5 games the NES Classic shouldn’t have dumped

Not every game was invited to the Nintendo Entertainment System’s reunion party.

Nintendo launches the NES Classic Edition on November 11 for $60, and it will come with 30 games from the classic console’s library built inside the miniature version of the system. This is another example of nostalgia becoming a big part of the industry, as aging gamers look for ways to reconnect with the digital experiences of their youth. Often the solution is just to sell digital copies of retro games or bundle them together in packages for newer systems. The NES Classic Edition is instead is a tiny take on the original console, one that revitalized the game market in 1985 after the 1983 crash.