Nerdicus SNES Review #47: Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Title : Zombies Ate My Neighbors Publisher : Konami Developer : Lucas Arts Genre : Run 'N' Gun Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $25-$30 Happy Halloween you GHOULISH GAMERS! Ah, tis one of my favorite time of years, where I just sit back, relax, and play a good 'ol fashioned horror game. Of course, me and my retro gaming obsession, I always look back to the games...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #46: Castlevania: Dracula X

Title : Castlevania: Dracula X Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Action Adventure Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $150-$175 Alright, Halloween is tomorrow and I need to do some horror game reviews, don't I? I've got another one planned for tomorrow which is going to be a lot of fun, but I have been resisting temptation to do this particular...

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Nerdicus NES Review #146: Cool World

Title : Cool World Publisher : Ocean Developer : Ocean Genre : Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Am I the only one who hated this movie? COOL WORLD to me was too much of a Who Framed Roger Rabbit rip off. Or maybe it's because I'm such an avid fan of Roger Rabbit I refuse to appreciate this film. Nah, the film was a waste. Plot was weak, characters were a bore,...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #41: Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

Title : Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday Publisher : Strategic Simulations Inc. Developer : Strategic Simulations Inc. Genre : RPG Tactical Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 If you're like me, you've probably never heard of this game. Surprisingly enough, not many people have. In fact I didn't even know this existed until I played it the other night...

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Nerdicus NES Review #145: Contra Force

Title : Contra Force Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Run n Gun Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $80-$100 Jumping around a little bit here, considering we just played CONTRA for the NES last week, however now we are moving on to the third game in the series that was released for the good 'ol Nintendo. The second of course being SUPER C. No more aliens this...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #45: Breath of Fire 2

Title : Breath of Fire 2 Publisher : Capcom Developer : Capcom Genre : RPG Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $60-$70 There shouldn't be any surprise that there was a sequel released for Breath of Fire that we reviewed last week. In fact, there were quite a few Breath of Fire games released over the last twenty years, but this is the only direct sequel to the original....

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Nerdicus NES Review #144: Contra

Title : Contra Publisher : Konami Developer : Konami Genre : Run n Gun Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 Take a minute and just think about what's the first thing that comes to mind when you see the above images of that CONTRA box art? Is it the fact that it's an obvious rip off of Arnold Schwarznegger? Or perhaps the Xenomorph from aliens happens to be lingering...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #40: Bubsy 2

Title : Bubsy 2 Publisher : Accolade Developer : Accolade Genre : Platformer Players :  1 / 2 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 I'm kind of disappointed, Bubsy. No clever title for your second game? That happened to come out only a few months after the first game? Wow, Accolade certainly was sure of themselves after they released the first one, eh? Such confidence! But they still...

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Nerdicus NES Review #143: Conquest of the Crystal Palace

Title : Conquest of the Crystal Palace Publisher : Asmik Developer : Quest Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 CONQUEST OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE wins for best box art on any NES game. Case closed. I don't care what your argument is, this is the epitome of BAD ASS. As a kid you would be hard pressed to walk past this game and not beg your parents...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #44: Breath of Fire

Title : Breath of Fire Publisher : SquareSoft / Capcom Developer : Capcom Genre : RPG Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $30-$40 What do you get when you merge two of the greatest video game developers in the world? Why, only one of the most epic RPG's to ever hit the Super Nintendo, Breath of Fire. And as for the developers, I am of course speaking of CAPCOM and SQUARESOFT....

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Nerdicus NES Review #142: Conflict

Title : Conflict Publisher : Vic Tokai Developer : Vic Tokai Genre : Strategy Players : 1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 When I look of this game, I see the great-grandfather of ADVANCE WAR for the Game Boy. Boy...did I love that game. I am a big time sucker for strategy games. Most of my teen years involved me taking part in battles of epic proportions online in Command...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #39: Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

Title : Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind Publisher : Accolade Developer : Accolade Genre : Platformer Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 When you think about mascots, you always tend to turn to Mario, or Sonic the Hedgehog, and with good reason. They're absolutely bloody famous with dozens of games under their belt. But, I tell you, if there was one other...

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Nerdicus NES Review #141: Conan: The Mysteries of Time

Title : Conan: The Mysteries of Time Publisher : Mindscape Developer : System 3 Genre : Action Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1991 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$20 Conan...the ADVENTURER!!! Conan..warrior without feaaaaaaaar!! There are two things that come to mind when I think of Conan the Barbarian. One, is the Conan animated TV show back in the late 80's early 90's I believe, and of course Arnold...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #43: BreakThru!

Title : BreakThru! Publisher : Spectrum Holobyte Developer : Artech Digital Entertainment Genre : Puzzle Players : 1/2 Players Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $10-$15 You've got this nice picture of Alexey Pajitonov (no he's not some James Bond villain) on the cover of this game, but don't let that fool you! This isn't a Tetris sequel by the brilliant puzzle mastermind. Not at all. BreakThru!...

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Nerdicus NES Review #140: Commando

Title : Commando Publisher : Capcom Developer : Capcom Genre : Run N Gun Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1985 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$7 To me, Commando was pretty much the precursor to Ikari Warriors or even Jackal. In a way, this game set the standard for run 'n' gun, vertically scrolling shooters. Not to mention, this game was probably released on every platform known to man in the early 80s. It...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #38: Bubble and Squeak

Title : Bubble and Squeak Publisher : Audiogenic Software Developer : Audiogenic Software Genre : Platformer Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1994 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $15-$25 I swear, this better not be another damn bubble gum game for the Genesis. I just suffered through one, and I really can't imagine there being more games about bubble gum. The box art certainly doesn't look promising. You've...

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Nerdicus NES review #139: Color a Dinosaur

Title : Color a Dinosaur Publisher : Virgin Interactive Developer : Far Sight Studios Genre : Coloring Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $50-$60 So....um.....this is Color a Dinosaur. I guess it's a game where you color dinosaurs? It's not really a game though, is it? It's sort of like Microsoft Paint with built in line art. I really don't want to rip this game a new one,...

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