A Boy & His Blob
The NES library has its highs and lows. Many genres that are still around today were created on that little gray box. But it was also home to shovelware the likes of which is rarely seen in the industry. During...
Tag: adventure
Demon’s Crest
In spite of their crushing difficulty I love the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series. But the series does have a deep, dark, secret. The best games in the series have nothing to do with Arthur and star its most hated enemy,...
Kick Master
Developer: KID Publisher: Taito Released: 1992 Genre: Action Toward the end of the NES’ life cycle when everyone else had moved on Taito levelled up. I liked Power Blade as much as the next man but before that they were...
Uninvited
The NES had a surprisingly decently library of point and click adventure games. But even with that in mind Uninvited is rarely mentioned. That could be due to its late release. The NES was still popular in 1991 but the...
Déjà Vu
I have to credit the MacVenture series of NES ports as the titles that made me a fan of point and click adventures. While I read Nintendo Power’s coverage of Maniac Mansion it didn’t grab me. But Shadowgate seemed incredibly...
The Firemen
Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare. Sega gave us Brave Firefighters in the arcade and the cool but flawed Burning Rangers...
Cybernator
Developer: Masaya Publisher: Konami Release: 04/04/93 Genre: Action Target Earth was an early Genesis title that left an impression on any who played it. It was mostly negative as the brutal difficulty was immediately off putting. But behind t...
Illusion of Gaia
Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Released: September 1, 1994 Genre: Action RPG I really enjoyed Soul Blazer back when I played it in 1993. It had an interesting structure compared to the typical action RPGs of the time and was enjoyable...
Shadowgate
Developer: Icom Simulations Publisher: Kemco Released: 1989 Genre: Adventure My fascination with point and click adventure games started at a young age. I remember browsing the Electronic Boutique catalogs and reading the descriptions o...
