his "The Punk Effect" production company. The money for the book was raised by creating a Kickstarter campaign, which began shortly after the system's 30th anniversary. The original goal of the Kickstarter was to raise a $16,500 goal, it reached $144,676. The book was originally priced at $59.99.

"Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library is an expansive and thorough look at one of the greatest video game libraries of all time: the Nintendo Entertainment System. This definitive source contains reviews and screenshots of all of the mainstream games released for the home video game console between 1985-1995. Read about hundreds of fun and classic 8-bit games like Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Castlevania, Punch-Out!!, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, and many others. Featuring all licensed and unlicensed titles, the book provides details for each game cart: developer, publisher, release date, genre, availability, and more. Bonus sections are dedicated to test and promo cartridges and even game cart variants! It s all here, so Nintendo and video game fans alike can learn about all the good, bad, and interesting games in the large and impressive NES library!"--Page 4 of cover

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