Such an evocative cover. Eyes up top, chief.* PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Action/Adventure RELEASE DATE: December 1990 StarTropics starts off as an all-American take on the original Legend of Zelda before blossoming into its own brand of adventure funk. You are Mike Jones, a “teenage … Continue reading #610 – StarTropics
BONUS ROUND! – Devil World
The fate of the world rests on a goofy green dragon. Shiggy, Shiggy, Shiggy, can’t you see? Sometimes your games just hypnotize me. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Arcade RELEASE DATE: October 1984 Devil World has the fantastic distinction of being the only Shigeru Miyamoto … Continue reading BONUS ROUND! – Devil World
#609 – Starship Hector
Hudson Soft put “HECTOR” in big, bold font so the kids would come runnin’ On the surface of an alien tongue. Mind the extravagant papillae. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Hudson Soft DEVELOPER: Hudson GENRE: Shoot-em-up RELEASE DATE: June 1990 For a game named after Hudson Soft’s fifty-eight year old … Continue reading #609 – Starship Hector
#608 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Better believe you’re fighting these buggers. Hall and Oates, ladies and gentlemen. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: JVC Digital Studios DEVELOPER: Lucasfilm Games GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: March 1992 If Star Wars for the NES was a Bantha poodoo sandwich, then The Empire Strikes Back is a Wampa fur coat. … Continue reading #608 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
#607 – Star Wars
Well, at least the cover’s cool. Those aliens aren’t enjoying themselves as much as they pretend to. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: JVC DEVELOPER: Beam Software GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: November 1991 If I were the Retro Gaming Judge, sentencing grumpy edicts from on high, I’d hold Star Wars in … Continue reading #607 – Star Wars
#606 – Star Voyager
Almost… out of… QUARTERS!!! Have fun with that. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Acclaim DEVELOPER: ASCII Entertainment GENRE: Action/Sim RELEASE DATE: September 1987 In place of a game with actual gameplay, Star Voyager presents needless complexity and little else. All of the tasks it requires of you – view a … Continue reading #606 – Star Voyager
#605 – Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Old Missions disappeared into the Neutral Zone and were never spoken of again. “Don’t you recognize me? It’s your boy, Wesley!” PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Absolute Entertainment DEVELOPER: Imagineering GENRE: Strategy/Action RELEASE DATE: September 1993 Let’s get this out of the way: Picard. By a wide margin. And … Continue reading #605 – Star Trek: The Next Generation
#604 – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
“Oh yes, it’s Ladies’ Night!” Those are some scary looking puppets. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Ultra Games DEVELOPER: Konami GENRE: Adventure RELEASE DATE: February 1992 Set phasers… to lull! Kirk, Spock, and associates want you to search for dilithium crystals, battle Romulan warships, and meander aimlessly around foreign planets. … Continue reading #604 – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
#603 – Star Soldier
Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man in Star Soldier. Lost in bonkers. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Taxan DEVELOPER: Hudson Soft GENRE: Shoot-em-up RELEASE DATE: January 1989 Star Soldier is the first in a series of largely unknown shoot-em-ups by Hudson Soft, and though it’s not labeled as such, a … Continue reading #603 – Star Soldier
#602 – Star Force
“I’ve dined with the finest captains, exploded the finest planets…” Is this the end of STAR FORCE?! PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Tecmo DEVELOPER: Hudson Soft GENRE: Shoot-em-up RELEASE DATE: November 1987 Star Force is like a tumbler of C-grade whiskey all … Continue reading #602 – Star Force
#601 – Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston
Mr. Stanley, I presume? Say… what kind of expedition into the heart of darkness is this?! PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Electro Brain DEVELOPER: Sculptured Software GENRE: Adventure RELEASE DATE: October 1992 Henry Morton Stanley is a tank. Not an Abrams tank, perhaps, but an M48: old, confused, and reliable. … Continue reading #601 – Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston
#600/#734 – Stadium Events/World Class Track Meet
If you have a sealed copy of this, you should come over to my house so we can fawn over it together. If you have a sealed copy of this, you obtained it from a sorcerer – or a scam artist. No box was ever created for this game. … Continue reading #600/#734 – Stadium Events/World Class Track Meet