Posts Tagged ‘Disney’
FOG Review: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (NES)
"Like Ecco the Dolphin, except nothing like it."
“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.
In the golden age of the NES, Capcom made a number of games based on Disney cartoons. While games like Ducktales where a staple of my childhood, a few of them passed me by until more recent times. One of these was Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
FOG Review: DuckTales (NES)
"Life is like a hurricane"
“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.
Back in the late 80′s, Disney had a brilliant idea: To bring well produced cartoons to the after school time slot that was normally filled with soap operas and reruns of The Flintstones. It was a great tactic that produced some very popular series. At some point along the way, Disney made a deal with Capcom to make games based on a few of their shows. DuckTales, a flagship series for “Disney Afternoon”, was one of the first games produced and one of the most popular.
What we didn’t know at the time was that we were getting a game produced by several key members of the Mega Man team, including Keiji Inafune, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, and Tokuro Fujiwara. This lead not only to the creation of a very tight platformer, but also to some amazing original tunes, most notably the Moon’s theme.
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Latest Podcast- Barrel Roll! #122 - "Metroidaster Master" June 28, 2011Don't get lost in the maze. New abilities will allow you to reach new areas so that you can continue to explore in SOPHIA, your souped up Space Car. Just remember, it's up to you to take out the space pirates before they can use the ultimate weapon, The Metroids! After the stirring New Releases and News segments of the podcast, Jonah, Jesse, Adam […]
