Showing posts with label Nintendo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nintendo. Show all posts

Monday, 30 April 2012

Soccer (NES / Famicom)

I remember looking at some of those early NES games where the art on the cartridge was just some pixels from the game itself.  Very simple, and it came far before pixel art ever became popular.  It was pretty neat, and Soccer was one of those simple games.  And boy was it simple.  Looking at it now, players moved painfully slow, it was a miracle to pass or shoot the ball, and actually scoring took some serious work.

Soccer title screenSelecting a team
Starting a match
Britain gets a throw in
The goalkeeper catches the ball

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Adventures of Lolo (NES / Famicom)

The Lolo series are probably some of the most charming puzzle games that I've ever played.  You play as a spherical dragon dude trying to save his girlfriend by unlocking one room after the next in a massive castle.  With a cute aesthetic, interesting puzzles, and a catchy theme song, it's hard not to like the Adventures of Lolo.  In a time where puzzle games are dominated by cold, sterile colors and shapes, it makes me wish there were more Lolo games today.

Adventures of Lolo title screen
Poor Lolo
Lolo setting off to rescue his girlfriend
Fire breathing baddies
A sleepy wandering bad guy
Skulls always mean something bad
On to the second floor

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Super Spike V'Ball (NES / Famicom)

This game became quite the thing with my group of friends as a kid, though the huge push it was getting from Nintendo Power at the time may have helped with that. :p  It was quite a good game, though.  Very nice visuals for the time, responsive, simple controls, and it was actually pretty long.  Certainly one of the more popular NES sports games of its time that it would seem a lot of people today have forgotten about.

Super Spike V'Ball Title Screen
A practice match at the beach
I scored a point!
I won the match
Victory Dance
Daytona Beach match
A match in New York City