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ShinobiMan
05-31-2005, 12:22 AM
I was browsing through the usual assortment of NES games at a local Game Crazy store when I noticed a cart I hardly ever run across. There with the purple label and cartoony characters was Mendel Palace, a hudson soft release that seemed worth the 5 bucks.

An hour later and I'm hooked on possibly one of my favorite NES games. Eye pleasing, simple, fun.A top down view with a combination of gameplay in the Bubble Bobble and Kickle Cubicle vein. I spent the night playing and completing the game with my 10 year old brother, a kid whom never even bothered with old school gaming goodness. He's now hooked on the simplicity and asks me each night "what game are we going to beat now?"

Mendel Palce, a rare treat in the NES collection, and an early developement by Game Freak, the guys who later went on to Pokemon fame.


http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/Mendel%20Palace.gif http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/nes/01/Mendel%20Palace%20-%20Ingame.gif
mills
05-31-2005, 12:42 AM
Thats awesome that he's getting into nes games with you, I would be proud.
NESaholic
05-31-2005, 03:18 AM
I like this game alot,great puzzler kinda game,cool you infected your brother with the 8-bit virus.

Alot of kids do not seem to know or apreciate it nowadays!
Crush Crawfish
05-31-2005, 12:02 PM
Damn, I was going to buy this game one day, but I left it behind as I was low on cash and didn't really know what it was. I hope I find it again someday, it sounds like a great game.
Lord Contaminous
05-31-2005, 04:08 PM
Only played the Japanese version, which came out a year or so ahead of Mendel Palace and was under the name "Quinty".

Mendel Palace was a total graphical overhaul and I think the game is rightfully Namco's.
Slate
05-31-2005, 04:13 PM
I have that game in my collection. Never played it, though..

I'll have to give it a try.
Dobie
05-31-2005, 06:39 PM
I bought this title a few years back knowing nothing about it. At first I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but once I figured it out, I had a total blast. I played non-stop until I beat it. Great game, and I still break it out every now and again. Certainly one of the unsung treasures of the NES.
GamerNerd
05-31-2005, 06:55 PM
I remember playing Mendel Palace & scored over 100,000 or more.
FooFighter
05-31-2005, 09:13 PM
I have that game in my collection. Never played it, though..

I'll have to give it a try.

Same here.