Nerdicus NES Review #30 : Air Fortress

Title : Air Fortress Publisher :  HAL Laboratory Inc. Genre : Side Scrolling Shooter / Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $4-8 Ahh, Air Fortress. The only game on the NES where you can play as a Scuba Diver with an antenna poking out of his rather large arse, flying through space to kill aliens. But seriously, folks. This was one of the first...

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Nerdicus Rant #1 : Gaming OCD

I swore I would never fall victim to it again, but here I am, putting myself through the same torment that I had done so many times before. I'll even say to myself that now will be the last time I do it, but I know it won't be. It'll suck me back in, just as it has done before.  Of course, I'm talking about Pokemon. I originally realized I had a problem back in 7th grade when I first got my hands on Pokemon Red. I thought that once...

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Nerdicus NES Review #29 : Afterburner

Title : Afterburner Publisher :  Tengen Genre : Combat Flight Simulator  Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-4 Here we go folks, one of the first of many unlicensed NES games brought to you by the amazing TENGEN! Now, unlicensed sounds like a bad word, but most of the games TENGEN that were released weren't half bad. And taking part in an combat...

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Nerdicus NES Review #28 : Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Title : Adventures of Tom Sawyer Publisher :  SETA Genre : Action Players : 1 or 2 Players Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-8 One look at the box art to this game, and Tom Sawyer appears to be quite the bad ass. Those are roaring rapids he's on, and apparently he had to go face to face with the loch ness monster and travel through a giant mushroom forest. Who knew!? I don't remember...

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Nerdicus NES Review #27 : Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Title : Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Publisher : THQ Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-13 I watched cartoons as if it were my job when I was a kid. I would wake up early every morning, run downstairs and flip on the television just so I could watch as much as possible before the rest of my family woke up to join in on the TV time.  You name it, I had...

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Nerdicus NES Review #26 : Adventures of Rad Gravity

Title : Adventures of Rad Gravity Publisher : Activision Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 I, er. I don't even know where to begin. This might very well be one of the most painful games I've had to play through. And I'm not using painful as a metaphor here. My eyes were ACTUALLY throbbing halfway through my play through.  ...

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Nerdicus NES Review #25 : The Adventures of LoLo 3

Title : The Adventures of LoLo 3 Publisher : HAL America Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $30-$50 Lolo is at it again in this third, and final installment of The Adventures of Lolo. We've been through a lot, that little blue ball and I. From puzzle filled rooms that I breezed through in a matter of seconds, to rooms that i sold my soul to the devil himself in order to pass. All to save...

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Nerdicus NES Review # 24 : The Adventures of LoLo 2

Title : The Adventures of LoLo 2 Publisher : HAL America Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Now you would think a sequel to a game like Lolo would just be the first game with new puzzles added. Well, you're right. Lolo 2 follows the old adage of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." but HAL still manages to tweak it just enough to keep it's audience interested....

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Nerdicus NES Review # 23 : The Adventures of LoLo

Title : The Adventures of LoLo Publisher : HAL America Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $6-$10 Oh, Lolo. You mischievous little blue ball. What have you gotten yourself into now? What's that? You've gone and let your girlfriend Princess Lala get kidnapped by the King of Darkness, Eggar? Yup, you heard right. You're a blue ball, rescuing a pink ball, from an evil demon. Now were they just lazy...

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Nerdicus NES Review #22 : The Adventures of Dino RikI

Title : Adventures of Dino Riki Publisher : Hudson Soft Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 Another overhead shooter, huh? Can you get anymore original, Nintendo? Come on, I bet you have almost 300 in your library. That's almost a 1/3 of all your games being overhead shooters! I mean at least make this one different. But wait - di- di- di- DINOSAURS!? ...

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Nerdicus NES Review #21 : Adventures of Captain Comic

Title : Adventures of Captain Comic Publisher : Color Dreams Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 I have always been a huge comic book buff. Truth be told, I have boxes upon boxes scattered about my house filled to the brim with old issues. There was this comic book store around the corner from me that I would go to every day on the way home from school. Even if I didn't have any money...

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