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NES F-1 Race

Race Formula 1

Lab Work – Break Out The Controllers

Another great option for you racing fans out there, Race F-1, F-1 Race.

For those Rad Racer, FZero and Kart fans, don’t forget about F-1 Race. Very similar to Rad Racer, from what I remember, refresh your memory with @worldOfLongplays play through. I’ve not heard screeching tires and high quality 8 Byte sound effects as good as F-1 in a long time. While I’m on the sound quality bit, I was always fascinated with game sound effects, and what the developers were able to enhance in-game gameplay. Also, while Mario Kart, FZero, Excitebike (not going to name all my favorites, excluding arcade games e.g. Cruisin’, Daytona or MotoGP) and maybe Super OffRoad, F-1 Race is spectacular. Great classic game, a change in pace and scenery is nice as well.

I’ve touched on Kart and Excitebike, I might pull in Al Unser’s racing at some point as well. In any case, if you can get a hold of a copy, F-1 Race is a great game, difficult to handle at times but overall a great time. Give F-1 Race a shot, enjoy.

NES – Double Dribble

Let’s Jump Into Some NES Classics

Lab Work – It’s Double Dribble Time

Thought it would be nice to post a bunch of old NES/SNES/SEGA?DREAMCAST Games

Starting with what might be one of my favorite baseketball games, maybe due to the ‘slam ball’ cut scenes. I was awful at the game way back when… painfully awful. Game got a bit easier to play once you figured out how to ‘steal’ by standing infront of the machine player or second player and swiping away at the ball. A foul or two would occur, more likely in the painted area. Causing freethrow shots. Anyhow, check out the play through, bask in the glory of the dunk cut scenes – Jordan-likeness, Byrd-likeness etc.

NES – Rad Racer

Rad NES Classics

Lab Work – The Classics With @NintendoComplete

Adding to the list of old NES/SNES/SEGA?DREAMCAST Games, we toss in Rad Racer. Same for the content via NintendoComplete. If you like the content, feel free to subscribe.

Between RBI, JAWS, Double Dribble and Rad Racer was great… a good game from the start, maybe due to it’s ‘ability’ to play with limited skills. Again, as a child, I think it might be relative, I was not very good at games, board games/cards; maybe. There were a few games I remember being decent, above novice etc. SOCOM, Contra, Mario Kart, Street Fighter Series, NHL Hockey… Rad Racer was in the top 15 games that were playable as a kid, button smashing, no patience; New NES. You get the ghist.

Next, let’s hop into playing classic games… Check out ArcadeSpot. There are others, but I’ve not gone down the proverbial online rabbit hole. Initially, I wanted a away to check out the old games. As you will see if you check out the link below for Rad Racer. Two, I’ve looked to outfit the office with an old NES or emulator system that may offer an experience similar to those of the past. The rom systems in my opinion are out (out of scope), I need to look into the OEM’s or original systems. And how to retrofit those for modern gaming or modern office space. Lastly, I’ll post another post here again, just for those who might want to dig into more online games. It does help to have remote controllers, or some sort of controller. If not, no big deal. You can play classic games with the ‘keyboard/mouse’ setup. It will not be NES controller, or the bad graphics (assuming you have modern compute and display hardware). Check out play old games like Rad Racer.

NES Excitebike

Find @nintendoComplete Online, Starting With Excitebike

Lab Work – Excitebike

Huge Excitebike Fan, custom stages, max jumps; game before it’s time.

First, a slight gripe, bike tempurature control/problems (which is annoying, cause that’s now how bikes really work when you hammer down the throttle). After a few runs, you can pick up on timing and ramp pace, get a few wins under your belt.. Race cut scenes have aged, but are really good for aging game. A Fan? Get an official Excitebike t-shirt, only a couple of days to have it shipped and ‘in hand’.In comparison, this might be my favorite racing game, outside of MarioKart, FZero or maybe F1 ’22 (which again, in my mind outside the boundary of throwback games and nostalgia associated with early game consoles). Anyhow, this game is in my phantom top 3 I think, just cause of the action. I believe it was a head of it’s time, graphics weren’t all that complicated, screen moves right-to-left with obstacles, especially like the striped ramps and speed arrows…

More on the customization though, once you’ve played most of the game, you may want to try your hand at creating you’re own track/track obstacles. I remember building these tracks for days, xlarge ramps, little ramps, speed arrows and striped ramps to see how many jumps I could complete in one go. Don’t forget the ramps with the large extensions, like half of a bridge sans one side. Those things can wreak havoc on your game play, including the mega-berms. Honestly don’t recall what each of the obstacles are called, but it’s worth a watch, if you don’t have access to an online game console, ROM, emulator or Authentic NES

Follow along with @nintencoComplete has a go at Excitebike, excellent playthrough. I’ve covered this channel for awhile now, we will start mixing in Sega, Sony and other game consoles soon. One last item, check out the Design Mode around ~21min marker… Nostalgia.

