Exile Turbo Grafx 16 Ad

Check out this ad for Exile, another great piece of artwork from Working Designs.

I know the style is cheesy, but what can I say, I dig it.

Song of the Week: Nightmare (Mutant Warzone)

This week song was created by mrjordak for the Mutant Warzone OST, and it's awesome.

You can download and play Mutant Warzone for free!

It's a zombie game. In edited ANSII.

The Guardian Legend Japanese Manual

I can't read Japanese, but maybe some people can. It has some nice artwork anyway.

Get the Japanese Guardian Legend NES Manual.

Thanks to http://www.videogameden.com/ for uploading the manual.

If you're looking for the English manual, you can find it at Vimm's Lair.

The Guardian Legend rocks.

Cosmic Fantasy 2 Retro Preview

I found this old preview for Cosmic Fantasy 2 in the only issue of Turbo Force, an old Turbo magazine.

It actually really makes me want to play this game when I finish Phantasy Star II. Cosmic Fantasy 2 reminds me of Lunar, another great Working Designs import.

Crystalis and Journey to Silius Codes

Crystalis and Journey to Silius are two of the most treasured games on the NES, and to flip through the old magazines and find them together on the same page was fantastic.

Both of these codes are rather useful:

Crystalis Warp
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-Hold A on Controller 2 + Hold A & B on Controller One
-This allows you to warp to different locations around the map, even into areas you cannot currently access!

Journey to Silius Debug Menu
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-At the title screen Press B 33 times then press start
-You can change the number of continues.
-Note: You've got to be quick about it; the title screen only appears for about 20 seconds.
-I used this code a lot when I was practicing Journey to Silius.

Journey to Silius Doom Gun
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-There is no Doom Gun, but a consistent rumor persists. Don't believe their lies.

The Journey to Silius Doom Gun has got to be one of the oldest NES rumors around. This is the original "revive aeris" cheat.

Section Z NES Manual Scans

Section Z is the overlooked Capcom classic for the NES. Luckily it's rather common so you should be able to track it down if you're into awesome space shooting games. Most arcade players will already be familiar with Section Z, but the NES game definitely holds its own.

Great music, nice graphics, multiple weapons, tons of enemies, and a maze-like exploration mechanic combine to form something like S.C.A.T. or Abadox meets Air Fortress.

Whether you've played this game before, threw out the manual as a kid, never want to play it, or picked it up today, you can at least enjoy the ridiculous story and creative drawings. Overall this is a damn nice manual, and I like the materialistic design. It's over 20 pages, and I didn't post some of the legal copy. All the good stuff is in-tact.

VG Music: Life Force Level 2

Life Force is probably the greatest shooter on the NES, and Stage 2 undoubtedly has the best music.

Unlike Gradius, every Life Force level has a weird bio-theme. So grab a friend and take down the fleet of space-dwelling monsters.

This song almost sounds like something from Adventure Island. In any case, enjoy!