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Big Bird’s Hide and Speak is an edutainment title for based on the Sesame Street license. It is designed to teach early recognition, memorization and reading skills to young children. It is one of the few NES games to use digitized speech thanks to a special chip included in the cartridge. There are six modes divided into three … Continue reading “Sesame Street: Big Bird’s Hide and Speak”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Puzzle elements
This game is divided into two parts: Letter-Go-Round: By catching and matching letters on a spinning ferris wheel children practice letter recognition and matching, simple spelling and word formation. Ernie’s Big Splash: Children can help Ernie find his rubber duckie for his bath by building a pathway from duckie’s soap dish to Ernie’s bathtub. This … Continue reading “Sesame Street A B C”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Puzzle elements
This math-based learning title for Ages 3 to 6 featuring Sesame Street characters. Sesame Street 1 2 3 includes a compilation of 2 previously released games:Astro-Grover: Children play with Grover and the Zips from planet Zap by counting, adding, and subtracting Zips to help improve basic math skills. Ernie’s Magic Shapes: Children work with Ernie … Continue reading “Sesame Street: 1 2 3”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Mini-games
Two different tribes existed on planet Colura, the Petras and the Basrah. The Basrah were aggressors and eventually drove the Petra underground. However many Petra survivors were trapped on the surface of the planet. To that end, a rescue bike named the Gilgitt Petras was created. It must venture up to the surface and save … Continue reading “Seicross”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Alien Invaders approach the solar system from their interstellar battle platform, named Fortress Balangool. Under the command of the Master Control, named L-Brain, the Invaders defeat Earth’s space forces. Only one hero, Captain Commando remains to defeat the alien armada by entering Balangool and fighting through the various sections until reaching Section-Z. Section-Z is a side-scrolling … Continue reading “Section-Z”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
In a humorous take on the eighties’ sci-fi judgment day films, you play as either one of two cyborgs, Arnold and Sigourney, or team up on a mission to save the world. The year is 2029 and an alien invasion, led by Supreme Commander Vile Malmort, threatens the earth. He has destroyed the city of … Continue reading “S.C.A.T. – Special Cybernetic Attack Team”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
This version of Rygar is quite different from the arcade original and its ports, though it shares the same basic story: a legendary warrior rises from the grave in order to defeat the forces of evil in the land of Argool. Rather than being a linear arcade-style game, this version emphasizes exploration and allows the player to re-visit … Continue reading “Rygar”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, RPG elements
Depending on which title you use, and how you interpret it, this game is about a guy who a) rushes in before attacking b) attacks Russians (or is being attacked by Russians… in the mid-80s, when this game was produced, the Cold War was still in full effect), or c) wears a rather goofy hat. … Continue reading “Rush’n Attack”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, DOS, MSX, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Roundball: 2-On-2 Challenge is a 2-on-2 basketball game that is played on a half court. There is an option to play a 1-on-1 game also. The game modes contain an exhibition game and a tournament mode. The tournament involves 4 teams playing in a round robin to decide the winner. Players can set the time of … Continue reading “Roundball: 2 On 2 Challenge”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
The sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The game concept is still the same, though they did improve a lot of features that one may consider ‘disturbing’ from RTK I (e.g. Generals dying easily due to disease, etc.). RTK can be said to be much more ‘stable’ where players no longer have to worry … Continue reading “Romance of the Three Kingdoms II”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, PlayStation, SNES, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy