Game Listings

Game Listings

There's over 250 games currently available on Nintendo Switch Online across the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Gameboy, and Gameboy Advance. Here you can find all the games that we've covered, and which episodes they featured in. In some cases, release year may refer to a regional release or a release on a similar system, such as the Nintendo Famicom.

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Nintendo's Famicom (Family Computer) was released in Japan in June of 1983. Two years later, in late 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) saw its first release when it became available in select markets in North America. Many of the launch titles, and many of the games that would later be released, were games that first appeared in Japan on the Famicom. Some games never were released on the NES, but were on the Famicom in Japan or on the Nintendo VS system, which also used the same hardware as the Famicom and NES, but were two-player arcade machines.

Nintendo Game Boy

The Nintendo Game Boy was first released in Japan in April 1989, but subsequent releases included North America a few months later and Europe by late 1990. The handheld would be upgraded in 1998 as the Game Boy Color, and the Game Boy / Game Boy Color stands as the fourth best-selling video game console. The Game Boy Color was designed to not just play older Game Boy games, but often to add the right colours to some of the brand's most iconic characters.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

The SNES brought Nintendo's home consoles up from the 8-bit NES to 16-bits when it was released in Japan in as the Super Famicom in 1990. It was subsequently released in North America in 1991 and Europe in 1992.

Sega Genesis

The Sega Genesis (or the Mega Drive outside North America) was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America in 1989 as a replacement for the Sega Master system. It is currently the only non-Nintendo system included in the Nintendo Switch Online retro catalog.

Nintendo 64 (N64)

The Nintendo 64 was first released in Japan and North America in 1996 followed by a release in Europe the subsequent year, bringing Nintendo into the era of 64-bit gaming. 

Game Boy Advance (GBA)

As a follow-up to the 8-bit Game Boy Color, Nintendo first released the Game Boy Advance in Japan in March 2001, providing a 32-bit handheld console. It was released shortly after in North America and PAL regions in June of that year.