Adventure Island Game Genie Codes

You can jump in midair with these codes, very fun and certainly makes the game easier to beat.

GXVAGGEI
GXVEPGEI

To double jump. This code is pretty new, I saw it post only a few days ago on Youtube.

You've also got the standard Hudson's Adventure Island Game Genie codes:

PEEEPALA Start with 1 life
TEEEPALA Start with 6 lives
PEEEPALE Start with 9 lives
SZOEGPVG Start with infinite lives
SXKKIAVG Stop energy bar counting down
GXNGLAKA Become immune to rocks
GZXEAPSA Keep weapons
SPEEIIEG Can mega jump while at rest
SPEETSOZ Can mega jump while running
AAEAYIPA + AEVEZGPZ Multi-mega-maxi-moonjumps!
AEKAPIPA + PEEEZIAA Hudson can moonwalk!

Anyone have any more?

Adventure Island 4

Adventure Island: Wonder Boy 4, or something like that. Adventure Island has always had areas similar to Wonder Boy. Without getting into the history too much, Adventure Island 4 was also the last Famicom game to be released in Japan, and a worthy end to a great console.

Adventure Island 4 delivers what you'd expect: and Island of Adventure. It's a basic Metroidvania done right. You have over 15 items and powerups plus 5 Dinosaurs you can use. There are 6 bosses, 7 "areas", and tons of secrets and fruit to be found.



The timer is gone, but Adventure Island 4 still demands significant skill. The player can earn heart containers, but every hit takes away a full heart. 8 pieces of fruit will restore health, and you can hold a couple potions.

I just finished replaying this game, and it's my favorite of the NES Adventure Islands. It's the kind of game you'll want to play over and over.

I took a considerable amount of screenshots on this last playthrough:


It's dark in here.



The torch can light the way.



The second area has some volcanoes, this reminds me of other Adventure Islands AND Wonderboy games.



The blue dino can walk well on ice, and he gives you the snowboard as well.



Found a spear. The spear sucks and you only need it for 1 jump. You don't fight with it. I guess you could...



Underwater passage that reminds me of The Dynastic Hero.



Crazy mechanical spider boss.



Walking with my new umbrella.



The ice block at this spot melts eventually, and you can explore this area.



Swimming is part of island adventuring.



A cool crystal area.



Four dinos rescued, 1 more to go!



Got the Star dinosaur. He's difficult, but fun, to use.



Tina got captured after I rescued the Dinos, better go get her out of the final dungeon.



Finally! The tomahawk/hammer. This motherfucker will be essential during the fight with the Eggplant Demon.



Skateboarding through the final dungeon :D Some difficult jumps like this require you to use it.



Here's the final password! There is still 1 Heart Container to collect, but everything else is good to go. I like a challenge, so it's time to head to the final boss.



The final boss.



I finally win and gtfo with Tina!

VirtualNES.com, Web-based NES Emulator

For years, online emulators have been slow and sketchy, at best. VirtualNES.com is the best one I've found--and it's great!

Click the letter of the game you want to play, click your game, and your good to go. Now you can seriously waste time at work--and people complained about password save systems! You could transfer your Willow, Metroid, River City Ransom, or Faxanadu game from your office station to you home setup, etc!

Like 8bitcity, VirtualNES is run with no ads and not-for-profit. Play almost all the NES games online, check out VirtualNES!

Nintendo switches downloads to Thursday, starts it off with a retro bang

Nintendo recently switched their download day from Monday to Thursday. Why? I have no idea and to be quite honest I don't really care. Lately Nintendo has been updating the VC every OTHER week (as opposed to the previous weekly updates) when they aren't busy releasing ancient tablet something-somethings.

Still, the downloads today are impressive enough for me to post about them.

First up is the Game Boy Donkey Kong for the 3DS, so finally owners of said system have something to play.

Next, Mega Man 5 hit the store today as well. Mega Man 5 is, without hesitation, my least favorite NES Mega Man. That's not an insult to Mega Man 5, that's just life.

Finally, BIT.TRIP FLUX, the final chapter in the epic BIT.TRIP saga; this WiiWare title is clearly the highlight of this week. The BIT.TRIP series is known for atari and 8-Bit aesthetics and making each entry in the series a totally different genre.

Thus far, BIT.TRIP Runner (the platformer), has proven to be an epic, instant classic. I've also played BEAT and VOID, and other entries, FATE and CORE, also exist (all together 6 games). The first entry, BIT.TRIP Beat, launched soon after I moved to New Orleans, and it's nice and symmetrical that the last part of this launched right before I move away.

Flux combines the gameplay from all other games, and hopefully finishes Commander Beat's story well. It's been nice watching all the BIT.TRIP game release, playing the ones that interested me (I just haven't had time for FATE), and watching critics appreciate and recognize good, innovative games.

BIT.TRIP probably did more for the Wii than people realize.

The entire saga is set to be released as a 3DS cart. Individual entries can also be purchased on Steam.

Start with Runner; it deserves a place in the plat-former hall of fame (as well as being the only music-based platformer I've ever played).

Commander Video's story is at an end, and with it: the Wii.

Metal Storm Nintendo Power Scans

8-Bit City recently declared that Metal Storm was the top underrated platformer of all time, and my copy of this issue is in even worse condition than the scan. This is also the issue with Adventure Island II, and probably one of the best Nintendo Power's of all time.

This spread features really cool handrawn backgrounds, and a strange action figure of the M-308 Gunner that they took pictures of and incorporated into the walkthrough.

The drawings are fewer, but much more interesting, and the advice in a few tough spots isn't that bad either! I learned a few Metal Storm techniques from this back in the early '90s.

VG Music: Adventure Island II Remix

Looks like alexcze also did one of the Adventure Island II track. This is the best yet, I think. The electric guitars are perfect.

VG Music: Adventure Island II

From Bleeps to Beat: The Music of Video Games does a great job in this video and playing each memorable track from the game.

Feeling nostalgic at work? Play this in the background to achieve some 8-Bit productivity!