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  • Nintendo Power (July 1991)

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    Source: Nintendo Power – Issue Number 26 – July 1991 

    If you were a Nintendo fan in the 1990s then you were probably at least familiar with Nintendo Power. This was Nintendo’s official magazine and it always had a ton of info, strategies, and reviews for games for various Nintendo systems. In 1991 this was primarily the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy though some stuff was starting to be included for the upcoming Super Nintendo. The July 1991 issue includes:

    Features

    • Robin Hood – The Prince of Thieves and his merry men come to the NES in a new adventure that has Sherwood Forest alive with action.
    • Rockin’ Kats – Cartoon Kats Willy and Jill are reading the riot act to Mugsy, the bumbling bulldog with the bad attitude.
    • Little Mermaid – Ariel returns to her undersea world to save her finny friends and thwart the Sea Witch’s destructive plans.
    • Bill & Ted Excellent Video Game Adventure – Whoa, Dudes! Bill and Ted are time-tripping, totally tampering with history as we know it. It’s too much!
    • Super NES – Glimpse the future of video games in our Super NES update, then check out the poster with photos of actual 16-bit graphics.

    Tips From The Pros

    • Nester
    • Classified Information
    • Counselor’s Corner

    Video Updates

    • Now Playing – See the games premiering this summer at a video store near you.
    • Pak Watch – Keep an eye on the attractions being planned for the NES.

    Game Boy

    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit? – Who kidnapped Jessica? Who knocked off Marvin Acme? And what is Roger going to do about it? In Capcom’s new adventure, something’s up in Toontown.
    • The Infogenius – Game Tek takes Game Boy beyond entertainment with the first-ever Productivity Paks. Now you can take a personal, portable info base wherever you go!
    • Sneaky Snakes
    • Navy Seals
    • Dick Tracy
    • Altered Space
    • Blades of Steel

    Player’s Forum

    • Player’s Pulse
    • Player’s Poll Contest
    • Top 30
    • NES Achievers

    The Info Zone

    • Celebrity Profile
    • Bulletin Board
    • Next Issue

    …and more!





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  • Mega Man 2 (NES)

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    Mega Man 2 (Capcom – NES – 1988)

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    Although Mega Man is an iconic video game and video game character today, it was really the success of the second game in the series, Mega Man 2, that is responsible for its success. Mega Man 2 was the second and most successful game of the series (so far anyway). While the first Mega Man game was not a huge success, the second sold 1.5 million copies and led to four more Mega Man games being developed on the NES before the series moved on to the Super Nintendo.

    Mega Man 2 is much like the first Mega Man game but with some improvements. It is a typical side-scrolling 2D platform action/adventure game. Mega Man 2 takes place sometime in the 21st century and one year after the original game. In Mega Man 2, Dr. Wily, the main antagonist in the Mega Man games, has created a series of “Robot Masters” including Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man and Wood Man. Your goal as Mega Man is to defeat these robots and ultimately Dr. Wiley himself (again).

    Mega Man 2 had a number of improvements that made it better than the original. First, it was a longer game and a password system was added so a game could be continued. Second, the difficulty was adjusted and more helpful items were added for Mega Man to find. Also, both the soundtrack and graphics were improved for the second iteration of the Mega Man series. Mega Man 2 was a huge success but if it had not been for the developers’ insistence on making a sequel and willingness to work on it alongside other project there probably never would have been another Mega Man game as the first one really wasn’t successful enough to justify it.

     

    If you play just one Mega Man game in your life, Mega Man 2 is probably the best one. There are many other very good games in the series so if you like this one you will probably like most of the others too. I think the original NES version released in 1988 is the best one to play but there have been subsequent releases on the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox as part of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection as well as on the Wii Virtual Console. Any of those are reasonable versions to play and are mostly the same as the original. In Japan versions were also created for the PlayStation, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.





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  • Time Lord (NES)

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    Time Lord (NES)

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    No, Time Lord doesn’t have anything to do with Doctor Who even though that’s exactly what it sounds like. Time Lord is a completely unrelated game for the NES that involves traveling to various time periods in Earth’s history in order to defeat an alien force that is attacking in those time periods in order to change history and make Earth easier to conquer in the present. You get to use various weapons found in the time period you are in from swords to lasers and everything in between. Despite not being Doctor Who related, it still sounds pretty cool. Another plus is that this game was developed by Rare. Rare is known today for having developed some pretty incredible games.

     

    Unfortunately, as this game proves, not everything Rare touched was gold, especially in the early days (Time Lord was released in 1990). This game just doesn’t really live up to its cool sounding story. The game plays like a fairly typical sides scrolling platform adventure game. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that and the graphics are fairly decent as well. The problem comes with the difficulty and the repetitive nature of the game. While the different levels / time periods look different enough, they all really play very much the same. The lack of variety combined with the difficulty make this a hard game to finish. It doesn’t help that the game is timed. If you don’t defeat the enemy by January 1st, 3000 then you will self destruct along with your time machine. The game starts in the year 2999 and a day bases every 6 seconds in real-time so if you do the math you have a little over 36 minutes to beat the game. The difficulty would be more bearable if not for the repetitive nature of the game.

     

    As far as I know, this game has never been re-released or had a sequel. The good news is that if you really want to give it a try, original cartridges are fairly cheap and easy to come by. If you are a Rare completist or maybe just enjoy especially difficult and frustrating games then this may just be the game for you.





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