NES Club [4/22/04] - Whomp Em

[Darth Sensei]

This week's game was chosen by NesMan85 Next week's game will be chosen by Gideon . Please PM ASAP with your game so we can post screenshots and the rom. Also, include your challenge if you want to include one.

Whomp Em




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Please keep all comments about this game inside this thread and include the following:

Opinion: What did you like and dislike? Was it as good as you remembered? How does the game compare to arcade or other system if applicable?
Platform: Was it played on NES, emulated on PC, GBA, etc?
Progress: How far did you get in the game?
Challenge: If applicable, did you complete the challenge? Remember that those using emulators should not use built in features to make the challenges easier.

The Club Member list is below:
Cuewarrior
Oobgarm
Zubiac666
EnemyZero
Bratwurst
Icarwngs55
Gamemaster_ca_2003
Jive3D
Dr.Morbis
Nesman85
Ze_ro
Gideon
Portnoyd
Postermen
Kaine23
Goodwill Hunter
Damon Plus
Balloon Fight
Scooterb23
Sotenga
TRM
Alex Kidd
Spoon
Atariboy
Classicgamesdepot
adaml
TheRedEye
Goblin
slip81
Hamsnibit
AdamG
Qixmaster
DDCecil
ArnoldRimmer83
Brisco
whoisKeel
MarioAllStar2600
Quintracker
SniperCCJVQ
Needle
Sph1nx
swlovinist
ddockery
chrisballer
downfall
vintagegamecrazy
gamergary
jgenotte
supahzonik
8-bit Master
leonk
Captain Yashiro
jerkov
Sofa King Gud
Captain Nintendo

[Darth Sensei]

I'm looking forward to playing this. I'd heard of it, but have never tried it. Nesman85 doesn't have a challenge for this game.

Have fun,

D

[Bratwurst]

This game is a 'hack' of Saiyuki World 2, which near I could tell is based on a monkey king with an extendable rod weapon and rides on a cloud. If anyone could find the rom for that I'd be interested in taking a look at it.

Anyway when it was brought over to the US they tweaked a few things to create the Native American theme although most of the enemies and backgrounds remain inexplicably Asian-flavored. Ah well, still fun, and tough near the end.

I have this one on cart and strangely enough was playing it a little before this week's game was even announced.

[Ze_ro]

This game is a 'hack' of Saiyuki World 2, which near I could tell is based on a monkey king with an extendable rod weapon and rides on a cloud.

Sounds a lot like the same legend that Capcom's Sonson was based on, as well as Goku from Dragonball Z I believe.

Interesting game though. I'm always up for a quality platformer :)

--Zero

[Balloon Fight]

Dang, I was going to pick this game for Game of the Week. I like this little platformer a lot, and will have to spend some quality time with it this weekend.

Write-up to follow. :)

[Quintracker]

This is one of those overlooked gems for the nes. I popped the cart in my nes and it was like instant fun. I remember the first time I played this years ago I thought, "This is a megaman rip-off!" LOL Selecting stages in whatever order you choose, boss at the end of each, getting a new weapon from each boss, etc. I especially liked the touch of leveling up or getting new hearts. The extra weapons really didn't seem to help much except in those few instances where you can break a wall or an ice block. I had played this game a couple months ago so it was still sorta fresh in my mind. Took about an hour to get to the very last boss where I died (should have spent more time in those first woods leveling up). The only real gripe I have about the game is when you die you start all the freakin way back at the beginning of the stage. After dying on the last boss there was no way I was going through that stage again. Overall it's a pretty good game, something I would actually keep coming back and playing once in a while.

[ArnoldRimmer83]

This is an alright platformer that's fairly challenging. The boss battles in this game are tough, and the levels are fairly challenging, so if you're a platform fan you'll probably spend some time with this. Another nice touch is aquiring abilities after defeating an enemy, and figuring out ways to use them effectively.

The only real complaint I have is probably the method of leveling up which is to collect those pears that are randomly dropped by enemies. It's pretty tedious doing that. And the last boss is nearly impossible if you don't have full health and at least 2 health potions.

[gamergary]

One of my all time favorite nes games. It incorperates many good platform elements into the game which makes it a good game. If you have to chance to play this overlooked nes gem then play it.

[Balloon Fight]

Opinion: I like this game because you can pick your own pace like the mega man games. Games that are split up like this, (MM, Shatterhand), are the games that tend to play to the end. I also love games that give you new weapons after each boss. :)

Platform: FCE Ultra

Progress: I still haven't beat it yet because I hate having to respawn to the beginning of the level.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Cool!!!...one week more and Cuewarrior didn´t add me to the list...that´s fine!!!

[Flack]

I'm always up for a fun platformer, so I checked this one out (I had never heard of it before).

Over all, it's a fun little game. The most frustrating thing was your weapon. As a whole it seems pretty useless. The whole first level I can only hit things while I'm ducking, and in later levels it seems you have to be jumping to hit anything.

There were a lot of parts of the game that reminded me of SMB3, not that they were directly taken from this game but you can see how good ideas in platformers were often recycled.

I didn't understand a lot of the weapon system and health stuff, I wasn't always sure what I was picking up or what it did. It also seemed like there were quite a few areas (I remember the snails specifically) where if the screen scrolled enemies would come back over and over, so it was pretty easy to build your health back up should you need to.

I thought it was pretty fun, I don't know that I would play it forever but for a few days it's not bad.