Review Date: February 16, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Creation Anecdotes: It took us a while to get this game, as we didn’t have it at launch, but we did get it something like three years later. Of the 18 NES launch titles, Mario appeared in five of them:… Continue reading Wrecking Crew
Tag: 1985
Baseball
Review Date: February 15, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Sports Anecdotes: (Note: the order of the games is done roughly by North American release date. The fact that “spring**” training starts this week is a coincidence.) It’s barely above zero outside with a Winter Storm Warning for a foot… Continue reading Baseball
Clu Clu Land
Review Date: February 14, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Genre: Puzzle Anecdotes: Of the 18 NES launch titles, we ended up owning 16 of them. We ended up playing 17 of them. How, one may ask? Well, back in the 80s, NES games were available for rental, so we went to our… Continue reading Clu Clu Land
Golf
Review Date: February 13, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Sports Anecdotes: Mario works hard. One can only fight giant gorillas and rescue Princess Toadstool so many times. He might as well get in a round of golf. For my brothers and me, this game actually taught us some golf… Continue reading Golf
Pinball
Review Date: February 12, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Genre: Pinball Anecdotes: Unlike Wild Gunman, Dad wasn’t touching this one. Instead, this game got Ma addicted instead. She had a lot of fun playing this game and played it over and over trying to get a high score. Then she got to… Continue reading Pinball
Wild Gunman
Review Date: February 11, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Zapper Anecdotes: Yeah, we kids loved our Nintendo and its games. It was a fantasy world where we thought we were better than we really were. We had games figured out. We were good at them. That illusion totally vanished… Continue reading Wild Gunman
Hogan’s Alley
Review Date: February 10, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Zapper Anecdotes: In the early NES days, the light gun was heavily promoted and there were three games that required use of it. After that, it was largely forgotten. After the trio of Duck Hunt, Hogan’s Alley, and Wild Gunman… Continue reading Hogan’s Alley
Duck Hunt
Review Date: February 9, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Zapper Anecdotes: Aw, yeah. My dad finally splurged for the Zapper and a game to go with it, so we got Duck Hunt. This game really quacked us up. First, there was the dog, who we enjoyed shooting more than… Continue reading Duck Hunt
Excitebike
Review Date: February 8, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Racing/Creation Hybrid Anecdotes: By the end of 1985, our NES game collection had reached 5 games. I clearly remember Super Mario and Mach Rider as the first two. The rest of the memories are hazy, but I’m fairly certain two… Continue reading Excitebike
Ice Climber
Review Date: February 7, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: My brothers and I ended up owning tons of Nintendo games. My mom usually just left us alone to play, but occasionally, she’d watch, and even rarer, she’d play. There were two games she really hated (and… Continue reading Ice Climber