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Might as well Gump: Super Xevious - GAMP no Nazo | NES Works Gaiden 84

2026-10-07T00:00:00-05:00

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I can walk the walk as well as talk the talk. Super Xevious for Famicom was the first proper sequel to Xevious, unlike the arcade Super Xevious which simply remixed elements of the 1982 original to make it harder and more demanding. The home game, on the other hand, took a radically different approach to the combat sandbox, pulling inspiration from its holy sibling The Tower of Druaga. An understandable impulse! However, the results were, shall we say, mixed, and Xevious fans largely reject this entry for missing the point of the arcade hit. It's not a bad game, but the structure and arcane requirements for progression definitely do land off the mark.

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In conclusion, Color Dreams is a land of contrasts: Crystal Mines & Robodemons | NES Works 176

2026-09-30T00:00:00-05:00

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More Color Dreams, more problems. The problem in question being the need to reconcile the wild disparity in quality between Crystal Mines and Robodemons. It does underscore the fact that you can't just paint all the work to come out of a single development studio with the same brush. That would be unfair to both games, both of which excel in very different ways. One of which is a really strong take on the gem-physics puzzle-action format, maybe the best on the console, while one of them may in fact be the worst NES game I have played so far. Truly, living at the extremes.

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Shadow legends: Baby Boomer & Raid 2020 | NES Works 175

2026-09-23T00:00:00-05:00

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Well. It's Color Dreams at last.

And you know, these games aren't good by any measure, but if we're being honest, they're FAR from being the absolute worst games ever to ship for NES or Famicom. Baby Boomer is an uglier Gumshoe with To The Earth's difficulty level, while Raid 2020 would almost be a tolerable shooter if it didn't look so bad and force you to play through top-down sequences that are so aggressively difficult that it's difficult to imagine anyone ever seeing anything beyond the first screen of them.

But I've played worse.

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Rank and file: The Best & Worst of 1989 | Turbo Works Special 1

2026-09-16T00:00:00-05:00

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With Turbo Works 1989 in the bag, the time has come (as always) for me to run down the best and worst games of the year. But with fewer than two dozen releases for the year, including CD-ROM stuff, a two-parter with 10 or 12 entries per category seems like overkill. Plus, the TG16 library was mostly great! A full "worst of" seems a bit mean-spirited. So here's an abbreviated rundown of the best and worst, with my apologies if your favorite (or least favorite) release didn't make the cut.

Special thanks to Steven Lin for the physical media materials.

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Kind of blue: Color Dreams | NES Works Special 8

2026-09-09T00:00:00-05:00

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This episode was going to be a quick overview of Color Dreams combined with a look at a game or two, but it ballooned into a more detailed look at what this strange little publisher represented in the bigger picture of the NES universe and gaming in general. Even without the recap of the 10NES lockout chip's function and impact, it would be a full episode! (Skip ahead to 6:30 if you want to give the recap a miss.)

Don't worry, there'll be plenty of coverage of the individual games soon enough. Alas.

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A small announcement about SMS Works in print

2026-09-08T00:00:00-05:00

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Quick channel announcement! I recently left my gig at Limited Run Games, where I've been publishing my Works books (and others) for the past six years. I still intend to forge ahead creating new books, however, and I'll be starting with a 40th anniversary celebration the Master System via SMS Works 1986-87 later this month. I'll be self-publishing through Presservation, a tiny new print label specifically for my books.

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Gradius II: Game Simulation Video VHS rip

2026-09-06T00:00:00-05:00

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A commercial video release detailing an expert playthrough of the arcade version of Gradius II. It mostly exists to make you feel bad about how YOU play.

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The ’Lair disc project: Monster Lair | Turbo Works 15

2026-09-02T00:00:00-05:00

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The final TurboGrafx release for 1989 and also the second CD-ROM game ever to ship in the U.S. belongs to... a Sega series? Yes, in one of those weird, messy twists of fate, this momentous title for TurboGrafx CD hails from the Sega-owned Wonder Boy series. It may not say "Wonder Boy" on the American title screen, but we all know the score: this is Wonder Boy III. This game also shipped on Sega's own Mega Drive console a few years later and would be a phenomenal point of reference... if only that port had come to the U.S.! But you know how localization was back in the ’80s and ’90s. (Read: messy.) So, somehow, NEC and Hudson have the lock on this entertaining Wonder Boy entry.

Of course, Sega released their own Wonder Boy III around the same time, the dead-classic The Dragon's Trap, which would seem to give Sega the overall advantage. Except that The Dragon's Trap would ALSO come to TurboGrafx a few years later, albeit with a new name. Like I said, messy.

Special thanks to Steven Lin for the physical media materials.

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The deadly inner-tube war: Road Runner & Toobin’ | NES Works 174

2026-08-26T00:00:00-05:00

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We'll be getting back to the last of Turbo Works 1989 next week. I'm switching the order up slightly because, in a strange cosmic coincidence, I happened to produce a game about the unlicensed NES Road Runner cartridge that landed right at the same time as the theatrical release of Coyote Vs. Acme. This was not planned, but by god, I'm taking advantage of the circumstances.

This is the final set of Tengen releases for 1989. It is also the final set of good unlicensed games for 1989. Road Runner on NES lacks the visual style and fluidity of the arcade game, but it captures the overall style pretty effectively. And Toobin' is surprisingly good, even if it lacks the intended cooperative play of the original coin-op. Good stuff, all in all! Cherish these moments, they're about to be whisked away into oblivion.

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Red shoe diaries: Fighting Street | Turbo Works 14

2026-08-19T00:00:00-05:00

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Hey friends, it’s the first-ever video game for CD-ROM. (And also a sidebar on the other first-ever game for CD-ROM, which only shipped in Japan.) Fighting Street is, in some respects, a poor demo for the format and suffers a bit from the decision to put it on CD. But, on the other hand, could any single release better telegraph the trends of the 1990s more effectively than a fighting game on CD-ROM?

Special thanks to Steven Lin for the physical media materials.

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