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The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) — renamed from the Family Computer, or Famicom – was first released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and in North America on October 18, 1985. The NES was released in Europe and Australia in 1986 and 1987 and distributed by various third-party companies until Nintendo took over distribution in 1990 and 1994 respectively. The final licensed NES game released was the PAL-exclusive The Lion King in 1995. The final unlicensed NES game released during its lifespan was F-22 in 1997 November. In addition to the games, a software for programming titled Family BASIC was created by Nintendo, Hudson Soft and Sharp Corporation and released on June 21, 1984. An updated version of the software titled Family BASIC V3 was released on February 21, 1985. The NES was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1991 in America and 1992 in Europe and Australia.

Licensed games
A total of 704 known licensed games (715 cartridges, including compilations of previously released games) were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) during its lifespan; 670 of these games were released in North America plus 2 championship games, with an additional 31 games released in Europe or Australia, and one in Hong Kong. Games dated October 18, 1985 (North America) are launch titles for North America.

Unreleased games
For cancelled games see List of cancelled Nintendo Entertainment System 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 after the console's lifespan.

Licensed games
There are a total of 715 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.

List
This list is organized in alphabetical order by Japanese title. By clicking the arrow symbols in column headers it can also be organized alphabetically by English title (if applicable), alphabetically by publisher, or chronologically by release date.

The list contains  games.