Review Date: April 17, 2021 Release Date: December 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Rare Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: I was always curious as to how Rare would follow up Wizards and Warriors; the first game was both super hard and super easy at the same time. Kuros would die all the time, but there were… Continue reading Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors II
Tag: 1989
Tetris
Review Date: April 16, 2021 Release Date: November 1, 1989** (see footnote) Platform: NES Publisher: Tengen** (see footnote) Anecdotes: Growing up, from ages 5 to 14, there were five people in my house. The Nintendos were mostly for us boys, but every once in a while, there would be a game that gets my parents… Continue reading Tetris
Dragon Quest
Review Date: April 15, 2021 Release Date: August 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Enix Genre: Adventure Anecdotes: Back when Squaresoft and Enix had their merger, I had been aware that Dragon Quest was a series that had been going on a while. I knew that it was a series of RPGs (although, by my definition… Continue reading Dragon Quest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Review Date: April 14, 2021 Release Date: June 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Konami Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: Because the Ninja Turtles were a huge craze in 1989, we decided to shell out money to get this game. Like many NES game, we never got anywhere with it as kids. The big difference here is… Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mega Man 2
Review Date: April 13, 2021 Release Date: June 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Capcom Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: It’s time to revisit the Mega Man series. At this point, Mega Man really didn’t make a huge splash, nor did anything Capcom did. Their biggest hit at this point was probably Ghosts ‘N Goblins. Capcom saw… Continue reading Mega Man 2
Guardian Legend
Review Date: April 12, 2021 Release Date: April 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Broderbund Genre: Shooter/Adventure Hybrid Anecdotes: Even in the NES era, during the prime years of my gaming, there were still games I had never played. There were even games I had never even heard of. Nobody knew this game at all back… Continue reading Guardian Legend
Marble Madness
Review Date: April 11, 2021 Release Date: March 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: Atari Genre: Racing Anecdotes: Whenever things start to go downhill and people feel like they’re losing their marbles, it’s time to roll out a video game. In our case, Marble Madness was the game that would get played when we only had… Continue reading Marble Madness
Friday the 13th
Review Date: April 10, 2021 Release Date: February 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: LJN Genre: Horror Anecdotes: This is another game in the “throw it in the NES and see what we can do” category. This game only got played when one brother got to choose a game for another to play. Friday the 13th… Continue reading Friday the 13th
Tecmo Bowl
Review Date: April 9, 2021 Release Date: February 1, 1989 Platform: NES Publisher: No idea. I think it began with a T? Genre: Sports Anecdotes: Before 1985, nobody in my house cared about football. The 1985 Bears, however, changed that. They were a phenomenon that took over Chicago. Naturally, the video game medium started trying… Continue reading Tecmo Bowl