I skipped the screenshots, check out @nintendoCompete work, it’s epic. You always catch old NES games and more on Retrogames.cz if you want to stay up on legacy games etc. There are others, today we will hightlight Retrogames.cz. Cheers.

Pro Wrestling

Got Have Some NES Pro Wrestling

Lab Work – Who You Choosing? I’m Going With The Amazonian

Star Man, Giant Panther or The Amazon; Wrestling Greats

Pro Wrestling was a great game, a great two player game if you could find someone who put enough hours in on the game as you did. The flips, the chops, the out-of-the-ring play is excellent. I didn’t put this on my top 5 or 10 games, I thought of this as a game I could always come back and play. So, as far as playability, this is up there on that top tier listing. This is like Goldenye, or Kart, Streetfighter, Lemmings, Virtual Tennis, Tiger Woods Golf, even FIFA. The game is timeless, and still remains on my all time playability list. There are games, you want to playthrough like Contra, or Super Mario… but none are like this. ((Shoutout)) to @nintendoComplete for the excellent playthrough. The wrestling animation was fantastic, characters were awesome – Star Man, Giant Panther and The Amazon. I do remember some of the characters taking sometime to beat in ‘story mode’, overall great 2 player game as I mentioned above.

Side note – If you all are looking for old NES or Sega games, maybe games you had trouble with e.g. Altered Beast, RC Grand Prix, Hang On, Alex Kidd, Goldeneye, Road Rash (there are plenty more on that list), check out @nintendoCompleteto fulfill that need or closure for some!

Anyhow, don’t forget those old Sega Games, Alex Kidd in Miracle World… It’s great to see someone beat the game. Cheers

NES Ice Climber

Climb’n Ice

Lab Work – Play Ice Climber Now

NES – Ice Climber

Kong Fan? Rampage? Gyromite? Do you remember Ice Climber? Play Ice Climber online now! I recall ‘pain’, I was never good at the game. Games was epic for ’85/’86, I remember it like it was yesterday. A childhood friend owned the game console with a few games, Ice Climber included. We had the console, Super Mario, Baseball, Excitebike, Duck Hunt (can’t remember if we had other original games, may be Zelda as a side purchase). Anyhow, the point here, the neighborhood kid had this game, which means time on the console/game was limited. I don’t think it would’ve made a difference anyhow. I was terrible at the game. Regardless, the game was awesome, reminiscent of those games above, the Donkey Kong’s or Rampage, bottom-up racing games. Races included ice, stone obstacles, bears, birds, and other creatures… Awesome.

Just to note, Ice Climber, Gyromite were included in the original ~17 game series on the US Nintendo Entertainment System. Don’t quote me on the total number of games released in the original US lineup, but here is what I’ve gathered – Duck Hunt, Gyromite, 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu CLu Land, Donkey Kong Jr., Excitebike, Golf, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman and Wrecking Crew. The point, Gyromite was another sideview puzzle game, with a crazy old professor/scientist, avoiding pipes and critters. Good time to mentioned R.O.B., with Gyromite… NES R.O.B. also included in the US NES release, although shelf life was short. The point here it is linear, moving right-to-left, up-and-down with a cool robot accessory to help open pipes.

Anyhow, tangent there… Ice Climber was a great game, one of the original games on the NES console, jump, climb and hack (mallet) your way to the top.

Final thought, out of the 17 original games on the NES console, Ice Climber was a great game, vertical boards, 2 player fun; game difficulty – hard as can be for ~1985-86. I’ll cover some Nintendo controllers/accessories – Power Glove, Power Mat, Game Genie, R.O.B, NES Light Gun etc. in future posts.

Techmo Bowl

NES Classic – Techmo Bowl

Lab Work – Techmo Bowl

Techmo Bowl – Cut Scene Great Plays, Easy Play, Play As The Most Famous Players of the time.

