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NBA Jam Tournament Edition is the sequel to the original NBA Jam. The game had an updated roster and many hidden characters — a staple of the NBA Jam franchise. Additionally, Tournament Edition included additional SuperJam power-ups, more detailed player attributes, player substitutions after each quarter, injuries and a new soundtrack. It was overall an improved version of the original.
X-Men was one of the key Genesis titles that fans of that console had in the arsenal against the Super Nintendo fan boys. If you did not own a Genesis, you had to constantly hear about how good X-Men was. I was lucky enough to own both systems, so I got to play and enjoy this two player action game in which you had to destroy a virus that was infecting the Danger Room. The source of this virus was, naturally, Magneto, the most feared of all X-Men villains.
Why We Liked It
In the early 1990s, X-Men was at its peak in popularity. It was one of the best selling comic books and it was the coolest cartoon on television. The game gave you the option to choose from four of the most popular X-Men characters: Wolverine, Gambit, Cyclops and Nightcrawler. You also had the ability to call Storm, Rogue (sexy), Iceman, and Archangel to assist — similar to the game Marvel Vs Capcom. Most of the levels also featured a staple of villains from the X-Men universe (Magneto, Sabretooth, Juggernaut, Apocalypse, etc.). In short: It was a X-Men fan’s wet dream.
I must have spent hundreds of hours with my friends trying to beat this game, because it was difficult. Which, by the way, I think was more difficult in the two player mode thanks to screenlocking. But then the craziest shit happens. In the level where you beat Mojo, you are asked to reset the computer. We must have spent hours and hours all over the level trying to find this elusive computer. We never did.
Years later, to quench my curiosity, I look the game up online and find out that the computer you had to reset was the Genesis itself! A neat little trick, but could you have given us a hint? Argh!
Playing the game now, I can guarantee that my love for the game was directly associated with my obsession with the X-Men. The music is now annoying and the controls are an abomination. Though I tried hard to get through the game, I couldn’t even make it through the first stage. I guess this is a game I think I rather relive in my memories.
X-Men Genesis Speed Run by honorablejay
Difficulty:
Hard
Released:
1993
Developer:
Western Technologies Inc
Platform:
Sega Genesis
Although BattleTanx for the Nintendo 64 earned average to mediocre scores from the video game media, the game earned its rightful place alongside Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros, and San Francisco Rush in the Nintendo 64 owners multiplayer wall of fame. If you think that’s good company, you’d be right.
Why We Loved It:
With a storyline where a terrible virus kills off almost the entire female population on Earth and the remaining ladies are gathered by marauding gangs, there is very little NOT to love about Battletanx. The game supports four players simultaneously, a staple of the best Nintendo 64 multiplayer games. Multiplayer modes include: deathmatch, family mode, battlelord mode (capture the flag), and annihilation mode where the player left standing wins. Of those games, the most popular amongst my group of friends was Battlelord Mode. Each player has a base with powered-up defenses (which you can control) that made capturing the queen difficult. However, the task was never impossible since you can destroy the other player’s defenses.
This is all accomplished with honest to goodness great controls (a staple of the N64 games) and at the time blow-your-freaking-mind weapons like The Nuke. This single weapon (very rare) causes damage to a great percentage of the buildings in the level and at the same time deals a massive amount of damage to all the players in the radius of the blast.
BattleTanx Nuke in Action (scrub towards the end of the movie)
If you get a chance to put together a group of friends to boot up BattleTanx on your Nintendo 64 do so. If you can get past the muddy graphics of yesteryear, you’ll have a blast.
Difficulty:
Medium
Released:
December 31, 1998
Developer:
3DO
Platform:
Nintendo 64 (N64)
Released on the NES in 1990 by Capcom, Little Nemo: The Dream Master is a game in which the hero, Little Nemo, must make its way into Nightmare land to rescue Morpheus, the king of Slumberland. The game offers eight levels. In each level you had to collect a certain number of keys in order to escape. However, the total number of keys differed from level to level.
Why We Loved It:
As with most Capcom games during this time period, Little Nemo had tight controls and top-notch visuals. In each level there were certain animals that provided Little Nemo with his own unique set of abilities while limiting others. The Mole for example, would allow you to dig underground, but took away Little Nemo’s ability to jump. The Frog would boost Nemo’s ability to jump and swim faster, but could not go underground. To take over an animal’s ability, you had to feed the animal three candies.
Just taking this game again for a spin brought back many frustrating moments as well. In particular the third dream, the House of Toys, where there are some ridiculously difficult moving train level sections.
Either way, if you love a challenge and want to play one of the better platforming games on the NES, you should check out Little Nemo: The Dream Master.
Difficulty:
Really Hard
Released:
1990
Developer:
Capcom
Platform:
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)