nintendo revisited: tetris
written by daroff on 04/15/08 13 comments


wow, i totally believe this kid was the first to max out tetris ever. like for totally.

i don’t get it. i still, years later, do not understand why this game is popular. it’s boring. the flashies give me a headache.

oh yeah, and my mom liked it. what the hell am i missing?


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nintendo revisited: teenage mutant ninja turtles
written by daroff on 04/08/08 17 comments


despite all the negative press this game gets, i kind of enjoyed it. in fact, i discovered the problem most of those amateur reviewers have is they just weren’t good at it. at least one of them simply wasn’t aware of the game’s coolest feature. it’s a single player games, but you can switch to any turtle at any time. that’s a sweet feature. if i want to do a lot of damage, i go with donatello. if i want to take out a lot of bad guys in no time, i go with leonardo. if i want to go on a suicide mission through a bad guy filled room, i go with michelangelo and raphael.

my only problem with this game is actually one jump. there is literally one jump i just couldn’t do. the overhang is too low for the distance needed to travel. i would do so well then hit this one jump and fail over and over and over again. check out the speed run above and you’ll see that despite the liberties the game takes with turtles villains, it’s a pretty darned good game.


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nintendo revisited: wheel of fortune
written by daroff on 04/01/08 leave a comment


when we got our nintendo that fateful hanukkah’s eve, my parents, in their infinite wisdom, also got us wheel of fortune. i can only assume it’s because they thought we were stupid. basically, everything is wrong with this game, not just the subject matter. the game play is weird. the puzzles in the final round are too long and they don’t even give you r, s, t, l, n, and e. vanna white looks fat. and if you play against the computer, you have to bank on the nintendo being as dumb as real wheel of fortune contestants. luckily, they are, so you get to play a lot, but why?

because at the end of four short rounds, you get to win a prize you’ll never see in real life. fun fun fun!


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nintendo revisited: duck hunt
written by daroff on 03/25/08 5 comments


no matter how old i am, the kid in me still loves to shoot the shit out of small animals.

the kid in me also likes to use the controller to fly the duck away from my friends while they aim the zapper.


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nintendo revisited: double dragon 2
written by daroff on 03/18/08 1 comment


i grew up with a kid named john-michael, and his thing was that he was way more into comic books, horror movies, and nintendo than anyone else in the whole school. my most proud moment as a kid was going to john-michael to talk about how i just beat double dragon 2: the revenge, only to find out he hadn’t. you heard me right. i had accomplished something the original nintendo geek couldn’t. if i was a better friend i’d have revealed my game winning secret.

returning to this game, i’ve discovered that i’m better than my friends at it, and i may possibly be the best double dragon 2 player of all time. don’t believe me? i challenge you all to two player b. that’s right, the gloves are off. i will kick your ass and take your lives. and that people was my secret to beating double dragon 2. i killed my own brother and took all four of his lives. the game’s amazingly easy when you can die six times and still continue on.


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nintendo revisited: kid icarus
written by daroff on 03/11/08 5 comments


did anyone actually care enough to beat this game?

i played this game once on my college roommate’s nintendo emulator. why? because kid icarus was on captain n. having played this game, i’m left to wonder why they included this lame-ass video game character.

simon belmont is awesome, and they put a great twist on his character by making him a giant buffoon. mega man was great with that creepy, little voice. even mother brain was a sweet choice of villain.

but kid icarus was a lame character in a stupid game. way to trick me into playing this game, captain n. you win.

[editor's note: pit is great in smash brothers]


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