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Guerilla War (NES)



This is one I'd never played before and it feels like a fast-paced version of Ikari Warriors. It got a bit repetitive towards the end so I turned it into a game of Shoot The Hostages.

I bet it plays like a different game with the original two-joystick controls. Is the arcade version considered the best? I'd like to check it out at some point.

Also, Che died a lot.
Well, the original isn't a twin stick shooter, but rather uses rotary joysticks that move like regular 8-way sticks, but twist at the top to click into different firing positions, allowing you to walk and shoot in different directions. As far as being the definitive version, it definitely has better graphics, and the control can't be replicated, but the NES version is still pretty highly regarded and is longer. It really is the successor to the Ikari line, which also used those rotary sticks, as did a nice handful of other games.