Notes: Action/puzzle game that really needs to start getting some attention. Tons of fun, and really easy to learn. Basically, you have to throw up one of six different blocks to eliminate a stack of them that descend. You can play with another player or against the computer.
Notes: This is most likely the company’s second most difficult game to locate. Tons of fun and with a very interesting plot. You’re taking on an evil chef, tackling various food enemies and bosses along the way. Starts out pretty easy and then gets very difficult by the time you get to the cheeseburger boss. The only problem I really had with this game was your main weapon. You have to be right up against an enemy to take them out.
Notes: Action game taken from the classic computer version. Plays essentially the same. You have to complete paper runs while avoiding different enemies like crazy old women and dogs. Smash windows and cause damage for points.
Notes: Sequel to “Paperboy,” also taken from the computer version. Graphics have gotten a lot better at this point and the difficulty has been stepped up significantly. It takes tons of practice to make it the whole way through this game, but the password feature helps. Lots of new oddities.
Notes: Technically this can be considered Bubble Bobble 3, but the release of these games was so confusing that it’s hard to figure everything out. To set the record straight, the sequence goes “Bubble Bobble,” “Rainbow Islands,” “Parasol Stars,” and finally “Bubble Bobble 2.” This is basically to “Rainbow Islands,” what “Bubble Bobble 2” was to “Bubble Bobble.” Better graphics, better gameplay, and new features.
Notes: This game is organized almost exactly the same as “Gradius,” except for one detail. It’s freaking weird. The graphics are much more lush and interesting, and the bosses and enemies verge on schizophrenic hallucinations. You pick from four different flying things including a space ship and a penguin. Each one has it’s own power-ups. Bosses are sometimes so odd that they can’t be explained in words. Well worth looking for.
