Ever wondered which NES games are still worth playing today? Our team has put together an in-progress list of every NES game we think is still worth your time today. Please refer to our list below to experience the best of the NES. Please note this list is sorted by release date and games released on the same day are sorted alphabetically.

 
Episode
Game Voted in Favor Of
004 Duck Hunt All Voted Essential
014 Super Mario Bros. All Voted Essential
024 Balloon Fight Mike and Joe voted Essential
035 Gradius All Voted Essential
044 Castlevania All Voted Essential
057 Metroid Sean, Sam, and Joe voted Essential
058 The Legend of Zelda All Voted Essential
076 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! All Voted Essential
088 Mega Man All Voted Essential
092 Contra All Voted Essential
093 Gun.Smoke Added in Best of 1989
103 Double Dragon Sean and Mike voted Essential
111 Life Force All voted Essential
132 Spy vs. Spy Joe and Sean voted Essential
133 Super Mario Bros. 2 ALL voted Essential
135 Blaster Master ALL voted Essential
164 Tecmo Bowl Mike, Sean, Sam voted Essential
170 Ninja Gaiden All Voted Essential
172 Adventures of Lolo All Voted Essential
176 The Guardian Legend All voted Essential
190 Mega Man 2 All voted Essential
207 Faxanadu All voted Essential
216 DuckTales Added in Best of 1989
238 Archon Sean and Joe voted Essential
246 Shadowgate Sean and Joe voted Essential
250 Willow Mike and Joe voted Essential
257 Double Dragon II: The Revenge Mike and Sean voted Essential
264 River City Ransom Sean and Joe voted Essential
275 Super Mario Bros. 3 All voted Essential
291 Terra Cresta Mike and Sean voted Essential
303 Super C Sean and Joe voted Essential
317 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers All voted Essential
318 Dragon Spirit: The New Legend All voted Essential