Inspired by 8-bit movies like Wreck It Ralph, game developer and VFX artist Peter Tieryas is going through his old NES inventory and playing some of his favorite levels with running commentary. This segment is from Legend of Kage for the NES. Players have to rescue the princess a total of three times before the game ends, at which time the princess is kidnapped again. This rounds out the trio of Ninja games starting with Ninja Kid, then Ninja Gaiden, and now Legend of Kage.
The PlayStation 4′s Arcade Archives is getting a bunch of new titles from Taito like Darius, The Legend of Kage, Bubble Bobble, and several others.
Another classic title has been released in Japan on the Virtual Console 3DS.
Nerd Vice’s own Gomer joins Vira and Resulka to discuss … stuff.
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