Ring King is one of the many NES games that I didn’t play or know about when I was a kid. When you don’t pay attention to video game news, you miss stuff like this. It also helps that I don’t pay attention to other retro gamers that might’ve already covered this. Data East releasedContinue reading “Ring King: A Great Boxing Game on the NES”
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Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse is a Great NES Game
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse is one of the games that I don’t remember if I played before. I’ve owned my copy since the early 2000s, and I must’ve played it at some point. It is one of the retro games that I don’t remember playing as a kid, but I do remember hearing one ofContinue reading “Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse is a Great NES Game”
Metroid: A Great and Creepy Game on the NES
Metroid is a classic NES game, and one that I tried to play when I was a kid. For whatever reason, I didn’t have the patience for it when I was growing up. There was something about it that didn’t click with me back then. When I played it in high school, I thought itContinue reading “Metroid: A Great and Creepy Game on the NES”
Dr. Mario on the NES is a Great Game
Dr. Mario is a pretty fun puzzle game where you use vitamins to destroy viruses. It uses similar rules to Tetris 2, but it does the formula much better. I guess this could be considered a falling block game, but I’m not entirely sure. It is a fun little puzzle game where you have toContinue reading “Dr. Mario on the NES is a Great Game”
Smash TV: Great Arcade Game, Fun on the NES
Smash TV is a twin-stick shooter that was originally released in the arcades in 1990. It was later ported to just about everything. Midway developed the arcade game, and Acclaim published the ports. Some of the ports were published by Acclaim’s other publishing labels, such as Flying Edge. Because of the game’s control scheme, I’mContinue reading “Smash TV: Great Arcade Game, Fun on the NES”
Beetlejuice: One of the Worst NES Games
Beetlejuice was a huge deal for a short period of time, much like other fads that entered pop culture. I remember the movie, the cartoon, and some of the merchandise surrounding it. Heck, my school picture from kindergarten has me wearing a Beetlejuice t-shirt. I vaguely remember playing the NES game. My friend Joey rentedContinue reading “Beetlejuice: One of the Worst NES Games”
Acclaim: An Odd Publishing Company
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”
The Best Retro Games I Played on an Emulator
Emulators were a big part of how I discovered and played retro games in the 1990s. Before I could really go anywhere outside of my hometown, I would wander from website to website downloading NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Genesis ROMs. I don’t remember all of the games I played back then, but some madeContinue reading “The Best Retro Games I Played on an Emulator”
Gauntlet II: A Good Sequel but Nothing New
Gauntlet II isn’t too different from the first game. The gameplay is essentially the same, the same four characters are in the game, and the graphics are mostly the same. This isn’t all that surprising given that the game was released shortly after the first in the arcades. This was a conversion kit for theContinue reading “Gauntlet II: A Good Sequel but Nothing New”
Gauntlet: A Good, not Great, NES Game
Gauntlet was originally released in the arcades by Atari in 1985. It borrows heavily from the game Dandy, which was released on Atari’s 8-bit computers in 1983. Like several other arcade games that Atari released, the rights to this game would eventually be bought by another company. I never had the chance to play thisContinue reading “Gauntlet: A Good, not Great, NES Game”