Funco Land - A land of Fun...co..

Where kids came to trade in their games for $3 and buy pre-owned ones for $50 with nice colorful cases. The good 'ol days!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Nerdicus NES Halloween Review Pt 2. : Friday the 13th (review #20)

Title : FRIDAY THE 13th Publisher : LJN Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$5 Ki Ki Ki Ki......ma ma ma ma....you do know that's what the whispers are in the movies right? It's not chi chi chi chi cha cha cha, or kill kill kill die die die. But it really doesn't matter because those noises are as creepy as hell regardless of what it's supposed to be saying. And with that, HAPPY HALLOWEEN,...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Nerdicus NES HALLOWEEN Review Pt 1 : Nightmare on Elm Street (review #19)

Title : A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Publisher : LJN Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$30 Well folks, tomorrow is Halloween and what better way to celebrate this "nightmare" of a holiday than by playing some horror film based games! Now of course there are two games that come to mind when thinking about Halloween and the Nintendo Entertainment System. And by now I'm sure you've guessed the...

Monday, October 28, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #18 : Adventures of Bayou Billy

Title : Adventures of Bayou Billy Publisher : Konami Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $1-$3 I have a lot of memories of The Adventures of Bayou Billy, and not a single one of them is good. My NES library was never that large the first few years I owned the system, and my parents would always tend to get me games that were discounted rather than the games I wanted. So, sure enough, Bayou...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #17 : Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

  Title : Adventures in the Magic Kingdom Publisher : Capcom Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 I was always a sucker for the console Disney games I had when I was a kid. Disney's Aladdin and Lion King come to mind of course, as these were probably some of the greatest. Even for the NES you had some classics such as Duck Tales and Chip N Dales : Rescue Rangers. But I don't think I...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #16 : Adventure Island III

  Title : Adventure Island III Publisher : Hudson Soft Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $18-$25 You would think by the third game I would be getting tired of rescuing Higgins' girlfriend over and over again. Seriously, this guy needs to put a tracking device on her. Better yet, he needs to move to a more populated area and stop Island Hopping. OBVIOUSLY it's a bad trend. Like...

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #15 : Adventure Island II

Title : Adventure Island II Publisher : Hudson Soft Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$20 Well, Master Higgins is at it again. Another group of islands filled with adventure (see, what I did there) and another princess to be rescued. Princess Tina has a real trust issue. She obviously was not taught as a child to yell "STRANGER, DANGER!". Then again, it's my guess that she has...

Monday, October 14, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #14 : Adventure Island

Title : Adventure Island Publisher : Hudson Soft Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-6 Oh, my dearest Hudson Soft - how many times did I end up renting this game in my meager attempts to defeat it? It is seemingly impossible to resist playing as a palm frond skirt clad, white hat donning fat man running through the treacherous jungles of ADVENTURE ISLAND. This is one of those games that...

Friday, October 11, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #13 - 720

Title : 720° Publisher : Mindscape Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$5 LETS SUCK EPISODE 5 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4V5pHw8ds Years before anyone even knew the name Tony Hawk, there was a little game known as 720°.  Considered to be the original predecessor and the originator of the acclaimed SKATE or DIE game, 720° was one of the first skateboarding games...

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #12 - Advanced D&D : Pool of Radiance

  Title : Advanced D&D : Pool of Radiance Publisher : Strategic Simulations Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10 - $20 Well, this is it folks. The last of the Advanced D&D games on the NES. Can this game finally be the hidden gem I was looking for? Or is DragonStrike going to be the one glimmer of hope that the D&D series has on the NES?...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #11 - 10-yard fight

Title : 10-Yard Fight Publisher : Nintendo Release Date : 1985 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$5 LETS "SUCK"  Link : Ep1. - "10 Yard Fight" Originally, I didn't plan on reviewing any of the NES sport games, because frankly I'm not much of a sports gamer anyway. Besides some of NHL games I played on modern consoles, I never really picked any up or enjoyed them. I'd much rather play the actual sport, than...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Nerdicus NES Review #10 : Advanced D&D : Hillsfar

  Title : Advanced D&D : Hillsfar Publisher : FCI Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $25-$50 LET'S SUCK VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNvm5XFQlng It's beginning to look like there is no saving the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons games for the NES. Just when I thought it couldn't get much worse with Heroes of the Lance, in comes Hillsfar. At least with Heroes of the Lance, I had some sense of...