Yeah, a cold struck me down, but I’m not out… I do need to reshuffle some videos around. But hopefully, the big Sunday video won’t be an issue… the big Monday episode, on the other hand, might be. Fiddle sticks. We’ll let you folks know tomorrow.
Category: Video Reviews
Review #1366 – Challenge (Atari 2600)
Almost a year later, we get a portable iteration of Acclaim/LJN’s Spidey/X-Men crossover title. Maybe we were better off without one? Perhaps? I don’t know.
Review #1365 – Pop’n Wizz (Mega Drive)
And now for something completely and utterly different from the usual… I promise.
Oh, and by the way, the thumbnails featured in this week’s lot of video reviews are from Youtube’s inspiration tab that’s going away, so I figured that I’d give these generic A1-generated thumbnails a whirl and see how many people don’t watch. Should be fun… or not.
For those who want to give this a shot:
https://format-c.itch.io/popn-wizz
Review #1364 – Mario Bros. (Atari 8-Bit)
It’s the Mario Bros. Nintendo didn’t want you to know about… because it’s not on a Nintendo system and they’d rather you just buy their version instead… fair enough, I suppose.
This is the XE version, which differs from the old 5200 version. It’s also the better version of the two, though considering it’s made years later, that’s probably rather obvious.
Review #1363 – Food Fight (Atari 8-Bit)
A bit of a delay in this one because I forgot to upload the video this morning before I left and I didn’t bring a laptop. Oops. Anyway, it’s another Atari 50 mine and on top of that, it’s mostly recycled bits from a prior review… which helps because said review helped in filling some gaps for this one.
Review #1362 – Ring Rage (Game Boy)
Going to level with you folks; this week’s scheduled offering of Arcade’s Revenge has been pushed back to next week because the reviews aren’t ready yet and most of my spare time was spent playing this other thing that came out of nowhere. Fortunately, we’ve got back-up in the form of Ring Rage and a couple other quickies this week.
On the bright side, the schedule is upheld.
Review #1361 – Solitaire FunPak (Game Boy)
Review #1360 – Dig Dug (Atari 8-Bit)
Amazingly, the one Namco game added to the Atari 8-Bit pile of Atari 50 somehow eluded coverage ’round these parts since… well, the last time I touched these fucking things, so… let’s rectify that and go home.
Review #1359 – Before She’s Gone (Switch)
Keep the little girl from dying by pointing out the things that can potentially kill her in this exciting point-and-click adventure game. The final game in our Five Dollar Gift Card saga that I completely forgot about.
For other videos in our little Five Dollar saga:
Sunday Gimmick Table #51 – The Five Dollar Nintendo Gift Card
Review #1289 – Space Intervention (Switch)
Review #1316 – Minepull (Switch)
Review #1350 – Rafa’s World (Switch)
And then, there’s Saturday’s live show, which featured a playthrough of the game. We’ll come up with a clever pitch later…
Review #1358 – Metal Force (Famicom)
Diving back into the realm of unlicensed bootleg fare… except this one is actually quite good. In fact, I am genuinely surprised by how well Metal Force held up. This almost could pass for something out of the Tengen camp… almost.