Dragon's Curse TurboGrafx-16 Review

This is a platform / RPG / adventure game for the TurboGrafx-16.  It is an alright game, nothing special.  It has a password feature for continuing.  It is a pretty straightforward game although there is some exploring that you have to do in order to find items.  You can buy weapon and armor upgrades and there are plenty of power ups throughout the game that enemies drop or you can find.  The graphics are great for the TurboGrafx and the sound and music are OK.  Overall, I give this game a 5 out of 10.  It is just your basic adventure / RPG.  It is not something that I would regularly play but is cool to mess with every now and then.  

Deep Blue Turbografx 16 Review

This is an underwater shoot 'em up for the Turbografx 16.  You play as a robotic fish that shoots bullets and lasers.  This game is pure crap.  First of all, it is so sluggish that it is almost unplayable.  The enemies are so repetitive even for a shooter that it is boring after like 3 minutes.  There is no secondary weapon and the power ups suck.  As far as I can see, there are lasers and bullets, that's it.  The music is horrible and sub par for the Turbografx 16.  I feel sorry for anyone that paid full price for the garbage when it came out.  Avoid this piece of crap unless you feel like wasting several minutes of your life that you will never get back.  It gets 0 out of 10 stars.

Bravoman TurboGrafx 16 Review

 

Simple platformer for the TurboGrafx 16.  Graphics are superb as most Turbografx games are.  Sound and music are on par with the system.  Game play is pretty good also.  You basically work your way through every stage and fight a boos at the end.  Your only weapons are your fist, legs, and head.  If you press attack while standing, your elongated arm shoots out.  If you crouch down and attack, your elongated head shoots out to attack.  If you press up and attack, you get an elongated kick.  Only thing kind of annoying is that every time you attack, it says "Bravo" which is a cool thing to have speech in a game for its time but it can get old pretty quick.  Overall, I give the game a 7 out of 10 stars.  A simple game that is both original and fun.

Yo, Bro TurboGrafx-16 Review

This is an original game.  You are basically a dog on a skateboard with a mission.  Your mission is to protect the city from evils such as killer plants and killer bees.  Watch out for evil dogs on skateboards as well.  You pick up power ups like sling shots that shoot 3 rocks at a time.  Pick up hamburgers and hearts to replenish your energy.  The music in the game is Beach Boys music that sounds like MIDI.  The main character is kind of hard to control.  You go around and pick up town folk and shoot the evil plants and bees.  There is a small arrow that shows you where the next threat is located.  You are rewarded with clever catch phrases when you kill things and pick things up.  The game gets really boring after about 5 or 10 minutes though.  It is too repetitive.  Overall, I give it a 6 out of 10.  The 6 rating is mostly for originality.  

Alien Crush TurboGrafx 16 Review

This is a pinball game for the TurboGrafx 16.  Not your ordinary pinball game however.  You are on a two screen playing field with moving aliens, living alien pod bumpers, and a huge alien brain. The game has 2 settings, slow and fast.  Playing on each setting has different effects. I prefer to play on fast as it seems more challenging. The game play is awesome and the graphics are equally awesome and super smooth.  There are a few bonus screen that you can play where you have to kill aliens for points. The music in this game is great and very catchy.  A great game overall and fun to play anytime.  I give the game a 9 out of 10 overall.  It would have gotten a perfect 10 but it seems that they could have done a little more with it.  Something very small is missing but I am not quite sure what.