NES Works Gaiden: Star Force / Elevator Action / Field Combat
Added 2022-03-16 12:28:21 +0000 UTCYes, this week's episode once again goes back over a couple of games that have already appeared here—in this case, Elevator Action and Star Force have shown up on both NES Works and Segaiden. I promise I have new things to say about them! Plus, you'll want to stick around for the all-new, all-different Field Combat, which to my mind is one of the earliest attempts by Japanese developers to take existing genres and combine them in a simple, streamlined way... something that would become a trademark of that side of the industry throughout the latter ’80s (and the NES era in particular).
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Love each time the day reset counter image appears. Always up for a good running gag. I will say that the context of some of these NES games appearing in the Famicom's pre-Super Mario timeline really gives them a better chance to be appreciated. As opposed to being somewhat filler material, they do truly look to be part of that build-up to Super Mario Bros' being the very pinnacle of what you could get out of the hardware on its own. And yes, that includes eye-searing games like Ninja-kun.
TheyCallMeSleeper
2022-03-16 14:02:55 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm going to be hosting a panel about this at Midwest Gaming Classic.
Jeremy Parish
2022-03-16 13:06:24 +0000 UTCXevious is the new Heiankyo Alien
Ian Easton
2022-03-16 13:05:29 +0000 UTC
