Monday, December 16, 2013

Contra 4 Art Gallery


It's midnight and I've been playing Contra 4 all weekend, and thought I would commemorate the time spent playing this awesome game with this art and photo gallery. I've been playing Contra 4 for about 5 years now. It never gets old. Awesome artwork as well.



Saturday, December 14, 2013

Contra 4 Prototype Footage


I found what looks to be Prototype footage of Contra 4 from 2007 E3. You can watch it in the embedded video link below. Contra 4 came out before the retro craze had really caught on. Back then 8-Bit City even operated under the assumption that there was not much 8-Bit new going on at any given time. 

Mega Man 9 and Contra 4 were both big reboots that jumpstarted the recent retro revival on the last 5 years. Cave Story came out around the same time as well--the past was back. Geometry Wars perhaps deserves some credit too, because it was on every XBOX 360 in every store display you could image from 2005-2007. Games like Super Meat Boy, Braid, and Mega Man 9 would dominate the downloadable new frontier which had just been created.

While these downloadable titles may have been seen as second-rate (inferior) to the big-budget titles sold in a disc in the store, the lines continue to blur. Players are not as impressed with graphics as they once were, and a downloadable project is a better place to test out new ideas than a 50-million dollar blockbuster.


Friday, December 13, 2013

Nintendo Power Game Boy Index


Game Boy Nintendo Power Index
  • 4 in 1 Funpack: Volume 1 (volume 36 featured article)
  • 4 in 1 Funpack: Volume 2 (volume 51 featured article)
  • Adventure Island 2:Aliens in Paradise (volume 46 featured article)
  • Adventure Island 3 (volume 42 stage select code)
  • Alien 3 (volume 45 featured article,volume 54 hint)
  • Altered Space (volume 40 hint)
  • Asteroids (volume 33 feature article)
  • Avenging Spirit (volume 47 codes)
  • Balloon Kid (volume 16 featured article)
  • Barbie Game Girl (volume 40 featured article)
  • Bart Simpson's Escape From Camp Deadly (volume 29 featured article)
  • Bart & The Beanstalk (volume 57 featured article)
  • Batman:Return of the Joker (volume 36 featured article)
  • Battleship (volume 44 featured article)
  • Battletoads (volume 30 featured article)
  • Battletoads in Ragnarok's World (volume 52 hint,volume 53 code)
  • Battle Unit Zeoth (volume 28 code)
  • Batman: The Animated Series (volume 56 feature article)
  • Bionic Commando (volume 41 featured article)
  • Boggle Plus (volume 35 featured article)
  • Bonk's Adventure (volume 43 featured article)
  • Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Boxxle (volume 39 hint)
  • Bubble Bobble part 2 (volume 53 stage select code)
  • Casino Funpak (volume 67 featured article)
  • Castlevania 2:Belmont's Revenge (volume 29 featured article)
  • Catrap (volume 16 featured article,volume 33 codes)
  • Contra (volume 68 level skip code)
  • Cosmo Tank (volume 16 featured article)
  • Daffy Duck The Marvin Missions (volume 68 featured article)
  • Darkwing Duck (volume 45 featured article)
  • Days of Thunder (volume 27 featured article)
  • Deadheat Scramble (volume 16 featured article,volume 51 codes)
  • Donkey Kong (volume 67 hint)
  • Double Dragon 2 (volume 30 featured article)
  • Double Dragon 3 (volume 41 featured article)
  • Dr. Franken (volume 40 featured article)
  • Elevator Action (volume 35 trick)
  • F-1 Race (volume 28 code)
  • Faceball 2000 (volume 30 featured article,volume 33 code and hints,volume 35 trick)
  • Felix The Cat (volume 52 featured article)
  • Final Fantasy Adventure (volume 28 featured article,volume 35 hint,volume 51 hints)
  • Final Fantasy Legend 2 (volume 27 featured article,volume 36 hints,volume 39 sound test code)
  • Final Fantasy Legend 3 (volume 52 featured article,volume 59 hint,volume 62 hint)
  • Flipull (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Gargoyle's Quest 2 (volume 50 featured article)
  • Gear Works (volume 54 featured article)
  • Godzilla (volume 16 featured article)
  • Go! Go! Tank (volume 27 code)
  • Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (volume 33 feature article)
  • Great Greed (volume 48 featured article)
  • Heavyweight Championship Boxing (volume 16 featured article)
  • Heiankyo Alien ((volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • High Stakes (volume 34 featured article)
  • Jepardy Sports Edition (volume 62 featured article)
  • Joe and Mac (volume 47 featured article)
  • Jurassic Park (volume 53 featured article)
  • Kid Dracula (volume 47 featured article)
  • Kid Icarus (volume 30 featured article,volume 43 tip,)
  • Kingdom Crusade (volume 40 featured article)
  • Kirby's Dreamland (volume 39 featured article,volume 41 hint & codes,volume 44 tips&codes)
  • Kirby's Dreamland 2 (volume 72 featured article)
  • Kirby's Pinball Land (volume 54 featured article,volume 59 code)
