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136 - BUBBLE BOBBLE Sep 11, 2020

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Bubble Bobble is the story of two humans, Bub and Bob who wander into the mysterious cave of monsters and magically turn into dinosaurs. The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave...

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Bubble Bobble NES Gameplay

Update Day - Nirvana The Band The Show

135 - BLASTER MASTER Sep 04, 2020

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The New York sewers were never like this!

You've fallen down a hidden manhole into a world of creatures so terrifying they’d scare the rats away. You can panic and perish, or blast your way through an endless maze of tunnels, searching for the secret passages to your escape. And that’s the easy part. Because the Masters of the Caverns lay waiting - prehistoric creatures so powerful, so gigantic, they literally fill your screen! So load your arsenal and get ready for Blaster Master.

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Blaster Master NES Gameplay

Blaster Master 2

Blaster Master Boy

Blaster Master: Blasting Again

Blaster Master: Overdrive

Blaster Master Zero

Blaster Master & Scholastic

April Fools!

Yoshiaki Iwata Interview

134 - ANTICIPATION Aug 28, 2020

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Bored with board games? Tired of pursuing trivia? Had your fill of ethical questions? Then you’re ready for ANTICIPATION. This zany, unpredictable, totally wacked-out video board game begins with a giant connect-the-dots puzzle. Suddenly, a video pencil starts connecting the dots and, before you know it, you’re in a maddening race against the clock, trying to solve the puzzle.

133 - SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 Aug 21, 2020

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This time it's a fierce action-packed battle to free the land of Subcon from the curse of the evil Wart. It's up to you, along with Mario, Luigi, Toad and the Princess, to fight your way through bizarre multi-level worlds and find him! This time you've got a brand new kind of power - plucking power - and now anything you find can be a weapon. But beware! You've never seen creatures like these! Shyguys and Tweeters! Ninji and Beezos! And you've never had an adventure like this! Only cunning and speed can save you now...

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Super Mario Bros. 2 Gameplay

Doki Doki Panic

Super Mario Bros. 2 Japan

Super Mario All-Stars (SMB2)

BS Super Mario USA Power Challenge

Super Mario Advance

Super Mario Bros. Super Show (Mouser Clip)

The Story of Super Mario Bros. 2

132 - SPY VS SPY Aug 14, 2020

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The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell rings. Find the needed objects (money, passport, secret plans and airport door key) by searching rooms in the embassy, which include desks, file cabinets and other furniture. Foil your opponent by setting creative booby traps in the various rooms (a bomb in a dresser drawer, for instance). Traps can be disarmed with objects found in rooms (a water bucket from a firebox on the wall will disarm the bomb in the prior example). When all the items are together in the secret briefcase, head for the airport door.

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Spy VS Spy Longplay

Spy vs Spy II: The Island Caper

Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics

Spy vs Spy (2005)

Mountain Dew Commercial

Spy vs Spy (TV Show)

Mad Magazine #60 (First appearance of Spy vs Spy)

131 - Seicross Aug 07, 2020

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Two different tribes existed on planet Colura, the Petras and the Basrah. The Basrah were aggressors and eventually drove the Petra underground. However many Petra survivors were trapped on the surface of the planet. To that end, a rescue bike named the Gilgitt Petras was created. It must venture up to the surface and save as many Petras as possible.

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Seicross Longplay

Seicross Manual

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

TRON LIGHT CYCLE

130 - RACKET ATTACK Jul 31, 2020

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This is no amateur hour. This one's for keeps. The national finals. Will you play tough enough to hear the umpire call "point, set, match!" A million eyes bore into you from the stands. Moments to start... RACKET ATTACK

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Racket Attack Longplay

Racket Attack Manual

Moero 6!! Shin Moero!! Pro Yakyuu

Moero 7!! Juudou Warriors

Tennis Elbow Manager 2

129 - PAC-MAN Jul 24, 2020

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One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

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Pac-Man NES

Tengen and Nintendo Lawsuit

Super Bowl Pac-Man Ad

Baby Pac-Man (pinball/arcade)

Professor Pac-Man

Pac-Man World

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX NES VERSION!

Pac-Man TV Show

Pac-Man Fever (song)

Pac-Man Cereal

128 - MILLIPEDE Jul 17, 2020

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Millipedes, cousins of the Centipede, are all over the garden. This will ruin anything trying to grow there unless they are stopped. But there are other insects as well; spiders, bees, dragonflies and earwigs. Nature is dangerous. Luckily, there's a bug zapper that can shoot arrows at these insects and destroy them.

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Millipede NES Longplay

Millipede Manual

Centipede (Arcade)

Centipede 1998 (PC)

Centipede Infestation (Wii)

HAL and IBM?

IBM Millipede Memory

127 - MICKEY MOUSECAPADE Jul 10, 2020

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One of Mickey's friends is in trouble, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse are on a rescue mission! Mickey Mousecapade is an action platform game. In order to reach your goal (and find out which of Mickey's friends is in trouble), you'll need to jump and climb your way through various levels which take place in different locations (including a fun house, a treacherous sea side, a pirate ship, and a castle).

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Mickey Mousecapade NES LongPlay

Famicom Version

IGN rates it 89th Best NES Game

Hidden Mickey on the cart

Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse or Garfield or Ghostbusters?