Just beat Willow for NES

[Graham Mitchell]

Wow, nobody has ever defended the original Ghostbusters game before. I've played several versions and they're all based on the same flawed, boring design.

I really liked the SMS version, actually. It's kind of a cool concept at it's core, and I'm pretty sure Compile developed the SMS version, so it's got some style to it. The NES version suffered from shitty, lazy programming, and the 2600 version was just too ambitious for that machine to do well (like Double Dragon). I played the Apple IIe version back in the day and it wasn't horrible either.

Anyway, enough thread-jacking...

[InsaneDavid]

Agreed, a great game to spend a couple afternoons with. As for Ghostbusters, New Ghostbusters II on the Famicom is the best Ghostbusters title - shame it never came out in the USA.

[boatofcar]

I think you're letting a few good movie games block your memory of the tons of horrid ones.

For every Willow and Goonies II, there was a Karate Kid, Back to the Future, Hudson Hawk, Total Recall, Lethal Weapon, Predator, Home Alone, Ghostbusters, Three Stooges, etc.

I play the Three Stooges all the time. I think it's great.

[Rob2600]

I play the Three Stooges all the time. I think it's great.

I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic.

[The Great Dane]

Oh yeah! Willow is one of my favorite NES games ever. I got that back when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and to this day I still love playing it. Actually, I think I might play it later today

[Graham Mitchell]

I play the Three Stooges all the time. I think it's great.

I actually really liked this when it came out, too. Not much repay value, but most of the Cinemaware games are worth a run through.

[Graham Mitchell]

I was playing another movie game yesterday that I really liked: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for the NES. It's definitely not as good as Willow or Goonies II, but it's got a lot of depth and challenge--more than you'd expect. The visual style is really unique, and it has nice, atmospheric background music.

[calthaer]

Willow is one of my all-time favorite NES games. It may not be quite as good as the original Zelda, but I have to say that I like it a lot better than Zelda 2. It's funny that a lot of the good innovations it introduced (like the round swipe with the sword, then the direction + B to jab) were later incorporated into Zelda 3 - it's no wonder that Capcom has partnered with Nintendo to make many of the more recent top-down Zelda games.

The only pain was the fact that you had to be level 13 to use the wand - I always had to level-up in some mindless way by going between screens...but altogether, a supremely awesome game. Good music, great graphics for the time...I, too, had the whole game mapped out on paper. I probably still have those maps somewhere.

[The Great Dane]

I was playing another movie game yesterday that I really liked: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for the NES. It's definitely not as good as Willow or Goonies II, but it's got a lot of depth and challenge--more than you'd expect. The visual style is really unique, and it has nice, atmospheric background music.

Oh yeah, The Temple of Doom is a great game. The movie is my favorite movie ever, and I remember years ago, when the game was brand new and I was a little kid, I saw it in a store and I was drooling over it. I still love the game, but it is very hard.

[kainemaxwell]

I was playing another movie game yesterday that I really liked: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for the NES. It's definitely not as good as Willow or Goonies II, but it's got a lot of depth and challenge--more than you'd expect. The visual style is really unique, and it has nice, atmospheric background music.

The Tengen or Mindscape version?

[NE146]

Yknow what bugged me about NES Willow? The music! It's just so sickenly "sweet" for some reason and it really got on my nerves when I played it back in the day

[The Great Dane]

The Tengen or Mindscape version?

The one I have is the Mindscape version. I haven't played a Tengen version.

[Garry Silljo]

The one I have is the Mindscape version. I haven't played a Tengen version.

They're the same game.

[The Great Dane]

Ah. Thanks for the info

[Graham Mitchell]

Yknow what bugged me about NES Willow? The music! It's just so sickenly "sweet" for some reason and it really got on my nerves when I played it back in the day

Only in the towns, really. There are tunes in that game that make my flesh crawl, particularly the song in the Twin Towers--which is a great level. I love how you can see the torches lighting from several floors up. (Tough visual to explain, but if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about). A really cool, creepy touch.

[boatofcar]

I play the Three Stooges all the time. I think it's great.

I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic.

I'm serious. I like the game a lot.

[Rob2600]

I'm serious. I like the game a lot. (The Three Stooges)

The NES version?

[boatofcar]

The NES version?

Yes. I didn't even know that it came out for multiple systems

[Rob2600]

I'm serious. I like the game a lot.

Yes. I didn't even know that it came out for multiple systems

Yeah, there was a version for the NES, Amiga, and Commodore 64. Later on, versions were released for the Game Boy Advance, Windows, and Macintosh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thr...8video_game%29


There was also an unrelated arcade game released in 1984:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12950

[StakeRaiser]

Yknow what bugged me about NES Willow? The music! It's just so sickenly "sweet" for some reason and it really got on my nerves when I played it back in the day

Actually, that's one of the reasons I really love the game. I don't know if its just nostalgia from staying home sick from school playing this game or what, but the music for this game gives me chills.

[The Great Dane]

Actually, that's one of the reasons I really love the game. I don't know if its just nostalgia from staying home sick from school playing this game or what, but the music for this game gives me chills.

Me too Its has some of my favorite game music from any classic game.

[kainemaxwell]

I'm playing this now and enjoying it. The Devil Eye Sword is the sword killer sword then? Seems only enemies I can hit with it are the 80exp egg-shaped enemies on the way to the Traveler's Tavern.

[Kaine32]

midgets are naturally poised for fellation exploitation but look out one is going to try to stab you in the testicles in march of 2010 watch total recall for a visual aid

[kainemaxwell]

Any advice for fighting General Kael??

[Daria]

Any advice for fighting General Kael??

He's a fucker.

Anyway don't just swing widly at him. Or panic if he's pushing you towards the wall.

If I remember correctly you paitently wait until he swings, you'll block automatically, then attack him while he's open. I was dying a lot at first but when I finally figured out how to kill him I did it without getting hit.

Also if Bavmorda kills you... you have to fight general Kael again. :/