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Wolverine – NES
Wolverine, another NES game from the LJN Pantheon, has it’s fair share of ups and downs. Great controls, and decent 8-bit graphics deliver some entertainment, but it’s dragged down by a merciless difficulty level and questionable design choices.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – NES
Home Alone 2 takes the setting of the second film and decides to rewrite the story of a clever and industrious kid into something more fitting for an 80s action star. This isn’t a game that rests on Kevin’s trickery and smarts, no, this is game that puts Kevin in a Rambo-esque role as he tears through relentless hordes of completely mundane people and objects. Read at your own risk!
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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure – NES
What is it with great movies and bad Nintendo ports? Brought to us by LJN, no less. Like Beetlejuice, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a movie that came out in 1988- scratch that, ’89. Damn, I was on to something here. Anyway, the first Bill and Ted movie was awesome. Highly quotable, fun story, and with enough self-aware cheese to keep you entertained all the way through. Then in 1991, just as we were insulted by LJN with their port of Beetlejuice, we got another winner with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure. But here’s the question: Could it get any worse than the Beetlejuice game? Well, why don’t we come along with ZB and take a close look at Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure for the Nintendo Entertainment System and see if we can come to a conclusion on the matter at hand?
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Operation Secret Storm – NES
Sometimes we run across a game that we can’t believe was actually produced. Operation Secret Storm was one such game. Uncover the secrets behind this classically bad NES action game.
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – PS2
Sometimes, you can pinpoint the moment when you realized that your favorite console was going to be phased out. For me, it was the terrible port of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. With gamebreaking bugs shipped in the box and corners cut wherever the developers could get away with it, it was the moment when I realized the PS2 was no longer worth every company’s best efforts to program for. Witness this harrowing recollection of loss and heartbreak in the spirit of April’s Foolish Games!
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Kid Icarus – NES
Often overlooked but remembered as a cult classic by some, the original Kid Icarus deserves a spot amid the best NES games of all time. Challenging? Yes. But it’s also a lot of fun and creates one of the most imaginative and creative atmospheres in the 8-bit world.
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Sprung – Nintendo DS
Want some love in your life? How about a collection of useless items? And maybe even a choice or two that doesn’t matter in the game? Sounds like you’re ready to suffer through Sprung for the Nintendo DS.
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Barbie Pet Rescue – PC
Barbie Pet Rescue is both unique and annoying. Depending on the player, one of those words will come to mind sooner than the other. Ride along with Nerd Bacon newcomer Nerdy Friend!
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Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation – PlayStation Vita
The Assassin’s Creed franchise hits the PlayStation Vita and travels to the city of New Orleans. Was Aveline’s adventure worth the fun? Or would you rather be assassinated yourself then have to play this game. Read Nerd Bacon.com’s review and find out!
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Monster Party – NES
Monster Party has got to be one of the quirkiest games for the original NES. With a bizarre premise and storied past involving edits, censorship, and copyright infringement, it may just be one of the more popular obscure games. It’s not quite perfect, but NES fans owe it to themselves to give this offbeat platformer a playthrough.
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Discworld – PlayStation
Discworld is not only a charming and powerful fantasy series made by the prolific (and late) Sir Terry Pratchett, it’s also a multi-platform point-and-click adventure game from 1995! In the PS1 version, we look at its scripted highs and gameplay lows in an effort to appreciate the great author’s influence, even if the game itself could be better.
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Mega Man 6 – NES
Mega Man’s final outing on the NES, Mega Man 6, introduces several new concepts, including a more exploratory environment. With new abilities, new ways to use them, and new choices to make, see why Mega Man 6 unfairly gets the shaft when it comes to the series’ time on the NES.
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Mega Man 5 – NES
Mega Man 5, the 5th of 6 Mega Man installments on the NES, is another fine example of what makes those early Mega Man games so appealing.
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SlingKnight – Android
Doc Croc reviews another game from the developer of MinuteQuest. the simple and addicting action game SlingKnight for the Android.
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Mega Man 3 – NES
Mega Man 3, often considered the series’ crowning achievement on the NES, shows us just why old games are so difficult. But in spite of the challenge, it offers a lengthy gameplay experience with plenty of variety.
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