Nerdicus SNES Review #5 : Actraiser 2

Title :  Actraiser 2 Publisher : Enix Genre : Platformer / Action / Simulation Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 For the most part, sequels are a double-edged sword. You're getting a new game based on something you've already loved, but publishers have the habit of making changes when they really didn't need to. I don't know why this occurs so much....

Read More

Nerdicus SNES Review #4 : Actraiser

Title :  Actraiser Publisher : Enix Genre : Platformer / Action / Simulation Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$9 There were quite a few games in the SNES library that earned the privilege of being replayed more than once. These were the games that did everything right to the point where I was done, I just had to go back to it. Even years down the line...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #74 : Batman Return of the Joker

Title :  Batman Return of the Joke Publisher : Sunsoft Genre : Platformer / Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$9 So after playing through the Batman Returns game by Konami, my faith waned a little bit that I'll find another decent Batman game on the NES. So I turned back to Sunsoft, hoping that Batman Return of the Joker would fit the bill. This was a...

Read More

Nerdicus SNES Review #3 : Acme Animation Factory

Title :  Acme Animation Factory Publisher : Sunsoft Genre : Paint / Animation Tool Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$9 Meeeeehhhhhh....Wassup, Doc? Who didn't love Looney Toons when they were a kid? I mean, we grow up on Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Yosemite Sam. I think there was even a time when I wanted to be Wile E. Coyote.....explosions and all. I drew...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #73 : Batman Returns

Title :  Batman Returns Publisher : Konami Genre : Beat 'Em Up Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$9 You know, I was all excited when I realized that a sequel to the epic Batman game for the NES was released. After all, with Batman being such a raging success, you would think that they would just follow the same formula with Batman Returns. Well, not exactly....

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #72 : Batman

Title :  Batman Publisher : Sunsoft Genre : Platformer / Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$6 I don't care what anyone says. To this day, I still think that Michael Keaton is the greatest portrayal of the Caped Crusader. Don't get me wrong, Christian Bale was awesome, but Michael Keaton still dons the crown in my book. And here we are,...

Read More

Nerdicus Genesis Review #2 : AAAAHH! Real Monsters!

Title :  AAAHH!! Real Monsters Publisher : Viacom Genre : Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $6-$7 Growing up in the nineties meant one thing - you spent your Saturday mornings and weekdays after school watching Nick Cartoons. This was Nickelodeon's golden years of animation, and they produced a slew of hits such as Rocco's Modern Life, Rugrats, and of...

Read More

Nerdicus Genesis Review #1 : 688 Attack Sub

Title :  688 Attack Sub Publisher : Electronics Arts Genre : Submarine Simulator Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 What better way to start off my Genesis reviews than by playing one of the more obscure games from the Genesis library. 688 Attack Sub. Some of you may think that this is just an epic remake of Battleship. Not really. There is much, much more...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #68, #69, #70, #71 : Bases Loaded 1-4

Title :  Bases Loaded Publisher : Jaleco Genre : Sports - Baseball Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 ...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review : #66 & #67 Baseball Stars 1 + 2

Title :  Baseball Stars Publisher : SNK Genre : Sports - Baseball Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 ...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #65: Baseball Simulator 1000

Title :  Baseball Simulator 1000 Publisher : Culture Brain Genre : Sports - Baseball Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 Sometimes, you just have to add some bizarre elements to sports games to make people want to buy them. Going back to Base Wars, you control teams filled with robots that fight each other upon close calls. Well, in Baseball Simulator 1000,...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #64 : Baseball

Title :  Baseball Publisher : Nintendo Genre : Sports - Baseball Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1985 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 The next 8 reviews I'm posting are going to be insanely quick. They're all Baseball related, and I really don't feel like devoting a lot of time to these sport games that just end up being the same thing rehashed over and over again. So here we go. 8...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #63 : Base Wars

Title :  Base Wars Publisher : Ultra Games Genre : Sports (with ROBOTS) Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 Baseball. One of the slowest sports, yet I still watch it. Playing it though, not so much. Especially video games. But when you add Robots to the mix, well now. That's a whole different story. ...

Read More

Nerdicus SNES Review #2 : 7th Saga

Title :  7th Saga Publisher : Enix Genre : RPG Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Ah, 16-bit RPG's. I don't think there was ever anything better to indulge myself with as a 10 year old kid. In case you didn't realize, or you don't remember from my earlier posts, RPG's were my thing growing up. I craved them. Thirsted for them. Desired them. NEEDED...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #62 : Barker Bill's Trick Shooting

Title :  Barker Bill's Trick Shooting Publisher : Nintendo Genre : Shooter Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$10 Shooter games weren't really my thing during the NES era. I think I told someone once before that I used my zapper for outside "man-hunt" games more than playing Nintendo games. In fact I had an extra broken zapper that I pulled the cord out of....

Read More

Nerdicus SNES Review #1 : 3 Ninjas Kick Back

Title :  3 Ninjas Kick Back Publisher : Sony Imagesoft Genre : Beat Em Up Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 So it's time to spice things up a little bit. I know it could be quite tiresome to deal with reading NES reviews constantly, so after hearing the feedback from a few people about doing some 16 bit reviews, I figured the best course of action would...

Read More

Nerdicus NES Review #61 : The Bard's Tale

Title : The Bard's Tale Publisher : Electronics Arts / FCI Genre : RPG Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 I'm a nerd. There's not much debate about that. When it comes to video games, the one genre that always seems to quench my DnD-esque thirst are the RPG's. Without a doubt they were the games I played the most of throughout my youth. Dragon Warrior (quest), Final...

Read More