As leaky as the ESRB tends to be, it isn't the only governing body that regularly lets slip word of new releases before they're even officially announced.
This time, Germany's USK has rated two more games for the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console: Devil's Crush and Dragon Spirit. Devil's Crush is an excellent pinball title originally released on consoles by NEC for the TG-16 and Sega Genesis. Meanwhile, Dragon Spirit is a vertically-scrolling shooter, where you naturally take on the role of a dragon. It was also released for two consoles, the TG-16 and the NES.
Despite skyrocketing retro game prices the NES remains a deep trove of excellent games that, if you can avoid eBay sellers, are really quite affordable for new collectors.
I remember one of the levels in Retro City Rampage was paying homage to those seaweed segments. Not quite as hard but man did it bring back bad memories of my many deaths on that level. Never did beat that game without the Game Genie. Same with Battletoads. lol
The top-down view theme music was stuck in my head all day as a kid.
I'm not sure if I ever completed a no-damage seaweed run.
Double Dragon 2 is one of the best!! Several good games on this list! Shadowgate, P.O.W., and Klax. That is actually a super fun puzzle game! TMNT, I think every time after the seaweed, I only had like 1 Turtle left. lol
Shadowgate was how I got so familiar with Nintendo's helpline lol. But man did I love that game.
And wow I forgot all about P.O.W. until you mentioned it. Man being a kid with a NES really was the good ol days.
Best birthday ever: 15 and I got a Super Nintendo with Super Mario World, Pilot Wings and Street Fighter. (Spoiled rotten) And I saw Basic Instinct at the theater!
Sven Wohl writes: "It’s no secret that I love pinball games, be it real or virtual ones. Since I was a child, I had a certain fascination with them, even though the physical machines pretty much disappeared in the early 2000’s. However, the amount of virtual pinball games increased and in a world with titles like Pinball Arcade or Pinball FX 2, there’s always a quick fix for your needs. But there are also some great older pinball games out there and when the Virtual Console launched on Wii, I finally got to discover Devil’s Crush."
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Nicely done! You definitely have my vote for Beyond Good and Evil as well as Panzer Dragon! Nicely done.