  • Krusty's Funhouse (volume 46 featured article,volume 53 codes)
  • Lazlo's Leap (volume 39 featured article)
  • Lemmings (volume 53 featured article)
  • Looney Tunes (volume 43 featured article)
  • Madden 95 (volume 68 featured article)
  • Malibu Beach Volleyball (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Marble Madness (volume 28 featured article)
  • Mega Man:Dr. Wily's Revenge (volume 27 featured article,volume 42 hints)
  • Mega Man 2 (volume 34 featured article)
  • Mega Man 3 (volume 44 featured article,volume 51 codes)
  • Mega Man 4 (volume 55 feature article,volume 56 passwords)
  • Metroid 2 (volume 34 hint)
  • Milon's Secret Castle (volume 46 featured article,volume 50 hint)
  • Missle Command (volume 35 featured article)
  • Monopoly (volume 29 featured article)
  • Mortal Kombat (volume 53 featured article,volume 62 code)
  • Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise (volume 16 featured article)
  • Mysterium (volume 27 code)
  • NBA Jam (volume 68 featured article)
  • Nemesis (volume March/April 1990 featured article,volume 44 code)
  • Ninja Boy (volume 27 code,volume 47 code)
  • Operation C (volume 30 codes)
  • Pacman (volume 46 code)
  • PGA European Tour (volume 72 featured article)
  • Popeye (volume 16 featured article)
  • Prehistoric Man (volume 59 featured article)
  • Q*bert (volume 33 featured article,volume 39 code)
  • Qbillion (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Quarth (volume 16 featured article)
  • Pinball Dreams (volume 52 featured article)
  • Raging Fighter (volume 54 code)
  • Rampart (volume 45 featured article)
  • Ren & Stimpy:Space Cadet Adventures (volume 45 featured article)
  • Ring Rage (volume 48 featured article)
  • R-Type (volume 28 code)
  • Samurai Shodown (volume 67 featured article)
  • Serpent (volume 16 featured article)
  • Skate or Die:Bad N Rad (volume 16 featured article)
  • Snoopy's Magic Show (volume 16 featured article)
  • Space Invaders (volume 62 featured article)
  • Speedy Gonzales (volume 51 featured article)
  • Spiderman 2 (volume 44 hint)
  • Spiderman & The X-Men In Arcade's Revenge (volume 57 featured article)
  • Sports Illustrated Championship Football & Baseball (volume 53 featured article)
  • Spot:The Cool Adventure (volume 45 featured article)
  • Spud's Adventure (volume 34 code)
  • Star Trek (volume 35 featured article,volume 43 code/trick)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (volume 51 featured article,volume 53 codes)
  • Super Hunchback (volume 33 feature article)
  • Super Mario Land 2 (volume 42 featured article,volume 43 featured article,volume 44 secret bonus section,volume 45 code,volume 72 trick)
  • T2 The Arcade Game (volume 50 featured article)
  • Tarzan (volume 62 featured article)
  • Tecmo Bowl (volume 28 featured article)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (volume 33 featured article,volume 45 code)
  • Tetris 2 (volume 56 feature article)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (volume 46 featured article)
  • The Flintstones (volume 42 featured article)
  • The Humans (volume 44 featured article)
  • The Hunt for Red October (volume 30 codes)
  • The Incredible Crash Dummies (volume 44 featured article)
  • The Jetsons:Robot Panic (volume 40 featured article)
  • The Jungle Book (volume 59 featured article,volume 62 featured article)
  • The Legend of Zelda:Links's Awakening (volume 48 quick preview,volume 50 featured article,volume 53 hint,volume 54 trick,volume 55 codes and hints,volume 56 hints,volume 57 trick & hint)
  • The Little Mermaid (volume 45 featured article)
  • The New Chessmaster (volume 47 featured article)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures (volume 34 featured article)
  • TMNT:Fall of the Foot Clan (volume 44 codes)
  • TMNT 3: Radical Rescue (volume 56 feature article)
  • Tom & Jerry (volume 41 featured article)
  • Tom & Jerry: Frantic Antics (volume 55 feature article)
  • Top Gun:Guts and Glory (volume 35 featured article)
  • Top Rank Tennis (volume 47 featured article)
  • Track and Field (volume 42 featured article,volume 43 code/trick)
  • Track Meet (volume 29 featured article)
  • Turn and Burn (volume 35 featured article)
  • Turrican (volume 52 codes)
  • Ultima:Runes of Virtue (volume 48 hint)
  • Ultima:Runes of Virtue 2 (volume 54 featured article)
  • Ultra Golf (volume 35 featured article,volume 36 code)
  • Wario Blast (volume 67 featured article,volume 72 codes)
  • Warioland: Super Mario Land 3 (volume 59 hint,volume 68 code)
  • WCW: The Main Event (volume 72 tips)
  • Word Hai (volume 30 featured article)
  • Wordtris (volume 39 featured article)
  • Workboy (volume 36 featured article)
  • World Bowling (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • WWF: King of the Ring (volume 53 featured article)
  • WWF Superstars 2 (volume 42 featured article)
  • Zen Intergalactic Ninja (volume 48 featured article,volume 53 code)

