Acclaim is one of those companies that has an odd history. Many of its terrible games were hidden under the LJN and Flying Edge labels, and it had a long relationship with Midway and WWF/WWE. They did publish some great games, especially the ports of Midway’s arcade games. This is one of the companies thatContinue reading “Acclaim: An Odd Publishing Company”
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One of the Worst NES Games
Sometimes a thing enters pop culture in a weird way. In this case, it was a driving commercial that gave life to a crash test dummy. For some reason, this gave rise to the Incredible Crash Test Dummies. This idea spawned cartoons, toys, and a few video games. Then it faded away like so manyContinue reading “One of the Worst NES Games”
True Lies on the SNES, One of the Better LJN Games
True Lies is one of the few SNES games that I remember renting. I didn’t own the system when I was a kid, and the only one who did was my friend Drew. We were best friends back in the day, and sometimes rented games when we hung out on the weekend. Most of themContinue reading “True Lies on the SNES, One of the Better LJN Games”
Gotcha! The Sport! One of LJNs Better Games
Gotcha! The Sport! is a 1987 light gun game developed by Atlus and published by LJN. It is based on a 1985 movie and used as a vehicle to promote LJN’s paintball guns. When I started to look into this game, I stumbled across a whole bunch of other games with the name “Gotcha.” ThereContinue reading “Gotcha! The Sport! One of LJNs Better Games”
Nightmare on Elm Street: One of the Better LJN Games
I have very few memories of Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES. This is one of the many games that LJN published, and it is one of their better games. Like several other games from LJN, it is an ambitious game with some cool ideas. None of which was fully realized. Unlike Friday theContinue reading “Nightmare on Elm Street: One of the Better LJN Games”
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? An Awful LJN and Rare game
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of those NES games that my friends and I wanted to like, but never managed to finish. My friend Eric owned it, and he claimed to know what to do and how to beat the game. He might’ve, but we never managed to play the game long enough toContinue reading “Who Framed Roger Rabbit? An Awful LJN and Rare game”
Bill & Ted’ Excellent Video Game Adventure is Terrible
This is a game that I don’t remember playing as a kid. There is a decent chance that my friends rented it, but I don’t remember playing Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure. It is, of course, a movie based video game published by LJN. I’m going into this one with little to noContinue reading “Bill & Ted’ Excellent Video Game Adventure is Terrible”
Better than You Might Think, Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th on the NES is a strange game, but it can be quite a bit of fun! It is one of the better games that LJN published due to its uniqueness. In some ways, it is a survival horror game where you have to defeat Jason Voorhees, the killer from most of theContinue reading “Better than You Might Think, Friday the 13th”
Wolverine: Better than The X-Men, but still Bad
I’m going to dive back into LJN’s collection of superhero games on the NES. I’ve already looked at their awful X-Men game, so I’ll be looking at their Wolverine game. There was a low bar for this game to clear, and it managed not to trip as it stepped over it. This game was releasedContinue reading “Wolverine: Better than The X-Men, but still Bad”
A Good but not Great LJN Game, Town & Country II
If you were wondering how someone could make a sequel to T&C Surf Designs, then this is your answer. The developers took Thrilla the Gorilla and made a side scroller where you have to skateboard and surf your way through a series of levels. In some ways, it’s as if they took everything “cool” fromContinue reading “A Good but not Great LJN Game, Town & Country II”