Digitized Speech in NES Games - NintendoComplete

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 _____ No cheats were used during the recording of this video. NintendoComplete () punches you in the face with in-depth reviews, screenshot archives, and music from classic 8-bit NES games! Visit for the latest updates!