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Game Title: Journey to Silius Release Date: 1990 Developer: Sunsoft Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Genre/Type: run and gun, platformer Game Rating: [V/V] Journey to Silius is a fantastic culmination of challenging run and gun and platform game play, immense difficulty, a well varied arsenal, as well as a stellar soundtrack. This game is simply greater than the sum of its parts. Journey to Silius is very…
Game Title: Balloon Fight Release Date: 1985 Developer: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Genre/Type: Arcade Style 2D Platformer Game Rating: [IV/V] While the game play might entirely original, Balloon Fight clearly makes up for it with solid game play, challenging levels, as well as charm. Balloon Fight is an odd, yet fascinating game. It uses some core game play features as well as some modes from…
Game Title: Kid Icarus Release Date: December 1987 Developer: Nintendo (Gunpei Yokoi) Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Genre/Type: 2D Platform Vertical Scrolling Adventure Game Rating: [III/V] While this game has a some ambitious ideas along with a fantastic soundtrack, Kid Icarus ultimately suffers from various technical problems. Kid Icarus is an interesting game primarily because of what it tries to…
Game Title: Bionic Commando Release Date: December 1988 Developer: Capcom Genre/Type: 2D Platformer Game Rating: [V/V][Editor's Choice] This is by far the most revolutionary platforming game to ever come out… With the advent of the Nintendo Entertainment System, many third party developers flocked to it for it’s relatively large install base. However, finding that this console is technologically limited, developers…
Game Title: Saboteur! Release Date: 1985 Developer: Clive Townsend (through Durell Software) Platform: Sinclair ZX Spectrum With proven platform conventions along with some refreshing innovations, it stands one best example of what great platform adventures should be like and what the Spectrum is capable of… In the mid 80’s the introduction of new game consoles into the video game market expanded the focus of…
Game Title: Super Mario Land Release Date: 1989 Developer: Nintendo (Gunpei Yokoi) Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Genre/Type: 2D Platform Game Rating: [III/V] While Super Mario Land has some good ideas and has some originality, it barely meets the standard for a platform (or a Mario) game and doesn’t necessarily break new ground with it… With Nintendo pushing the concept of a portable game system with interchangeable…
Game Title: Hang On Release Date: 1985 Developer: Sega (Yu Suzuki) Platform: Sega Master System Genre/Type: Motorcycle Racing Game Rating: [IV/V] The winning combination of appealing aesthetics and solid game play make this game a great experience overall… Sega made the move to try and make the dream of the arcade at home experience come true. Their was a considerable number of arcade game conversions made…
