Tag: Developer: Konami
Rush’n Attack (NES)
(Review archived from April 17, 2018) When we talk about video game relics of the Cold War, it’s hard to miss the thinly veiled word play going on with the title of Rush’n Attack. Although it was released as ‘Green Beret’ in other countries, the name was changed for the U.S. release of the game,…
The Adventures of Batman & Robin (SNES)
(Review archived from January 17, 2018) The first thing I need to make clear is that I’m completely biased in my views regarding Batman: The Animated Series. For me this version of Batman remains the definitive onscreen version of the character and that includes cinematic adaptations. The Animated Series gave Batman fans something to hold…
The Goonies (Famicom)
(Review archived from January 11, 2018) The Goonies is a game that I have been meaning to play for a long time, primarily due to a question I always had regarding its sequel The Goonies II. As a kid I was never entirely certain whether The Goonies II on NES was intended to be a…
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB)
(Review archived from January 20, 2016) You know what? For this one I’m just going to paste in the notes that I took over the course of playing the game with only slight editing: Love the callback to the original Castlevania in which the character walks across the screen before the beginning of each level.…
Castlevania: The Adventure (GB)
(Review archived from January 20, 2016) Wow, Castlevania’s first outing on the GameBoy is really something ain’t it? I mean, wow it’s just … wow. Look, truth be known I think I could be more forgiving towards this game if it wasn’t a Castlevania game. But it is a Castlevania game, and as such I feel that I need to make…
Contra (NES)
(Review archived from July 29, 2015) After finishing Sonic, I started up Contra on a whim, as I hadn’t played it for a while. I had forgotten how short this game is (even by the standards of its time)! Any time spent with Contra is time well spent though. One of the things I love…
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
(Review archived from November 2, 2014) This game is a masterpiece. It is impeccably made and so well put together that it’s extremely difficult to find flaw with it. Some of the changes to core gameplay (8 way whip control, ‘whip waggling’, and controlling jumps in midair), might not be to everyone’s fancy but that comes…
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES)
(Review archived from November 2, 2014) Here we come to the absolute pinnacle of the Castlevania trilogy on the NES. This game is famous for pushing the NES to the absolute limits of its hardware, and it was long considered a benchmark for NES emulator accuracy due to its demanding nature. This truly is an…
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES)
(Review archived from November 2, 2014) This is without a doubt the most unusual entry in the original NES trilogy, and in some ways this was the first Castlevania in the genre that would eventually take its namesake, the ‘metroidvania’ genre (Some would say that Symphony of the NIght is the first definitive entry, but all the…
