Year of the Animal: Day 217 - Hammerin' Harry

 Today's video takes a look at the NES version of Hammerin' Harry from Irem.

Year of the Animal: Day 104 - Image Fight

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Irem's Image Fight.

Year of the Animal: Day 96 - Holy Diver

 Today's video takes a look at Holy Diver from Irem.

The collector's edition of Holy Diver is still available for purchase from Retrobit

 

 

Year of the Animal: Day 72 - Deadly Tower

 Today's video takes a look at Deadly Towers from Broderbund and attempts to shed some light on how this game was too ambitious for it's own good.

Year of the Animal: Day 48 - Kickle Cubicle

 Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Irem's Kickle Cubicle.

Year of the Animal: Day 34 - Kid Niki: Radical Ninja

 Today's video takes a look at the US release of Irem's Kid Niki: Radical Ninja from Data East.

Retrobit Knocks It Out Of The Park Again

 Retrobit continues their strong run of retro reissues with Undercover Cops, the Super Famicom port of Irem's 1992 Japanese exclusive arcade Beat Em Up. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a collector's edition of the title and wanted to show it to the world as I opened it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retro-Bit Pays Tribute To A Legend With The Metal Storm Collector's Edition

 I thought I posted this here in January, but alas, I had a brain fart and forgot. I received this fantastic collector's edition of Irem's Metal Storm. Retro-Bit knocked this package out of the park. It's still available from Retro-Bit if you want to get a copy of one of my absolute favorite video games.

The Summer Of 8-Bit 3.0: 10 Yard Fight

Today's video takes a look at the NES port of Irem's 10 Yard Fight.

The Summer Of 8-Bit 2.0: Sqoon

Today's video takes a look at Sqoon from Irem for the NES.

The Summer Of 8-Bit: Kung Fu

Today's video takes a look at Kung Fu, the NES port of Irem's Kung Fu Master.

The Summer Of 8-Bit: Metal Storm

Today's video will look at my favorite title on the NES, Irem's Metal Storm

MetalStorm: Reason Enough To Get Another NES

There were a lot of must have games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and a lot of them were overlooked. one of those gems was a rather innovative action game from Irem called MetalStorm. What made Metal Storm cool was that it was the first game that gave a player control of the gravity around them. That, my friends, means that you can walk on ceilings, jump towards the floor, and "fall up" at points in the game. Don't get that twisted, though, cause MetalStorm is far from gimmicky. The control is tight, enemies can be tough, and the level design can lead to some pretty cool moments where you actually have to think before you jump. It's a great game that you can get for around $15 on eBay, and while it isn't on the Wii's Virtual Console yet, it will be soon.