NES Works 110: Q*Bert & Gyruss
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This week brings us not one but TWO vintage arcade conversions from Konami, by way of Ultra Games. One of them was Konami's own creation, whereas the other they had simply distributed in Japanese game centers back in the day. You can really tell. They played favorites here. One of these conversions is perfectly acceptable, and the other raises the bar. Poor form, "Ultra Games." Then again, this take on Gyruss is so good that I can't really bring myself to be upset that Q*Bert is merely OK.
Comments
I had Gyruss for NES as a kid and was ignorant of two important things: 1. its arcade predecessor, which I didn't know existed until much later and I only played for the first time a few years ago; and 2. its primary music was just a chiptune arrangement of Bach, which I didn't know until I took a classical music course in college. What can I say? I was raised an uncultured Texan.
James Jackson
2023-09-06 14:43:25 +0000 UTC
