As of right now, I’m hoping to quit using Twitter or X or whatever it was called. I went back stupidly for two reasons, some people I like used it for whatever reason AND I wanted to see how long it would take for Melon Husk to ruin the shithole. Surprisingly it is still up but it seems to be falling apart. It just does not do any good for my already shitty mental health. Twitter just helps put me in a worse mood and most of the time I’m already in a crummy mood due to stuff I don’t want to mention. I’ve made my points about the state of the POPULAR CULTURE CULTURE WAR that’s big on YouTube and Twitter. You know my feelings on the word woke and all that garbage.
So what does that mean, it means I’m going to be posting on this stupid blog a LOT more. A LOT more. Bringing back old concepts and all that. So let’s get through the B games in these next few posts!
Boulder Dash is a game that I want to like more than I do. It’s one of those action puzzle games, like Lolo or Kickle Cubicle. Kinda like those mixed with Dig Dug. You have to dig and figure out ways to kill enemies and all that, and I dig those games a whole lot. Anyway the real problem this game has for me is that it’s REALLY FUCKING HARD. At least I believe it is. I’ve tried to go back to this game and beat it many times, many many times, for at least 15 years now and I cannot get past stage 2-1. That’s as far as I can get into this game. The stuff the game wants you to do the kill the enemies to get the gems is just TOO FUCKIN MUCH for me. I can’t call this a bad game as I’m sure I will go back to it again I can’t say it’s one I’m very good at.
Break Time, it’s Pool. I’m sure you expect me to freak out about having to discuss Pool games but, there were only like 3 and I remember that I actually enjoyed one of them. I don’t know which one of those it was but I do remember enjoying it and felt it did it well. It was simple and easy to pick up for someone who has never actually played Pool. I could actually get somewhere in it and enjoyed myself. The game I remember liking was not this one but playing this game again I have ot admit that it’s a well done Pool game. I am not good at it, but I cannot tell you that if you like Pool and NES Games that you shouldn’t give this game a shot. It’s still probably a game you’d find in a $2-5 range if you actually buy NES games in this market like a sucker. Get a everdrive loser! Anyway, this does the Pool thing and does it pretty well. Give it a shot.
You know what when reviewing this batch of games, the new number of six, I realized I had missed one and had to reformat this entire article. It’s not hard to forget about Breakthru. If you were to look up the word “okay” in the dictionary you’d find Breakthru. It’s an unremarkable game that does things okayly. It won’t wow you, it won’t make you angry. You’ll probably forget you even played it if you play a lot of other games. I think it might be the most okay game ever made. It sets out to do what it wants to do in the most mundane manner. It won’t amaze you with it’s graphics or music or anything. It’s just “yeah that’s a game and it existed and I think I beat it, gotta go check” If you beat Breakthru you’ll have to put it on the list because you’ll never remember that you did or not. It’s just it doesn’t do anything really awful either. It just exists and is a thing. Sometimes I feel like I am Breakthru for the NES. I exist and am a thing.
Bubble Bath Babes is an interesting game. It’s a unique game. It’s an unlicensed game. It’s a very rare game. It’s also a god damn piece of shit. The unique/interesting stuff is well, it’s titties on the NES. Real ass titties! They are done as nicely as you can do for 8-bit Graphics. I can at least see someone getting a boner over this unlike the Atari Porn games. They made 3 games and they were incredibly hard to find. This game also god redone as Mermaids of Atlantis. I don’t know which is first and I don’t care because both are awful garbage and I hate them. This is a Tetris like clone and I just find it weird how awful it is and how badly they botched an easy thing like that. Some times it’s just impossible to connect anything and it just gets harder! So easy to fill up a screen with shit that never connects! Fuck this game. In the asshole.
Now here we have a stone cold classic. An arcade classic made into a really great little NES game. You play as Bub (or Bob) and have to fight through 100 levels and beat monsters by trapping them in bubbles and jump on them. It’s thrilling action packed fun. Okay yeah some levels are annoying and poorly thought out but the most of them are good to play through, the graphics are pretty great and the music is too. The only problem is that you need a second player to actually get an ending with this game, I almost got to the end with someone a long time ago and we never beat it. It’s just not a good idea to do that. Unless the internet lied to me and you CAN beat the game and get a good ending with just one player. I should play it again anyway, it’s a fun game.
I don’t know what the consensus is on this game if people like it more or less than the original. I just know that it’s another rare game that people never seem to actual talk about just talk about how rare it is, which yes I will complain about for every single even remotely rare game out there (and most of these games are not as rare as you think, something rare is something you see once every 3 years on eBay, something that you’ll never see again, not something that has like probably 40 copies on eBay for a crazy price. And unlike other games that rose in crazy prices this game always ALWAYS was 80 plus. I guess the Bubble Bobble name was still popular then and now it’s like YEAH I’LL GET YOUTUBE CRED FOR MY SHITTY YOUTUBE RETRO GAMING SHOW THAT SUCKS ASS for owning this game and spending who knows how much on it. Is this up in like the 700 range now or what? or did it just stop at 200 like it was for like ever, or at least when I was collecting. This was one of the rare titles I never had because I could never ever feel like spending 200 bucks on it.) Now for the actual review. I actually like this game better than the original. I like the graphics more, I like the music more, I like the levels more (although some are still “why did you do this you jerk?” kind of level design) and the addition of bosses is a welcomed one. Every 10 levels is a neat boss you have to fight. I’m a fan of Bubble Bobble Part 2 and I wish I had at least been able to say I owned it at one point but alas.
Good Games: 45
Bad Games: 39
Okay Games: 10
6 more games until game 100!!!! WOAH@!!!!!
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