Nintendo Power SNES Index


SNES Nintendo Power Index
  • Actraiser (volume 27 preview,volume 33 hints,volume 34 code)
  • Actraiser 2 (volume 54 featured article,volume 56 codes)
  • Addam's Family Values (volume 72 hints)
  • Aerobiz (volume 45 featured article,volume 51 code)
  • Aero The Acro-bat (volume 54 featured article)
  • Aero The Acro-bat 2 (volume 68 featured article)
  • Alien 3 (volume 51 featured article,volume 53 codes,volume 57 codes)
  • Alien VS Predator (volume 57 stage select code)
  • Aladdin (volume 55 featured article,volume 56 codes,volume 67 stage select code)
  • Animaniacs (volume 68 featured article)
  • Arcade's Revenge (volume 43 featured article)
  • Arcana (volume 39 stage select code,volume 40 code)
  • Art of Fighting (volume 72 code)
  • Axelay (volume 42 featured article)
  • Bart's Nightmare (volume 41 featured article)
  • Batman Returns (volume 48 featured article,volume 51 code)
  • Battle Cars (volume 55 featured article,volume 59 code)
  • Battlemaniacs (volume 53 code)
  • Battletoads & Double Dragon (volume 56 featured article,volume 59 code)
  • Baseball Simulator 1.000 (volume 30 featured article)
  • Biker Mice from Mars (volume 68 featured article)
  • Blackthorne (volume 67 hint)
  • Blastris (volume 33 feature article)
  • B.O.B. (volume 53 codes,volume 54 codes)
  • Brain Lord (volume 67 hint)
  • Brandish (volume 72 epic review)
  • Brawl Brothers (volume 47 featured article,volume 53 code)
  • Breath of Fire (volume 62 featured article,volume 72 epic strategy)
  • Brutal:Paws of Fury (volume 68 featured article,volume 72 code)
  • Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage (volume 57 featured article)
  • Busby: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (volume 50 featured article,volume 52 code,volume 53 codes)
  • Cal Ripken's Baseball (volume 51 code)
  • Choplifter 3 (volume 57 featured article)
  • Clay Fighter (volume 55 featured article,volume 67 code)
  • Claymates (volume 56 feature article)
  • Clue (volume 40 featured article)
  • Congo's Caper (volume 47 featured article)
  • Contra 3 (volume 36 featured article,volume 43 hint,volume 41 codes)
  • Cool Spot (volume 53 featured article)
  • Cool World (volume 52 code)
  • Cybernator (volume 45 featured article,volume 50 code)
  • Daffy Duck:The Marvin Missions (volume 55 feature article)
  • Daris Twin (volume 33 codes)
  • Demon's Crest (volume 67 featured article,volume 68 hint)
  • Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (volume 43 featured article,volume 44 code)
  • Dino City (volume 40 featured article)
  • Donkey Kong Country (volume 68 codes)
  • Doomsday Warrior (volume 47 featured article)
  • Double Dragon 5 (volume 62 featured article,volume 68 codes)
  • Dragon View (volume 68 featured article)
  • Drakkhen (volume 34 hints,volume 39 hint)
  • Dungeon Master (volume 54 hint,volume 55 hints,volume 57 hint)
  • Earthworm Jim (volume 67 featured article,volume 72 codes)
  • Equinox (volume 44 featured article,volume 48 hint,volume 62 code)
  • E.V.O.:Search for Eden (volume 50 featured article,volume 54 trick,volume 55 hints)
  • Extra Innings (volume 35 codes)
  • F1 ROC Race of Champions (volume 39 code,volume 40 trick,volume 44 code,volume 67 codes)
  • F1 ROC 2 Race of Champions (volume 57 trick)
  • Faceball 2000 (volume 42 featured article,volume 44 codes)
  • Family Fued (volume 52 featured article)
  • Fatal Fury (volume 47 featured article)
  • Fatal Fury 2 (volume 62 code)
  • Fatal Fury Special (volume 72 featured article)
  • Final Fantasy 2 (volume 30 featured article,volume 33 hints,volume 35 hints,volume 44 hint,volume 45 code)
  • Final Fantasy 3 (volume 67 featured article)
  • Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (volume 42 featured article,volume 45 hint,volume 46 hints)
  • Final Fight (volume 28 snes preview,volume 30 code)
  • Final Fight 2 (volume 52 featured article,volume 56 codes)
  • Firepower 2000 (volume 44 featured article,volume 52 code)
  • Flashback (volume 56 feature article,volume 62 hint)
  • F-Zero (volume 29 featured article)
  • Goof Troop (volume 51 featured article)
  • Gradius 3 (volume 27 preview,volume 30 codes,volume 35 tricks,volume 44 codes)
  • Hal's Hole In One (volume 36 codes)
  • Harley's Humongous Adventure (volume 45 featured article)
  • Illusion of Gaia (volume 67 hint,volume 68 hint,volume 72 hint)
  • Inindo:Way of the Ninja (volume 51 hints)
  • Inspector Gadget (volume 57 featured article,volume 59 code)
  • Jeopardy (volume 45 featured article)
  • Joe & Mac (volume 34 featured article,volume 41 code)
  • Jurassic Park (volume 54 featured article,volume 62 code)
  • Justice League Task Force (volume 72 featured article)
  • Kendo Kage (volume 55 codes
  • Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB (volume 59 featured article)
  • Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (volume 68 featured article)
