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  • Chef’s Luv Shack

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    Magazine ad for Chef’s Luv Shack, by Acclaim for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and PC (DOS).

    http://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/158801277671/n64thstreet-magazine-ad-for-chefs-luv-shack-by

    South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack is South Park’s version of a party game. It consists of nearly two dozen mini-games interspersed with triva. Unfortunately, the game is exclusively multi-player and there is no AI to play against. Of course, these types of games are better vs. other people but it’s nice to have the option to play against the computer.

    One neat aspect is that many of the minigames are based on classic arcade games. For example, Asses in Space is based on Asteroids, Pizza Boy is based on Paperboy, etc.

    However, at the end of the day the game just wasn’t all that good. The mini-games quickly grow boring and while many may be based on classic arcade games, they aren’t nearly as good. To make matters worse, the trivia portion of the game is generally too easy and doesn’t play well making the mini-games the best part.


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  •  Double Dragon II (NES)

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    Double Dragon II for the NES by Acclaim

    http://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/158625502715/tarpittales-press-start-double-dragon-ii-nes

    The Double Dragon series was one of the original and most popular games in the side-scrolling beat-em-up genre.Double Dragon II the arcade game was developed by Technos and released in 1988. It was a sequel to Double Dragon which came out the previous year.

    A variety of computer ports arrived the following year including ports for the Commodore 64, PC (DOS), Amiga and Atari ST and these were released by Virgin Mastertronic. The general consensus was that this port was much better than the one done for the original Double Dragon.

    The NES version would come the following year and would be done by Technos themselves. Oddly, while the plot basically followed that of the arcade game, most of the levels were completely different. A Megadrive (Sega Genesis) port was released that was pretty much a strait arcade port but it was released only in Japan. There was also a PC Engine (Turbo Duo) version released in Japan but it was a port of the NES version (albeit with improved graphics), not the arcade version.

    The NES version was re-released on the Virtual Console in 2012 for the Wii and in 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.





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  • NARC (NES)

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    Narc was first a 1988 arcade game and was the first to be released by Williams after being acquired by Midway. Several ports were made to various home systems in 1990 including to the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and NES. The home computer versions were all done by Ocean software while the NES port was done by Rare and published by Acclaim.

    Most of the home ports were pretty average. I think the reason NARC is remembered today is because it was a controversial game at the time. It was one of the first games with this level of violence. The goal of the game is to arrest or kill various junkies, drug dealers and king pins culminating with Mr. Big. In the manual for the NES version of the game it was described as the first video game with a strong anti-drug message. Ironically, all references to drugs were removed from the NES version.

    Nintendo has always had seemingly odd censorship rules. In this particular game, references to drugs were removed but most or all of the violence was retained. However, the splash of blood on the cover was changed to be yellow so it didn’t look like blood.

    Midway Arcade Treasures 2 released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube had an emulated version of the arcade version of the game (with a few glitches) and in 2005 there was a remake of the game (also controversial) for the PS2, Xbox and PC.

    The ad and screenshots above are all from the NES version.

    http://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/158615816812/tarpittales-bust-mr-big





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