![]() ![]() ![]() None of those games ended up having the lasting appeal and addictiveness of one of its other contemporaries, though – the first-party Nintendo sports sim known simply as Ice Hockey. Nintendo had a fairly diverse lineup of sports titles introduced for the NES early on in the system's life cycle, including 8-bit interpretations of soccer, tennis, volleyball and even downhill slalom skiing. Craig Harris, IGN Nintendo Executive Editor It's like Marble Madness turned into a platformer…and it worked! This is a Rare sleeper and one of the most creative games those guys made. My greatest memory of this game is trying to convince a dozen IGN editors why this game was so awesome nearly 20 years ago. The ridiculousness of the premise was only matched by the difficulty of the game's control scheme, and the superb 8-bit soundtrack that accompanied all the hungry, hungry action. Then, with enough mass amassed, you could jump onto the level-ending weight scale to trigger the opening of the stage-clearing door – make it through there, and you're on to the next world. If you nibble enough of the Nibbleys, your snake's body would grow, his tail extending longer and longer behind his comical head and forked tongue. Getting him to grow a body was the goal of each stage, and that was accomplished by consuming the dot/pellet/balls of semi-sentient foodstuff known as Nibbley Pibbleys. Seen from a three-quarters viewpoint that placed every environment on an angle relative to the player, you were tasked to take command of a snake that, initially, had no body. ![]() Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameĪnother of Rare's excellent pre-second-party efforts on the NES, Snake Rattle 'n' Roll was an isometric action/adventure with a curious goal, and more curious controls. Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Troubleīattletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate TeamĪ Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia ![]()
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