Sequel to Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands sees Bub and Bob (in 2 player mode), who are now curiously small boys rather than dinosaurs, attempting to rid the Rainbow Islands of bad guys. Using the power to cast rainbows, trapping anything underneath, the boys must ascend vertically 4 levels each island, with a big, bad boss … Read more
Raid on Bungeling Bay is the first game designed by Will Wright. The game has the player controlling a helicopter which is on a mission to destroy everything that moves. The only ally is the carrier, which is where the player begins at each level and may return to for repair and pick up bombs, … Read more
You wake up in the middle of a forest. Your head hurts. You don’t remember anything: you don’t know who you are, and you vaguely recall your name. A man approaches you and says his name is Darus. After realizing that you are suffering from a strange amnesia, Darus takes you to a nearby village … Read more
Tire and bicycle manufacturer Bridgestone produced this piece of Famicom software to help its customers build their own custom bikes from the company’s assortment of parts. Radac Tailor-Made was thus only given out to Bridgestone dealers, who would probably set it up in their shops so potential customers could play around. Besides illustrating just how … Read more
Racer Mini Yonku: Japan Cup (“Yonku” refers to four-wheel drive vehicles) is a board game with racing game sections, in that the player has to construct their own RC 4WD car and then race them against their CPU opponents in various events, often taking terrain handling into account. It was based on the then-popular mini … Read more
In Mendel Palace, you are Bun-Bun and you have to rescue your girlfriend Candy, who has fallen asleep and is now trapped in her dream. To progress, you have to go through various areas that feature dolls as enemies. Games are played on a board of 7×5 sliding tiles, using an overhead view. By sliding … Read more
Quarth is a typical puzzle/arcade game. Quarth can be moved from right to left while the screen scrolls down. The playing field is filled with different blocks and your aim is to fill them in so they form complete rectangles or squares. Only when you succeed in this mission, the concerned blocks will disappear. New … Read more
Among other minor changes, Accolade had simply replaced the title screen, erased the FCI “eye” logos from the field and modified the cheerleader graphic (she was originally a Playboy Bunny, complete with bow tie, cuffs and bunny ears).
Pyokotan no Dai Meiro is an action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here is a full English translation for the game Pyokotan no Daimeiro. Everything has completely translated. Update from V0.99 to V1.0 – corrected the issues with the level names on the pause screens, reorganization and color mishaps on the title screen, a … Read more
The challenge in each level of Puzznic is to maneuvre a selection of blocks into place so as to clear them all, by making them make contact with blocks of the same design. You control a cross-hair, which can move a block left or right, which can cause it to fall if there is no … Read more