Reviews – NES

Now this is what I call a game. True, this is a game that was made six years after Super Mario Bros and we’re right to expect progress. Battletoads takes that progression, polishes it to the nth degree and chucks in more than a sprinkling of genuine invention, the likes of which you hardly see […]

  To say that the NES isn’t short on platformers is an understatement.  The Super Mario Bros raised the bar and games have since failed to capture the imagination.  Until now.  Diverting from Nintendo’s usually cuddly, kid-friendly shtick –Castlevania finds our protagonist Simon Belmont on the hunt for none other than the Prince of Darkness

Californiaaaaaaaaa, is apparently a great place.  I wouldn’t know as I’m broke.  So how is one meant to enjoy the sun, sea and sex of the land of Orange County?  By playing California Games on the NES of course!  Er, maybe not.  CG is a collection of 6 different “sports” which you can run through

  Trips to the casino are an obvious hoot.  Why not get your 8-year old hooked on Blackjack now so he can be bankrupt when he finally turns 18 or 21 or whatever?  That’s clearly what Sofel were thinking when they created this horrible, Amstrad looking, moral smashing, pleb of a game.  Pleb of a

Days of Thunder (the movie), for those of you who haven’t seen it, is essentially Top Gun in cars. NES fans would be justified to fear the worst if the game followed suit. And my oh my, does the Days of Thunder NES game come close! There are very few good things about this title,