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Darkwing Duck: Publisher: Capcom.
Year: 1992. Difficulty: Medium. Graphics: High.
This game is very advanced for the Nintendo NES as far as presentation. The title screens are very elaborate. They spared no effort or expense in making this an extremely well-drawn and inviting video game. The characters look just like they do in the cartoon and the backgrounds are SO detailed. The bad guys are pretty easy to eliminate and typically take only one or a few shots. The main bosses are a little tricky to eliminate and will take many shots. Once you figure out a system of attack, though, they are pretty simple to beat. The hardest thing about this game is the jumps you'll have to make. This WILL get on your nerves as they tend to take you all the way back to the beginning of the level once you fall down.
Defender II: Publisher: Hal America. Year: 1988. Difficulty: Medium. Graphics: High.
It's the same "Defender" we all know and love, it was just called "Defender II" for the NES. This is a much better designed version of the game than most of the Defender clones out there. The graphics are very clean and easy to see! This game is easy to play, but hard to win. It's easy to operate your ship and shoot and fly, but a little tricky to kill all the aliens without losing a ship or two (or three or four). I love the whole setup of the game. Defender was one of the earliest video games originally produced in the 1980s so it can't compare with newer games like Super Mario Bros. or Legend of Zelda, but if you want something simple to look at and simple to do, but still a lot of fun, "Defender II" is your game.
Dick Tracy: Publisher: Bandai. Year: 1990. Difficulty: Hard. Graphics: Good.
I love this video game! It's one of the first NES games I ever owned and still one of my favorites. This isn't just a shoot-em-up action game. You have to find clues in order to collect evidence against Dick Tracy's famous enemies in five thrilling cases. After each case you get a password for the next case. Write these down, so you don't have to play the whole game over each time. There's plenty of action, too. When driving through the city in your squad car, you have to watch out for snipers on roof tops. Kill these snipers as soon as you can. Get out of your car and shoot them first. You can also use the squad car as a shield against the snipers' bullets. When you find the building you want to enter, you're in for classic arcade style action! Punch out the bad guys who don't have guns, shoot the ones who do. If you shoot a bad guy who doesn't have a gun, you get some of your life taken away. Make sure you grab the clue when you find it and of course the criminal you're looking for to interrogate.
The graphics are fine, but not perfect during gameplay. You can still clearly make out the images of what's a guy, what's a window, what's a table, what's a bookshelf, etc. The graphics in the lead-ins before the case are actually quite outstanding, but you don't see these very often. They show lifelike illustrations of Dick Tracy, Big Boy Caprice, and Breathless Mahoney talking. This is a game any young kid or old adult can play. It has some shooting and punching action, but there is nothing gory or outlandish that would make this inappropriate for any age. This is an intelligent video game.
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Defender II: Publisher: Hal America. Year: 1988. Difficulty: Medium. Graphics: High.
It's the same "Defender" we all know and love, it was just called "Defender II" for the NES. This is a much better designed version of the game than most of the Defender clones out there. The graphics are very clean and easy to see! This game is easy to play, but hard to win. It's easy to operate your ship and shoot and fly, but a little tricky to kill all the aliens without losing a ship or two (or three or four). I love the whole setup of the game. Defender was one of the earliest video games originally produced in the 1980s so it can't compare with newer games like Super Mario Bros. or Legend of Zelda, but if you want something simple to look at and simple to do, but still a lot of fun, "Defender II" is your game.
Dick Tracy: Publisher: Bandai. Year: 1990. Difficulty: Hard. Graphics: Good.
I love this video game! It's one of the first NES games I ever owned and still one of my favorites. This isn't just a shoot-em-up action game. You have to find clues in order to collect evidence against Dick Tracy's famous enemies in five thrilling cases. After each case you get a password for the next case. Write these down, so you don't have to play the whole game over each time. There's plenty of action, too. When driving through the city in your squad car, you have to watch out for snipers on roof tops. Kill these snipers as soon as you can. Get out of your car and shoot them first. You can also use the squad car as a shield against the snipers' bullets. When you find the building you want to enter, you're in for classic arcade style action! Punch out the bad guys who don't have guns, shoot the ones who do. If you shoot a bad guy who doesn't have a gun, you get some of your life taken away. Make sure you grab the clue when you find it and of course the criminal you're looking for to interrogate.
The graphics are fine, but not perfect during gameplay. You can still clearly make out the images of what's a guy, what's a window, what's a table, what's a bookshelf, etc. The graphics in the lead-ins before the case are actually quite outstanding, but you don't see these very often. They show lifelike illustrations of Dick Tracy, Big Boy Caprice, and Breathless Mahoney talking. This is a game any young kid or old adult can play. It has some shooting and punching action, but there is nothing gory or outlandish that would make this inappropriate for any age. This is an intelligent video game.