List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System games

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This is a list of Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer Disk System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies

Title	Release year	Copies sold
Super Mario Bros.	1985	40.24 million[1][2]
Super Mario Bros. 3	1988	17 million[3]
Super Mario Bros. 2	1988	10 million[4]
Tetris	1989	8 million;[5] 1.81 million in Japan[6]
The Legend of Zelda	1986	6.51 million[7]
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	1988	4.38 million[7]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	1989	4 million[8]
Dragon Warrior III	1988	3.8 million in Japan[6]
Dragon Warrior IV	1990	3.1 million in Japan[6]
Metroid	1986	2.73 million[9]
Golf	1984	2.46 million in Japan[6]
Dragon Warrior II	1987	2.4 million in Japan[6][10]
Baseball	1983	2.35 million in Japan[6]
R.C. Pro-Am	1988	2.3 million[11]
Mahjong	1983	2.13 million in Japan[6]
Family Stadium	1986	2.05 million in Japan[6]
Punch-Out!!	1987	2 million[12]
Volleyball	1986	1.98 million in Japan[6]
DuckTales	1989	1.67 million[13]
Ghosts 'n Goblins	1986	1.64 million[13]
Mario Bros.	1983	1.63 million in Japan[6]
Bases Loaded	1987	1.58 million in Japan[14]
Excitebike	1984	1.57 million in Japan[6]
Dr. Mario	1990	1.53 million in Japan[6]
Soccer	1985	1.53 million in Japan[6]
F-1 Race	1984	1.52 million in Japan[6]
Mega Man 2	1988	1.51 million[13]
Dragon Warrior	1986	1.5 million in Japan[6][10]
Lode Runner	1983	1.5 million in Japan[15]
Ninja Hattori Kun	1986	1.5 million in Japan[6]
4 Players Mahjong	1984	1.45 million in Japan[6]
Kung-Fu Master	1985	1.42 million in Japan[6]
Pro Wrestling	1986	1.42 million in Japan[6]
Final Fantasy III	1990	1.4 million in Japan[6][10]
Family Stadium '87	1987	1.3 million in Japan[6]
Xevious	1983	1.26 million in Japan[6]
Dragon Ball	1986	1.25 million in Japan[6]
Ninja Kid	1986	1.25 million in Japan[6]
Tennis	1984	1.21 million in Japan[6]
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers	1990	1.2 million[13]
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū	1986	1.2 million in Japan[6]
TwinBee	1986	1.2 million in Japan[6]
Doraemon	1986	1.15 million in Japan[6]
Commando	1985	1.14 million[13]
Final Fantasy	1987	1.1 million; 0.40 million in Japan[16] 0.70 million in US[17]
Kid Icarus	1986	1.09 million in Japan[6]
Family Stadium '88	1988	1.08 million in Japan[6]
Mega Man 3	1990	1.08 million[13]
Famicom Jump: Eiyuu Retsuden	1989	1.06 million in Japan[6]
Adventure Island	1986	1.05 million in Japan[6]
Kinniku Man: Muscle Tag Match	1985	1.05 million in Japan[6]
1942	1984	1 million[18]
Bomberman	1985	1 million[19]
Gradius	1986	1 million in Japan[6]
Metal Gear	1987	1 million in US[20]
Tiger Heli	1987	1 million in US[21]

Total Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of December 31, 2009: 500.01 million.^[22]

References

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21. Kent, Steve L. (2001). The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world. Prima. p. 310. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. Acclaim exceeded 200,000 in sales of its next game, 3D World Runner, and more than one million copies of Tiger Heli—a game that Taito released in Japan but decided against releasing in the United States.
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