  • King Arthur & The Knights of Justice (volume 72 epic review)
  • King Arthur's World (volume 46 featured article,volume 53 codes)
  • Krusty's Super Funhouse (volume 42 codes & hints,volume 47 hints)
  • Lagoon (volume 34 hints)
  • Lamborghini:American Challenge (volume 55 feature article,volume 67 tip)
  • Lazerblazer (volume 33 feature article)
  • Legend of the Mystical Ninja (volume 33 feature article)
  • Lemmings (volume 34 featured article,volume 45 code)
  • Lemmings 2:The Tribes (volume 68 featured article)
  • Lester The Unlikely (volume 57 featured article,volume 62 hint)
  • Liberty or Death (volume 62 featured article)
  • Lufia & The Fortress of Doom (volume 59 hint)
  • Magic Sword (volume 42 codes)
  • Mario Paint (volume 39 featured article,volume 44 members only bonus insert)
  • Mechwarrior (volume 47 featured article,volume 50 code,volume 72 trick)
  • Mega Man X (volume 56 feature article)
  • Mega Man X2 (volume 72 trick)
  • Metal Combat:Falcon's Revenge (volume 55 feature article and code,volume 56 codesvolume 57 code)
  • Mickey Mania (volume 67 featured article)
  • Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (volume 59 featured article)
  • Monopoly (volume 40 featured article)
  • Mortal Kombat (volume 53 featured article,volume 55 codes)
  • Mortal Kombat 2 (volume 67 codes)
  • Mortal Kombat 3 (volume 72 featured article)
  • NBA Jam (volume 59 code,volume 62 codes)
  • NFL Quarterback Club (volume 72 codes)
  • NHL Stanley Cup (volume 55 feature article)
  • Nigel Mansell's World Championship (volume 51 featured article)
  • Out of This World (volume 41 featured article,volume 47 hints,volume 53 codes,volume 54 hint)
  • Over Horizon (volume 35 code)
  • Pac-attack (volume 53 featured article)
  • Pacman 2 (volume 72 codes)
  • Pebble Beach Golf Links (volume 44 code)
  • Phalanx (volume 43 tips,volume 44 stage select codes)
  • Pilotwings (volume 30 codes,volume 46 trick)
  • Pinball Dreams (volume 59 featured article)
  • Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (volume 68 featured article)
  • Plok (volume 53 featured article)
  • Pocky & Rocky (volume 47 featured article,volume 54 stage select code)
  • Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (volume 72 featured article)
  • Prince of Persia (volume 44 tip,volume 46 code,volume 48 hint,volume 50 code)
  • Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (volume 45 featured article)
  • Push Over (volume 43 featured article)
  • Q*bert 3 (volume 47 codes)
  • Ranma 1/2 (volume 59 code)
  • Rival Turf (volume 44 code)
  • Road Runner's Death Valley Ralley (volume 43 featured article,volume 50 code,volume 51 hints)
  • Robotrek (volume 68 featured article)
  • Rock N Roll Racing (volume 52 featured article,volume 56 codes,volume 62 code)
  • R.P.M. Racing (volume 48 code)
  • Run Saber (volume 50 featured article,volume 57 code)
  • Secret of Mana (volume 54 featured article,volume 57 hint,volume 59 hint,volume 62 special walk thru part 1,volume 72 trick)
  • Shadowrun (volume 48 featured article,volume 50 hint,volume 52 hint,volume 53 hint,volume 56 hints)
  • Shanghai 2:Dragon's Eye (volume 44 featured article)
  • Shien's Revenge (volume 68 codes)
  • Sim Ant (volume 54 featured article,volume 67 trick)
  • Sim City (volume 28 snes preview,volume 33 codes,volume 34 trick,volume 36 codes,volume 47 codes,volume 57 trick)
  • Sim Earth (volume 47 featured article,volume 51 code)
  • Skuljagger (volume 45 code,volume 46 codes,volume 47 codes)
  • Skyblazer (volume 57 featured article)
  • Smartball (volume 43 stage select code)
  • Smash TV (volume 35 featured article,volume 40 code,volume 41 codes)
  • Soldiers of Fortune (volume 56 feature article)
  • Sonic Blast Man (volume 44 featured article,volume 52 stage select code)
  • Soul Blazer (volume 40 featured article,volume 44 hint,volume 45 hint)
  • Space Football:One on One (volume 48 code)
  • Space Megaforce (volume 42 featured article,volume 43 codes)
  • Star Fox (volume 46 featured article,volume 47 feature article,volume 48 hints,volume 51 stage maps,volume 52 stage maps)
  • Star Trek:The Next Generation (volume 59 featured article)
  • Star Trek:Starfleet Academy (volume 68 featured article)
  • Street Combat (volume 47 featured article,volume 52 code)
  • Street Fighter 2 (volume 39 same fighter code,volume 43 tip,volume 44 codes X2 tips,volume 52 code,volume 54 code)
  • Street Fighter 2 Turbo (volume 51 featured article,volume 53 code,volume 55 codes
  • Street Racer (volume 68 featured article)
  • Super Adventure Island (volume 36 featured article,volume 42 stage select code)
  • Super Baseball 2020 (volume 57 code)
  • Super Bases Loaded (volume 50 code)
  • Super Black Bass (volume 47 featured article,volume 53 codes)
  • Super Bomberman (volume 53 featured article,volume 54 codes)
  • Super Bomberman 2 (volume 68 power-up code)
  • Super Bowling (volume 40 featured article)
