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    Default What are the Shortest/Easiest Games to Beat on the NES?

    Yeah, I know this sounds kind of strange, but what are the shortest and/or easiest games for the NES? I have about 350 NES games right now, and when I think about it, I've only finished around 10 of them ! I don't know how the number can be SO low, as I've been playing NES for so long. I want to, at least, double that number by the end of this week. Can anyone help me out?

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    most every Disney game, Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, etc.
    double dragon
    lifeforce
    shadowgate and deja vu if you know what you're doing
    kirby's adventure
    river city ransom
    wizards & warriors (unlimited continues)
    the super mario bros. trilogy
    tiny toon adventures

    to name a few

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    Hey Quintracker, SMB 3 is not very short...
    Other short games...

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    Ducktales 2
    Othello
    Tetris

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    Felix the Cat & Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout come ot mind. Good games, but easy and somewhat short.

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    super marios bros with the warps, obviously, and Kung Fu comes to mind...
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    Arqueologia_Digital: Warp 3 times in SMB3 and it won't take you that long

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    about 15 minutes for Karate Kid

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    If you've got the original Power Blade and any skill with NES action games, you should be able to beat it in two hours. It's no shorter than, say, Mega Man 2, but the whole thing's astoundingly easy. I think it's the only game I've ever played in which I took down every boss on my first try.
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    Strider
    Breakthru
    Legend of Kage
    Rygar
    Heavy Barrel

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    Karnov only took me about an hour to beat my first time.

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    Taboo: The Sixth Sense takes maybe three minutes. Its not a fun or entertaining three minutes by any means. It also requires no skill. Can it even be called a "game?" But if you need notches on your "games played through" belt, this one's a winner.
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    Guerrilla war. You can continue right where you left off and have unlimited continues...

    Easy from what I remember ;-)

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    Where's Waldo can be beat in well under 10 minutes if you have a good eye.

    Of course, the game sucks, and the graphics are crap.
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    Felix the Cat is the easiest.
    Also Adventures in the Magic Kingdom, Rescue Rangers, Duck tales, Legendary Wings (it seems hard at first, but it's easy), Super Mario Bros. 2.

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    If you use the 20 lives cheat, POW doesn't take that long.

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    Strider
    Breakthru
    Legend of Kage
    Rygar
    Heavy Barrel
    WTF? Never played Breakthru, but RYgar takes about 5 friggin hours! Strider too. Heavy Barrel isn't really that short or easy, and Legend of Kage is a bitch to get the final ending.

    ANyway, someone beat me to Guerilla War...great game...and strangely based on the Cuban Revolution....I guess you play as Fidel Castro and his brother...so weird.

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    I had a real easy time with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (The arcade game). Think it took about 1.5 - 2 hrs.

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    Star Voyager.

    This game is so bad, you won't play it for very long...

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    Little Nemo.

    And Air Fortress isn't too hard either, although I may well be the only person who likes that game...

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    for the shortest RPG: Final Fantasy. First time I played it it lasted 2 days. Also Legend of Zelda, you could probably finish this in one sitting.
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