From Lawerence Taylor, to Walter Peyton, Techmo Bowl was the bar set for all football games. Madden, NCAA, Blitz, 2k, GameDay… all owe Techmo Bowl a head nod, not many games prior on the list beyond Elway’s Quarterback and Techmo Bowl; Techmo Bowl being the one placing the marker in the sand… Like I said, not a full list but the list covers more than 36 years (87-23) of gaming and football being one of the major sports games. The game set the bar for game play, strategy, play-time (hours spent grinding with the goal of dominating the game, a computer player or opponent). Loved the W. Peyton runs, the L. Taylor Defense, the Montana & Rice Domination; Erik Dickerson. There are more, to many to remember, there are lists for that reason – Techmo Bowl Player – Quick Reference. Honestly, another game, I spent hours of my early childhood ‘losing’ to my elders, neighbors etc. It felt like ages before I was able to ‘use the built in’ super powers or *cheat(s) to win. Not using the Game Genie, but certain plays – run or pass would be automatic. Same for defensive plays, locking down an opponent with basic plays. I can’t remember how many plays are offered, 6, 7, or 8, as the Offensive Coordinator, so game success was dependent on game play(duration).

Like many games, once you figure out the secret move, the right controller pad combination or button sequence, play etc. the game opens up, grows into a fun, exciting battle with your gaming competitor. Dominating at times. Might not have been fun for those who are just starting out, from what I remember! Not fun. Anyhow, I thought I would post a quick post on Techmo Bowl and share a game playthrough from one our favorite YouTubers – @nintendoComplete. Shout Out @NintendoComplete, thanks for keeping these games alive, and archived.

Commando

Take The Flag – Commando

Lab Work – NES Commando

Top 4 NES – Commando, Commando – Take That Flag

Thanks to @NES_Longplay for the walk-through/play-through. This was a late add, should’ve been out sometime in ’20… but, you know… today is the day it gets published to no fault of our own. Nor the scheduling mechanism.

To no avail, the stars aligned etc., Commando became reality. Game play is fantastic, painful long arduous process, leading to a never ending cycle of failed attempts. Unless of course you wait 20+ years, you’ve got yourself the ole’ map published on the web somewhere… and a cause of energy drink, coffee or tea. You might need a lot more, but let’s live big; in the moment. Believe you me, wish we had the map way back when. Although, have to admit, this game was one of those games that never ended… hence the need for walk-through. Commando is still on the list of ‘have not’s, meaning it’s still on the bucket list of games to dig up, play and complete the game. That’s where we live you today, 20 years in the making.

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Top Gun NES

NES – Top Gun Playthrough @snapbackWill

Lab Work – NES Games And Play-Throughs

@Snapbackwill, check out Snapback… this guy made it past Mission 1. What a nightmare! Maybe 80’s nostalgia to me or that real-life shooting pain in your hands (flashback)… you awaken, clinching your hand when recalling the horror of Top Gun.

Landing was such a nightmare, same for game play. A nightmare only an 80’s child can recall after hour upon hour of wasted time trying to land the d#&@ aircraft on any mission, if you made it past Mission 1. Check out @nintendoComplete below, great play through…

Check out @NintendoComplete as well (I know I’ve mentioned @NintendoComplete’s channel before), shares the ultimate kick to the gut, this play-through is pure genius (no voice over, just the game and all of its glory). Glory of which I never had. The game still to this day, remains one of my favorite games besides may be Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!, Contra, Track & Field II, Kung Fu, Duckhunt. Hell there are to many games for a Top 10. Don’t forget Friday the 13th, same for @lordkayoss – “Howdy Folks, LK on the Tube…”. This guy gets it. Great narrative, game play, tips/tricks for Friday the 13th and more. Give his YT channel a look, subscribe, click the bell. You know the drill.

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Contra NES|SNES

C & Super C NES

Lab Work – NES Contra

@Peg (3.5M views) makes quick work of Contra… It’s been sometime, may be 20+ years since I’ve seen Contra or played myself. Might be one of my top 3 of 10 NES games of all time. Honestly, the video is pure gold… and it pains me to say it, I was never very good at video games.

Super C (NES), Street Fighter 3 (SNES/Dreamcast), Soul Calibur (Dreamcast) were different. I didn’t have time as a kid, and the time I earned to play was pure torture! College, sure… we had all the time in the world to waste on FIFA, Soul Calibur, SSX Tricky, Golden Eye, Mario Kart and more.

Ah, one other item to note here, I think there are only a few games that remind me of OG (Original Gamer) Games (of which I played, so there is much smaller number of games to notate). Yes, this is subjective and limited to the games I could play around town. Contra is one of those, post arcade, post Pong, early at home gaming systems. NES only, Track & Field | T&F 2, Super Contra, Excitbike, Mario (Super Mario 1/2 & 3), Duckhunt, RBI Baseball, Hockey, Tecmo Bowl/Super Tecmo Bowl, Zelda, Link, Double Dragon, Kungfu (previous posts), Tetris. Didn’t have time to go over the Sega or Jaguar systems. Some other day, in some future land… There are far to games to remember, count, rank for which one or 100 are in the top 10. Just wanted to cover a few games that might spark an interest. Finally, for the record, this subjective of course, I’m sure you have your reasons for listing other games, fighting, first-person shooters or beat’em up games. Please share!

