Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

StarTropics

Title	StarTropics
First release	1990
Developer	Nintendo Integrated Research & Development
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	NES / Famicom
Genre	action-adventure game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1990-12-01 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata ID	Q2252902

StarTropics is a 1990 NES video game developed by Nintendo R&D3 and Locomotive and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on December 1, 1990. Find out just how resourceful you can be in this classic game, with its mixture of action and adventure elements. Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archaeologist uncle, Dr. Jones. After being told that his uncle has been abducted, Mike begins a perilous quest in order to rescue him and figure out the mysterious plot behind his disappearance.

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Wikidata (Q2252902) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

NES Longplay [143] StarTropics

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:21:37auto-matched
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StarTropics (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:14:30auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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