This game is fantastic, just like it sounds. Battletoads, and Double
Dragon, both of whom kick lots of butt. Team them up together, like this
game does, and you've got one of the best (if not THE best) beat-em-ups
on the NES. This game was released late in the NES life, so it's got
nice graphics and awesome sound effects and music. Sometimes, the
punches and kicks look cartoony, but they feel very satisfying. They
feel real. The sound effects help with that. There a good amount of
stages, but this game does get difficult as you progress. At it's heart,
it is a beat-em-up game, and that is what shines most of all with this
one. The graphics and sound are just icing on the cake. You can't go
wrong with adding this game to your NES library of games. You will
definitely go back to it more than a few times. Great for more than one
player as well.
Graphics: 9.0 out of 10
Sound and Music: 9.4 out of 10
Presentation: 6.9 out of 10
Gameplay: 9.1 out of 10
Xevious is a verticle scrolling shooter from Namco.
In Xevious you play as a flying ship that travels over an island that looks very similar to the country of Peru. There are a number of different flying enemies.They all look very funny on the NES. But that is to be expected, because it is an older NES game. The sounds are great, but the music can be annoying. This is one of those games where you will try to get the highest score out of all of your friends. This game is great to play with friends. A solid shooter on the NES.
Graphics: 5 out of 10
Sound and Music: 5.1 out of 10
Presentation: 4.2 out of 10
Gameplay: 8.9 out of 10
Overall: 7.4 out of 10
Geist for the Nintendo GameCube. This is an original from Nintendo.
Story: Something goes wrong and the main character becomes a ghost spirit. What makes this game fun is the ability to posses people, animals and things. To get through a level I may have to posses a rat or even a grenade. Playing as these different objects and things is interesting. The only problem I have with this game is that it is confusing to know what to posses at certain points of the game. Where do I go now?
Overall this game is fun to play but it can get cloudy at some points.
Graphics: 8 out of 10 Sound and Music: 7 out of 10 Presentation: 7 out of 10 Game play: 8 out of 10
I found Kung Fu for the NES to be very fun, but also very challenging. The main problem is that the enemies are too hard. You can high kick, and low kick, and low punch and high punch. You can also kick in the air. But it's all about timing. If you don't time your punches and kicks right, you will get hurt. The main character has a life bar, but any kind of damage that he takes makes it go down quickly. You fight other kung fu masters, and snakes and bats, but the game is very hard to beat. Some skilled player will make it to the end, but only after lots of trial and error. It's not as hard as Ninja Gaiden for the NES, but still very challenging. You must have quick reflexes and perfect timing. Good graphics, and the music is fun to listen to, somewhat annoying after about 45 minutes. Sound effects are very good. This is a challenging action game for the NES that will definitely test your kung fu skills!
Graphics- 5.5 out of 10 Sound and Music- 7.0 out of 10 Presentation- 2.0 out of 10 Gameplay- 8.0 out of 10
1987 arcade/1989 Nintendo Entertainment System American football game from developer Tecmo. Some of the best sports games (for the Nintendo) was from the company Tecmo. This is a review for the game Tecmo Bowl.
This is one of the most fun football games around. It can be either one-player or two-player. The combination of a simple control, strategy and balanced difficulty against the computer is what helped make this game so good. Let's start with the teams. Tecmo was not able to use the real names from the NFL. But they did have the city names:
Indianapolis Miami Cleveland Denver Seattle Los Angeles Washington San Francisco Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Chicago Minnesota
Some teams are better than others. Chicago and San Francisco are considered the top two teams. When I play against the computer I always seem to think that Minnesota is the hardest team to play against. The computer is smart in this game. After beating one game against the computer the next team is picked. In week two the computer really tries to intercept any pass attempted. You really have to carefully decide who to pass to.
The game-play control is basic and it seems to work. Your team can select to either pass or run on offense. You can run up, down, left, right or diagonally. The players seem to run a little slow. Overall the game-play is really simple and done right for the NES. It is easy to learn and there are many teams to master. Playing against the computer is basically a season game. You pick a team and then the computer randomly picks a teams to play against you. To finish this game you have to beat all 11 teams. The graphics look OK. You should be able to visualize the football elements. The sound and music is simple, not much variety. The music can get a bit old after a while. They did improve some stuff in the sequel "Super Tecmo Bowl".
Overall this is a sports game. If you really enjoy playing old style football games then Tecmo Bowl is one of the best sports games.
Graphics: 7 out of 10 Music and Sound: 4 out of 10 Game-play: 8.5 out of 10 Presentation: 6 out of 10
Excitebike is a 1984 motor cross (dirt bike?)racing game. The objective is to beat the clock and get in third, second, or first-place after two laps. The game is single player.
This game is all about timing. The timing of the jumps, speed, and track finishing time. There are three modes in this game: Selection A, Selection B, Design. "A" is just the biker. "B" is with other bikers. "Design" is make-your-own-track with the various ramps and obstacles. The game-play is the best part. "A" button is regular gas. "B" accelerates the bike to go faster (if held too long the bike temp will overheat). The ramps in the game can help or hurt your time. It is all about getting the fastest time. The bike landing and maneuvering is very important too. You can really master the control in this game and race for the best time. There are only five tracks in the game. The fifth track is special, because the minimum time requirement goes lower after a few wins. I don't think track five has an ending. Each time you beat the track a number is added in the lower corner of the screen. The gameplay is overall what makes this game. I really like it because it is simple yet it has a good balance between easy and difficult.
The graphics are good enough for this game, simple 8-bit. Every person in the crowd looks exactly the same. There is a clear line between the sound effects and the music. First, the music is mostly a few short jingles which are spread throughout the game. Then there is the sound which comes from the dirt bike engine. Plus a few other sound effects can be heard by jumping, crashing or finishing the race.
