showing 3 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiki Kaikai: Dotou Hen | Taito (Bits Laboratory) | 1987 | "Kiki Kaikai: Dotou Hen" is a heavily modified version of the arcade game [url=http://www.uvlist.net/game-1899-Kiki+KaiKai]Kiki Kaikai[/url]. You control a cute girl which must rescue several gods from evil bosses. The game is playable, but the overworld is very monotonous looking and very maze-ish and nearly impossible to map out. You have to find caves (which all have the same layout) with bosses and kill them. While the arcade version is a pure shoot and run-style game (just with cute characters) the ammo in the FDS game is somewhat limited. When you are out of ammo you have to rely on a whip-like melee weapon. While being a mediocre game, the box this game came in is definitely not. It contained a few toy statues and is very unusual in shape and size, which I like pretty much. | labelimageminimize |
| Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima - Zenpen | Nintendo (Pax Softnica;Nintendo) | 1987 | When thinking about Nintendo games, adventure games are not the first genre that come to my mind. But it seems Nintendo has done some of them. "Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima" is a traditional console adventure game with the normal menu driven system. However it is also very different because it oozes traditional Japanese writing style with text displayed on "scrolls" and read from left to right. Despite a lack of translation available I enjoyed it with a solution at hand, although it is nothing that would let me say "Wow!". The Famicom Disk System just isn't a strong enough system to impress with graphics in adventure games (homecomputers were better in that regard). It is also irritating, that this game represents only the first half of the whole game. In order to continue with the game you had to buy the second part named "Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima - Kouhen" which was released a few weeks later. | labelimageminimize |
| Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima - Kouhen | Nintendo (Pax Softnica;Nintendo) | 1987 | This is the second and last part of the Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima adventure game from Nintendo, released a few weeks after the first part. It is important to note that this is only playable if you have finished the first part and cannot be started independently. This is also my main complaint about this game. The rest is just the same classic menu driven adventure gameplay that already appeared in the first part. Enjoyable with the proper walkthrough, but sadly no translation available (yet). | labelimageminimize |
