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| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koneko Monogatari: The Adventures of Chatran | Pony Canyon (Marionette) | 1986 | Koneko Monogatari is based on the movie "The Adventures of Chatran" (also known as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" in the US). It is an average, slow-paced platform game with cute graphics aimed at children. Collect fruits for points and avoid all hostile animals - though not always hostile looking, and dying by being hit by a rain drop is also rather uncommon I think. The game consists of 24 stages, each stage representing one month of a year with a day and night stage each. As I mentioned the game's pace is kinda slow and unexciting, but not unplayable. Worst part is the music, which is really annoying in both the day and night stages. | labelimageminimize |
| Knight Lore: Majou no Ookami Otoko | Jaleco | 1986 | "Knight Lore" is a port of a famous European 8-bit homecomputer game, which spawned many games based on an isometric perspective especially on the Sinclair Spectrum. Despite being well-known in Europe it is odd that Jaleco would port this over to the Japanese only Famicom Disk System. The game is all about collecting various items scattered all over the rooms and bring them to a certain place in the right order. Then you go to the next level and do the same with different, more complicated rooms setups. Well, they updated the graphics a bit, which wasn't too hard considering how the computer versions look. The controls are rather bad and the fact that all 20-seconds or so you undergo a transformation from human to werewolf is also stupid, because the transformation fixes you in place for two or three seconds and that always happens when you exactly don't want to have it happen. A frustrating and below average game for Nintendo's 8-bit console. | labelimageminimize |
| Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic | Fuji Television (Nintendo) | 1987 | The game takes place inside a storybook. The book's story tells of the dream world of Muu, where the quality of dreams determined the quality of the weather the next day. Because of this, the Muu citizens invented a dream machine so they could always have good dreams. One day, a mischievous being named Mamu (whose name was changed to Wart for Super Mario Bros. 2) invaded the land and used the dream machine to make nightmarish monsters. However, the Muu people learned of his weakness to vegetables and used them to defeat him. The old storybook had found its way into the hands of a pet monkey, Rūsa, who gives the book to the young twins Poki and Piki. However, the twins quarrel and end up ripping out the last page of the book, causing its ending to be erased. Mamu, freed, reaches through the pages and kidnaps the twins, pulling them into the book. Rūsa gets the twins' parents, Mama and Papa, their brother, Imajin, and Imajin's girlfriend,[1] Lina, and they enter the book to rescue them. Source: https://www.mariowiki.com/Yume_K%C5%8Dj%C5%8D%3A_Doki_Doki_Panic***[media=youtube]Px3KTewBGrA[/media]***The game that would eventually become the western version of Super Mario Bros. 2. You can feel by the controls that this game is from the same developers as the original [game=#5128]Super Mario Bros.[/game]. It has many fresh ideas, looks and sounds good and is an overall very enjoyable platform game. Besides some minor cosmetic changes there are two significant differences compared to the Mario 2 cartridge version. First, you have to complete the game with all four characters in order to finish it, which is kinda silly. But second, you can save your progress after each world which makes up for it. | labelimagesubject |
| Donkey Kong | Nintendo (Intelligent Systems) | 1988 | Donkey Kong has kidnapped Pauline, and it is up to Mario, the fearless carpenter, to come to her rescue. Throwing fate to the wind, Mario tries desperately to climb the labyrinth of structural beams from the top of which Donkey Kong taunts him. Help our hero ascend the metal structure by dodging an assortment of fireballs, steel beams, and exploding barrels the angry ape hurls at him. Prepare yourself for a never-ending adventure as Donkey Kong takes Pauline away to the next level every time Mario gets to the top. Based on the arcade game of the same name, this classic will keep hardcore and casual gamers entertained for hours.***The "Donkey Kong" Famicom Disk System version could only be obtained via the Disk Writer method where you bought an empty disk and could copy a game for a small fee at certain copy stations. A regular version with box and manual was never available. You could order an extra foldout manual though. The game of course is identical to the Famicom version which appeared five years earlier in 1983. I think it lost a bit of its appeal over the time and the only reason to get it in 1988 was the lower price of Disk Writer games. Still playable but really short and there were many much better games around then. | labelimagesubject |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | Nintendo | 1988 | Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong. Play as Donkey Kong's son, Junior, and rescue your dad who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario. Use your jumping and climbing abilities to clamber up vines and chains, gather vital fruit and keys, and open the cage to free your father. Make sure you avoid the pesky birds, nasty electric sparks, and creepy chompers! Four different worlds filled with numerous climbing and jumping puzzles await you in this timeless classic.***The "Donkey Kong Jr." Famicom Disk System version could only be obtained via the Disk Writer method where you bought an empty disk and could copy a game for a small fee at certain copy stations. A regular version with box and manual was never available. You could order an extra foldout manual though. The game of course is identical to the Famicom version which appeared five years earlier in 1983. I think it lost a bit of its appeal over the time and the only reason to get it in 1988 was the lower price of Disk Writer games. Still playable but really short and there were many much better games around then. | labelimagesubject |
