Battletoads is one of those properties that is fondly remembered. The NES game isn’t that great, but it can be fun. Its main issue is being way too hard. I don’t remember hearing about this game until the 2010s. I didn’t have Nintendo Power, and the PC magazine I was subscribed to never mentioned consoleContinue reading “Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Nostalgia brought me here”
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Captain America and the Avengers on the SNES not as good as Genesis Version.
Captain America and the Avengers is a 1991 beat’em up by Data East. The game was ported to the Sega Genesis and the SNES. A version of it was brought to the NES, but that game was turned into a forgettable side-scrolling action game. I wish I had known about the arcade game. It probablyContinue reading “Captain America and the Avengers on the SNES not as good as Genesis Version.”
Its Like a Simple Double Dragon, Technos The Combatribes
The Combatribes was released in the arcades in 1990. Technos brought it to the SNES in 1992, the version of the game we’re playing. There are several differences between the two versions. I never saw the arcade game, and I had never heard of the SNES version. A story was added to the SNES game,Continue reading “Its Like a Simple Double Dragon, Technos The Combatribes”
Super Double Dragon on the SNES Review
The Double Dragon games on the NES seemed everywhere in my neighborhood. Whether they were being rented or someone owned them, It seemed like everyone played them. The SNES games were an exception. The SNES is a blind spot for me. Most of the games I played were games my friends rented. Super Double DragonContinue reading “Super Double Dragon on the SNES Review”
The Best Beat’em Up on the SNES, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time has nothing to do with the movie and is based on one of Konami’s arcade games. While I have never played the arcade game, I have some memories of the SNES game. This was one of the games I was introduced to while collecting retro games inContinue reading “The Best Beat’em Up on the SNES, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time”
Unicorn Overlord is the Best Game I’ve Played in 2024
Unicorn Overlord is the best game I’ve played this year. It plays like a more fleshed-out version of Ogre Battle. It takes everything that that game did well and improves on it. I have very little to complain about with this game. I love almost everything about it. The story is very good, the graphicsContinue reading “Unicorn Overlord is the Best Game I’ve Played in 2024”
Board Games to Pixels: Parker Brothers on the Atari 2600
I’ve looked at quite a few companies that published games on the Atari 2600. While many of them were shut down in 1983 and 1984 following the North American Video Game Crash, some kept going. A few companies left the video game market but kept going because of other business ventures. This brings us toContinue reading “Board Games to Pixels: Parker Brothers on the Atari 2600”
A Review of Arcade Classic vol. 4 | Defender and Joust
It has been a while since I looked at a Game Boy game. I left off on the Arcade Classics collections. There are four of them, and the last one is probably the worst. This collection has Joust and Defender on it. They were classic arcade games from the early 80s and were the productsContinue reading “A Review of Arcade Classic vol. 4 | Defender and Joust”
Varney Lake is a Wonderful Series of Visual Novels
When I started playing Varney Lake, I wasn’t expecting to find a wonderful story. The characters are great, and you need to play through the game a few times to get all of the story. It isn’t necessary, but it does fill in the gaps that appear on the first playthrough. Other stories get unlockedContinue reading “Varney Lake is a Wonderful Series of Visual Novels”
Revisiting My Favorite RPG, Ogre Battle on the SNES
Ogre Battle is my favorite SNES game. It has a unique gameplay style and can be a ton of fun to play. It is a fascinating RPG in a story that we’ll unfortunately never see the ending of. We’re left to speculate on how it all started and how it will end. It can beContinue reading “Revisiting My Favorite RPG, Ogre Battle on the SNES”