NES games of 1987

We covered 53 NES games from 1987, from episode 37 (TROJAN) to episode 89 (WIZARDS & WARRIORS). 5 made the Essential Games List, 10 are a Play it and 38 are a Skip it.

Read our Top 10 of 1987

Essential NES games of 1987

CASTLEVANIA METROID THE LEGEND OF ZELDA MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH-OUT MEGA MAN

Every NES game of 1987 we covered

Each game links to its episode, with our review, the full verdict and the Essential Games List vote.

#	Game	Genre	Developer	Verdict
037	TROJAN	Action	Capcom	Play it
038	PRO WRESTLING	Sports	Nintendo Research & Development 3	Skip it
039	SLALOM	Sports	Rare	Play it
040	VOLLEYBALL	Sports	Nintendo Research & Development 1	Skip it
041	RUSH'N ATTACK	Action	Konami	Skip it
042	TRACK & FIELD	Sports	Konami	Skip it
043	BURGERTIME	Arcade	Data East, Sakata SAS	Skip it
044	CASTLEVANIA	Adventure	Konami	Essential
045	IKARI WARRIORS	Action	Micronics	Skip it
046	ATHLETIC WORLD	Sports	Human Entertainment	Skip it
047	BREAKTHRU	Action	Data East	Skip it
048	KID ICARUS	Adventure	Nintendo Research & Development 1, TOSE	Play it
049	MIGHTY BOMB JACK	Platformer	Tecmo	Skip it
050	RYGAR	RPG	Tecmo	Play it
051	SECTION Z	SHMUP	Capcom	Skip it
052	SOLOMON’S KEY	Puzzle	Tecmo	Play it
053	ARKANOID	Arcade	Atlus	Skip it
054	ATHENA	Action	Micronics	Skip it
055	ELEVATOR ACTION	Arcade	Micronics	Skip it
056	THE LEGEND OF KAGE	Action	TOSE	Skip it
057	METROID	Adventure	Nintendo Research & Development 1, Intelligent Systems	Essential
058	THE LEGEND OF ZELDA	Adventure	Nintendo Research & Development 4	Essential
059	THE 3-D BATTLES OF WORLDRUNNER	Platformer	Square	Skip it
060	DEADLY TOWERS	Adventure	Lenar, Tamtex	Skip it
061	DOUBLE DRIBBLE	Sports	Konami	Play it
062	LODE RUNNER	Arcade	Hudson Soft	Skip it
063	RAID ON BUNGELING BAY	Shooter	Hudson Soft	Play it
064	RING KING	Sports	Jastec, Neue Design	Skip it
065	SKY KID	SHMUP	Sunsoft, Namco	Skip it
066	SPELUNKER	Platformer	Tamtex, TOSE	Skip it
067	Spy Hunter	Arcade	Sunsoft	Skip it
068	SQOON	SHMUP	Home Data	Skip it
069	STADIUM EVENTS	Sports	Human Entertainment	Skip it
070	STAR VOYAGER	Simulation	ASCII	Skip it
071	STINGER	SHMUP	Konami	Play it
072	TIGER HELI	SHMUP	Micronics	Skip it
073	WINTER GAMES	Sports	Atelier Double	Skip it
074	ALPHA MISSION	SHMUP	SNK	Skip it
075	LUNAR POOL	Sports	Compile	Skip it
076	MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH-OUT	Sports	Nintendo Research & Development 3	Essential
077	RAD RACER	Racing	Square	Play it
078	ZANAC	SHMUP	Compile	Skip it
079	THE GOONIES II	Platformer	Konami	Skip it
080	GOTCHA! THE SPORT!	Zapper	Atlus	Skip it
081	JAWS	Adventure	Atlus, Escape/Westone	Skip it
082	THE KARATE KID	Action	Atlus	Skip it
083	KID NIKI: RADICAL NINJA	Adventure	TOSE	Skip it
084	STAR FORCE	SHMUP	Hudson Soft	Skip it
085	SUPER PITFALL	Platformer	Micronics	Skip it
086	TOP GUN	Shooter	Konami	Play it
087	SIDE POCKET	Sports	Data East	Skip it
088	MEGA MAN	Platformer	Capcom	Essential
089	WIZARDS & WARRIORS	Action	Rare	Skip it

Other years

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991