NFL Quarterback Club is one of the many games that I didn’t know existed when I was a kid. This is one of the few games that got a handheld release before the home console version. The Game Boy game was released in 1993, and then the SNES and Genesis got the game in 1994.Continue reading “NFL Quarterback Club, Good but not Great”
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Mr. Do! A Great Arcade to SNES port
Mr. Do! was released in the arcades by Universal, not the film company, in 1982. It was a conversion kit, which was a cheaper way for companies to sell arcade games, and let arcade owners repurpose an older and less profitable game. It ended up selling over 30,000 units, which is very good for anContinue reading “Mr. Do! A Great Arcade to SNES port”
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”
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”
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”
Metal Storm, One of the Best NES Games
Metal Storm is one of the many games I didn’t know about when I was a kid. It isn’t something I came across in the 1990s or even in the 2000s when I started collecting games. The first time I heard of this game was in 2008 or 2009 when I saw it in aContinue reading “Metal Storm, One of the Best NES Games”
BurgerTime is Great! My Favorite NES Games
BurgerTime is one of the few NES games that I remember playing with my friend Eric. He had a bizarre collection of games, but they were all fun to play. Besides BurgerTime, he owned T&C Surf Designs, Roger Rabbit, Super Spike Volley Ball, Mario/Duck Hunt, and I think he had Super Mario 3. Playing withContinue reading “BurgerTime is Great! My Favorite NES Games”
A Good NES Port of a Great Arcade Game
Do you remember that time that Mario tried his hand at construction? Well, it was back in 1984, and it was in the game Wrecking Crew. I can only assume that Mario was trying to find himself after his brief attempt at being a carpenter and then trying plumbing. This was before he pretended toContinue reading “A Good NES Port of a Great Arcade Game”
Paperboy, A Good but Not Great NES Game
I don’t remember if I’ve written about Paperboy, and since I can’t find a post that I made about the NES game, that’s where I’ll start. I have played several versions of this game before, and I’ve gone over the N64 version. This is one of those games that I found myself wanting to like.Continue reading “Paperboy, A Good but Not Great NES Game”