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4.7 / 5

17 votes

Platform
NES
Genres
Arcade
Player Perspective
Side view
Developers
Nice Code Software
Release date
December 31, 2012

Summary

I stumbled across a curious piece of retro history: a pirated Famicom cartridge that bears the name Angry Birds, sometimes called Angry Bird 3. It’s essentially a home‑brew translation of the wildly popular mobile fling‑game, squeezed onto an 8‑bit board despite the original never being licensed for consoles. The graphics are a rough‑and‑ready homage, with the familiar feathered protagonists rendered in the limited palette of the system, and the physics feel more like a side‑scroll shooter than the touch‑based puzzles we know. While the true creator remains a mystery, the coding style and sprite handling strongly hint at the underground studio Nice Code, which was known for adapting modern hits to older hardware. The whole package feels like a love letter from the early‑2000s hacker scene, preserving a moment when fans tried to bring a smartphone craze to the living‑room console.

Edited by Maya Carter

Game Screenshots

  • Screenshot 1 of Angry Birds
  • Screenshot 2 of Angry Birds

Multiplayer

Game modes
Single

Alternative Titles

  • Angry Bird 3 Alternative