Victory Road was renamed Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road in the US. It was released in Japanese arcades in 1986 and in North America in 1987. The NES port of the game was released in 1988. It takes the series in a completely different direction and cuts some features that I wish had stayed inContinue reading “Ikari Warriors II is Better than the first game”
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Ikari Warriors on the NES, Not as Good as Commando
Ikari Warriors is one of the games that I remember playing when I was in high school. A friend of mine kept describing this game as something completely different from what it was. It was very cheap when I picked it up back in the late 1990s, which is something you could say about mostContinue reading “Ikari Warriors on the NES, Not as Good as Commando”
The Much-Maligned Final Fantasy Mystic Quest: Better than you think
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is a starter RPG that was supposed to help introduce the genre to North America. At the time it was released, RPGs weren’t as popular as they are now. I’ll be looking forward to seeing what the reviews in the 1990s were like. It was an odd choice for Square toContinue reading “The Much-Maligned Final Fantasy Mystic Quest: Better than you think”
Dragon Quest III: The Greatest Game in the First Trilogy
Dragon Quest III is one of the many games that I first played on an emulator back in the mid 1990s. After playing it, I picked up the game when I was collecting retro games in the 2000s. I really didn’t think much of it until I started making YouTube videos. From what I rememberContinue reading “Dragon Quest III: The Greatest Game in the First Trilogy”
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”
Fire’n Ice: The Best Puzzle Game on the NES
Have you ever bought a game, set it on a shelf, and then forgotten about it? Well, that is what I did with Fire’n Ice. I have no idea when I got this game or how long I’ve owned it. Fire’n Ice is a puzzle platformer where you can create chunks of ice. These areContinue reading “Fire’n Ice: The Best Puzzle Game on the NES”
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling is Good but Not Great
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling was released in 2004 and was the last game in the series. It is also one of the last games that Acclaim released before it went bankrupt. This little tidbit made me want to do some more research on Acclaim. With Acclaim going away, this series ended. There is a lotContinue reading “Showdown: Legends of Wrestling is Good but Not Great”
Legends of Wrestling II: Better than the First, still not Great
Legends of Wrestling II was released in 2002. The first game in the series was decent, but it had quite a few problems. I played the GameCube versions of the first two games, and the PS2 version of the first. I’ll be looking at the PS2 version of this game. This game looks a littleContinue reading “Legends of Wrestling II: Better than the First, still not Great”
Legends of Wrestling on the PS2: An Odd Game
A while ago, I looked at the GameCube wrestling games, and two of them stood out as being better than I was expecting. The Legends of Wrestling games were surprisingly fun to play, especially after getting burned out on the other Acclaim wrestling games. This time, I’m going to be looking at the PS2 versionContinue reading “Legends of Wrestling on the PS2: An Odd Game”
Tecmo Super Bowl: One of the Best NES Games
Tecmo Bowl holds a special place in my heart. It was one of the first football games I ever played, and something that I enjoyed with my friends when I was a kid. The second game in the series, Tecmo Super Bowl, was one of the few NES games that my family owned. It wasContinue reading “Tecmo Super Bowl: One of the Best NES Games”