  • Super Buster Bros. (volume 48 code)
  • Super Castlevania 4 (volume 28 snes preview,volume 35 tricks,volume 41 hint,volume 42 codes)
  • Super Conflict (volume 46 featured article)
  • Super Conflict:The Mideast (volume 50 code)
  • Super Double Dragon (volume 51 code)
  • Super E.D.F-Earth Defense Force (volume 35 trick)
  • Super Empire Strikes Back (volume 53 featured article,volume 56 codes,volume 59 codes)
  • Super Ghouls N Ghosts (volume 35 stage select code)
  • Super Mario All-Stars (volume 52 featured article,volume 59 trick)
  • Super Mario Kart (volume 41 featured article,volume 45 codes,volume 53 codes)
  • Super Mario World (volume 27 preview,volume 28 featured article,volume 29 codes & hints,volume 30 codes & hints,volume 34 code,volume 35 hints,volume 36 code,volume 44 tips)
  • Super Metriod (volume 59 featured article)
  • Super Ninja Boy (volume 52 hint,volume 54 code)
  • Super Off Road (volume 36 trick)
  • Super Pinball (volume 59 featured article)
  • Super Play Action Football (volume 41 featured article)
  • Super Putty (volume 62 code)
  • Super Return of the Jedi (volume 67 featured article)
  • Super Soccer (volume 36 featured article,volume 39 password)
  • Super Soccer Champ (volume 36 featured article)
  • Super Soltaire (volume 56 feature article)
  • Super Star Wars (volume 42 featured article,volume 43 1-up tip,volume 44 codes,volume 46 hints,volume 48 codes,volume 56 codes)
  • Super Street Fighter 2 (volume 62 featured article)
  • Super Strike Eagle (volume 46 featured article,volume 56 codes)
  • Super Tennis (volume 30 featured article,volume 34 code,volume 35 code)
  • Super Turrican (volume 55 code,volume 57 stage skip code)
  • Super Valis 4 (volume 51 code)
  • Super Widget (volume 53 codes)
  • T2:The Arcade Game (volume 55 feature article,volume 67 code)
  • Taz-mania (volume 59 code)
  • Tetris 2 (volume 62 featured article)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures:Buster Busts Loose (volume 46 featured article)
  • The Addams Family (volume 35 featured article,volume 36 codes,volume 43 1-up tip)
  • The Adventures of Batman & Robin (volume 68 featured article)
  • The Combatribes (volume 51 codes,volume 52 codes)
  • The Duel:Test Drive 2 (volume 54 code)
  • The Flintstones (volume 72 featured article)
  • The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (volume 67 featured article)
  • The Jungle Book (volume 62 featured article,volume 68 stage select code)
  • The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja (volume 34 hints,volume 36 codes,volume 42 codes)
  • The Legend Of Zelda (volume 34 featured article,volume 36 hints,volume 39 tip,volume 41 hint,volume 42 hints,volume 43 tip,)
  • The Lion King (volume 68 featured article part 1)
  • The Lord of the Rings (volume 68 hint)
  • The Lost Vikings (volume 48 featured article,volume 53 codes,volume 53 hint)
  • The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (volume 44 featured article)
  • The Ninja Warriors (volume 67 stage select code)
  • The Ren and Stempy Show (volume 56 codes
  • The Rocketeer (volume 40 code)
  • The 7th Saga (volume 52 featured article,volume 56 hints,volume 57 hint)
  • Thunder Spirits (volume 40 code,volume 41 code)
  • Time Trax (volume 59 featured article)
  • Tin Star (volume 67 featured article)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures:Buster Busts Loose (volume 50 code & hint)
  • TMNT 4:Turtles in Time (volume 39 featured article,volume 51 code)
  • TMNT Tournament Fighters (volume 56 featured article,volume 59 codes)
  • Total Carnage (volume 68 codes)
  • True Lies (volume 72 featured article)
  • Tuff E Nuff (volume 53 codes)
  • Turn And Burn (volume 59 featured article)
  • Ultimate Fighter (volume 47 featured article)
  • Uniracers (volume 67 featured article)
  • U.N. Squadron (volume 30 featured article,volume 35 code)
  • Vortex (volume 67 passwords)
  • Wanders From Ys (volume 33 feature article)
  • Warlock (volume 72 featured article)
  • Wayne's World (volume 46 featured article,volume 50 stage select code)
  • Wing Commander (volume 45 featured article,volume 46 stage select code)
  • Wing Commander:The Secret Missions (volume 53 featured article)
  • Wings 2:Aces High (volume 39 featured article,volume 55 code)
  • Wizardry V (volume 72 hint)
  • Wolfenstein 3D (volume 62 code)
  • WWF:Super Wrestlemania (volume 35 featured article)
  • WWF:Royal Rumble (volume 50 featured article,volume 56 codes)
  • Xardion (volume 36 featured article)
  • X-Kaliber 2097 (volume 59 featured article)
  • X-men: The Mutant Apocalypse (volume 68 featured article)
  • Yoshi's Cookie (volume 53 codes x2)
  • Yoshi's Safari (volume 55 feature article and code)
  • Young Merlin (volume 57 featured article)
  • Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel (volume 67 featured article,volume 68 codes)
  • Zombies Ate My Neighbors (volume 51 featured article)

