Dynowarz NES Review

This game is a side scrolling platformer.  Yet another game that people absolutely hate.  I don't find the game that bad.  Yes it is repetitive, but after playing for a few minutes I had the desire to keep pressing on to go through the entire thing.  You start out as a guy in a spacesuit with a gun that fires a spread shot.  You go through a level and jump in to a robot dinosaur that you control and fight against other robots.  Then you jump out, fight through another level and destroy a pulsating brain like thing at the end of the level.  You then backtrack through the level and jump into your robot dinosaur where you are transported to the next stage.  There are 7 stages in all.  The game doesn't really get any more difficult, the stages are just longer.  The power ups in the game suck and it appears that not much though was put into them.  Overall I give the game a 4 out of 10.  Its entertaining for a bit but not a game you would play on a regular basis.  There are worse NES games though for all the haters out there.

Zaxxon Atari 2600 Review

What can I say about this game?  Not much.  It is basically River Raid with horrible graphics and game play.  The only difference is the elevation / 3D control.  I never really cared for the arcade game and this version just plain sucks.  It is not even remotely fun or enjoyable to play.  I did have the C64 version when I was a kid and played that quite often.  It seems like the makers of this game focused everything into the elevation / 3D aspect of the game and just let everything else go to shit.  I understand the 2600 had its limitations but it seems like they could have done way better with this game.  They would have been better off to maybe make it a side scroller and called it Zaxxon 2 or Super Zaxxon or something and not tried to make a port of the arcade.  They failed miserably on this game.  I give it a 1 out of 10 only because the only other game I know of to use the elevation / 3D feature on the 2600 is desert falcon which came out way later.  I believe this game was the first to use that feature / novelty.

Here is a pic of the cartridge.

Kung Fu NES Review

This was one of the original 17 launch titles when the NES came out in North America back in 1985.  I remember going to K-Mart in 1986 and playing this game along with others on the demo NES unit.  This is a pretty decent game.  In it's simplicity it manages to remain fun over and over again.  You make your way through 6 levels of enemies who get progressively more difficult on every level.  There is a boss at the end of every level that has his own style of fighting and way of being defeated.  This game is fun to pick back up if you haven't played it in awhile.  The graphics are good, game play is awesome, and difficulty is just right.  This is one of those games that I remember being extremely difficult when I was a kid but is now pretty simple.  Overall I give this game a 7 out of 10.  Definitely a must for anyone's NES collection.    

Seicross NES Review

This game is a side scrolling shoot em up.  You ride on bikes that travel on green beams of light.  The speed is forced and changes on every level.  The control and game play is good and smooth.  You can hit into other "bikers" and shoot them.  You have an energy bar on the top that depletes automatically.  You pick up little pods with a nuclear symbol on them to give you more energy.  You can also pick up / rescue blue guys that look like your character (maybe buddies that fell of their bikes?).  You get points and bonus and the end of the level for picking these guys up.  Only thing that is bad about this game is that the music is super repetitive which is the case with a lot of NES games.  If you like shooters, this is pretty decent.  I give it a 6 out of 10 overall. 

Drakkhen SNES Review

Drakkhen is a RPG.  I think it was originally a PC game.  It plays like one anyway.  A lot of people hate this game.  You have to give it a chance.  It is a very slow, tedious game.  Sometimes you can play it for about an hour and seem like you are making no progress.  I like the game.  It is challenging and decent to play.  You do have to be in the right kind of mood to enjoy it though.  This game had awesome graphics and sound for its time.  I remember when it first came out being blown away by it.  You have 4 characters which you can select male or female and then their attribute points.  You have a fighter, scout, magician, and a priest or priestess.  Weapons and armor are sometimes dropped by enemies.  The battles are automatic and hit points regenerate automatically.  You will have to explore to find out what you even have to do to advance because the game is not straightforward.  That is sometimes frustrating but makes the game challenging and allows you to level up and collect more items.  I recommend trying this game out it you are a RPG fan and are looking for something different.  I give it a 6 out of 10 overall.  

Prince Of Persia NES Review

I just picked this game up a few weeks ago at one of my hotspots where I have good luck finding games.  I was skeptical to pay the $10 they wanted for it.  For those of you that don't know, this is a port of a PC game that game out in the late 80's.  I was a huge fan of the PC game.  I remember playing it on my 386SX/33 with 2 Megs of ram back in the day.  Anyway, I was not disappointed with this version on the NES.  I don't know what other ports there are out there of this game, but this is a solid one.  Game play and graphics are identical to the PC and the music is pretty good considering that I only remember beeping coming out of my PC internal speaker.  This version has a time limit which I don't remember in the PC version but I could be wrong.  This game is not one of my favorites on the NES but it is a fun, different, and certainly playable game to pick up and play every now and then.  If only the NES had a keyboard.  I remember playing this game with the arrow keys.  Overall I give it a 6 out of 10. Solid game. 

X-Men NES Review

This game is pure crap.. There is nothing good about it.  The graphics suck and the game play is horrible.  It is a top down adventure game, I guess.  You pick from 6 X-Men.  1 is a NPC who does absolutely nothing except get stuck and hinder your progress.  Horrible design.  When you die, you start all the way back at the beginning.  It is very awkward to control and attack.  I can play for about 5 minutes before I become frustrated and turn it off.  Games are supposed to be fun, not agitating.  I give this turd of a game 1 out of 10 stars.  It gets 1 star due to the fact that it is X-Men and 2 players can play simultaneously and it has a stage select.