Review Date: May 11, 2021 Release Date: September 27, 1991 Platform: NES Publisher: Irem Genre: Beat ‘Em Up Anecdotes: I know my readers, and I asked both of them what they knew about Kung Fu 2. Neither even knew this sequel existed. Heck, I didn’t even know it existed until I saw a longplay of… Continue reading Kung Fu 2
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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
Kid Niki
Review Date: March 15, 2021 Release Date: November 1, 1987 Platform: NES Publisher: Data East and/or Irem Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: By 1987, going over to the cousins’ house to play video games was happening much less often. There was no need; we had the biggest library. We would still go for other reasons, of… Continue reading Kid Niki
Deadly Towers
Review Date: March 10, 2021 Release Date: September 1, 1987 Platform: NES Publishers: Irem, Broderbund Genre: Adventure Anecdotes: After my brother returned Kid Icarus, he chose this game to replace it. By this point, we were used to NES games being completely unfair, ridiculously hard, and full of cheap traps. Deadly Towers did a nice… Continue reading Deadly Towers