It is the fourth game in the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan in 1991. Mega Man 4 carries on the same action and platforming gameplay as the first three games, in which the player completes a series of stages in any order and adds the weapon of each stage's boss to Mega Man's...
It was ported on May 27, 1988, to the Famicom, and February 8, 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. In recent years the game has developed a small cult following through the use of NES emulators. Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom plays similarly to a text adventure, though...
It was later ported to the MSX, Famicom and remade for the PC Engine platform by Game Studio. However, in recent years, the series has been retconned as being set in the fantasy kingdom of "Babylim". The player assumes the role of the hero Gilgamesh, whose goal is to rescue the maiden Ki from...
Released in 1991 for the NES, Battletoads is a beat-em-up/platformer/obstacle course game starring two radical fighting frogs, Rash and Zitz, who set out to save their third member, Pimple and his girlfriend, Angelica, from the clutches of the villainous and seductive Dark Queen. However, that's easier...
The Silver Surfer is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Silver Surfer is a humanoid with metallic skin who can travel space with the aid of his surfboard-like craft. The comic's writer-editor, Stan Lee, and its penciller and co-plotter, Jack Kirby,...
It is the sequel to Adventure Island and the second game in the series for the NES. Eight perilous islands are in control of the various monster minions, although four friendly dinosaurs will gladly ally themselves with those willing to brave the islands' dangers and defeat their common oppressors. The...
It was developed and published by ASCII Corporation in 1985 for the FM-7, PC-88, and Sharp X1. The map will provide the player with a matrix of 10x10 rooms and will highlight the room in which the princess is located. While this attack is limited because the enemy must be very close to the player for...
It was first released on November 21, 1985 for the Famicom in Japan. It was released on the Virtual Console for the Wii , Nintendo 3DS and Wii U . The left and right directions on the Control Pad steer Mach Rider and the A button accelerates. The number of points scored for destroying enemies and obstacles...
NES Open Tournament Golf is the second Nintendo published golf-based video game released for the NES, the first game being Golf. Like most Mario games released around the time, the first player played as Mario, and the second player played as Luigi. NES Open Tournament Golf is often thought to be nearly...
The Japanese version was based on the manga series GeGeGe no Kitaro, but the game was changed to the generic "Ninja Kid" and all reference to Kitaro were removed for the American version. Once collected a scroll, it can be taken to the hut in the middle of the map to unlock the fortress and...
You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx. What you lack in size you more than make up for in determination. Spurred on by your trainer, Doc Louis, it's time to take on the world's boxing best!
The arcade version was eventually ported to six home console platforms and two sequels to the game were produced, as well as a spin-off series called Pocket Gal. The primary play mode, called "pocket game", requires that the player clear all the balls off the table in a limited number of shots,...
While the human players give the game more realism, the robot players can provide special moves that can guarantee points to the player or CPU opponent that can pull them off successfully. This game was featured in the "sports game section" of the October 1993 issue of Nintendo Power magazine...
Kendo Magic"), is an action video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom by Datam Polystar. In the English-language version of the game, an American girl named Josephine "Jo" goes to Japan to attend a summer kendo school. A role-playing video game titled Makeru...
It is the second sequel to the Game Boy game Fortified Zone, following the Japan-only Game Boy sequel Ikari no YÅsai 2. The fear of leaks of confidential material is a huge expense that the leaders could not possibly afford. However, because the near future also demands practical research, the people...
Guide Milon through the four levels of Garland Castle in his quest to reach the top floor and vanquish the big boss! The journey is a difficult one though, because the castle is locked up tight and Milon doesn't have the keys. You will have to use your bubble attacks to fend off the castle baddies while...
First introduced in 1983, it was distributed in the United States by Bally/Midway. The player guides Mappy the police mouse through the mansion of the cats called the Mewkies to retrieve stolen goods. If the player waits too long after this, the "Gosenzo" coin will drop onto the top-middle...
Metal Gear is considered to be the progenitor of the stealth game genre, it was also the first video game designed by Hideo Kojima, who also directed many of the later Metal Gear sequels. A heavily altered port was produced for the Famicom/NES (without Kojima's involvement). A remade version based on...
EarthBound Beginnings, originally titled as EARTH BOUND in North America, is the first installment in the Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. For its Japanese release, the game was...
Final Fantasy II is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the Final Fantasy series. Three of the four main characters join a rebellion against the empire, embarking on missions to gain new magic and weapons, destroy...