PaulRothstein
1993
1993
Played this so much as a kid, couldn't believe how good the sprites looked compared to the movie (at the time). Did find it challenging but was able to beat it consistently after a lot of practice. I was always terrible at the Cave of Wonders escape though. Loved revisiting it on the Disney Classics Collection for the Switch
1993
1993
1993
Such a delight to play, and an incredible step up from Seiken Densetsu 1. Probably one of my earliest exposures to Action RPGs, and blew my mind that it looked and played like a Zelda game but had stats, equipment, and magic like Final Fantasy. The graphics still look beautiful, and the music is excellent. Later bosses felt like magic was the only usable approach which I didn't love, but got through them eventually. Loved revisiting this on the Collection of Mana on the Switch.
Basically all you could ever need, and my introduction to classic Mario as a kid. Super Mario Bros. 3 blew me the hell away, and still does to this day. The other 3 games are fun too of course, although Lost Levels is a little too punishing (hence the delay in releasing it here), and the graphics update to all of them is neat.
1993
The first Zelda game I played, an incredible achievement and still rarely matched in top-down Zelda. Gets a little too challenging in the last few dungeons (at least for kid me), but the dungeon variety was top notch and the overworld was great to explore. The ending always gets me too. The Switch remake was a lovely graphical update to an already great game.
1993
1993
Once again as a kid who didn't grow up with Contra this seemed like the coolest shit ever. Run-and-gunning through inventive levels where you're playing someone the size of a bottle cap in a human's world. I liked the mirroring of the levels around the halfway point, felt like a real "there and back again." The "Rave Dance Tune" music from the bonus level also completely rocks
1993
I was happy to finally try this on the Nintendo Switch Online collection. Great classic SNES RPG-ing that I always long for. Has some difficulty spikes that you just have to grind through (as was not uncommon in these early days), and maybe goes on a little too long. But still a very satisfying turn-based RPG
1993
1993