Hi all,

In the ebay insanity thread we started talking about the NES sealed wrecking crew that just ended, and got onto the topic of the early release 'hangtab box' NES games that had the cardboard hangtab built into the box (as opposed to a plastic hangtab glued onto the shrink).

The latest date I've seen on one of these boxes so far is 1/88 (karnov), and we as part of our desire to document all the NES variants, want to start with the hangtab boxes. These following 91 games were published at the same time as karnov or before. Please confirm the existence of any you have so that we can get a picture of what's out there. There may well be ones after karnov also.

1. 10-yard Fight (10/85) System launch game (confirmed)
2. 1942 (12/86) (confirmed)
3. 3-D Worldrunner (9/87) (confirmed)
4. Alpha Mission (10/87)
5. Araknoid (8/87)
6. Athena (8/87) (confirmed)
7. Athletic World (9/87)
8. Balloon Fight (6/86) (confirmed)
9. Baseball (10/85) system launch (confirmed)
10. Breakthru (11/87)
11. Burgertime (5/87) (confirmed)
12. Castlevania (5/87)
13. Chubby Cherub (10/86) (confirmed)
14. Clu Clu Land (10/85) (confirmed)
15. Commando (11/86) (confirmed)
16. Deadly Towers (9/87)
17. Donkey Kong (6/86) (confirmed)
18. Donkey Kong 3 (6/86) (confirmed)
19. Donkey Kong Jr (6/86) (confirmed)
20. Donkey Kong Jr. math (confirmed)
21. Double Dribble (9/87) (confirmed)
22. Duck Hunt (10/85) (confirmed)
23. Elevator Action (8/87)
24. Excite Bike (10/85) (confirmed)
25. Ghost N Goblins (11/86) (confirmed)
26. Golf (10/85) (confirmed)
27. Goonies II (11/87)
28. Gotcha (11/87)
29. Gradius (12/86) (confirmed)
30. Gumshoe (6/86) (confirmed)
31. Gyromite (10/85) (confirmed)
32. Hogans Alley (10/85) (confirmed)
33. Ice Climber (10/85) (confirmed)
34. Ikari Warriors (5/87)
35. Jaws (11/87)
36. Karate Champ (11/86) (confirmed)
37. Karate Kid (11/87)
38. Karnov (1/88) (confirmed)
39. Kid Icarus (8/87) (confirmed)
40. Kid Niki (11/87)
41. Kung Fu (10/85) (confirmed)
42. Legend of Kage (8/87) (confirmed)
43. Legend of Zelda (7/87)
44. Lode Runner (9/87) (confirmed)
45. Lunar Pool (10/87)
46. M.U.S.C.L.E. (10/86) (confirmed)
47. Mach Rider (10/85) (confirmed)
48. Mario Bros (6/86) (confirmed)
49. Mega Man (12/87)
50. Metroid (8/87) (confirmed)
51. Mighty Bomb Jack (7/87)
52. Mike Tysons Punch Out!! (10/87)
53. Ninja Kid (10/86) (confirmed)
54. Pinball (10/85) (confirmed)
55. Popeye (6/86) (confirmed)
56. Rad Racer (10/87) (confirmed)
57. Raid on Bungeling Bay (9/87)
58. Renegade (1/88)
59. Ring King (9/87)
60. Rush'n'Attack (4/87) (confirmed)
61. Rygar (7/87) (confirmed)
62. Section Z (7/87) (confirmed)
63. Side Pocket (11/87)
64. Sky Kid (9/87)
65. Slalom (3/87) (confirmed)
66. Soccer (3/87) (confirmed)
67. Solomon's Key (7/87)
68. Spelunker (9/87) (confirmed)
69. Spy Hunter (9/87)
70. Sqoon (9/87) (confirmed)
71. Stack-Up (10/85) (confirmed)
72. Stadium Events (9/87)
73. Star Force (11/87)
75. Stinger (9/87) (confirmed)
76. Star Voyager
77. SMB (10/85) (confirmed)
78. Super Pitfall (11/87)
79. Tag Team Wrestling (10/86) (confirmed)
80. Tennis (10/85) (confirmed)
81. Tiger-Heli (10/87) (confirmed)
82. Top Gun (11/87)
83. Track and Field (4/87) (confirmed)
84. Trojan (2/87) (confirmed)
85. Urban Champion (6/86) (confirmed)
86. Volleyball (3/87) (confirmed)
87. Wild Gunman (10/85) (confirmed)
88. Winter Games (9/87) (confirmed)
89. Wizards and Warriors (12/87)
90. Wrecking Crew (10/85) (confirmed)
91. Zanac (10/87)
91A. Pro Wrestling (confirmed)

total games, 91 as Pro Wrestling added and star tropics deleted.
List is starting to look good! Can anyone confirm anything else from early 88? Feb 88 games like marble madness or Mar 88 games like Dragon Power would really help as 1/88 may not be the correct cut off.