Our Top 5 NES Games of All Time… But Where’s Punch-Out?!

What are the greatest NES games of all time? I asked the Overwhelmed Gamer community to name their Top 5, tallied the votes, and the results included some of the biggest Nintendo Entertainment System classics ever made.
But one game was missing from the final Top 5—and I couldn’t believe it.
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
In this episode of The Overwhelmed Gamer Podcast, I reveal the community’s Top 5 NES games, dig into some of the most surprising picks and biggest outliers, and then tell my own story with one of my favorite Nintendo games of all time.
I never actually owned Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! as a kid. The game was so hard to get that I had to borrow it from friends and rent it whenever I had the chance. But somehow, one morning before school, I finally did what every kid on the playground claimed they could do: I beat Mike Tyson.
First by decision. Eventually by TKO.
I talk about the playground hype surrounding Punch-Out!!, what it was like slowly learning every fighter, why finally beating Tyson became one of my favorite childhood gaming memories, and how the game holds up when played today.
In this episode:
- The community’s Top 5 NES games of all time
- The biggest surprises and strangest picks from the voting
- Why Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! missed the Top 5
- My memories of borrowing and renting the game as a kid
- The morning I finally beat Mike Tyson before school
- How I eventually learned to TKO Tyson
- My thoughts on playing Punch-Out!! today
If you grew up with the Nintendo Entertainment System, spent weekends renting games, traded tips on the school playground, or still remember the first time you made it all the way to Tyson, this episode is for you.
What are your Top 5 NES games of all time—and does Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! make your list?
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