Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I play Taboo: The Sixth Sense for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This is a video game unlike any other....and its awful! Its a fortune telling and tarot card game and thats it. Its infamous for a few reasons which I will explain in the game as I do 2 full playthroughs to get a well rounded idea of how Taboo: The Sixth Sense actually plays!
Deeper Info:
Taboo: The Sixth Sense is a tarot card reading simulation developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989.
Taboo gives users a tarot reading where the "dealer" automatically shuffles the cards. It is the only NES game to carry two warnings: that it is for players ages fourteen and older and is also for entertainment purposes only. Taboo was marketed as a party game that multiple adults could enjoy simultaneously.
Upon loading, the game requires input of the player's name, birth date, and gender. The game then asks the user to input a question, and shuffles the cards. The game then generates a tarot reading via the Celtic cross layout. These cards can be normal or reversed. Afterward, the player chooses a state from the United States and is given lottery numbers accordingly. The game uses the whole 78-card tarot deck, which consists of the Minor Arcana and Major Arcana.
The instruction booklet gives a brief history of the origins of the word "Tarot". The booklet also lists the arcana and cards, and goes into further detail of the layout, including what each position on the Celtic cross means. There is no actual game activity to be found apart from repeated readings.
#nes #nintendo #retrogaming #playthrough #videogames
I play Taboo: The Sixth Sense for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This is a video game unlike any other....and its awful! Its a fortune telling and tarot card game and thats it. Its infamous for a few reasons which I will explain in the game as I do 2 full playthroughs to get a well rounded idea of how Taboo: The Sixth Sense actually plays!
Deeper Info:
Taboo: The Sixth Sense is a tarot card reading simulation developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989.
Taboo gives users a tarot reading where the "dealer" automatically shuffles the cards. It is the only NES game to carry two warnings: that it is for players ages fourteen and older and is also for entertainment purposes only. Taboo was marketed as a party game that multiple adults could enjoy simultaneously.
Upon loading, the game requires input of the player's name, birth date, and gender. The game then asks the user to input a question, and shuffles the cards. The game then generates a tarot reading via the Celtic cross layout. These cards can be normal or reversed. Afterward, the player chooses a state from the United States and is given lottery numbers accordingly. The game uses the whole 78-card tarot deck, which consists of the Minor Arcana and Major Arcana.
The instruction booklet gives a brief history of the origins of the word "Tarot". The booklet also lists the arcana and cards, and goes into further detail of the layout, including what each position on the Celtic cross means. There is no actual game activity to be found apart from repeated readings.
#nes #nintendo #retrogaming #playthrough #videogames
