Pool of Radiance: RPG action in full effect.

Drawn by the promise of treasure and the excitement of adventure
you find yourself on the shores of Phlan.

  Monsters, evil spirits, loot, and the fate of the world on your shoulders,
this is what its all about.
     As soon as you start, you know your in for a true RPG experience.

Sporting both first person view style and top view as well.
the map looks nice and its got a great storyline.
        I wont go into a lot of detail suffices to say there is to much to just lay it all out without writing a walk through. Its a little long winded but all
rpg's are. If your not ready for a long play-through dont bother.

But if you love good rpg/adventure games then this is the game for you.
 http://www.playnesflashgames.com/nintendo-nes-home/rpg-fantasy-games/ad-d-pool-of-radiance.html        
                                 Rating  ☆☆☆☆

Nes Flashback: Dr Mario. Its just not Tetris enough

 I'm gonna try not to rant on and on for ever about this game.  As you may have been able to tell from my last entry, I'm not a fan of Dr Mario.  Not sure why, but it just never appealed to me.it always seemed like a lame tetris clone woth Mario in it.  Dr Mario is only semi-fun.  If i had a choice between Dr Mario and Mario 2 as my only games to play.   I would play Dr Mario.  But that doesn't say much.  Just that it is better than Mario's nightmares.
      The game consists of Mario decked out in a doctor's coat tossing pills into a bottle shaped container filled with viruses, that look like monsters or something.  So similar to Tetris I can barely stand to play it.  Somewhat harder than Tetris,  Yet still somehow not as good at the same time.  By the end of a Dr Mario Session all I can think about is how much fun I would have had, if I had played Tetris instead.  It gets a low rating from Nes Flashback.  But not as low as the non-rating I gave SMB2  http://arcadecow.com/game/12578/Dr.-Mario.html
                                                                            Rating ☆

Nes Flashback A.P.B. Mario Mario alias "Dr" Mario

  Warning!  Be on the look out for this man------------->
 who has been seen posing as a doctor in various countries over the last 20 years.  He is often accompanied by either his brother:
Luigi Mario, or other associates:  "Peach"
and "Toad"

Toad and Peach: myst-knight.deviantart.com

  Any information leading to the capture of him and his companions will be rewarded.

Nes Flashback: Why I dislike SMB2

 

                                       

 Where to start.  This game just bothers me in the worst way.  As a sequel to the first Super Mario Bros, it fails.  The game play is way different and the style is totally different. I think it was an attempt at a radical change to the game that didn't seem to hold as Mario Bros 3 seems to follow a more familiar gaming style to the original.  Making it a far better sequel to the original,  making Mario Bros 2 weird and awkward by comparison,  making me wonder why so many people like it.  Now I know you can fly in SMB3 and you can "float" in SMB2 but its not the same... and flying is far better.
    Apart from its outward appearance and the characters Mario and Luigi. It bears little resemblance to the original SMB. It introduces 2 new player characters Toad and Peach, both with a seemingly "special" ability, with toad being fast, and peach floating BRIEFLY.  Also they make Luigi so clumsy and impossible to use, constantly flailing his legs around as you jump from platform to platform.
 http://arcadecow.com/game/12604/Super-Mario-Brothers-2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHsJfo9Rxxs
          This game has elements that both make no sense and drive me insane.  Each character you pick plays radically different than the others so you have to pick one then get good with him, then you need to float so you gotta pick princess,  then you need to be fast so get toad. Why so much difference in the players?!?!   Why more players at all.  They go right back to just Mario and Luigi in SMB3.  And right back to the theme of Mario and Luigi playing the exact same way.  It just doesn't make any sense, even in "nintendo" logic.    In my mind the true sequel is SMB3

Thanks for checking in and look for Dragon Warrior II. review,  coming as soon as I get over the hate/love I have for Dragon Warrior I        

Nes Flashback "Ghosts and Goblins" Why so difficult?

Hello again and welcome to another installment of NESFLASHBACK.  Today we will be looking in to "ghosts and goblins"  This game was a lil bit hard for me to get down with.  The monsters are constantly there and the fast paced environment makes it hard to just play through.  Forcing you to make snap decisions that usually end in you starting over due to untimely death.  you fight a series of normal stupid baddies before reaching some insane bosses.

Mistakes were made. People were blamed.  Sorry for the mix-up.

http://arcadecow.com/game/12547/Ghosts-and-Goblins.html

 It takes some time but if you beat the game and save the princess you get a nice little screen of you and her with hearts in the air above you.   Cause we all know that's what happens when you rescue someone, they spout hearts from the head.  

The game reminds me of Castlevania a lot but that's only because I played Castlevania first.  Being the first of its kind "Ghost and Goblins" is a decent game apart from being REALLY hard to play and beat.  Give it a go sometime when you think your an NES master and let it put you in your place.
Rating ☆☆☆