Overall this game has a basic layout with a few key features that I really enjoy. The design mode is great, I can make a track almost any way I want to make it. The game control is fantastic. It is easy to play but only a few can master it. Downside?A two-player option is lacking. Plus the never ending track five is an enigma.
In the end, I really like playing this game. It is one of the best Nintendo Entertainment System games. I would put it high on the list. If you like racing games you really should try to get the game Excitebike. Post your best clock times in the comments too!
There are many space shooter video games. Nintendo was able to make a 3D shooter and it turned out good. This is a review for the second Star Fox (Lylat Wars) game for the Nintendo 64. Peppy, Slippy and Falco are back and it's time to travel to the different space levels to fight Andross; an evil scientist that looks like a monkey.
To begin, it took some time getting a good grip on the controls. There is a training mode in that game that will help with learning the flying ability and the different moves Fox can make. That can help. After I had that down I was able to play this game with a decent amount of skill. The game-play is very fun. The game control is very well done and it really makes this game fun to play. There is usually always something on screen to shoot. You play as Fox and he always seems to save the day. Peppy, Slippy or Falco might have a fighter on them and Fox can shoot the bad guys down. They will say "Thanks!" unless it is Falco talking. The graphics are nothing amazing but they do look good on the 64. At the end of the game you will get a ranking that has something to do with the number of enemies shot down.
A few things that could cause some problems for the player. As Fox, you can change the camera angle to first-person view or outside-of-the-ship view. Some levels are easier to play in first-person view. The perception of depth is always tricky in 3D games. It can also be tricky in this game. This game is kind of short too. Seven levels. More levels would be great but I don't think it will hurt this game too much. The replay value is high on this game, simply because it is a fun game to play. I recommend this game to anyone with a Nintendo 64. A great space-shooter game in my opinion.
The original R-Type was a side-scrolling arcade game from the 80s by Irem. Here it is again on the Gameboy Color. 1999.
You play as a R-Type ship fighting against the alien empire. The game contains 5 R-type games.
R-Type I, II (regular black and white)
R-Type I, II (Gameboy Color)
All new R-Type DX
All of the R-Type games are very difficult. I think R-Type II could be the easiest. This game takes timing, patience and good reaction skills. Probably one of the hardest shooter games out there. Your ship must not run into anything on screen unless it is a power-up. You have to do a lot of maneuvering on screen while the screen slowly moves forward (or right to left). If you want a challenging shooter for gameboy they you should play R-Type DX (Deluxe).
In 2001, Nintendo, Capcom and Flagship presented a new Gameboy Zelda game. Two actually: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages. GameBoy Color only!
The Oracle of Seasons begins with Link waking up in the land of Holodrum. He then finds a group of people and begins to dance with them. Then everything goes wrong when Onox "the general of darkness" impressions the oracle of seasons. Link is now on a quest to fix this world and bring the weather back to normal.
This game looks very similar to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. This time there are a number of news items and additional features. In this game Link can change the seasons (Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter). Each season does something different to the map. This makes the game fun and puzzling. Link will also find a number of animal friends that will help him on his quest. I really like this game. The music is great. The game play is fantastic. Problems will occur when you must change the seasons in a certain order to unlock the next area. Some parts of this game are really hard to figure out.
Overall this game is very fun but it can be really confusing at some points. Watch out.
NOTE: This game is only playable with Gameboy Color or higher (GBA, Gameboy Player). Also, at the end of this game they want you to play Oracle of Ages to really finish the adventure/story.
Graphics: 8.8 out of 10 Sound and music: 9.7 out of 10 Game play: 8.7 out of 10 Presentation: 10 out of 10
Nintendo brings back this Super Nintendo classic to the Game Boy Advanced handheld system. Released in 2002 this role-playing-game also features Four Swords. A multi-player adventure.
The story begins with the magic of Agahnim messing up the world. Link hears Zelda calling for help in a dream. Is it a dream? The adventure begins as Link searches for Zelda. Link must complete each dungeon while exploring the world. This game is very close to the original "Link to the Past" which can be found on the Super Nintendo (SNES). This is a top down action video game much like the original Legend of Zelda. There are three save slots too.
There are a few changes in this game. Link now yells and screams which can be annoying at times. There is also an extra dungeon hiding in the game. Plus this game also includes Four Swords (that game can only be played if at least one other person has a Game Boy Advanced, another copy of the game and a link cable). Four Swords can be up to 4 players.
The graphics are very nice just like the SNES game. The sound and music is also well done. I think they could have left a few sounds out. The game play is much like the original Zelda but better. It can be confusing at times. Where is the next dungeon? Collecting rupees is too easy. The game difficulty isn't really hard either, it is just a long game with a big map. The presentation is well done with a few improvements. Overall I like this game. Four Swords can only be played if there are other people but "Link to the Past" is a big game. If you like long story games and have not played this on the Super Nintendo then you might want to play it.
I reflect on this game as a good one.
Graphics: 8 out of 10 Sound and Music: 8 out of 10 Game play: 9 out of 10 Presentation: 8 out of 10
This game is fantastic, just like it sounds. Battletoads, and Double
Dragon, both of whom kick lots of butt. Team them up together, like this
game does, and you've got one of the best (if not THE best) beat-em-ups
on the NES. This game was released late in the NES life, so it's got
nice graphics and awesome sound effects and music. Sometimes, the
punches and kicks look cartoony, but they feel very satisfying. They
feel real. The sound effects help with that. There a good amount of
stages, but this game does get difficult as you progress. At it's heart,
it is a beat-em-up game, and that is what shines most of all with this
one. The graphics and sound are just icing on the cake. You can't go
wrong with adding this game to your NES library of games. You will
definitely go back to it more than a few times. Great for more than one
player as well.
