30 NES Games Based on 80s Movies (From Blockbusters to Lacklusters)

From blockbusters to lacklusters, if there was a movie released at the time there’s a good chance Nintendo made a licensed game out of it on the NES.

It's a common known fact amongst gamers that most video games based on movies are usually rushed out to the market without proper testing to make sure they are even playable. But despite what most people think, there are a whole bunch of eeally great movie/TV based-games on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Sure, the black hole created by terrible games such as Back to the Future and Total Recall is vast, but it is certainly not all consuming.

For this video we have completely covered the entire Nintendo Entertainment System 8-bit catalog in search of 30 titles based on popular movies of the 80s. There are good games, mediocre games and bad games, which we are sure some of you will remember fondly, others you would like have never tried them, and some may surprise you because you were unaware of their existence.

Grab some popcorn and the NES controller, let's enjoy this session!

Intro and Outro Music

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Games Featured

0:00 Intro
0:26 1984 Kung-Fu Master
0:56 1985 Ghostbusters
1:26 1986 The Goonies
1:58 1987 The Karate Kid
2:32 1987 Star Wars
3:13 1987 Rambo
3:57 1987 Jaws
4:32 1987 The Goonies II
5:03 1987 Top Gun
5:37 1987 Labyrinth: Maou no Meikyuu
6:21 1988 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6:54 1988 RoboCop
7:28 1988 Platoon
8:06 1988 Predator: Soon the Hunt Will Begin
8:51 1988 Willow
9:23 1988 Akira
9:59 1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street
10:36 1989 Batman: The Video Game
11:11 1989 Major League
11:43 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
12:14 1989 Back to the Future
12:45 1989 Friday the 13th
13:16 1990 New Ghostbusters II
14:02 1990 Back to the Future Part II & III
14:35 1990 Mad Max
15:11 1991 The Untouchables
15:42 1991 Beetlejuice
16:13 1992 The Blues Brothers
16:49 1992 The Terminator
17:26 1992 Die Hard
17:56 Outro

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