A sampling of some of the more (and some of the less) notable instances of digitized speech found in 8-bit NES games. The games shown are listed below.
I did as a fun exercise to satisfy a weird curiosity I had. I wanted to see how many games I’ve played used digitized clips of actual speech for more than just death grunts or attacking noises (so that’s why there is no “Ya!“ from Ninja Gaiden III and the like). I did make one exception, though - American Gladiators was far too gratuitous to not include.
Just a warning: while some of these sound fantastic, some of them are ear-bleedingly awful. You’ll know them when you hear them. Hope you enjoy it!
Taken from 43 games:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
The Three Stooges
Tiny Toon Adventures
Top Gun Second Mission
Power Pad Dance Aerobics
Gauntlet II
American Gladiators
Blades of Steel
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Smash TV
Ghostbusters
Base Wars
Bo Jackson’s Baseball
MULE
Bases Loaded
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
Robodemons
Ski or Die
Mickey’s Safari in Letterland
Dirty Harry
Mickey’s Adventures in Numberland
Joshua
Heavy Barrel
Monopoly
Bible Buffet
Big Bird’s Hide and Speak
Tecmo Super Bowl
Karate Champ
World Champ
The Adventures of Rad Gravity
Ring King
Hammerin’ Harry
Bad Dudes
High Speed
Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Championship Golf
Pinbot
SCAT
Sesame Street Countdown
Wheel of Fortune Starring Vanna White
Skate or Die 2
Super Jeopardy!
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
Daydreamin’ Davey
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