Game Reviews7.1/10
Gargoyle’s Quest II Brings the Demon Hero to NES with Sharp Stages and Slow Travel Screens — 7.1/10
A demon hero flies, clings, and throws flame across NES stages in Gargoyle's Quest II, a tale of quest and peril.
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Game Reviews7.6/10
Faxanadu Rewards the Climb Up Its World Tree — 7.5/10
An old NES legend built within a giant tree, still worth the journey upward nearly forty years on.
Game Reviews7.5/10
DuckTales 2 Proves a Worthy NES Sequel, Earning a Solid 7.5/10
The bounding hero returns across new regions in a sequel that rewards those who mastered the first game.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Pogo-Caning Through Duck Tales on NES Still Feels Great — a 7.9/10 Revisit
A treasure hunt across five regions, driven by a spring rise device that gives this NES adventure its own identity and music.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Dr. Mario on NES Keeps Its Puzzle Tight, Peaks With Two Players — 6.6/10
A bottle, three colors, viruses without end — Dr. Mario for the NES weighed and scored, fault by fault, virtue by virtue.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Patience Pays Off in Darkwing Duck’s Punishing NES Platforming
A masked hero's NES outing: hard stages, a gas gun of many gases, and villains from his own dark city.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers on NES: Boxes, Friendship, and a Fair Fight
Two small heroes throw a wooden box through bright toy stores in this NES tale of rescue, rising and repeated peril.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Adventures of Lolo: Quiet Rooms That Reward the Patient Thinker
A quiet puzzle room of a game, where each stage is a solemn task demanding patience rather than haste.
Game Reviews7.2/10
StarTropics Earns a 7.2 as the NES Island Adventure Whose Packed-In Letter You Had to Dunk in Water
A boy, a spinning toy, and islands upon islands in search of a vanished uncle — this NES puzzle tale still charms.
Game Reviews7.5/10
River City Ransom Fights Above Its Weight on NES
A review of River City Ransom, the NES tale of street fighting, gold, and getting her back from every gang in town.