Nintendo Power NES Index

  • 720 degrees (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Abodox (volume 29 stage select code,volume 39 code)
  • A Boy And His Blob (volume March/April 1990 featured article,volume 16 trick & hints)
  • Adventure Island 2 (volume 28 stage select,volume 52 code)
  • Adventure Island 3 (volume 41 featured article,volume 42 stage select codes)
  • Adventures of Dino Riki (volume March/April 1990 code)
  • Adventures of Lolo (volume September/October 1989 hint)
  • Adventures of Lolo (volume July/August 1990 codes)
  • Adventures of Lolo 3 (volume 28 code)
  • Alien 3 (volume 46 featured article)
  • American Gladiators (volume 33 passwords,volume 41 password)
  • Astyanax (volume March/April 1990 featured article,volume July/August 1990 codes)
  • Bad Dudes (volume March/April 1990 extra lives code)
  • Bandit Kings of Ancient China (volume 28 tip)
  • Baseball Stars (volume 16 hint)
  • Bases Loaded (volume July/August 1989 hint,volume 50 code)
  • Batman (volume July/August 1990 hints)
  • Batman Returns (volume 43 featured article)
  • Battle of Olympus (volume 41 hint)
  • Battleship (volume 53 featured article)
  • Battletoads (volume 27 codes & hints,volume 30 hints)
  • Battletoads & Double Dragon:The Ultimate Team (volume 52 hint,volume 55 hints,volume 57 code)
  • Bomberman 2 (volume 45 featured article,volume 48 code)
  • Bubble Bobble Part 2 (volume 50 featured article)
  • Burai Fighter (volume July/August 1990 hints)
  • Caesars Palace (volume 43 featured article)
  • Captain America and the Avengers (volume 35 featured article)
  • Captain Planet (volume 34 codes)
  • Captain Skyhawk (volume 16 codes)
  • Casino Kid 2 (volume 39 featured article,volume 40 tip)
  • Castlevania 2:Simon's Quest (volume September/October 1989 hint)
  • Castlevania 3:Dracula's Curse (volume 28 code,volume 39 sound test code)
  • Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers (volume July/August 1990 featured article)
  • Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2 (volume 56 feature article)
  • Cobra Triangle (volume July/August 1989 trick,volume March/April 1990 tip)
  • Codename Viper (volume July/August 1990 hint)
  • Contra (volume 44 code)
  • Contra Force (volume 39 featured article)
  • Crash N The Boys Street Challenge (volume 42 featured article)
  • Crystalis (volume July/August 1990 featured article,volume 16 hints,volume 29 hints,volume 33 hints,volume 59 step by step guide)
  • Cybernoid (volume March/April 1990 codes)
  • Darkman (volume 27 featured article)
  • Darkwing Duck (volume 36 featured article)
  • Defenders of Dynatron City (volume 39 hint)
  • Destiny of an Emperor (volume 30 hints)
  • Dragon Warrior (volume July/August 1989 featured article #2,volume September/October 1989 featured article#2,volume March/April 1990 hint)
  • Dragon Warrior 2 (volume 27 quick tips & hints)
  • Dragon Warrior 3 (volume 27 featured article,volume 34 hints,volume 40 hint,volume 44 tip,volume 55 hints)
  • Dragon Warrior 4 (volume 45 hint,volume 46 featured article,volume 56 hints)
  • Double Dragon 2 (volume March/April 1990 codes,volume July/August 1990 codes)
  • Dr. Chaos (volume July/August 1989 hint)
  • Ducktales (volume September/October 1989 featured article,volume March/April 1990 hint)
  • Ducktales 2 (volume 47 featured article)
  • Eon Man (volume 45 featured article)
  • F-117A Strealth Fighter (volume 44 code)
  • Faxanadu (volume July/August 1989 featured article)
  • Felix The Cat (volume 40 featured article)
  • Fester's Quest (volume September/October 1989 featured article)
  • Final Fantasy (volume July/August 1990 featured article & treasure chest contest,volume 16 treasure chest contest & code,volume 28 hint)
  • Fire & Ice (volume 50 hint,volume 56 codes)
  • Flying Warriors (volume 51 codes)
  • Friday The 13th (volume July/August 1989 hint)
  • Gargoyle's Quest 2 (volume 39 featured article)
  • G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor (volume 33 feature article)
  • Godzilla (volume July/August 1990 code)
  • Golgo 13 part 2:The Mafat Conspiracy (volume July/August 1990 featured article)
  • Gradius (volume 44 code)
  • Guerrilla War (volume 72 code)
  • Gun Nac (volume 39 area select code)
  • Gyruss (volume July/August 1989 code)
  • Heavy Barrel (volume 16 codes)
  • Hoops (volume September/October 1989 featured article)
  • Hylide (volume March/April 1990 tip)
  • Ice Hockey (volume 45 code)
  • Ikari Warriors 3: The Rescue (volume 27 code)
  • Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (volume 52 featured article)
  • Infiltrator (volume 39 mission select code)
  • Jackal (volume July/August 1989 codes)
  • Jackie Chan's Action Kung-fu (volume 28 stage select code)
  • James Bond Jr. (volume 43 featured article,volume 47 codes)
  • Joe and Mac (volume 42 featured article)
  • Jurassic Park (volume 51 featured article)
  • Kabuki Quantum Fighter (volume 28 code)
  • Knight Rider (volume July/August 1990 code)
  • Kickle Cubicle (volume 16 featured article,volume 28 code,volume 33 code)
  • Kickmaster (volume 28 featured article)
  • Kid Icarus (volume 45 password)
  • Kid Klown in Night Mayor World (volume 47 featured article)volume 48 code)
  • King's Quest (volume 42 hints)
  • King's Quest 5 (volume 46 hints,volume 47 hints,volume 51 featured article)
  • Kirby's Adventure (volume 48 featured article)
  • Legacy of the Wizard (volume July/August 1989 hint,volume March/April 1990 hint,volume 28 hint)
  • Lifeforce (volume July/August 1989 trick,volume 44 code)
  • Little Samson (volume 40 featured article)
  • Low G Man (volume 42 codes)
  • Magic Darts (volume 30 codes)
  • Maniac Mansion (volume 16 featured article,,volume 29 hints,volume 36 code)
  • Mappyland (volume July/August 1989 trick)
  • M.C.Kids (volume 34 featured article)
  • Mega Man (volume 42 featured article flashback)
  • Mega Man 2 (volume July/August 1989 featured article,volume March/April 1990 tip)
  • Mega Man 3 (volume 27 code,volume 28 code)
  • Mega Man 5 (volume 44 featured article,volume 46 hints,volume 48 hint,volume 50 passwords)
