Welcome to the UK’s first site dedicated solely to recording everything released for the Nintendo Entertainment System whether it is consoles, accessories, merchandise, game reviews articles or interviews, NES-Bit aims to keep as accurate a record possible.
Our Games Database is ever expanding and whether it be reviews, screenshots or gameplay it’s worth a look.
NES-Bit is built on collectors enthusiasm for this aging 8 Bit console and if you feel you have something to share or contribute to our site then please stop by and sign up for the Forums for a chat or drop by the Contact/Links section. In the meantime enjoy the rest of the site!
-
NES-Bit Magazine System
Launched on September 30th, 2011After months of hard work between the sites community and lots of volunteers…NES-Bit is proud to present its first issue of NES-Bit Magazine system. A tribute to the NES magazines of old and an interesting look into the world of NES. Support the site and buy a copy today!
-
NES Game of the Week: Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Posted on February 21st, 2012A break from the norm this week as Lorfarius has a look at the vast array of US NES games out there. Come and post your thoughts and join in the discussion over on the Forum with his latest find.
-
Total! Magazine Issue 6 Added
Posted on February 12th, 2012Time for a Wrestlemania special this week as Total! Magazine digs into every kids dream, the WWF. Pop across to our Forum for more info.
-
Total! Magazine Issue 5 Added
Posted on January 31st, 2012It’s been so long since the last update but time for another special issue of Total! Should keep you all occupied whilst Issue 2 of NES-Bit continues behind the scenes. Pop across to our Forum for more info.
-
Total! Magazine Issue 4 Added
Posted on January 16th, 2012For the long awaited first update of the year, NES-Bit is proud to offer another Total! scan. You won’t find these anywhere else, so visit our Forum to comment.
-
Total! Magazine Issues 2 & 3 Added
Posted on December 30th, 2011With the New Year almost upon on us what better way to celebrate than adding two issues to the Total! Magazine section. You won’t find these anywhere else, so visit our Forum to comment. Let us know what you think.
-
NES-Bit Magazine System – Issue 2 in the works
Posted on December 12th, 2011A long time in the making, we are proud to announce that issue 2 is in the works! The magazine is looking for volunteers/writers even ideas at this stage. For those who missed out on issue 1, nows the time to become involved.
-
Life Force Salamander Review
Posted on November 17th, 2011Our regular writer n-g-m explores a long forgotten sequel to Gradius, with what’s on offer it makes gamers wonder why Konami have let this slip into the distant past.
-
Pix ‘n Love & The History of Nintendo
Posted on November 14th, 2011Pix ‘n Love talks to NES-Bit in detail about their latest History of Nintendo series, including a sneak peak of what’s to come….
-
NES-Bit at the Replay Expo 2011
Posted on November 8th, 2011NES-Bit was at the Replay Expo in full force this weekend, hoping to share the news about the site magazine and actually meet some of our readers! All in all it was a huge success and we hope to be at next years…
-
An Interview with Philip Oliver
Posted on October 26th, 2011The NES has been home to many great games but it’s not often NES-Bit manages to speak to some of the systems true great developers. Philip Oliver sits down to chat about some of his and Codemasters best…
-
Mega Man 2 Review
Posted on October 10th, 2011Our regular writer n-g-m takes a trip to the universe of the well known classic Mega Man 2 and wonders if Capcom’s title still holds sway.
-
Vs. Nintendoid Challenge begins
Posted on October 5th, 2011Ninten throws down the gauntlet and launches our all new NES game challenge section. Play to win and beat the latest high score, are you up to the Nintendoid challenge?
-
Total! Magazine
Posted on September 29th, 2011In preparation for the upcoming NES-Bit Magazine we are proud to offer PDF versions of the classic Total! Magazine. Lots more issues to follow but a Special and first issue not available anywhere online!
-
Simon’s Quest: Castlevania 2 Review
Posted on September 20th, 2011Something goes bang in the night and n-gm decides to investigate. What horrors lurk in the midst of Castlevania?
