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Play The Three Stooges (US edition · English) Online
The Three Stooges
Play The Three Stooges online, tackle slapstick NES mini-games, earn cash across 30 days and save Ma’s orphanage from I. Fleecem.
Browser play

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play The Three Stooges
Quick start
Choose one or two players with SELECT or Up/Down, then press START or A. At the map, watch Moe’s hand and press A when it reaches the job you want; the cursor accelerates as the campaign continues. Every job uses its own directional rules, but A is consistently the main action or confirmation button: scoop crackers, throw pies, answer trivia or combine it with a direction during the slap fight. In the hospital, use all four directions to steer and regulate speed. Aim to reach at least $5,000 within 30 days, avoid banker and mousetrap spaces, and use the Slapping Game well because more successful blows slow the next map selection.
Controls
SELECT or D-pad Up/Down on the title screen: choose one or two players. START or A: begin; START pauses and resumes. On the map, A stops Moe’s hand to select a space. Cracker contest: D-pad moves the spoon, A scoops. Hospital: Up accelerates, Down slows, Left/Right steer. Pie fight: D-pad chooses a Stooge and A throws; Up ducks Moe, Left/Right ducks Curly, Down ducks Larry. Slapping Game: Left/Right faces a target; direction plus A performs the corresponding punch, slap, poke or kick. Trivia: D-pad selects an answer, A confirms.
The Three Stooges — About this game
The Three Stooges is a one- or two-player NES collection of short challenges built around a 30-day race to save Ma’s orphanage. Each turn begins on a Stoogeville map where Moe’s moving hand selects the next job or event. Money can come from scooping crackers away from oysters, racing hospital corridors, serving pies, helping Curly through a boxing match, or answering Stooge trivia, while banker, mousetrap and other map spaces waste days or cash. The slap-fight interlude earns no money but slows the map cursor, making later job choices easier. The final outcome depends on the total collected before time or Moe’s fingers run out.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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