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2024USK 6Nintendo Switch

A collection of short speedrun challenges drawn from 13 classic NES games, played for best times and scores online or on the couch. Precision and reflexes are key, and the leaderboards drive the competitive fun.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Co-op or multiplayer

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In short: Games like Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Joust

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1982USK 0PlayStationXbox

Brings what grabs you about Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as combat with precise timing.

A 1982 arcade classic where you flap your way around as a knight on a flying ostrich, knocking rival buzzard riders out of the sky by striking from above. Simple but tricky flight mechanics make it a tense score-chaser, solo or with a friend.

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Capcom Arcade Stadium

Challenging difficulty

A compilation of 32 Capcom arcade classics spanning three decades, including Street Fighter II, Strider and 1942. Short, punishing quarter-muncher sessions that deliver nostalgic fun solo or with friends.

Bloody Trapland

Jumping and platforming

A punishing platformer packed with deadly traps where you learn levels through trial and error, solo or with up to four players locally and online. Precise timing and plenty of deaths are part of the fun.

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium

Vast, open spaces

A compilation of over 30 classic Capcom arcade games from the 80s and 90s, spanning shooters, brawlers and platformers. Modern features like online leaderboards, rewind and extras make these punishing coin-eaters easy to revisit today.

Flat Heroes

Co-op or multiplayer

A minimalist, fast-paced arcade platformer where you play as a square dodging waves of enemies. It shines in frantic local co-op and versus modes for up to four players.

OlliOlli

Jumping and platforming

A precise, addictive pixel-art skateboarding arcade game where you chain tricks and grinds and must time every landing perfectly. Score chasing, daily challenges and leaderboards give it strong replay value.

Bob Was Hungry

Jumping and platforming

A punishing precision platformer where you tackle many tricky levels solo or with up to eight co-op players, all to get your Bob fed.

Move or Die

Co-op or multiplayer

A chaotic party game for up to four players where the rules change every short round. One moment you must keep moving, the next you must take out rivals, which makes for lots of yelling and strained friendships.

Super Crate Box

Pixel art

A frantic arcade platformer-shooter where you grab crates, swap weapons constantly and chase a high score while endless enemies keep spawning. Tight controls, pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack define it.

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