I have only played the NES version of this, but after watching this, it seems like it was a faithful port The arcade version looks to be far more colorful, though!
Man I played the heck out of this for the NES. I like to remove the block the sparks are revolving around and let them fly away. On later levels some of the sparks move insanely fast.
There are numerous secret items to uncover by either erasing a block or placing and then erasing a block. There are also some secret levels in the game; I don't remember how you uncover them.
@MAMECADE Oh of course, but as an example of a game inolving blocks and emphasis on gathering items for specific purposes, I think this could stand up as a very very early inspiration for games like Terraria and its older sibling Minecraft.
Nice review!
I played this a lot on my Amstrad CPC.
alex76gr 9 months ago
Awesome game, excellent review.
Laoch111 9 months ago
I have the NES version!
vintagevideogamegeek 9 months ago
No matter how difficult this game got (and it managed to seriously piss me off on a regular basis) I always enjoyed it.
HiroGaems 9 months ago
Wonderful and challenging game used to play the NES and Gameboy versions but never played it in a actual arcade.
jboypacman 9 months ago
That looks pretty sweet! That game would probably kick my ass later on though.
WillisFilms1 9 months ago
I have only played the NES version of this, but after watching this, it seems like it was a faithful port The arcade version looks to be far more colorful, though!
austinmackert 9 months ago
nice game, when i saw the name i was not expecting to see a puzzle game, i may try it out sometime tought
TheRinkashi 9 months ago
I had this on NES. Is still one of my fav. games from a design perspective. I think it's fairly brilliant.
psyjax2 9 months ago
Man I played the heck out of this for the NES. I like to remove the block the sparks are revolving around and let them fly away. On later levels some of the sparks move insanely fast.
There are numerous secret items to uncover by either erasing a block or placing and then erasing a block. There are also some secret levels in the game; I don't remember how you uncover them.
Thanks for the video of this great game!
crazyclimber80 9 months ago
This game is legendary, a great review for a great classic! ;)
ZPEntertainment 9 months ago
It got a sequel on the GB called "Solomon's Club", the GBC also had a similiar game to this called "Monster Rancher Explorer".
Highretrogamelord89 9 months ago 4
@Highretrogamelord89 Ahhhh thank you for those tid bits.
MAMECADE 9 months ago
reminds me of being a youngling :)
Romancandle88 9 months ago
@Romancandle88 Younglings in the Jedi Temple........
MAMECADE 9 months ago 3
That looks like a fun game I will have to check it out sometime even though I'm not that good at these types of games. Good video.
StrykerEG 9 months ago
@StrykerEG You can't be any worse than me my friend.
MAMECADE 9 months ago
It's like an early Terraria!
Broshmosh 9 months ago
@Broshmosh Hmmmm maybe on a very basic level, Terraria is much more complex and boards are randomly created. But good eye on see that.
MAMECADE 9 months ago
@MAMECADE Oh of course, but as an example of a game inolving blocks and emphasis on gathering items for specific purposes, I think this could stand up as a very very early inspiration for games like Terraria and its older sibling Minecraft.
Broshmosh 9 months ago
@Broshmosh Yep, again I say... Good eye sir.
MAMECADE 9 months ago