Game Reviews5.4/10
Clu Clu Land Review: A Clean Maze With One Good Trick
A retro review of Nintendo's 1984 puzzle game Clu Clu Land, where Bubbles hunts gold using Turning Posts. Score: 5.4/10.
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Game Reviews5.6/10
Balloon Fight Is a 5.6, and There Is Nothing Above It
Balloon Fight review: Nintendo's 1985 NES port of a 1984 arcade game earns a 5.6 — a Joust-like floater saved only by its two-player co-op mode.
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 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 Reviews6.7/10
Legendary Wings gives you wings and then spends half its runtime taking them away
Capcom's 1986 arcade shooter Legendary Wings flies high in its vertical sections but crashes when it forces you to walk and climb ladders on NES.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter Review — A 7.5/10 NES Platformer With a Kabuki Twist
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter review: Human Entertainment's NES platformer where a colonel's brain becomes a kabuki warrior. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Jackal: Two Jeeps, Two Players, and One of Konami’s Tightest NES Ports
Jackal, Konami's 1986 run-and-gun jeep shooter, reviewed: two-player co-op, prisoner rescues and a turret that only fires up. Score: 7.4 of 10.