Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Mach Rider
Super C
Zombie Nation
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Defender of the Crown
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Tom and Jerry
10-Yard Fight
Stack-up
River City Ransom
StarTropics
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
Milon's Secret Castle
Titenic
Battletoads
Son Son
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Contra
Bomberman
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
Chubby Cherub
Duck Hunt
Tiny Toon Adventures
Mario's Time Machine
Battle Chess
Tetris
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Hudson's Adventure Island
Snake's Revenge
M.C Kids
Bases Loaded 4
Tennis
Power Punch II
Adventures of Lolo 3
Adventures of Lolo 2
Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw
Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
Adventures of Lolo
Back to the Future
Mechanized Attack
Mega Man
Hogan's Alley
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Ninja Gaiden
Shockwave
Devil World
Kung Fu
Ms. Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros.
Disney's The Lion King
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Nintendo had strict licensing policies for the NES as a way to encourage quality over quantity, in hopes of avoiding the fate of Atari during the video game crash of 1983. Third parties were limited to releasing 5 titles per year for the NES, all titles had to be reviewed by Nintendo before they would be licensed, and the console had a system to lock out unauthorized games that did not contain the necessary patented chip as a way to enforce Nintendo's control.
A combination of third-party developer pushback, legal challenges, and competition from other console manufacturers such as Sega eventually forced them to relax their policies.
A combination of third-party developer pushback, legal challenges, and competition from other console manufacturers such as Sega eventually forced them to relax their policies.
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