Little Nemo: The Dream Master — The NES Game That Beat Its Own Movie to America
Rent this one from the video store in 1990 and you had no idea what you were getting into. The box art showed a kid
August 17, 2026
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Metroid II: Return of Samus — The Game Boy Game That Redesigned Samus for Good
Picture a kid in the back seat of a station wagon in November 1991, gray brick of a Game Boy held two inches from his
August 17, 2026
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The Nintendo Seal of Quality: How a Gold Sticker Rebuilt Trust in Video Games
Flip over almost any NES box from 1985 through the early ’90s and there it is: a small gold circle in the corner, promising you
August 16, 2026
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Metroid: The NES Game That Made Getting Lost the Whole Point
Every other NES game in 1987 told you where to go. Metroid just dropped you on the surface of a hostile planet called Zebes and
August 16, 2026
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Little Samson: The NES Game Everyone Skipped in 1992 and Nobody Can Afford Now
Picture a video store rental wall in November 1992, weeks before Christmas, stocked with new titles for a console everyone assumed was already on its
August 16, 2026
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Contra: The NES Code Everyone Knew Before They Ever Beat the Game
Somebody in your neighborhood knew the code. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start. You didn’t need to be told twice—you
August 15, 2026
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Super Mario Bros. vs. Mega Man: The NES Icon and the Box Art That Almost Sank a Franchise
If you owned an NES in the mid-1980s, there’s a good chance you never actually bought Super Mario Bros. You just had it. Nintendo packed
August 14, 2026
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Ranking the 10 Best NES Black Box Games
Before Nintendo settled into the colorful box art most collectors picture today, the NES launched wearing all black. Thirty games came out between 1985 and
August 13, 2026
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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!: The NES Classic That Lost Its Champion
How a $50,000 bet on an unproven boxer became one of the best-selling games on the NES, and why the cartridge you can buy today isn’t the one that made it famous.
August 13, 2026
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Now Grading Game Boy Games!
Video Game Graders is excited to announce that as of January 6, 2022 we are now grading Nintendo Game Boy games! Accepting both sealed and
January 6, 2022
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