Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Super Spike V'Ball
Bases Loaded 4
Dr. Chaos
Donkey Kong 3
Mr. Gimmick
Mario's Time Machine
Dragon Warrior III
Kid Icarus
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Back to the Future
Defender of the Crown
Pac-Man Championship Edition
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
Clu Clu Land
Metal Storm
Joe & Mac
Punch-Out!!
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior IV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Mighty Bomb Jack
Rod-Land
Treasure Master
The Goonies II
Lode Runner
Castlevania
Wild Gunman
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six
Balloon Fight
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Battletoads
Joust
Bad News Baseball
Baby Boomer
Mappy
Shockwave
Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw
Dirty Harry
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
Devil World
Super C
Bomberman II
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Tennis
Ms. Pac-Man
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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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