Saturday, December 31, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 365 - Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991

 Today we close out the year with a look at the cartridge for the Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991.






Friday, December 30, 2022

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 363 - Little Samson

 Today's video takes a look at Taito's magnificent action platformer Little Samson.






Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 362 - Stadium Events

 Today's video takes a look at the incredibly rare and absurdly expensive at resale Stadium Events from Bandai.






Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 361 - The Flintstones: The Surprise At Dinosaur Peak

 Today's video takes a look at the rental store exclusive platformer from Taito The Flintstones: The Surprise At Dinosaur Peak.






Monday, December 26, 2022

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 359 - Die Hard

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Die Hard, based on the 1988 action movie of the same name, from Pack - In Video and Activision.

 


 


 

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Friday, December 23, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 357 - Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Home Alone 2: Lost In New York from the really sad alliance of THQ and Imagineering.





Thursday, December 22, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 356 - Home Alone

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Home Alone, based on the film of the same name, from THQ.






Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 355 - Monster Truck Rally

 Today's video takes a look at Monster Truck Rally from INTV. There aren't even actual monster trucks in this game, these are Ford Rangers.






Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 354 - Drac's Night Out

 Today's video takes a look at Drac's Night Out, an unreleased Reebok Pump promotion turned weird video game, from Parker Brothers.






Monday, December 19, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 353 - Mega Man 6

 Today's video takes a look at Mega Man 6, the final NES release in Capcom's iconic franchise and the only one released on the console published by Nintendo.

 


 



Sunday, December 18, 2022

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 351 - Total Recall

 Today's video takes a look at The NES version of Total Recall, based on the film of the same name, from Acclaim.






Friday, December 16, 2022

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 349 - Disney's The Jungle Book

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Disney's The Jungle Book from Virgin Games.






Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 348 - Terra Cresta

 Today's video takes a look at Vic Tokai's NES port of Nichibustu's Terra Cresta.

 


 


 

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 347 - Lethal Weapon

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Lethal Weapon, based on the buddy copy film franchise, from Ocean Software.






Monday, December 12, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 346 - Banana Prince

 Today's video takes a look at Banana Prince, only released in Japan and Germany, from Takara.


German Box Art

Japanese Box Art




Sunday, December 11, 2022

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 344 - Hit The Ice

 Today's video takes a look at Taito's unreleased NES port of Williams' Hit The Ice.

 


 


 

Friday, December 9, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 343 - Panic Restaurant

 Today's video takes a look at one of the most coveted titles on the NES, Taito's Panic Restaurant.



Either of these can pop up on reproduction carts, but the top cover is the official box art.

 

 



Thursday, December 8, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 342 - George Foreman's KO Boxing

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of George Foreman's KO Boxing from Acclaim and Beam Software.





Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 341 - Cliffhanger

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Cliffhanger, based on the Sylvester Stallone film of the same name, from Sony Imagesoft.






Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 340 - Yie Ar Kung Fu

 Today's video takes a look at the Famicom port of Konami's iconic early entry into the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung Fu.






Monday, December 5, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 339 - Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

 Today's video takes a look at the fourth and final Marvel title from LJN, Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six.

 


 



Sunday, December 4, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 338 - Duck Hunt

 Today's video takes a look at one of the first games released in the US for the NES, Nintendo's Duck Hunt.






Saturday, December 3, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 337 - Mystery Quest

 Today's video takes a look at Mystery Quest, the American port of Hao-kun no Fushigi na Tabi, from Taxan.





Friday, December 2, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 336 - Time Diver Eon Man

 Today's video takes a look at the unreleased Time Diver Eon Man from Taito.






Thursday, December 1, 2022

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 334 - Tecmo Cup Soccer Game

 Today's video takes a look at Tecmo Cup Soccer Game, the US release of the first Captain Tsubasa game, from Tecmo.






Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 333 - Mad Max

 Today's video takes a look at Mad Max, based on the second film in the franchise, from Mindscape.






Monday, November 28, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 332 - Legacy of the Wizard

Today's video takes a look at the NES port of the fourth title in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series, Legacy of the Wizard.

 


 


 

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 331 - Klash Ball

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of The Bitmap Brothers' Speedball, which experienced a name change and was released as Klash Ball by Sofel.






Saturday, November 26, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 330 - Dig Dug

 Today's video takes at the Famicom port of Namco's Dig Dug.

 


 


 

Friday, November 25, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 329 - The Adventures of Rad Gravity

 Today's video takes a look at The Adventures of Rad Gravity from Interplay and Activision.

 




Thursday, November 24, 2022

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 327 - Crystal Mines

 Today's video takes a look at the first of three Boulderdash clones from Color Dreams / Wisdom Tree, Crystal Mines.






Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 326 - Toki

 Today's video takes a look at Taito's NES port of TAD's Toki.






Monday, November 21, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 325 - Robocop 2

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Robocop 2, based on the second film in the trilogy, from Ocean Software and Data East.






Sunday, November 20, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 324 - Othello

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Othello from Acclaim.






Saturday, November 19, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 323 - Mendel Palace

 Today's game take a look at Mendel Palace, the debut release from Game Freak.






Friday, November 18, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 322 - The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt from Ocean Software.






Thursday, November 17, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 321 - Super Pitfall

 Today's video takes a look at Super Pitfall from Activision. In short, this game is awful in the most objective way.






Wednesday, November 16, 2022