Game/Retail Companies

Licensee Address Book – The addresses and telephone contact info of all the companies that are official NES licensees.

Store NES Training Module / Nintendo Retailer Product Guide – Peer into the “insider info” that the retail chains don’t want you to know about, and more!

A Dark Time in Corporate Game Land – GameStop: the world’s largest video game and entertainment software specialty retailer. “But at what cost?”

Prices of Yesterday – Fall ’94 Electronics Boutique Catalog Scans

1985 Sears Catalog – 1985 Sears Catalog showcasing the Nintendo Entertainment System

Active Enterprises – Unlicensed company that brought us such gems as Action 52 and Cheetahmen II.

Capcom – Considered among the best of the best in NES software producers, read a list of Capcom-developed titles and descriptions.

Panesian – A personal favorite of mine: come meet the people behind the dirty trio of unlicensed pornographic games.

Sachen – Hailed as the premiere NES cult company behind some of the worst games ever, this post-modern company has put out titles varying from educational to pornography all on the same label, and has even manufactured their own pirate clone consoles.

Technos – A cult favorite among NES fans, this Japanese development and American publishing teams’ resume includes some of the NES’s best games: Double Dragon II and the hit Kunio-kun games River City Ransom and Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-Bu.