NES Journey to Silius

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Okay, this is pretty similar to the last game I posted. Maybe I was just in an action-platformer kind of mood.

This is a pretty impressive playthrough, I don't die at all in this run.

Tero's Top 10 - GB(C)

Gameboy is a system I've yet to cover here as of this writing, but it may be appearing soon. With that in mind, here's a list of my favourite Gameboy and Gameboy Colour games (most sources, including Nintendo, treat these two as though they were the same system).

1 - Pokemon RBY
2 - Dragon Warrior 3
3 - Legend of the River King
4 - Pokemon GSC
5 - Link's Awakening (DX)
6 - Kirby's Dreamland 2
7 - Game and Watch Gallery 3
8 - Mega Man V
9 - Super Mario Land 2
10 - Shantae


Okay, this is maybe not the most interesting list ever. There's really only two games you might be surprised to find on here, Dragon Warrior 3 and Legend of the River King.

DW3 is an extremely good game, the only strange thing about listing it here is that it should maybe count as an NES game. Still, there's a lot added to this remake, particularly the monster medals, that give it a lot more life than the NES version had, and I consider the GBC version the definitive one.

Legend of the River King is a game that a lot of people probably don't know, it's a fishing RPG from Natsume. It's a pretty unique game, and the Gameboy versions are very well done, it still holds up well after all this time.

The rest of the games are obvious, though I spent a while considering the last game. Also under consideration was Mario Golf, Donkey Kong (94), the Wario Land games, and Xtreme Sports, but in the end I went with Shantae, mostly because it's a very neat game and it's not too well known.

Anyway, generally I feel that Gameboy games don't hold up quite as well as some of the other systems. These games do, but it doesn't feel like there's quite as many choices here as you would expect when you consider how many games are available for Game Boy. It probably had something to do with production values, handheld games tended to be seen as being of lesser importance, so you didn't see quite the same amount of polish into most of them. This made the ones that did get that extra level of attention stand out that much more.

NES GI Joe

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It's been quite a long time since I did a run of an NES game, and I was playing this recently, so it seemed like a good choice. This game is an action platformer, kind of like Contra or Megaman, except starring the heroes of everyone's favourite series of Public Service Announcements.

I was worried the video quality on this one might not be that great, but it's amazingly clear, so enjoy.