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Every review in the archive lives in one of five console lists. Each list is searchable and sortable by title, score, publisher, and year — pick a system to dive in.

How scoring works What's included
2,629Total reviews
5Console lists
3Regions (NA · JP · PAL)
A–XLetter grade scale
14Consoles
SNES / Super Famicom

1,204 reviews — 716 NA · 450 JP · 38 PAL

The largest library in the archive, including 200+ Super Famicom titles reachable via translation patch.

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Genesis / Mega Drive

849 reviews — 704 NA · 94 JP · 51 PAL

North American Genesis in full (including Sega Channel titles) plus Japanese and PAL Mega Drive exclusives.

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Sega CD / Mega Drive CD

158 reviews — 141 NA · 12 JP · 5 PAL

Sega's ill-fated CD add-on, from FMV curiosities to a handful of genuine standouts.

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TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine

255 reviews — 95 NA · 160 JP (incl. 5 SuperGrafx)

Every North American HuCard plus the English-playable PC Engine and SuperGrafx library.

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TG-16 CD / PC Engine CD

163 reviews — 44 NA · 119 JP

The CD side of NEC's ecosystem — smaller than Sega CD in reach, but higher in quality.

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By Year

All 14 release years (1987–2000), with counts and average scores.

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By Genre & Subgenre

15 genres and 59 subgenre combinations. Click a genre for all its games, or a subgenre to narrow further.

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How these lists work

Each console page is a single sortable table. Use the search box to filter by game title, or tap a column heading to sort by Title, Score, Publisher, or Year. Every game earns a whole-number score from 0 to 100, shown as a letter grade — see the Methodology for how the score is calculated.

A95–100Classic
B86–94Amazing
C80–85Very Good
D70–79Good
E60–69Your mileage may vary
F50–59Not Bad, but Flawed
G40–49Bad
H25–39Horrible
X0–24You've been warned
Z—Not Reviewed

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