Sunday, July 31, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 212 - Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

 Today's video takes a look at Konami's NES port of Broderbund's Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

 


 


 

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 211 - Racket Attack

 Today's video takes a look at Jaleco's pretty yet very flawed tennis title, Racket Attack.

 


 



Year of the Animal: Day 210 - Swamp Thing

 Today's video takes a look at Swamp Thing, based on the animated series which is based on the DC Comics character, from THQ.






Thursday, July 28, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 209 - S.C.A.T. (Special Cybernetic Attack Team)

 Today's video takes a look at Natsume's NES shmup masterpiece, S.C.A.T. (Special Cybernetic Attack Team).

 


 


 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 208 - Volleyball

 Today's video takes a look at Volleyball, one of Nintendo's "Black Box" releases and one of only four volleyball titles released on the NES.






Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 207 - Starship Hector

 Today's video takes a look at Starship Hector, Hudson Soft's spiritual successor to Star Soldier.






Monday, July 25, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 206 - Widget

 Today's video takes a look at Widget, based on the cartoon of the same name, from Atlus.






Sunday, July 24, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 205 - Short Order / Egg-Splode

 Today's video takes a look at Nintendo's contribution to the list of games made to support the Power Pad, Short Order / Egg-Splode.

 


 



Saturday, July 23, 2022

Friday, July 22, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 203 - Destination Earthstar

 Today we take a look at Acclaim's 1990 space shooter Destination Earthstar.

 


 



Thursday, July 21, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 202 - Wario's Woods

 Today's video takes a look at the final officially licensed North American NES release, Wario's Woods, from Nintendo.





Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 201 - The Smurfs

 Today's game takes a look at the European-exclusive NES release of The Smurfs from Infogrames.





Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 200 - Milon's Secret Castle

 Day 200! YAY!!!


Today's video takes a look at Milon's Secret Castle from Hudson Soft.






Monday, July 18, 2022

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 198 - Fox's Peter Pan and The Pirates

Today's video takes a look at Fox's Peter Pan and The Pirates, based on the 1990 animated series, from Toy Headquarters.






Saturday, July 16, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 197 - Captain America And The Avengers

 Today's video takes a look at Data East's NES version of Captain America and The Avengers which is sadly completely different from the Arcade title of the same name.







Friday, July 15, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 196 - Pac-Mania

 Today's video takes a look at Tengen's NES port of Namco's Pac-Mania.

 


 


 

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 195 - Galaxy 5000

 Today's video takes a look at Galaxy 5000, an intergalactic racing game from Activision.






Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 194 - Lemmings

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Lemmings from Sunsoft.






Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 193 - Darkman

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Darkman, based on the Sam Raimi superhero film, from Ocean.






Monday, July 11, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 192 - The Flintstones: The Rescue Of Dino & Hoppy

 Today's video takes a look at The Flintstones: The Rescue Of Dino & Hoppy (the one that doesn't cost a car note) from Taito. 






Sunday, July 10, 2022

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 190 - The Adventures Of Gilligan's Island

 Today's video takes a look at The Adventures Of Gilligan's Island from Bandai. Yes, it is based on the sitcom from the 1960s.






Friday, July 8, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 189 - Mario Is Missing

 Today's video takes a look at Luigi's first starring role: the edutainment title Mario Is Missing from The Software Toolworks.





Thursday, July 7, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 188 - Bad News Baseball

 Today's video takes a look at Bad News Baseball, Tecmo's second NES baseball title.






Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 187 - Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Atari Games' Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom from Tengen or Mindscape, depending on when you bought it.






Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 186 - Double Dare

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Nickelodeon's Double Dare from Gametek.






Monday, July 4, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 185 - G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor

 Today's video takes a look at G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor, the second NES G.I. Joe title, from Capcom.






Sunday, July 3, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 184 - Klax

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Atari Games' Klax from Tengen.






Saturday, July 2, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 183 - Action 52

 Today's video celebrates reaching the midpoint of the year by taking a look at the infamous multicart, Action 52 from Active Enterprises.






Friday, July 1, 2022

Year of the Animal: Day 182 - The Goonies

 Today's video takes a look at The Goonies, a Famicom-exclusive title from Konami.