Game Reviews6.7/10
1943: The Battle of Midway Review: Capcom’s Fuel-Meter Shooter
Capcom's 1987 arcade sequel 1943: The Battle of Midway gave players one life and a draining fuel meter across 16 stages and scored 6.7/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Nintendo’s black sheep sequel still refuses to play by the series’ rules
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link broke the series in 1987 with side-scrolling combat, leveling, and a sleeping princess. A 7.2/10 experiment worth revisiting.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Zanac’s enemies adapt to how you fight, and the game is better for it
Zanac review: Compile's adaptive-AI shooter still holds up decades on, with eight weapons, twelve levels, and a difficulty that watches how you play.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Capcom released two Willow games in 1989. Only one of them is worth your password sheet.
Capcom's 1989 NES Willow is a solo Zelda-style action RPG with leveling, no money system, and a password save. We review the version worth playing.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Vice: Project Doom: Aicom’s Strange, Confident NES Action Game
Vice: Project Doom blends Ninja Gaiden-style platforming with driving and shooting stages on the NES, wrapped in a wild alien drug conspiracy.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Konami’s NES Turtles Brawler Gets the Manhattan Skyline Right and Little Else
A retro review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, Konami's original 1991 NES beat-'em-up, scored 7.7 of 10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Konami’s NES Turtles Port Rewrites the Arcade Original
Konami's NES port of TMNT II: The Arcade Game adds two new levels and bosses Tora and Shogun, plus a Baxter Stockman swap. Review score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Sweet Home: The 1989 Famicom Horror Game That Resident Evil Was Built On
Sweet Home, Capcom's 1989 Famicom RPG, never left Japan but its mansion, permadeath and inventory ideas built survival horror and Resident Evil.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Metal Gear’s Official Sequel Was Made Without Kojima, and It Shows
Snake's Revenge was Konami's 1990 NES Metal Gear sequel made without Hideo Kojima. A review of its stealth loop, interrogation system, and flaws.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Shadowgate’s remaster keeps the cruelty and adds the map
Shadowgate 2014 review: a brutal castle, torch countdown, sardonic deaths, and three artifacts. Zojoi's remake of the 1987 Mac classic scores 7.5/10.
Game Reviews6.2/10
Natsume’s NES Action Game Has One Great Idea and Repeats It for Six Stages
Power Blade is a 1991 NES platformer from Taito starring Nova, a boomerang that fires in eight directions, and a Power Suit. Our review scores it 6.2/10.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Four Turtles, Four Sets of Levels
A review of Konami's 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beat 'em up: four turtle campaigns, a deep versus roster, and a thin adaptation of season one.