NES Remix is a strange narcotic. The first hit gives older players a wave of nostalgia by repackaging Nintendo's 1980s hits – Mario Bros, Excitebike, Donkey Kong and more – into seconds-long micro-games. Then comes the addiction, as you compulsively repeat seemingly simple tasks such as running Mario through a string of Goombas, or sending enemies crashing out of the sky in a flash of Balloon Fight. The reward is the buzz of a three-star-rainbow score ranking, and virtual stamps for online bragging. But then the crash hits, as you realise that many of the "classics" included are no such thing – Tennis, Urban Champion and Ice Climber being just some of the guilty parties – and that even the better examples haven't aged well. Controls are near-uniformly frustrating, while the titular remix levels (placing Zelda's Link in Donkey Kong levels, for instance) erroneously confuse controller-smashing difficulty with tests of skill. Nintendo devotees are likely to enjoy the package more than most, but even then, most probably through gritted teeth.