Good Nintentions 1985

the long version

This is a video game analysis book, for the games of the "Nintendo Entertainment System" {NES}, and "Family Computer" {Famicom} game consoles. It covers the original 16 games that were released in the USA in 1985, and 9 Japanese games, released for the Famicom in 1983. The Japanese Famicom section is mentioned as a "Bonus feature" of the book. Each game review has a screenshots, images of the game's box, front and back {backs only for USA games}, and the manual, along with any assesories that the game came with. There is also a list of variations of the game, which were later released on other game systems, and their consoles. The book was originally titled "Good Nintentions 1985". {Sometimes refered to as "Good Nintentions: Volume II"} ISBN: 1537080792 for a "Color Edition", and a "Black & White Edition", ISBN 1537625748, in 2016. It was later re-released as "NES Works Volume I: 1985", in 2017. This book is a companion to the author's YouTube video series originally called "Good Nintentions", and "Good Nintentions Gaiden", then later retitled "NES Works", and "NES Works Gaiden". A third/second volume in the series was planned but the name of the series was then changed. The book has color screenshots, and color photography by the author {except for the black & white version of the book. Original series: * Game Boy World 1989 {2015} {Later printed in a larger size format as a "XL Edition" version in 2016, the contents "are identical to the smaller" version.} * Game Boy World 1990, Vol. 1 {2016} * Game Boy World 1990, Vol. 2 {Unreleased, but listed in the back of the previous book.} * Good Nintentions, Volume I: A 30th Anniversary Tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System {2015}, {A re-release of the book "GameSpite: Quarterly 5, Fall 2010: The NES Turns 25"}. * Good Nintentions, Volume II: 1985, The Definitive Unauthorized Guide to Nintendo's NES Launch {2016} * Good Nintentions 1986 {Unreleased, but listed in the back of the previous book.} Re-launched series. * Game Boy Works: Volume I * Game Boy Works: Volume II * NES Works: Volume I, 1985 {2017} {A reprint of the earlier "Good Nintentions: 1985".} * NES Works: Volume II, 1986 {2017}