Game critic Jeff Gerstmann is nearing the end of his marathon project to play and evaluate every Nintendo Entertainment System game released in North America.

<img alt="Screenshot of an 8-bit video game with Mario jumping in the air." height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/5d6cf68f-662d-4b70-8e9a-4b803a0cb59c,1781543367507/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1280%2C720%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Super Mario Bros., released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, is widely considered one of the most important video games of all time." width="620" /><p>Jeff Gerstmann is nearly finished playing and ranking every game released i...