Nerdicus NES Review #120: Castlevania

Title : Castlevania Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1986 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Okay, I admit it. I was the type of kid that could be scared quite easily. I was a victim of many ruthless pranks from my sister when I was growing up, most involving some freaky ripped off jaw mask that she used to wake me up in the middle of the...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #28: Beyond Oasis

Title : Beyond Oasis Publisher : Sega Developer : Ancient Genre : Action Adventure Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Few games had an impact on me for the Sega Genesis in terms of having a long lasting effect on my gaming obsession. I was never really a Sega Guy. I was always a Nintendo follower. Hell, I only had a few games for my Sega Genesis growing up, and...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #31: Biker Mice from Mars

Title : Biker Mice from Mars Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Racing Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$30 Please tell me I'm not the only one that remembers this cartoon series from the early 90's? It was one of those animated shows that you couldn't peel your eyes off of for some reason. Probably because it was so damn bizarre. I really would...

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Nerdicus NES Review #119: Castlequest

Title : Castlequest Publisher : Nexof Developer : ASCII Corp Genre : Adventure Puzzle Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $8-$12 Don't let the box art fool you. You won't be doing much battling against giant demons, and iron-clad knights in this game. Nah, you're just going to be hopping around, collecting multi-colored keys and moving giant blocks around next to jars of...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #26 + #27: Beauty and the Beast : Belle's Quest & Roar of the Beast

Title : Beauty and the Beast : Roar of the Beast Publisher : Sunsoft Developer : Software Creations Genre : Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 Title : Beauty and the Beast : Belle's Quest Publisher : Sunsoft Developer : Software Creations Genre : Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of...

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Nerdicus NES Review #118: Castle of Dragon

Title : Castle of Dragon Publisher : SETA Developer : Athena Genre : Action Arcade Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $8-$12 When you think about obscure arcade games that were apparently quite popular in certain circles, the name CASTLE OF DRAGON usually comes to mind. Frankly, I had never even heard of this and I'm actually quite ashamed with myself. It's got two of my...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #30: Big Sky Trooper

Title : Big Sky Trooper Publisher : JVC / Lucas Arts Genre : Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $8-$15 You would think that when a game is released by Lucas Arts, everyone would hear about it. Well, in most cases that's true, but with this one....I didn't even know what the hell it was until I ran into it on my list of SNES games. Lucas Arts is known for coming...

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Nerdicus NES Review #117: Castelian

Title : Castelian Publisher : Triffix Genre : Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 There's only one game out there where you can play as a little, green, turd monkey named Julius tasked with destroying a multitude of alien towers. Whoa, okay..what? So, you're this..frog...looking thing? I guess? I really don't know what you are..but you're basically climbing...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #25 : Beast Wrestler

Title : Beast Wrestler Publisher : Renovation Products Genre : Fighting Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$5 I don't know guys and gals. I'm not sure if I'm mentally prepared to play this game. First of all, I'm outright against cage fighting with animals....oh wait, what's that? Sorry, this game has BEASTS. Okay, so you've got a bunch of various beasts that are basically...

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Nerdicus NES Review #115 + #116: Casino Kid 1 & Casino Kid 2

Title : Casino Kid Publisher : SOFEL Genre : Casino Games Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$4 Title : Casino Kid 2 Publisher : SOFEL Genre : Casino Games Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $40-$60 Oh look. More Casino games for the NES. Just another way to manipulate some poor, innocent child's...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #29: Beavis and Butthead

Title : Beavis and Butthead Publisher : Viacom Genre : Action / Beat 'Em Up Players : 1 - 2 Players Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 Ahem...I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO! Had to do it.... Oh, 90's MTV. Remember that? When they actually played music videos on TV? Now musicians just toss up their videos on you tube in a battle to get the most hits. What holds the record currently anyway?...

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Nerdicus NES Review #114: Captain Skyhawk

Title : Captain Skyhawk Publisher : Milton Bradley Genre : Scrolling Shooter Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $2-$4 Here is one of those NES classics that I think everyone had played at some point in their young gamer careers. Yes, that's right I said careers. Gaming is our job, isn't it? Don't tell my wife that, she gets annoyed enough as it is. Hell, the only reason she...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #24: Battle Master

Title : Battle Master Publisher : Mirrorsoft Genre : Action / Strategy / RPG Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 This is one of those strange Genesis games that came out early during its launch, and I have a vague recollection of playing back in the day. I never owned it, but I do remember a friend of mine down the street having this in his possession. He always wanted to...

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Nerdicus NES Review #113: Captain Planet

Title : Captain Planet Publisher : Mindscape Genre : Action Platformer / Shoot  'em up Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$25 Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! GO PLANET! With your powers combined, I am CAPTAIN PLANET! Everybody now! Captain Planet, he's our hero. Gonna bring pollution down to zero! Nobody? Seriously? Ugh, fine. You're no fun. Almost as fun...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #28 : Bazooka Blitzkrieg

Title : Bazooka Blitzkrieg Publisher : Bandai Genre : Arcade Shooter Players : 1 - 4 Players Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 A few weeks ago, I had reviewed my first Super Scope game for the SNES, Battle Clash. Despite my hatred for the Super Scope games in general, I actually had a good time blasting away at gigantic robotic mechs in a strategic shoot 'em up. Unfortunately, it looks...

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Nerdicus NES Review #112 : Captain America and the Avengers

Title : Captain America and the Avengers Publisher : Data East Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $20-$25 Captain America..the TRUE American hero. Just look at that pose. He is the ultimate bad ass. Red Skull can shove it up his Nazi arse. No one is a match for his shield of justice! When I first saw this game on the NES, I thought to myself,...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #23 : Back to the Future Part III

Title : Back to the Future Part 3 Publisher : Tengen Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 It feels like ages ago since I played the Back to the Future games on the NES. It's not like it's something I miss. Hell, those games were absolute torture. It's a damn shame too considering that the BTTF trilogy is by far one of my favorite movie trilogies of...

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Nerdicus NES Review #111: Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge

Title : Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge Publisher : Capcom Genre : Sports Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 Oh boy. What I would have given for a turbo controller when I played this game. Okay, everyone. This is going to be a quickie. Why do you ask? Well, it's difficult to say. Scratch that, it's not difficult to say at all. This was one of the most bizarre track...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #27: Battletoads in Battlemaniacs

Title : Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Publisher : Tradewest Genre : Beat 'em Up Players : 1 /2  Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $35-$45 I haven't been having much luck lately when it's come to SNES reviews, so it was pretty refreshing to know I would be playing through another Battletoads game. These games, much like the TMNT brawlers, were always good. Sure, they were pretty...

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Nerdicus NES Review #110 : California Games

Title : California Games Publisher : Milton Bradley Genre : Sports Players : 1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $3-$5 You know you're in for a real treat, when you pop in an NES cart, and the first thing you hear is a chiptunes rendition of Louie Louie (whether it's supposed to be the Kingsmens version or the original Richard Berry version). But when you're talking about one of...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #22: Awesome Possum....Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt

Title : Awesome Possum...Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt Publisher : Tengen Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $6-$10 Back in the early 90's, we all probably watched the Captain Planet cartoon. Hell, I even collected all the action figures for it. Those villains were really well done. The thing that made Captain Planet great, was that it was a legitimate...

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