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In Menace Beach, the player is a random guy whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by Demon Dan on her way to meet the protagonist at the malt shop. To free her, the player must travel on a skateboard thorough multiple town and sewer levels and battle evil clowns, Elvis impersonators, and randomly appearing Ninjas. To help … Continue reading “Menace Beach”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


This is a compilation cart featuring 15 games. There are 2 versions of this cart. The AVE cart contains the following games: F-15 City WarPuzzle PyramidTiles of Fate Krazy KreaturesDouble Strike Dudes with AttitudeVenice Beach Volleyball Stakk’M (never released outside of this multicart)DeathbotsRad Racket: Deluxe Tennis II ChillerSolitaire Menace Beach* ShockwaveStakk’M is a Tetris like … Continue reading “Maxi 15”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Compilation

Theme: Platform


The legendary Siamese-Twin Shiva (god of destruction) has cursed your village with evil spirits. After repeated attempts to drive out the evil spirits failed, Master Hu has turned into a drunkard. Now Master Chu must search through hostile palaces and temples to find and destroy Shiva. On each level there are 8 symbols of harmony … Continue reading “Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade, Platform


There are two different types of Mahjong available here. As well as the Japanese style of mahjong rules which tend to be commonplace in most NES mahjong games, there’s also an option to play with Taiwanese mahjong rules, where players get 16 tiles to start with instead of 13 in the Japanese rule set. There’s … Continue reading “The Mahjong World”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Strategy / tactics

Theme: Cards / tiles


Mahjong Trap doesn’t follow the exact same rules as most popular mahjong solitaire games like Shanghai: instead it uses rules simlar to Sachen’s other game Happy Pairs, in which you can remove pairs of matching tiles if you can connect them by a path that makes up no more than three straight lines. Completing a … Continue reading “Mahjong Trap”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Strategy / tactics

Theme: Cards / tiles


Mahjong Academy offers a series of one on one games of Japanese-style mahjong against another selection of attractive ladies, this time accompanied by an 8-bit version of Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon. A number of other NES mahjong games are also one-on-one affairs: this isn’t considered ideal, because mahjong is usually played with … Continue reading “Mahjong Academy”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Strategy / tactics

Theme: Cards / tiles


Mahjang Companion (sic) is a strip mahjong game. The player can choose to compete against any of the four available female opponents. Every time a game is won the woman removes a part of her clothing; she strips naked if she runs out of money. The game is of Taiwanese origin and features realistically proportioned drawings … Continue reading “Mahjang Companion”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Strategy / tactics

Theme: Cards / tiles


This promises to be a child friendly learning experience. There are four categories of question here: integral (whole numbers only), fractions, equations with one unknown (solving for x) and compound exercises. Players use a number pad to enter their answers, which are stomped in by a little man who jumps on the keys. There’s an … Continue reading “Magical Mathematics”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Educational

Theme: Puzzle elements


Magic Jewelry II has the exact same game mechanics as Columns. The rules are identical: vertical columns of three colored jewels fall down the well, and you can shuffle the order of the colors with the A and B buttons. Match three jewels of the same color and they’ll disappear. The animated background shows a … Continue reading “Magic Jewelry II”

Year: 1991

Platforms: NES

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Falling block puzzle


Blocks of varying colors drop into the well and you have to arrange them to match three of the same color. If you clear at least two sets in a combo, a little goblin will appear for a limited time. Land a block of the same color on it’s head and you’ll squash it gaining … Continue reading “Magic Cube”

Year: 1991

Platforms: NES

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Falling block puzzle