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Hudson Soft |
September 1989 |
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Is it a
platformer? Is it a shooter? Whatever it is,
it isn't very good. Adventures of Dino-Riki is
like Hudson's Adventure Island, except seen from an
overhead viewpoint. This means the enemies now
have room to attack you in swarms. You'll be too
distracted by animated condoms and angry wasps to
survive all the tricky pond-hopping the game demands of
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HAL Laboratory |
April 1989 |
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1 Player |
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The star of this
satisfying puzzle game might be a fuzzy blue ball with
big eyes, but don't think for a minute that the bad guys
will go easy on Lolo just because he's cute.
You'll need to think carefully and plan your moves in
advance if you hope to keep the little guy from getting
roasted, stabbed, and flattened by the creatures
deviously placed in each stage.
FAST
FACT: Although there hasn't been an
Adventures of Lolo sequel in years, Lolo himself can be
seen in the occasional Kirby game, and makes a cameo in
nearly every episode of the Kirby cartoon series.
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HAL Laboratory |
March 1990 |
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1 Player |
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After a brief reunion, Lolo
must once again rescue his girlfriend Lala from the
clutches of evil. Lolo's second adventure is similar to
the first, but the graphics are more lively... this
time, the enemies vanish in a puff of smoke after you
complete each round. Speaking of rounds, there's a
fresh set of them in Lolo 2, and they're a lot tougher
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HAL Laboratory |
September 1991 |
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1 Player |
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The often-kidnapped Lala
fills in for her boyfriend in the third and final game
in the Lolo series. The designers have added a
fully explorable environment similar to what you'd find
in a role-playing game, but the brilliantly designed
puzzles are still the core of the gameplay. Good
news for anyone frustrated by the second Lolo game...
the rounds aren't as hard in this one. |
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Adventures in the Magic
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Capcom |
June 1990 |
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Miscellaneous |
1 Player |
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The quality you've come to
expect from both Capcom and Disney shines through in
this NES reproduction of Disneyland. All of the
Magic Kingdom's most famous rides have been reinvented
as fun but extremely challenging games... you'll fight
ghosts and goblins (hey, that sounds familiar!) in The
Haunted Mansion and race through the galaxy in Space
Mountain. |
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The Adventures of Rad Gravity
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Activision/Interplay |
December 1990 |
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1 Player |
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This tongue-in-cheek
platformer with a science fiction setting is a lot
better than Interplay's previous NES game, Total
Recall. It's a lengthy adventure with a charming
main character, who bears a striking resemblence to cult
film star Bruce Campbell. Unfortunately, Rad
Gravity's low production values and lackluster level
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The Adventures of Rocky and
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T*HQ/Radical |
December 1992 |
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1 Player |
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The 1960's wouldn't
have been the same without this daring animated series,
but the NES would have been a lot better off without a
game based on it. The Adventures of Rocky and
Bullwinkle is a wholly unrewarding experience, full of
repetitive music, frustrating control, and moronic level
design. You'll wonder how such a great cartoon
could inspire such an awful game.
FAST
FACT: Nintendo spokesman Howard Phillips
eventually migrated to T*HQ, and was the executive
designer of this particular game. Oh, how the
mighty have fallen! |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Seta |
August 1989 |
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This game brings the
classic moments from the Mark Twain novels to
life. Who could forget the scene where Tom Sawyer
battles a giant rat hiding in the belly of a pirate
ship, or when Tom rafted down the Mississippi, dodging
whirlpools and killer whales? Wait, none of that
happened in the books, did it? In that case, this
is just a bland platformer with stiff
control.
OTAKU
ALERT! There was an entirely different
Tom Sawyer game released in Japan... but it wasn't much
better than this one. It was a role-playing game
by Final Fantasy creators Square, featuring characters
from the Mark Twain novel. One of the heroes, Jim,
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