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”
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The Great Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokemon Games
I completely missed out on the second generation of Pokémon. The biggest reason for this was my friends. None of them were interested in the games anymore, and for the most part, we were too “grown up” for them. When the first generation games were released in North America, I was a Freshman in highContinue reading “The Great Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokemon Games”
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”
A Weird Arcade Port from Nintendo
I really like weird games, and Clu Clu Land is definitely a weird one. This is one of the games that I didn’t know about until the 2010s. I don’t remember if I ever saw this game when I was collecting games in the 1990s, and I definitely don’t remember any of my friends talkingContinue reading “A Weird Arcade Port from Nintendo”
Donkey Kong Jr is a Great Arcade-NES Port
Donkey Kong Jr is the sequel to Donkey Kong, and is one of the few games that I first played at an after school babysitter. For some reason, my parents had me go to a neighbor’s house after school when I was in the first grade. There were a bunch of kids there, and IContinue reading “Donkey Kong Jr is a Great Arcade-NES Port”
TMNT III on the NES is Great
TMNT III: The Manhattan Project is one of the NES games I discovered when I started collecting games in the late 1990s and early 2000s. With how big a deal TMNT was when I was a kid, I’m surprised I didn’t know about this one. The only reason I could think of was that myContinue reading “TMNT III on the NES is Great”
TMNT II is a Great Game on the NES
TMNT: The Arcade game is one of the few arcade games I remember playing. That’s because it was everywhere, or at least that is how it felt. I didn’t grow up near an arcade, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t play arcade games. They were at movie theaters, restaurants, bowling alleys, and amusement centers. TheContinue reading “TMNT II is a Great Game on the NES”
Contra: One of the Best Games on the NES
I want to write about Contra on the NES. This is one of those games that most people who grew up with the NES, or who collect NES games, have played. While I didn’t own it as a kid, my brother and I rented it all the time. Like many little brothers, I didn’t haveContinue reading “Contra: One of the Best Games on the NES”
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”
Bucky O’Hare on the NES is Great
Bucky O’Hare wasn’t a game that I was aware of growing up. I didn’t know about the NES or Arcade games, the comics, or the cartoon. It was one of many media properties that just slipped through the cracks for me. There were so many cartoons and comics back in the 1980s and 1990s thatContinue reading “Bucky O’Hare on the NES is Great”