A fantasy-themed strategy. It plays something like Famicom/Advance Wars or Daisenryaku, where the goal is to quickly conquer locations by producing a lot of units each turn and sending them against enemy forces. As with those games, there is also a little close-up graphic of the two units whenever they meet for battle, which shows … Read more
Based on The movie “King Kong Lives” (called King Kong 2 in Japan), the player takes control of King Kong in a quest to rescue Lady Kong from evil forces. This is an action adventure game where you must travel to several different worlds in order to defeat bosses and earn keys that are needed … Read more
Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble is a 1986 multi-genre video game developed by Game Studio and published by Bandai for the Family Computer. It is based on the anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam, and is one of the first Gundam video games. Aside from the much later Famicom Mini release, there were two versions … Read more
Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble is a 1986 multi-genre video game developed by Game Studio and published by Bandai for the Family Computer. It is based on the anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam, and is one of the first Gundam video games. Aside from the much later Famicom Mini release, there were two versions … Read more
The third game in the Tower of Druaga series is actually a prequel to the original game. Right after the demon Druaga stole the Blue Crystal Rod, the goddess Ishtar sends the priestess Ki to retrieve it. The player controls Ki in her way up the 60 tower’s levels. As in the original game, she … Read more
“Keroppi to Keroriinu no Splash Bomb!” is a pretty fun Bomberman-ish game, with a nice free roaming aspect to the levels, meaning you have to find your way through the levels to get to the boss, unlike most Bomberman games where each level is primarily one screen. It also features a very original story line.. … Read more
This video game has Sanrio’s character searching for lost children who have been kidnapped by monsters. Essentially a standard Super Mario Bros. clone, the player controlling the cartoon frog has to leap around platforms jumping on baddies or killing them with his croak weapon. Each bonus level involves matching characters from the Sanrio franchise in … Read more
Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken (Keroppi’s Big Adventure) is based on the popular Sanrio character Keroppi. It is a children’s puzzle game where Keroppi must rescue his girlfriend Keroleen who is locked up in a castle. To do so, he must solve the action based puzzles in seven differently themed worlds with four different types … Read more
As a penguin, you must travel around Antarctica, making your way between bases before time runs out. This sounds easy, right? Wrong. Hindering your progress will be ice crevices and leopard seals. You can jump over the crevices, but jumping over the leopard seals may be difficult. You can speed up or slow down the … Read more
Keiba Simulation: Honmei (“keiba” is the Japanese word for horse-racing, and “honmei” is a term meaning a favorite to win) is a Famicom horse-racing simulation game from Nichibutsu, often known as Nihon Bussan. In fact, the box art states the former as developer and the title screen states the latter. As a true simulation game, … Read more