Firehouse Rescue is one of those weirdly charming NES games that makes you feel like a kid again—mostly because it was literally made for kids. You hop in a chunky little firetruck and weave through blocky streets (watch out for those random roadblocks) until you find the house that's blinking like it just had the worst electrical accident ever.

Once you pull up, it's all about extending the ladder just right so the tiny pixel people can climb down. Miss by a few pixels? Tough luck—they’ll just stand there staring at you like you forgot how ladders work. And yeah, you gotta grab their pets too, because apparently cats and dogs are just as clueless about fires as their owners.

It starts simple, but the higher difficulties actually make you sweat a little—suddenly there are more houses, tighter timers, and way more opportunities to fail spectacularly. By the time you hit chief rank, you’ll feel weirdly proud of mastering what’s essentially a toddler’s first emergency simulator.