Review Date: May 23, 2021 Release Date: August 1, 1992 Platform: SNES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Creation Anecdotes: While hanging out in the city with some other humans, we’d be finding all sorts of things to do outside, kind of like a daycamp. It was getting later in the season, so the sun was going down… Continue reading Mario Paint
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Wrecking Crew
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
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
Mach Rider
Review Date: February 5, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Racing/Creation Hybrid Anecdotes: That fateful visit to Toys R Us (which is now a giant pile of rubble) to pick up a Nintendo (now referred to as the NES) also meant getting a game to go with SMB. I got… Continue reading Mach Rider
Pinball Construction Set
Review Date: January 26, 2021 Release Date: That day on the calendar in 1983 Platform: Atari 800 Developer: Electronic Arts Genre: Creation Anecdotes: Wait, this game came out in 1983? I swear I was still playing it in 1985, even later. I played this quite a bit. As a kid, this allowed me to subvert… Continue reading Pinball Construction Set