Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! Review.

A few weeks ago I was searching through $1 NES sports games at the Flea Market. The basics were there, Double Dribble, Ice Hockey, Baseball, you know, games that aren't worth anything. I was just about to leave when at the very back a saw a copy of Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! in pristine condition. I'd never played it, but I'd heard about it and know that it was worth more than $1 so I bought it and I am very pleased I did. It's fair to say this is one of my favorite NES games.

You play as Little Mac. A tiny little boxer who works his way through ten boxers to fight Mike Tyson. That's about it. Just beat up Mike Tyson.

The Gameplay is very precise and reflex based. You need to dodge, punch, and block at the perfect time depending on which opponent you're facing. Each boxer has a weakness, the trick it to figure out what it is and exploit it. After a certain amount of punches they get knocked out moving you to the next opponent. 

The Boxers you face are all pretty clever and you can see that the designers had a lot on fun thinking up the names. Soda Popinski, King Hippo, Super Macho Man, and more. The graphics are great for the time and the controls are good too. Everything just seems to click with this game. Every aspect compliments the next in a mix of action, strategy, and timing unlike anything I've ever played. I would like a few more than just eleven opponents though.

So in conclusion it's a great game. Now excuse me while I get a copy of Super Punch Out!!

9/10

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Contest Winner

Well, only one entry for the Gameboy games... I guess no one likes Gameboy. Anyway, I guess that makes it obvious that (blog username) Matt won. Email you're address to gigcontests@gmail.com and I'll ship the games soon. Congrats!


And for future contests, I think I'm going to make them monthly now. The shipping costs are getting reeeally expensive for a fourteen year old. So yeah. I'll have one the first Monday of every month.

My 3DS saving Box

Want 3 free Gameboy games? Giveaway #3

Hi guys! Sorry for posting this giveaway a day late but better late than never right? So today I'm giving away three free Gameboy games.


Burgertime Deluxe


Baseball


Dexterity


Burgertime Deluxe is actually quite a rare game thats worth about $20. Don't believe me? Look it up. Anyway. You know the drill... you don't? Okay. Here's how you enter.


All you need to do is follow my blog and comment saying you entered. From there I'll chose a random commenter, and send them a blogger message telling them that they won. Once again I'll pay for shipping, but you have to live in North America


Thanks for reading and good luck :D

Contest Winner

Hi guys! I want to congratulate (blog username) Adam Kiesman on winning. E-mail you're address to gigcontests@gmail.com and you should receive your game and zapper soon!

Top 5 hopes for the 3DS

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We know quite a few things about the 3DS. There are even more things that we don't know. Here are five things I'm hoping that the 3DS is going to be equipped with.


5. 3G

3G could be awesome... I think it's pretty easy to tell why.

4. No headaches.

For me it's not that big of a deal if you get a headache after an hour of playing or something seeing as you can just turn the 3D effect off for a little while, but if you got a headache after a half hour it could get pretty annoying. People at E3 did try it for about ten minutes though so at least we know that you can play headache free that long.

3. Great graphics.

Well so far they've looked pretty awesome. Here's a comparison and my oh my... Now keep in mind that the PS3/xbox 360 screen is a lot bigger than the 3DS so you can't really draw a fair conclusion. Still, I hope they end up looking this good in real life.

got this from 3DS blog by the way.

2. Virtual console.

The ability to download Gameboy games? Gameboy Color perhaps? Maybe even... Dare I say... Virtual boy?

1. A release date before christmas.

Everyone cross you're fingers!

So there's my list. Hope you enjoyed it!

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Super Mario 64 Review

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Ah the transition to 3D... Some game series' handled it very well, (Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy) others didn't make the leap quite so gracefully (Castlevania, Sonic). Today I'm going to talk about one of the best 2D to 3D transitions known simply as Super Mario 64.

The plot of Super Mario 64 is standard. Princess gets kidnapped, Mario must save her by going from level to level solving puzzles, killing bad guys and jumping over obstacles to find stars. Unoriginal, but it gets the job done. Where it really shines is in the gameplay.

I find the way they turned 2D plat-forming into 3D plat-forming absolutely brilliant. They managed to keep the classic Mario feel, but at the same time changing a lot. The bright, happy, cartoonish world feels exactly the way it should, and even though the primitive, polygonal graphics are technically outdated it adds a charm completely unique to the N64.

Of course it's not all good. The camera angles can be incredibly frustrating. You can tweak it with the yellow buttons on the top right side of the controller but sometimes that just doesn't cut it. Leaving you completely blind for a few seconds, longing for the days of simple right to left side-scrolling. But that doesn't last long and soon you're back in the action, able to see what's going on and enjoying it as much, if not more, than the 2D games.

So in conclusion this game is awesome. Play it... NOW!

9/10

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