Nerdicus NES Review #162: Days of Thunder

Title : Days of Thunder Publisher : Mindscape Group Developer : Beam Software Genre : Action Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $5-$7 You know me by now. I hate racing games. Even more than racing games, I typically hate games based on movies. So that's two strikes right there. Oh wait, want to make it a third strike? Okay, Tom Cruise annoys the hell out of me! Three Strikes!...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #48: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

Title : Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Publisher : Sega Developer : Sega Genre : Platformer Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$30 Ahhh, the memories I have of this game. I feel like EVERYONE knew about this game, regardless of the fact if they had a Sega console or not. When I was younger, my family and I would head over to a family friends house for dinner typically...

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Nerdicus NES Review #160 + #161: Home Alone 1 & 2

Title : Home Alone Publisher : THQ Developer : Bethesda Softworks Genre : Action Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $5-$10 Title : Home Alone 2 Publisher : THQ Developer : Imagineering Genre : Action Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $3-$5 Tis the season folks! Christmas is upon us, and we're probably...

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Nerdicus NES Review #159: Day Dreamin' Davey

Title : Day Dreamin' Davey Publisher : HAL Laboratory Developer : Sculpted Software Genre : Action Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $5-$10 If there was one video game character I could relate to when thinking back to my childhood, it would have to be Day Dreamin' Davey. I mean the kid spent his entire school day locked in his own mysterious worlds because he didn't give a...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #53: Clock Tower

Title : Clock Tower Publisher : Human Entertainment Developer : Human Entertainment Genre : Survival Horror / Point N Click Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $????? (import only - fan translation) I received a pretty little package in the mail. A fan made translation cart of a relatively unknown SNES game called CLOCK TOWER. Most of you probably know this game for the Playstation...

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Nerdicus NES Review #158: Gyruss

Title : Gyruss Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Shoot 'em Up Players :  1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $4-$6 Question - do you like Galaga? If so, continue reading. If not, continue reading anyway because I DON'T DO THIS FOR MY HEALTH PEOPLE. We're back at it with a classic NES shoot 'em up with this special request from my man, Oscar. First of all, what happened...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #47: Cannon Fodder

Title : Cannon Fodder Publisher : Virgin Interactive Developer : Sensible Software Genre : Action / Strategy / Shoot 'em Up Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$30 Sensibile Software is a name that a lot of us US gamers aren't that familiar with, after all they were primarily a UK based developer. In fact, most of us won't know of them until they were bought over by Codemasters....

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Nerdicus NES Review #157: Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum

Title : Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum Publisher : Data East Developer : Beam Software Genre : Action / Puzzle Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $4-$6 Wow, check out this guy. DASH GALAXY.....can't get much campier than that. I have a real issue with that 1950's super hero look. They just don't look super-hero-ey. Instead they look like pompous asses. And why do their outfits...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #52: Captain Commando

Title : Captain Commando Publisher : Capcom Developer : Capcom Genre : Beat 'em Up Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $85-$90 Sometimes I think companies get a bit lazy with coming up with titles for their games. And when this is coming from Capcom, I think they deserve a little bit of a slap on the wrist! Captain Commando? Really? Why not just call the game General...

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Nerdicus NES Review #156: P.O.W

Title : P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR Publisher : SNK Developer : SNK Genre : Beat 'Em Up Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $5 - $7 Here we are with another request by my man, Oscar Tristan, taking me back to the good 'ol days of can't-go-wrong beat 'em up arcade-styled games. Of course, we're looking at another "jungle" themed atmosphere for this war based prison escape game. There...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #46: Caliber .50

Title : Caliber .50 Publisher : Mentrix Software Developer : Visco Corporation Genre : Scrolling Shooter Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 Oy, it is way too early to play any games that require even an ounce of thought, so why not a typical scrolling shooter to appeal to my brain fog this morning? That'll work. What better game than CALIBER .50 for the Sega Genesis....

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Nerdicus NES Review #155: Sweet Home

Title : Sweet Home Publisher : Capcom Developer : Capcom Genre : RPG Psychological Horror Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $25-$50 Home...Sweet....Home.....yeah, not really. More like DEATH....PURE DEATH. This review is probably coming out of nowhere for some of you. After all, I haven't done any games that were strictly only released overseas and never even saw the grace...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #51: Cacoma Knight in Bizyland

Title : Cacoma Knight in Bizyland Publisher : SETA Corporation Developer : Affect Genre : Action / Puzzle Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 If there ever was a Super Nintendo game that confused the hell out of me the first time I played it, it would have to be Cacoma Knight in Bizyland. I'm not even talking about the bizarre name, nor the fact that the box...

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Nerdicus Gameboy Review #2: Robocop

Title : Robocop Publisher : Data East Developer : Ocean Genre : Platformer Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $8-$10 So, I had a special request to do this review, and you know what I am not going to turn down a special request. Especially since I don't get many of them. Which brings up the following point, if ANYONE has any specific reviews that you would like to see, I...

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Nerdicus NES Review #154: Darkman

Title : Darkman Publisher : Ocean Developer : Ocean Genre : Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $12-$15 Now that the Thanksgiving long weekend is finally over, and I pretty much got all the Turkey goodness out of my system by now, it's time to get back into the swing of some video game reviews. We're starting off December with a game that was personally one of my last...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #45: Cadash

Title : Cadash Publisher : Taito Developer : Taito Genre : Action Platform Players :  1-2 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$25 Dragons? Barbarians? Wizards? Demons!? DUNGEONS?! SKELETONS?! AGHHH!!! I can't contain my nerdism! It's boiling over! It's everything I want, all packaged into one epic platforming / role playing / action / adventure nerd overload! It's funny though, the first...

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