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To The Earth. Cirque Vert (1989) Nintendo

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

A while back I did a top light gun games list and encouraged people to drop us a line if they knew any Light Gun Games that had a PAL release that I hadnt included in that list. And so…

Tagged with: 1989, Cirque Vert, light gun game, NES, nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Retro Gaming, Review, To The Earth
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!. Nintendo R&D3 (1987) Nintendo

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

I will include Punch-Out!! in this review as it is literally the same game, minus Mike Tyson and unbeknown to me Mike Tyson’s wasn’t the spin off! So… Punch-Out!! yeah those exclimation marks are officially part of the title and…

Tagged with: 1987, Bald Bull, Boxing, Don Flamenco, Great Tiger, King Hippo, Little Mac, Mike Tyson, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!, NES, nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo R&D3, Punch-Out!!, Retro Gaming, Review, Tournament Fighter
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System

Kung-Fu Master. Data East (1985) Commodore 64/Nintendo

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

*Deep Breath* Released in 1984 in the arcades before receiving it’s home conversions in 1985. Kung-Fu Master was simply named Kung-Fu on the NES, and was called Spartan X in Japan as a tie in for the Jackie Chan movie…

Tagged with: 1985, Beat 'em up, Commodore 64, Data East, Kung-Fu, Kung-Fu Master, NES, nintendo, Retro Gaming, Review, Spartan X, Wheels on Meals
Posted in Commodore 64

Double Dragon. Technos (1988) Nintendo

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

Double Dragon didn’t actually get a PAL release according to Wikipedia, which is news to me, as I swear blind I played this as a kid so I am a little confused. Anyhow, Double Dragon II was one of the first…

Tagged with: 1988, Beat 'em up, Double Dragon, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Retro Gaming, Review
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System

Kirby’s Adventure. Hal Laboratory (1993) Nintendo

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

I bagged on Kirby’s Dream Land, and in hindsight I feel a little bad about it. It was ludicrously short, and childlike in difficulty, but it was supposed to be and in retrospect I don’t really think some of my…

Tagged with: 1993, Dream Land, Dream Wand, Hal Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Adventure, NES, Nightmare, Nintendo Entertainment System, platformer, Retro Gaming, Review
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Palcom (1990) Nintendo

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 9 Comments

The original TMNT game gets a lot of bad press, and I am fairly sure this is entirely down to an Angry Video Game Nerd video way back in the day, as almost everybody that bangs on about it being…

Tagged with: 1990, Action Platformer, April O'Neil, Bebop, Donatello, Konami, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Michelangelo, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Palcom, platformer, Raphael, Retro Gaming, Review, Rocksteady, Shredder, Ultra Games
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System

Top 15 Light Gun Guns

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

I love Light Gun Games, but what about the guns themselves? are they any good? Well wonder no more, for I have gotten my hands on as many as I can and played as many games as possible with them,.…

Tagged with: 32X, 32X Sega CD, 3DO, Best Light Guns, Dreamcast Gun, G-Con 1, G-Con 2, Game lists, Gamegun, Gamegun 3DO, Konami Justifier, Konami Justifier Megadrive, Konami Justifier Playstation, light gun games, Light Guns, MadCatz Blaster, MadCatz Blaster Xbox, MadCatz Dreamcast Blaster, Megadrive, NES, NES Zapper, Nintendo Entertainment System, Peacekeeper Revolver, Peacekeeper Revolver Phillips CD-I, Phillips CD-I, PlayStation, Predator Logic 3, Retro Gaming, Sega CD, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, Sega Light Phaser, Sega Master System, Sega Menacer, Sega Menacer MegaDrive, Sega Saturn, Sega Saturn Stunner, SNES, SNES Super Scope, Super Nintendo, Super Scope, Wii, WII Plastic Adapter thingy, WII Zapper, XBOX
Posted in Lists, Opinion, Stuff

Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo R&D4 (1989) Nintendo

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

We all know that Super Mario Bros 2 was a reskin of Doki Doki Panic. If you want the *other* Super Mario Bros 2 (Lost levels) go here. Anyway, it is about 20 years since I attempted to beat Super Mario…

Tagged with: 1989, Doki Doki Panic, Luigi, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo R&D4, platformer, Princess Peach, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Toad
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Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels. Nintendo R&D4 (1986) Nintendo

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 7 Comments

Super Mario Bros 2/The Lost Levels is the true sequel to Super Mario Bros but because us Westerners were treated like babies we got a different Mario 2. It wasn’t until much later, when the Super Mario Allstars collection on the…

Tagged with: 1986, Bowser, King Kooper, Luigi, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo R&D4, platformer, Princess Peach, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
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Operation Wolf. Taito (1989) Nintendo/Sega Master System

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

Released in 1987 in the arcades, and the Sega Master System in 1991 Operation Wolf is renowned for being one of the best Light Gun Games of the era. Though it is one of the most (home) converted games of all time,…

Tagged with: 1989, light gun game, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, On-rails-shooter, Operation Wolf, P.O.Ws, Prisoners of War, Retro Gaming, Review, Roy Adams, Sega Master System, Taito
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System