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This update is all over the place again. First was Kid Kool adn the Quest of the Seven Wonder Herbs. Awesome title! This game seems to be designed to be an especially frustrating platformer. Your quest is to finish seven stages, each ending with a boss battle, and depending on how quick you finish you get a slightly different ending. The levels have a lot of different trial and error sections which I'm assuming are to slow you down and prevent you from getting the best endings to easily. After you get used to the awkward jumping controls (you have to be moving at a decent pace to be able to jump forward with any momentum) it plays alright, but holy hell some of the areas you have to get past are annoying. It took me around 3 hours to finish the game and I still seemed to get a good ending (but not the best one). [img width=638 height=479]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/KidKool-Ending.jpg[/img]Someone on the nintendoage thread I've been following made a comment about AD&D Dragon Strike being nearly impossible. I'd never tried it out and always assumed it was going to be a traditional RPG or possibly a dungeon crawler. Turns out its a shooter, cool right! So I had to pop it in and see what all the fuss was about. Turn out I loved the game and only wish I'd played it years ago. You get to control one of 3 different dragons, all with different stats and attacks. Even though this game is definitely in the shmup family it plays drastically different than most. Instead of scrolling vertical/horizontal you get complete freedom to move as you wish across a small map. Each mission consists of 1 or more objectives which have to be met before you can move on to the next mission. Your dragon moves in a swooping motion instead of straight ahead and you can switch between to different heights. Some enemies or projectiles will require you to be at a different height to hit/avoid. Very cool little game that I'd definitely recommend trying out. [img width=641 height=482]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/ADDDragonStrike-Ending.jpg[/img]Popped in yet another black box beauty and tried out Slalom. Having played a few different black box games already I had some expectations about Slalom going in. It surpassed most of them right away. As far as BB games go its got to be one of the best. Decent graphics, sound and gameplay really werent what I was expecting when I turned it on. Short enough that it doenst get too repetitive and just a lot of fun. [img width=642 height=480]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/Slalom-Ending.jpg[/img]Next up was yet another Taito game, Wrath of the Black Manta. I've had relatively good experiences with most other Taito games so far so I had high hopes for Black Manta. While it did do a few unique things and have some funny cheesy-ness to it, it ultimately was broken because of one move you obtain after completing the first level. It wasnt bad, but not up to par with many of Taito's other games. [img width=642 height=480]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/WrathoftheBlackManta-Ending.jpg[/img]Finally for this update is my most recent pick up, Race America. I'm not a fan of racing games unless they are Mario Kart. This may be the exception though. I had a lot of fun with Race America and it played VERY well for an NES title. Almost something I'd have expected to see on the SNES or Genesis. It might even be a bona fide hidden gem. Very cool game! [img width=642 height=478]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/RaceAmerica-Ending.jpg[/img]NES Games Finished In 2012( click on a title to view the video) Silver SurferNinja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of DoomDouble Dragon II: The RevengeDouble Dragon III: The Sacred StonesGhosts n GoblinsTetrisPro WrestlingGradiusZanacAdventure IslandKarnovTrojanExcitebikeBaseballSpy HunterAdventure Island IITennisBattletoadsShadowgateBattletoads/Double DragonPinball QuestSection ZGodzillaHydlideMarble MadnessBack to the FutureDarkmanTerminator 2RobocopTotal RecallPredatorRobocop 2Robocop 3Hudson HawkHome AloneHome Alone 2Batman ReturnsGhostbusters IIGhostbustersDie HardA Nightmare on Elm StreetThe Krion ConquestAdventures of Dino RikiUltima: ExodusLegacy of the WizardAir FortressUltima: Quest of the AvatarDarkwing DuckUltima: Warriors of DestinyLegends of the DiamondPro Sports HockeyDusty Diamond's All-Star SoftballYoshi's CookieKick MasterZombie NationStadium EventsSuper Jeopardy!JoustYoshiDance AerobicsAdventures of Bayou BillyPipe DreamsSki or DieWerewolf: The Last WarriorSimpsons: Bart vs The Space MutantsCity ConnectionAmerican GladiatorsRoundball 2-on-2 Challenge720Athletic WorldSuper Team GamesRomance of the Three KingdomsGumshoeBases LoadedThe Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger HuntKings of the BeachThe Blues BrothersVolley BallLode Runner3D World RunnerTwin EagleDragon's LairThe Adventures of Rad GravityBreak Time: The National Pool Tour Bases Loaded II Rainbow IslandsConquest of the Crystal PalacePeter Pan And The PiratesKid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder HerbsAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Strike SlalomWrath of the Black MantaRace AmericaBONUS GAME - AssimilateFuture Plans - I worked a bit on Treasure Master tonight and think I can knock it off my list tomorrow if all goes well. Also want to get to Krusty's Fun House and King's Knight in the near future.
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Yep, remember beating Wrath of the Black Manta when I was a kid pretty easily. Some sort of fire shield you can use if I recall.
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@singlebanana: Yeah, the Fire Ring puts out a circle of fireballs around you for a few moments. I dont even think I tried all the different moves in the game. Once I got Invisibility I just spammed that through the rest of the game. Its pretty broken.
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Fire Ring FTW!
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Great games this week, Crab. Wrath of the Black Manta. Haven't heard that one in a coons age. I seem to remember the boss fights having a solid black background. Hm.
I never realized they made Dragon Strike for the NES (they also made one for the C64). Wow are the two versions different! While the NES game is a shooter, the C64 version is a FPS dragon sim! Yikes!
Everytime I see Slalom it makes me want to play Mach Rider. Now sure why.
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@bombatomba: The first boss had that "Sunsoft-esque" pure black background. The rest of them had a little bit of flare though, but were mostly pretty minimal.
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Nice variety of picks. Slalom was always one of the initial titles I didn't care for as much. Just didn't seem as much fun as most of the others to me. Race America is a winner though, solid choice.
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Kid Kool and the Wrath of the Slalom Dragon
Next on SyFy!
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I always think of Slalom as "Downhill Ass Skiing".
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Wasn't the Kid Kool game on Gamecenter CX? That scene looks so familiar to me...
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@bombatomba:I dunno. I'm still waiting for Shadow to link us to the next episode 
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@bombatomba:
Yes it was featured on Game Center CX. Kakefu Kun no Jump Tengoku: Speed Jigoku is the Famicom title. AVGN also did a video on Kid Kool.
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