As with other games on this list, its more fun to die together than to die alone. Lets be honest, you play through most of the game this way, as the cascade of death started in stage two. Just like in Gradius, if you are powered up you can plow through the game, but if you die, you are reduced to a pea shooter and the default speed may as well be a crawl. It does accept the Konami code at the title screen, so you can experience the carnage of death upon death as you brute force your way through the game. Gradius was tough-as-nails hard, and this is no deviation. It turns out that adding two-player co-op adds tremendously to the gameplay experience. The gameplay is nearly identical, so it may as well be a sequel. When this was localized for North America, the capsule system was reinstated, making seem like the direct sequel to Gradius. Originally Salamander eschewed the power up capsule meter for a simpler power up pick up system. It was known as Salamander elsewhere, which is why there is an intergalactic snake (?) on the cover. Often thought of as a sequel to Gradius, Life Force is technically a spin off. There is one music track on a loop, and while this would incite a murderous rage in lesser games, this track never seems to offend - it will be burned into your memory however. With all of the bubbles, enemies, and other objects on screen the action gets fairly frantic. You may think that enemies are impossible to reach, until you learn to hold the jump button, which allows you to bounce on bubbles to reach higher platforms. The biggest obstacles are the stage designs themselves. It is fairly simple at first, becoming fairly challenging as you progress. In order to advance past each stage, you need to defeat all of the enemies but trapping them in bubbles, and popping the bubbles. You play as a bubble blowing dinosaur(s), trying to make it to the end in order to be turned back into a boy. Perhaps known best for its infectiously catchy music, Bubble Bobble is a unique platformer/puzzle game. The buttons have been configured differently instead of punch and kick they are now left attack and right attack, which allows for better defense in a crowd. There may be some additional sprite flicker as the NES attempts to keep up with the action, but it is worth it. The sequel fixes this, and includes some new moves and animations as well. The first Double Dragon was a great game but it was also disappointing in that co-op was not included. Games like shoot'em ups and run n' guns don't often have main character animations, but in beat'em ups the sprites have many movement animations to show punches, kicks, head-butts, and so on. For whatever reason maybe the complexity of sprite animations combined with lots of enemies reduced the amount of sprites that could be onscreen. A fantastic two-player game that no one talks about.īelieve it or not, but there aren't a whole lot of two-player beat'em ups on the NES. SNK learned from that, and this is the result. As Iconic as Ikari Warriors is, its slow gameplay hindered it from being fun. The game allows you to drive tanks and unleash some serious offensive power, much like its predecessor, Ikari Warriors. Ironically, you will need to learn some restraint while firing as part of your objective is to rescue hostages that more often than not, parked right in front of enemy placements. It is a rare instance of an NES game having rapid fire as the default firing speed, which alleviates the need for a turbo controller. Taking jungle warfare to the next level, Guerrilla War plays a lot like Heavy Barrel, but a lot faster. It is way too easy to shoot these POWs by accident Either way, it is a great two-player romp through a jungle, with decent pacing and a moderate difficulty curve. I have never obtained all of the pieces myself, but supposedly that's what you get. Certain defeated enemies drop keys that you can use to unlock crates that contain power ups or pieces of the "Heavy Barrel", which is s ridiculously overpowered weapon, with a time limit. The title of the game is based on a super weapon that you can assemble if you collect all the parts for it. This is an overhead run'n gun game, where you invade some terrorist's hideout and blow away waves of soldiers.
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