Sorry, did I say 223?
It's 225 now ;)Aaahhh, I love Flea-markets, don't you? Lots of stupid people selling old but valuable (to the discerning eye) junk to collectors/nerds.
So I picked up two old NES classics today, being Chip 'n' Dale: The Rescue Rangers and The Legend of Zelda, the Gold Cartridge no less! (although I get the distinct feeling that it's more common than its grey equivalent, kinda like FF9's so called "limited edition" OST).
And that means, according to The Rules, which I'm sure everyone's acquainted with by now (read them dammit!), that Chip 'n' Dale takes temporary preference over Discworld 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3.
Luckily though, this is an old NES platformer we're talking about so it takes only 40 minutes or so to play through it anyway. You play as either Chip or Dale, who at first set out to save a young girl's kitten, but soon (after the very first level in fact) find out that this was only a hoax by the Evil Fat Cat to kidnap your pal Gadget. Damn those cartoon cats, won't they ever learn cartoon mice only spell trouble!? I don't see mice running around with frying pans in our kitchen! (we have a micro wave).
So it's up to YOU to fight your way past Robot Dogs, Robot Mice, Robot Bees (I sense a pattern here) and....erm....Tennis Playing Kangaroos to reach Fat Cat at his Casino and give him what he deserves. Which is a small red ball apparently.
Anyway, the game is really rather short as used to be the trend back then (1MB cartridges anyone?) but what is there is pretty decent. This is old Capcom goodness, they definitely knew their way around 2D games back then (and even now on GBA, they still do), and it seems they made a game of practically EVERY Disney Animation at that time, most of which were surprisingly good.
Of course I have to judge this game by standards at that time, otherwise I'd be splitting my sides with laughter now, but the way it was, this game is pretty decent, but nothing special. A 7 seems about right.
posted by Ingen! @ 6:19 PM
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