Finally, I’ll continue to post updates here, more NES, SEGA, SNES games and the likes. We will try arcade, computer games as well, assuming there is YouTube content to cover. Only reason I say this, is simply access to video content for games I don’t have. The goal will be simple, post a few games here and there, starting with the games I’m most familiar with and so on. I’ll try and stay out of the weeds… All joking aside, after losing so many d*(# times… This feels almost cathartic, a purge It did take practice, time and patience. 2 of 3 took time and with time, time heals all. Or I guess you take your licking and keep trying.

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Track N’ Field 1/2 NES NEAT-O!

Track N’ Field

Lab Work – NES Track N’ Field

NES/SNES NEStalgia

I’ll start off by saying Track & Field I and II are some good games… I skipped the screenshots on T&F I, meaning just providing the one for Long Jump… And splurged on the T&FII Video and in-game screenshots. I mean come on, T&FII had Arm Wrestling, Kayaking, Archery, Clay/Trap, Tae Kwon Do, Fencing, Hang Gliding, Hammer Throw, Steeple Chase, Swimming, Platform Diving, Triple Jump… (Did I miss any?) Regardless, this is the game that made me want to ‘play better’. And by play better, I mean it caused so much heartache, pain and suffering over a ‘silly’ game. That I mark that one day, so many days ago… that I would get better at gaming… Not sure, but I will ask.. Did I convince any of you, convince any of you that I did any more than waste a bunch of my meaningless youth playing such a game? I’m not sure I convinced myself… ((SUPER TANGENT)) Watching the Super Castlevania IV Playthrough at somepoint… EPIC Konami Game. While we are on the subject of Castlevania, those of you who are Anime fans, check out the Castlevania Animated Series, it’s good. It’s got that Dante’s Inferno Animated Series feeling… at least a similar treatment.((/SUPER TANGENT)) More to come at a later time I guess.

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Grumble Grumble

Zelda – Grumble, Grumble

Lab Work – NES The Legend Of Zelda – Golden Cartridge

Grumble Grumble – The Legend of Zelda

“Grumble, Grumble” (reference noted below) Everyone needs a little 80’s gamer nostalgia, 80’s NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) NOSTALGIA! Warning, this post may not be for everyone, certainly aiming to cover the Golden Ratio – 80/20 split, 20% being the hardcore gamers of the 80s/90’s. Those of you in the 80% or more, fair warning.

For those who had the pleasure of playing the first NES golden catridge, a.k.a The Legend of Zelda… more specifically had your own run in with the Goriya… you’ll remember, in order to pass through the halls of the Angry Goriya, food was the trick. So, finding meat and feeding the beast was truly the only way forward. Between the Goriya trap, other tools of the trade – sword, the boomarang; the flute. I spent along time on this game, way back when. If there was only a way to play the game online (PC) via DLC or SIM… I’d be up for a new adventure, the adventure found in The Legend of Zelda.

You’ll need some NES (this afternoon? tonight? all the time… people it’s THE LEGEND OF ZELDA). Could be a top 10 fan favorite for others, Top 5 of 10 NES games of all time? Might be #1 fan favorite for some, definitely at the top of the heap, may be top 3 or 4 for others.

Kung Fu ((( YES )))

Kick & Punch, Beat ‘Em Up

Lab Work – NES Kung Fu

NES Kung Fu

@NintendoComplete (1M views) Known as Fu around these parts. Not the other, let’s keep it clean… (( Shout Out )) @NintendoComplete coming through for the series again. Never could’ve, never would’ve won this game. Still in my Top 15 NES games. For nothing more than a reminder just how awesome 80’s Karate/MMA was in the US. Again, for a beat ’em up game you kick, sweep kick, jump kick and punch, fairly simple. Watch out various insects, knife-throwers and ceiling crawlers. At times this game can be tedious a painful reminder of arcade button-smashers. makes quick work of Contra… It’s been sometime, may be 10+ year or so. Might have caught a game or two in college, may be… since I’ve played Kung Fu or played myself. Might be one of my top 3 of 10 NES games of all time. Honestly, the video is pure gold… and it pains me to say it, I was never very good at Kung Fu, which is probably why it sits on my Top NES games of all time *for the games I had the privilege to play growing up.

Don’t forget to check out @NintendoComplete, the YouTube Channel and more. Without content like those shared here, historic gameplay/memories would just be that; memories. Click subscribe, use the bell ‘thingy’ for notifications for all these channels… do what you can to help out content ‘creators’, ‘YouTubers’, ‘Gamers’ (whatever you want to go as).

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