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

Gomoku Narabe Renju

Title	Gomoku Narabe Renju
First release	1983
Developer	Nintendo
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	NES / Famicom
Genre	board game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1983-08-27

Nintendo developed this board game where two players compete to connect five pieces in straight or diagonal lines. Players accumulate points across a set number of matches to determine an overall winner. Three difficulty modes are available, including a high-difficulty setting that forces players to complete their winning line before a countdown timer reaches zero.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

REG-Vault (nes/gomoku-narabe-renju) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (40506) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Nintendo · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Nintendo · internal use only. REG-Vault page

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

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Nintendo · internal use only.

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Videos

NES Longplay [1017] Gomoku Narabe Renju (JP)

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 42:05auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

NES Game: Gomoku Narabe Renju (1983 Nintendo)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 51:34auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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