Title: Wrecking Crew
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Title: WURM: Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Manufacturer: Asmik
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Release Date: 1985
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Release Date: 1991
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Price: $1.00-$3.00, $10.00-$20.00
Location: All
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$8.00
Location: 1, 2
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Notes: One of my favorite games of all time. I used to play this like mad with a friend a long time ago. You control a construction worker and have to go through levels destroying different barriers to win. There are different enemies walking about. The real fun in this game is discovering all of the secrets. There are so many it’s ridiculous. I don’t think anyone could ever find them all. You can get a golden hammer that makes you fly, as well as an extra life on extra life on every level and hidden dolls. You can even create your own stages.
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Notes: Based on the arcade version. It stays pretty true to the original. You’re going into the earth to solve mysterious earthquakes that seem to have a hidden force behind them. You control a drilling tank that can alter shape to do different things. Look for this one.
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Title: WWF: King of the Ring
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Title: WWF: WrestleMania
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Manufacturer: Acclaim
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Manufacturer: Acclaim
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Release Date: 1993
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Release Date: 1988
| Rating: Scarce | Rating: Common |
Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$8.00
Location: 1-20
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Price: $1.00-$3.00, $3.00-$5.00
Location: 1-20
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Notes: The final WWF game for the NES. The graphics are really nice, but the gameplay has been stepped down significantly. Probably the second best of the series, but not that fun. Different characters, yes, but not that many moves to use. The crowd also seems lifeless and only makes this odd puking cry now and then.
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Notes: This is normally one of the most remembered wrestling game for the NES, but really it wasn’t put together very well. You have limited moves to use, the ring is completely bland with no visible crowd, and it doesn’t really seem to matter who you pick unless you choose Bam Bam, who can just cartwheel everyone to death. I never really enjoyed it.
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Title: WWF: WrestleMania Challenge
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Title: WWF: WrestleMania Steel Cage Challenge
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Manufacturer: LJN
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Manufacturer: LJN
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Release Date: 1990
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Release Date: 1990
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$8.00
Location: 1-20
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$6.00
Location: 1-20
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Notes: Much better than the first game, with an actual crowd and a three dimensional set-up to the ring. The controls are a bit awkward at first because they’re meant to fit the design, but this is a lot more fun to play, especially with friends. Different wrestlers to choose from as well.
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Notes: A step down from “WWF: WrestleMania Challenge.” True, you can put up the steel cage and jump off of it and so forth, but the graphics are way worse and it’s not as enjoyable. Better than the first game, but a step down from the other. At least there are some different wrestlers again.
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Title: Xenophobe
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Title: Xevious
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Manufacturer: Sunsoft
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Manufacturer: Bandai
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Release Date: 1998
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Release Date: 1988
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Price: $2.00-$3.00, $3.00-$5.00
Location: 1, 2
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Price: $1.00-$2.00, $2.00-$3.00
Location: 1-20
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Notes: Action game taken from the arcade. Definitely this company’s worst game. It’s a very poor version when compared to the original. Basically, select a character, take out all of the aliens on a ship and collect different items for points.
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Notes: Guess how sick I am of writing about boring space shooters at this point in the guide? This one is completely basic and boring.
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Title: Xexyz
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Title: Yo! Noid
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Manufacturer: Hudson Soft
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Manufacturer: Capcom
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Release Date: 1989
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Release Date: 1990
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Price: $2.00-$3.00, $3.00-$5.00
Location: 1, 2
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$10.00
Location: 1, 2
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Notes: A great combination adventure and space shooter game. Very well done with lots to do and explore. You control Apollo, taking on an evil empire. You have a bunch of interesting skills to learn.
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Notes: I think this may have worked better if they kept the game in it’s original version as it was released in Japan, but I assume they figured altering it and adding a character well-known at the time would have made it more presentable or something. You control the Noid and run around attack different enemies with yo-yos and such, but I really don’t know why. I’d put the game in right now to figure it out, but I don’t want to. It’s not bad, just odd.
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Title: Yoshi
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Title: Yoshi’s Cookie
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Release Date: 1992
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Release Date: 1993
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Price: $1.00-$2.00, $2.00-$4.00
Location: 1, 2
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Price: $1.00-$3.00, $3.00-$5.00
Location: 1-20
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Notes: Puzzle game where you match up rows of creatures to eliminate them. Pretty basic, plays like “Hatris,” but I don’t like it as much. You control Mario at the bottom of the screen and can rotate stacks to get what you want.
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Notes: Much better than “Yoshi,” but it’s not a sequel or anything. You mix and match rows of cookies that come from above and the right to clear the boards. Gets pretty fast and difficult later on.
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Title: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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Title: Zanac
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Manufacturer: Jaleco
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Manufacturer: FCI
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Release Date: 1992
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Release Date: 1986
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$8.00
Location: 1, 2
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Price: $1.00-$2.00, $2.00-$3.00
Location: 1, 2
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Notes: An action game based on the television show. Follows along different stories and takes you around the world. Pretty good overall, nice graphics, lots of things to discover, different weapons, different items, the usual. It’s a good one.
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Notes: Okay, I was wrong, one more shooter to go here, and though not the best, it’s good. The game actually seems to adjust to your playing, throwing more enemies if you fire more and such. Nice graphics too. Really, for it’s time, it was well done. It’s one for the collection.
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Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic Series)
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Release Date: 1987
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Release Date: 1990
| Rating: Common | Rating: Uncommon |
Price: $3.00-$5.00, $15.00-$25.00
Location: 1-20
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $10.00-$20.00
Location: 1-20
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Notes: The sequel to “The Lend of Zelda.” A lot different than the original, and sometimes not very well liked by collectors. In this one you speak with different people in towns and roam around to locate palaces to take out the bosses. I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but I don’t like it as much as the first game. It’s still good though.
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Notes: Another one of those “classic” titles released later on. As before, this is exactly the same game except it doesn’t have the nice shiny casing for the cartridge.
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Title: Zen Intergalactic Ninja
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Title: Zoda’s Revenge: Startropics II
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Manufacturer: Konami
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Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Release Date: 1993
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Release Date: 1994
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| Rating: Uncommon | Rating: Uncommon | | |
Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$10.00
Location: 1-20
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Price: $3.00-$5.00, $5.00-$10.00
Location: 1, 2
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Notes: An excellent action game reminiscent of titles such as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project,” but way different in many respects. You control Zen, from the comic book series, and have to take out different super villains to stop pollution and so forth. Some very interesting concepts. In the first level, for example, you have to keep this contaminated plants alive with your presence while battling a freak at the top of the level, going back down numerous times to keep them healthy.
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Notes: Sequel to “Startropics.” A great follow-up. It doesn’t really seem to get the enthusiasm that the first game did, but it deserves it. There is simply a lot going on here. You go through time, jump all over the place, use new items you name it. It basically plays the same otherwise, but it’s a lot of fun. This time around, you are trying to stop the aliens once and for all based on a book found in the ship of the alien children in the first game.
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Title: Zombie Nation
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Manufacturer: Meldac
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Release Date: 1990
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Price: $8.00-$15.00, $15.00-$35.00
Location: 1, 2
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Notes: Okay, one more shooter for the final hoorah, and here it is. Really, this isn’t exactly a shooter, because it’s so damn strange. You control a giant, floating, disembodied samurai spirit’s head (yes you read that right) to save the world. It’s pretty difficult and tons of crap flies at you from everywhere, but it’s so strange that I suggest at least giving it a look. It doesn’t move as fast as some shooters, but I’d say it’s one you should own. The bosses are pretty cool.
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