-
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Review
Posted on September 14th, 2011Continuing a look back at some of the most popular NES titles, this time n-g-m decides to pay a visit to the real black sheep of the Zelda family. See our Legend of Zelda review to complete the set!
-
Super Mario Bros. 2 Review
Posted on September 11th, 2011Forumite n-g-m decides to finish NES-Bit’s look at the classic Mario games with the black sheep of the family, Mario Bros. 2.
-
Super Mario Bros. 3 Review
Posted on September 5th, 2011Forumite n-g-m pays a visit to one of Nintendo’s most popular games ever released. Fondly remembered but does it hold up well today?
-
Virus Cleaner
Posted on August 28th, 2011James Monkman looks at another homebrew release, this time Virus Cleaner by Sly dog Studio’s with his review.
-
NES-Bit Magazine System Announced
Posted on August 21st, 2011NES-Bit needs you! Forumites and retro fans are banding together to help create the sites first fanzine. All are welcome and the thread is open for suggestions and volunteers. So pop along and see what all the fuss is about.
-
Faxanadu Review
Posted on August 14th, 2011Forumite Drago reviews one of the longest and most under appreciated RPG’s on the NES. But what does he think and does it still hold up today?
-
Super Bat Puncher Demo Review
Posted on August 12th, 2011James Monkman spends sometime with the indie game Super Bat Puncher, sharing his thoughts on the current demo and asking gamers for their support.
-
Developers Interview: Morphcat Games
Posted on August 5th, 2011HeavyStylus of RGCD sits down with the creator of Super Bat Puncher to discuss development of the game and just what it involved.
-
Gradius
Posted on July 24th, 2011After a lengthy break and celebrations of Zelda’s 25th Anniversary, NES-Bit returns with a review of the franchise starting series, Gradius. One of the best known Konami shooters but will it hold up after so many years?
-
The Legend of Zelda: 25 Years of Highs and Lows
Posted on July 11th, 2011NES-Bit celebrates 25 long years of the Zelda franchise taking a long look at many of it’s highs and lows.
-
10 Yard Fight
Posted on June 27th, 2011Before the Madden juggernaut and EA came to dominate the American football market it fell to Nintendo to promote the sport on the humble NES. But could they succeed and do we finally have a review for the 0-9 section?
-
D-Pad Hero Series Developers Interview
Posted on June 20th, 2011NES-Bit takes time with the creators of the D-Pad Hero series to discuss their time developing the games and just what it involves.
-
Rygar
Posted on June 13th, 2011High adventure, fantasy, sword swash buckling and a Conan clone? Rygar steps onto the NES to show Arnie how it should be done.
-
Battle Kid Developers Interview with Sivak Games
Posted on June 06th, 2011NES-Bit sits down with Sivak Games to discuss their time developing Battle Kid and delves a little deeper into what it takes to create a NES game.
-
Asterix
Posted on May 18th, 2011After the votes were counted from the sites Forum poll, Lorfarius was tasked with reviewing one of the earliest Asterix games. Can it live up to Forum hype?
-
Vote for our next review
Posted on May 16th, 2011We thought we would try something a little different to the usual review process this week. Pay a visit to our Forums and pick which game will receive the review treatment. Hurry, votes must be in by 3pm Tuesday!
-
Donkey Kong Jnr. Math
Posted on May 3rd, 2011Even in the early days of the NES, Nintendo tried their best to push for every conceivable market; we take a look as they dive into the education sector for some Math…fun.
-
Street Gangs
Posted on April 5th, 2011Fighting games, at least good ones were few and far between for the NES so NES-Bit sat down with Street Gangs to see if Technos and Infogrames Multimedia can break the trend.
-
Super Mario Bros.
Posted on March 29th, 2011NES-Bits goal is to eventually review every title ever released in the UK and what that means above all is going back to look at what many might consider pointless. However we needed to sit down and play Super Mario Bros. and this is the result…
-
NMS Magazines
Posted on March 15th, 2011Issue 11 of Nintendo Magazine System now added to the Magazines section courtesy of Out of Print Archive.
