Alright, time for a confession, I love Fester’s Quest.
Fester's Quest (NES)
The Most Awesome Thing Ever: Limited Edition Taco Flavor Doritos
Look at that Beauty!
Just look at it, look at that awesome thing! I LOVE retro stuff, and when I saw these things sitting in the chip aisle the thought that I generally don’t like taco flavored things and had just come there to pick up my usual Fritos Honey BBQ Flavor Twists never even had a chance to cross my mind before the bag hit my cart. They could be Soylent Green Flavor and radioactive in a bag like that and I wouldn’t care. Apparently it’s just the bag (I.E. the best part) that’s limited edition, as an ad on the back of the bag informatively warns those who like them to keep an eye out for new packaging “coming soon”. I can heartily say that these bags are The Most Awesome Thing Ever!
Oh, and for those of you who DO care, the chips are pretty good too. They taste very similar to the classic Taco flavor (as compared to the abomination that is Tacos at Midnight). Seriously, buy these things or I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
Maniac Mansion
Continuing on with the theme of Favorite Games, here’s a hint on the one I’m about to talk about:
Maniac Mansion (NES)
Another cult classic (a theme you’ll see spring up in my posts about old games), Maniac Mansion
River City Ransom
Welcome to Wolf Gamers! As this blog is pretty new, you may be wondering, who are these two people posting here?
Well, I figure, the best way to get to know a gamer is by getting to know their favorite games.
So, without further ado, let me tell you about one of mine, the NES cult classic River City Ransom!
I hold your city captive & Ryan’s girlfriend hostage. With my gangs of Students & evil bosses, nobody can stop me now. Meet my demands – or else!… P.S. Alex & Ryan if you interfere, you’ll be in for the fight of your lives!
… SLICK
And so begins one of the most gloriously twisted Beat Em Ups ever released in English. River City Ransom successfully blended the typical Beat Em Up style that its creator Technos was known for (thanks to the success of the Double Dragon franchise) with RPG elements and an off kilter sense of humor (*BARF!*) to produce something wholly unique and greater than the sum of its parts.
As you make your way from CrossTown High School to Slick’s HQ by way of seemingly every mall in town, you’ll pound the crud out of members of a variety of gangs such as “The Generic Dudes”, “The Cowboys”, and “The Frat Guys”, using whatever is at hand, whether it be a gang member’s chain, a large rock, or a discarded tire. While visiting the malls, a large number of stores are available to you, and you can use the pocket change you’ve pick-pocketed from your foes to buy a health or stat boosting snack from one of the many fast food joints, a book to learn a new technique, or even a fresh pair of boots (to improve the damage you inflict with butt-kicking abilities, natch).
Sadly, Technos went out of business, but luckily a company called Million bought the intellectual rights to the games and characters of the Kunio-Kun series (of which River City Ransom is a part, as “Dauntaun Nekketsu Monogatari“).
This led to the release of an enhanced version of the game called River City Ransom EX in 2004 for the Game Boy Advanced and a re-release of the NES version on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008 (the PAL version, Street Gangs, was also re-released on the VC in 2008). At 500 Wii Points, you would be doing yourself a disservice not to give it a try.