Realistic modern America
I used to hide my money inside the expansion port cover. It was a perfect place for folded dollar bills. However, the only people who would have been able to steal my money were my parents, who gave it to me in the first place in exchange for chores, so I am not sure what my thinking was here.
Star Force
Saw this on Game Center CX and thought it looked great, so I picked it up at my local retro store and spent two days playing it. I enjoyed every minute of it, however, I still have yet to beat it.
I often wonder how much better my childhood would have been if I had picked out Silver Surfer from the clearance bin instead of the awful NES Wolverine game.
Your basic side scrolling shooter, with an excellent death animation and continue screen.
From the Mighty Bomb Jack manual:
How to draw up a map
Playing Mighty Bomb Jack with a drawn-up map will increase your playing pleasure. Suppose you draw one scene on a piece of paper in the shape of a pyramid. The labyrinth to the pyramid will appear. This map will give you some hints on solving this mystery!
I loved this game when I was little, but mostly only because I was better at it than my friends were. Playing it now, I realize that I was terrible at it, and I had no idea what this clue meant or where to go in the game until just now, when I found this picture.
Section Z
A two button shooter that moves quickly. B button shoots to your left, A button to the right, no simultaneous, which makes for some interesting rhythms late in the game.
That list made me remember how much I was in love with Retro Game Challenge at the beginning of the year.
You get to play several NES style games, and to make it more interesting you are challenged by a mischievous floating head to complete different tasks in the games like get to the 3rd level without using a power up or complete a race in x amount of time etc. There is a strange puzzle game, a galaga clone, a classic rpg, a rally racer, a top down shooter like Xevious but in outer space and the sequels to some of those games. After you have completed the challenge set, you may play any of these games in free play.
You are given game magazines with cheat codes and strategies as well as nicely illustrated game manuals for each game. You can access these on screen at any time after they are unlocked.
If you grew up playing NES in its initial release and you read Nintendo Power every month, this is an attempt at replicating that experience and for me the nostalgia and fun factors were equally high.
