Operation C is an excellent version of Contra. It’s an entertaining run-and-gun game that feels like it fits in with the games on the NES and SNES. The game looks great and has many of the power-ups you see in other Contra games. It drops a few of them that I would typically avoid, andContinue reading “Operation C | Yokoi Corner”
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TMNT II: Back from the Sewers | Yokoi Corner
TMNT II: Back from the Sewers is a big step up from the first TMNT Game Boy game. While the first game was fun, it was a straightforward game. The second game looks better, plays better, and it sounds better. You’re still doing the same thing in this game. It’s a side-scrolling action game. YouContinue reading “TMNT II: Back from the Sewers | Yokoi Corner”
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | Yokoi Corner
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a fun series of movies, a Saturday morning cartoon that I remember fondly, and a really awful video game. THQ made this, and it feels like they were picking up where LJN left off by publishing bad games. This game isn’t based on the movies. It’s based on theContinue reading “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | Yokoi Corner”
Mr. Do! | Yokoi Corner
Mr. Do! is a bizarre game that feels like a clone of Dig Dug. I thought it was in the Dig Dug series and was a spin-off like Mr. Driller. I was very wrong. The first time I played Mr. Do! was on the Atari 2600. I did a short video on it for myContinue reading “Mr. Do! | Yokoi Corner”
Tetris | Yokoi Corner
The story of Tetris has been told many times. It was created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 and had a complicated journey to the Game Boy. I’ve read a few books about it, read the story in other books, and watched plenty of videos about Tetris. Tetris is a spin on the puzzle game Pentomino.Continue reading “Tetris | Yokoi Corner”
Dr. Mario | Yokoi Corner
Dr. Mario is one of those puzzle games that I thought would be more interesting than it is. Let me back up a bit. When this game first came out, I didn’t know it was a puzzle game. I’m talking about the NES version of the game. When I was little, I didn’t have NintendoContinue reading “Dr. Mario | Yokoi Corner”
Contra: The Alien Wars — Yokoi Corner
This was one of the first Game Boy games I received when I got my first Game Boy. It’s an excellent game, and it’s my favorite Contra game. I know that’s weird, and you’re probably thinking how could this game possibly be better than Contra Force or Legacy of War? That was probably a badContinue reading “Contra: The Alien Wars — Yokoi Corner”
TMNT: The Fall of the Foot Clan – Yokoi Corner
Hey! I wrote up some thoughts on the first TMNT game on the Game Boy.
Fortified Zone — Yokoi Corner
To put it nicely, I didn’t enjoy this game at all. Part of it wasn’t the game’s fault, as my copy kept glitching and crashing. I tried cleaning it, blowing in it, and asking it nicely. Nothing seemed to work, and the parts of the game I experienced weren’t that great. The technical problems aside,Continue reading “Fortified Zone — Yokoi Corner”
Nemesis — Yokoi Corner
Sorry about the delay! The last few weeks have been a little rough on me, but we’re back with Nemesis! This is a fun side-scrolling shooter. It’s a version of Gradius, released for the Game Boy. It’s in a separate series that spun off from Gradius. While I’m not fond of the Gradius series asContinue reading “Nemesis — Yokoi Corner”