Tag: NES

  • Vintage Gaming – Super Dodge Ball

    Vintage Gaming – Super Dodge Ball

    Super Dodge Ball might just be the ideal game from the 8-bit era that you didn’t play.  It’s exactly what the title says, your team (USA in our NES version) battles dodge ball teams from around the globe in a tournament.  Each team (from places like Iceland, Kenya and China) had different strengths and weaknesses,…

  • Vintage Gaming – River City Ransom

    Vintage Gaming – River City Ransom

    River City Ransom is one of those games that, if you’ve played it, you probably love it…but not a lot of people have played it.  I came across it by chance at the video store once, played the heck out of it, but it took me forever to find a working copy.  I finally did,…

  • Vintage Gaming – Destiny of an Emperor

    Vintage Gaming – Destiny of an Emperor

    I’m showing my age again to some of you young bucks, but when I mention my favorite classic RPGs, this one probably elicits the most blank stares.  Destiny of an Emperor was released by Capcom way back in 1990 for the NES, and was a fairly typical JRPG.  There were a few key differences, and…

  • Old Game Tuesday – Uncharted Waters

    Old Game Tuesday – Uncharted Waters

    This might be surprising, considering how much I love most other Sid Meier games, but I never got around to the original Pirates! game.  I was deep into war games and looking at it, it just didn’t interest me.  Another thing I found to be cool were Samurai (and by extension, ancient Japan), which led…