  • Mega Man 6 (volume 55 feature article)
  • Metal Gear (volume 30 hints)
  • Metroid (volume volume September/October 1989 hint,volume 29 walkthrough volume 56 codes)
  • Mickey Mousecapade (volume 45 code)
  • Mickey's Safari In Letterland (volume 46 featured article)
  • Might and Magic (volume 45 hint,volume 47 codes & hints)
  • Mighty Final Fight (volume 50 featured article,volume 56 codes)
  • Mike Tyson's Punch-out (volume March/April 1990 codes)
  • Mission Impossible (volume 16 featured article)
  • Monopoly (volume 43 tip)
  • Ms. Pacman (volume 54 featured article)
  • NES Open Tournament Golf (volume 27 codes)
  • NES Play Action Football (volume 16 featured article)
  • Nightshade (volume 34 featured article)
  • Ninja Gaiden (volume July/August 1989 hint)
  • Ninja Gaiden 3 (volume 27 featured article,volume 28 hint)
  • Over Horizon (volume 29 code)
  • Pacman (volume 54 featured article)
  • Palamedes (volume 33 code)
  • Panic Restaurant (volume 40 tip)
  • Pinbot (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Power Blade 2 (volume 41 featured article)
  • Power Punch 2 (volume 46 codes)
  • Prince of Persia (volume 40 featured article)
  • Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (volume 50 featured article)
  • Rad Racer 2 (volume 16 codes)
  • Rainbow Islands (volume 34 stage select code)
  • Rambo (volume July/August 1989 hint)
  • Rampart volume 33 feature article
  • R.C.Pro-Am 2 (volume 44 featured article)
  • River City Ransom (volume March/April 1990 hint)
  • Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves (volume 28 hint,volume 36 codes,volume 42 codes)
  • Robocop 3 (volume 36 featured article)
  • Rockin' Kats (volume 30 code,volume 34 codes)
  • Roger Clemens MVP Baseball (volume 29 featured article)
  • Rollergames (volume 16 featured article)
  • Seicross (volume July/August 1989 code)
  • Shadowgate (volume March/April 1990 hints,volume July/August 1990 hints,volume 16 hints)
  • Shatterhand (volume 29 featured article)
  • Silent Service (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Smash TV (volume 28 featured article,volume 46 codes)
  • Snake Rattle N Roll (volume 16 featured article)
  • Snake's Revenge (volume July/August 1990 featured article,volume 16 hints)
  • Solstice (volume July/August 1990 featured article)
  • Spiderman:Return of the Sinister Six (volume 41 featured article)
  • Star Trek 25th Anniversary (volume 29 featured article)
  • Star Tropics (volume 28 hint,volume 35 hint)
  • Star Wars (volume 28 featured article,volume 29 hint)
  • Strider volume July/August 1989 featured article)
  • Sword Master (volume 35 code)
  • Super C (volume July/August 1990 codes & hint,volume 44 code)
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (volume July/August 1989 trick)
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Super Spy Hunter (volume 40 code,volume 44 code,volume 46 codes)
  • Super Turrican (volume 48 featured article)
  • Tecmo NBA Basketball (volume 43 featured article)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (volume July/August 1989 hints,volume September/October 1989 hints)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (volume 33 feature article,volume 40 code)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters (volume 54 featured article)
  • Terminator 2:Judgement Day (volume 34 featured article)
  • Tetris (volume 16 trick)
  • Tetris 2 (volume 55 feature article)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures (volume 40 tip,volume 41 trick)
  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (volume 45 code)
  • The Adventures of Lolo 3 (volume 36 hints)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (volume 34 featured article,volume 41 code,volume 44 hint)
  • The Flintstones:The Rescue of Dino and Happy (volume 30 featured article)
  • The Flintstones:The Surprise At Dinosaurs Peak (volume 53 featured article)
  • The Hunt for Red October (volume 27 codes)
  • The Incredible Crash Dummies (volume 48 featured article)
  • The Jetsons:Coswell's Caper (volume 44 featured article)
  • The Jungle Book (volume 68 code)
  • The Legend of Zelda (volume July/August 1989 hint,volume 30 hints)
  • The Lone Ranger (volume 27 hints)
  • The Magic of Scheherazade (volume July/August 1990 hint)
  • The Punisher (volume 40 code)
  • The Simpsons: Bart vs The Space Mutants (volume 27 codes & hints,volume 30 hints)
  • The Simpsons: Bart vs The World (volume 33 feature article)
  • The Uninvited (volume 29 hints,volume 36 hints)
  • Thrilla's Surfari (volume 35 featured article,volume 36 code)
  • Thunderbirds (volume 28 code)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures 2 (volume 45 featured article)
  • Tiny Toon Cartoon Workshop (volume 52 featured article)
  • Tom & Jerry (volume 30 featured article,volume 33 codes,volume 44 code)
  • Top Gun: The Second Mission (volume 46 codes)
  • Ultima:Quest of the Avatar (volume 27 hints)
  • Ultima 5:Warriors of Destiny (volume 51 hints)
  • Ultimate Air Combat (volume 30 featured article)
  • Vega Dream (volume March/April 1990 code)
  • Vice Project Doom (volume 27 code,volume 29 stage select code)
  • Wacky Races (volume 36 featured article)
  • Wario's Woods (volume 67 featured article)
  • Wrath of the Black Manta (volume March/April 1990 featured article)
  • Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego (volume 30 featured article)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (volume September/October 1989 featured article)
  • Widget (volume 46 featured article)
  • Willow (volume March/April 1990 hint,volume 16 trick)
  • Wizards & Warriors 3 (volume 39 hint)
  • WURM:Journey to the Center of the Earth (volume 28 featured article)
  • Xexyz (volume July/August 1990 code)
  • Yoshi (volume 35 featured article)
  • Yoshi's Cookie (volume 47 featured article)
  • Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (volume July/August 1989 hint,volume September/October 1989 hint)
  • Zen:Inergalactic Ninja (volume 45 featured article)
  • Zoda's Revenge (volume 57 featured article)
  • Zombie Nation (volume 29 code)

