Oh wow I wasn’t expecting to pla ythis game ever again! It’s a weird one for me, as this was the first game I ever played. I was 5 or 6 on a family holiday in Cyprus and at that…
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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!. Nintendo R&D3 (1987) Nintendo
I will include Punch-Out!! in this review as it is literally the same game, minus Mike Tyson and unbeknown to me Mike Tyson’s wasn’t the spin off! So… Punch-Out!! yeah those exclimation marks are officially part of the title and…
Double Dragon. Technos (1988) Nintendo
Double Dragon didn’t actually get a PAL release according to Wikipedia, which is news to me, as I swear blind I played this as a kid so I am a little confused. Anyhow, Double Dragon II was one of the first…
Tagged with: 1988, Beat 'em up, Double Dragon, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Retro Gaming, Review
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Kirby’s Adventure. Hal Laboratory (1993) Nintendo
I bagged on Kirby’s Dream Land, and in hindsight I feel a little bad about it. It was ludicrously short, and childlike in difficulty, but it was supposed to be and in retrospect I don’t really think some of my…
Tagged with: 1993, Dream Land, Dream Wand, Hal Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Adventure, NES, Nightmare, Nintendo Entertainment System, platformer, Retro Gaming, Review
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Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Palcom (1990) Nintendo
The original TMNT game gets a lot of bad press, and I am fairly sure this is entirely down to an Angry Video Game Nerd video way back in the day, as almost everybody that bangs on about it being…
Tagged with: 1990, Action Platformer, April O'Neil, Bebop, Donatello, Konami, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Michelangelo, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Palcom, platformer, Raphael, Retro Gaming, Review, Rocksteady, Shredder, Ultra Games
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Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo R&D4 (1989) Nintendo
We all know that Super Mario Bros 2 was a reskin of Doki Doki Panic. If you want the *other* Super Mario Bros 2 (Lost levels) go here. Anyway, it is about 20 years since I attempted to beat Super Mario…
Tagged with: 1989, Doki Doki Panic, Luigi, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo R&D4, platformer, Princess Peach, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Toad
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Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels. Nintendo R&D4 (1986) Nintendo
Super Mario Bros 2/The Lost Levels is the true sequel to Super Mario Bros but because us Westerners were treated like babies we got a different Mario 2. It wasn’t until much later, when the Super Mario Allstars collection on the…