-
Trog
Posted on March 7th, 2011In what must be a first for Acclaim they attempt to bring the playmation animation techniques home for the Arcade port of Trog. See what NES-Bit thought…
-
Interview with Ste Pickford
Posted on February 28th, 2011Ste Pickford of Rare and Zippo Games spends some time talking to NES-Bit about his time in the games industry and his experience with the NES.
-
Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2
Posted on February 21st, 2011Ocean comes up with an interesting rehash of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, mixing the two for something completely different. But have they managed it?
-
Hama Bead Sprite Art
Posted on February 14th, 2011Although the NES may have long been assigned to the history books there is still a lively fan scene delighting in creating various fan art to this day. Read on for some examples and how to create your own Sprite Art…
-
Bionic Commando
Posted on February 7th, 2011No Spider-Man in sight as a new type of bionic swinger comes to town. General Killt meets our Bionic Commando for a battle to the death. Read on…
-
Top 10 Worst NES Games of All Time
Posted on January 25th, 2011After a look at the Top 10 Best NES games it seemed only fair to dig through the piles of rubbish for the 10 Worst NES games. Read on to see what we picked…
-
Tiger-Heli
Posted on January 17th, 2011Lorfarius dons his flight goggles and takes a tour over war torn Cantun but can he survive to prevent world domination? Read on…
-
Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Edition – Wii
Posted on January 10th, 2011To celebrate Mario’s 25th birthday and Anniversary of the NES, Nintendo released a special Mario boxset. NES-Bit takes a closer look…
-
NES Advantage Controller
Posted on January 5th, 2011Every system needs extra controllers or accessories to keep the masses happy. We take a look at the first arcade like controller for the NES.
-
Take a break from the turkey and enjoy some of NES-Bits reviews
Posted on December 27th, 2010With Christmas behind us perhaps it’s time to relive some of those past Christmas dinner adventures by following Link on his debut journey in the Legend of Zelda. Or had enough of turkey this year then a trip with Tiki in the New Zealand Story might be in order. Finally multi-player battle memories with relatives on Christmas day with Ikari Warriors. NES-Bit is on the look out for reviewers so if you feel up to the task please drop a line to Submissions. In the meantime have a good Xmas and a Happy New Year!
-
Mario Bros.
Posted on December 16, 2010See the infamous Mario Brothers before they became so Super as the NES receives one of its earliest arcade ports. Drop by our forum thread to discuss the review.
-
NMS Magazines
Posted on December 13, 2010Issues 1 – 10 of Nintendo Magazine System now added to the Magazines section.
-
Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll
Posted on December 11, 2010Rare developed such a huge number of NES titles that it was about time NES-Bit had a look at their most well known. So follow the link and see what we thought and why not stop by our forum thread to discuss the review. Read on…
-
Alien3
Posted on December 08, 2010In the first Alien game based on the 3rd Alien film (whew that’s confusing) Ripley sets out to face the Alien menace in our Alien3 review. Read on…
-
Twitter
Posted on December 2nd, 2010Nes-Bit now has it’s own Twitter feed which will provide all updates and NES related thoughts of the site creator, so follow the link to sign up…
-
Reviews Galore
Posted on December 1st, 2010We have a good selection of reviews available to cover all interests in the Reviews section. Why not try sailing the high seas with Lorfarius as he ships out to sea with Pirates! Scrooge McDuck gets up to to all sorts of trouble in his quest for more riches over in DuckTales and Solid Snake comes back for revenge in the aptly titled Snake’s Revenge.
-
A look at the PlayChoice 10 Arcade Cabinet
Posted on November 17, 2010Nintendo didn’t want to miss a trick with the arcades and the result of much research was the multi choice Playchoice 10 cabinet but was it a worthy piece of hardware? Read on…
-
Top 10 Best NES Games
Posted on November 09, 2010With a catalogue consisting of a couple of hundred games only the cream of the crop would be considered for NES-Bits Top 10 Best NES Games. Read on…
-
NES Maintenance
Posted on November 02, 2010We have added a new section to the site dedicated to maintaining the NES console and caring for it’s carts. Whether you are a casual player or a collector we have lots on offer to keep your NES in tip top shape.