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Cheetah Men Comic



I found this on the internet. The Cheetah Men comic, and it looks pretty bad. I didn't even read I just looked at some of the pictures. Instead of paying $39,000 and not reading the comic, don't read it right now!

The Cheetah Man games are pretty fun, and terrible, but certainly not as bad as people say or no one would play them at all. Cheetah Men 1-2 strike a good balance between horrible and addicting.























Bug Man


A drawing of a bug man with a ray gun. Click the full sized image to see it without blurry effects,

Monday, December 9, 2013

Smooth McGroove



Smooth McGroove's videos already have millions of hits so I guess I've been living under a Duck Tales Moon Rock.



Also, Mega Man 2 Wily's Theme is always classic.



Or, perhaps Guile's Theme to go with anything?

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Turbo Grafx 16 Box Art Galley


The Turbo Grafx 16 had an awesome collection of box art. This is a small retrospective of some of the classic covers. It's not a complete collection, by any means. Check out the art for Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Air Zonk, Blazing Lazers, Bonk, and more.


Air Zonk: Mega Man, the Gradius Game.


Blazing Lazers is completely epic.


Bonk has a nice creepy thing going on that seems '90s and extreme.


Oddly detailed dinosaur fights cartoon baby.


I don't even think I've played Dead Moon, but that box could have sold me back in the day.


This is exactly what Dragon's Curse is like.


Gunhead is impressive, but not as imaginative as the whimsical Blazing Lazers cover.


The Japanese Keith Courage art fails in comparison to the classic North American.


A SMB Star escaped in Magical Chase. Overall the art is pretty solid, however. Bender is hiding in the background.


Tina's looking nice.

Literally R-Type.


Space Harrier is so damn insane. The box looks exactly like the game. Truth in advertising for sure.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Adventure Island III


I just snagged a copy of Adventure Island III and I'll be spending all day playing that. Although I've played the original many times, and I grew up with Adventure Island II, and beat the Gameboy Version (which is name Adventure Island II), I've never really tackled the 3rd installment. 

It was rented a few times as a kid because Adventure Island II was one of my favorite games, but today I get to correct the mistakes of my gaming past.


Saturday, November 30, 2013

Gateway to Apshai (Colecovision and Commodore 64) Manual Artwork


This is the image from the Gateway to Apshai, a roguelike RPG for the Colecovision. Below is the crazy Commodore 64 box version...

Released in 1983, it's one of the first console RPGs, and it remains impressive in 2013--thirty years after it was made.

It's a few years after the groundsbreaking Ultima games, but still I have to admire Gateway to Apshai's ambition and vast amount of content. An almost endless series of dungeons are available to explore.

Give it a try, its one of the best on the Colecovision.