Never Played NES

[sunteam_paul]

I seem to have missed out on the NES first time around, so I've started a new video series in which I play NES games (usually poorly) for the first time and record my impressions. Here's the first one.

Never Played NES #1 - Tiger Heli

[TrekMD]

Never played this game but I've only had a NES for a short time. 

[64bitRuss]

Tiger-Heli is far too generic of a shmup to hold my attention for more than a couple of minutes. Shmups were rather pathetic as a general rule during the 8-bit days. I did like Sky Shark, but again, it's still generic.

[Shadowrunner]

Cool idea! I haven't played Tiger Heli in years but I used to really like it.

[zapiy]

Yeah that's a Puka idea fella. Will keep an eye out for these as I was not a NES user either so these will be interesting.

I actually like the look of this game, so much so I am going to see if I own it and if not go and buy it lol.

[sunteam_paul]

Yeah that's a Puka idea fella. Will keep an eye out for these as I was not a NES user either so these will be interesting.

I actually like the look of this game, so much so I am going to see if I own it and if not go and buy it lol.

I usually find most pre-PC Engine era shoot 'em ups to be unfun/unbalanced, but Tiger Heli was quite enjoyable, def. worth getting.

[sunteam_paul]

Never Played NES #2 - Athena

[TL]

Yeah that's a Puka idea fella. Will keep an eye out for these as I was not a NES user either so these will be interesting.

I actually like the look of this game, so much so I am going to see if I own it and if not go and buy it lol.

I usually find most pre-PC Engine era shoot 'em ups to be unfun/unbalanced, but Tiger Heli was quite enjoyable, def. worth getting.

The NES was not best suited to shooters with all that sprite flicker.

[zapiy]

I don't even thing at that level though fella. I just game, the tech behind it I leave to you lot lol.

[dougtitchmarsh]

Keep em coming Sunteam_Paul, great idea and I like the style of it. 

[Shadowrunner]

In the case of Athena I think Pauls commentary is far more enjoyable than playing the game 

[sloan]

You don't say, but looks like you are playing on an emulator. This makes me wonder if you have full controller functionality for these games using the keyboard arrows or a PC game pad. Real hardware is the best way to experience NES, and some of the frustrations seen in your videos would be minimized.

[zapiy]

Yeah, what are you using Paul?

[davyk]

Hudson did some shmups on the NES - they ran huge hi-score compeitions in Japan across the country using them - gave rise the idea of a caravan mode.

Star Force, Star Soldier and Hector '87 were 3 games that ware used in these tournaments.

Check out Sqoon by Irem on the NES which is a neat little submarine horizontal shmup.

[sunteam_paul]

Yeah, what are you using Paul?

I'm using Nestopia to emulate and playing with my trusty PS1 Dual Shock using the digital pad - certainly a lot more comfortable for my hands than the old style pads and great for retro stuff.