List of Nintendo Entertainment System games

A total of 716 known licensed game titles were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console during its life span, 679 of these games released in North America (if you count Short Order and Eggsplode! as 2 separate games) plus 2 championship cartridges, with an additional 35 released in Europe or Australia. This list does not feature unlicensed NES games. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) — renamed from the Family Computer, or Famicom — was first released in North America on October 18, 1985. The NES was released in Europe and Australia in late 1986 and distributed by various third-party companies until Nintendo took over distribution in 1990. The final licensed NES game released on a physical cartridge was Wario's Woods on December 10th, 1994 in North America and the PAL-exclusive The Lion King in 1995, and the most recent unlicensed game of significant notability released is Data East All Star Collection released in December 2017. The NES was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1991.

Licensed games
There are a total of known licensed game titles of which 678 were released in North America along with 2 championship games. 35 were exclusively released outside North America, fully listed below.

For a chronological list, click the sort button in any of the available region's columns. Games dated October 18, 1985 (North America) are launch titles for North America.

Unreleased games
For cancelled games see List of cancelled Nintendo games.

Unlicensed games
There are  unlicensed games in the NES library released without approval from Nintendo during the console’s lifespan. There are an additional  unlicensed games released thereafter.