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Alfred Chicken (NES, 1994)

Alfred Chicken quietly released a few months before the NES’ demise, and boy is it ever on the strange end of the pecking order.

Air Fortress is the perfect B-tier NES game: enjoyable with moderate challenge, but lacking the depth or style to propel it beyond cult classic.

Mark Twain’s controversial classic, Adventures of Tom Sawyer comes rip-roarin’ to the NES, sans controversy or quality.

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends plays like a willfully terrible NES game. Our apologies to all who’ve experienced it.

Despite the ludicrous name, The Adventures of Rad Gravity for the NES kinda doesn’t suck.

Adventure Island 3 is just like the first two Adventure Islands. Your mileage will vary.

While the original Adventure Island spawned from Wonder Boy’s DNA, Adventure Island II hails directly from Super Mario Bros. 3.

Adventure Island remains one of the best NES platformers of the late 1980s.

Even if you’re not a graphics snob, Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt is one of the ugliest games on the NES.

The Addams Family is a non-linear side-scroller that doubles as a collect-a-thon, and it couldn’t be less ooky.