Old-School Console Theater

Old-School Console Theater 3 Ninjas Kick Back [3忍者・キック・バック] SNES Hack & Slash/Beat 'Em Up 1994 Malibu Interactive/Sony Imagesoft NA Only Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: 3 Ninjas Kick Back is a beat 'em up platform game for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega CD. It was released in 1994 and was developed by Malibu Interactive. The Genesis version was published by Psygnosis while the SNES and Sega CD versions were published by Sony Imagesoft. The Sega CD version was released exclusively in a bundle pack with another game Hook and was not released separately. The game is based on the film of the same name. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater 3-D WorldRunner [3D・ワールドランナー] NES Action/Third-Person Shooter 1987 Square Co., Ltd./Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. NA Version of "とびだせ大作戦" Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner (shortened to 3-D WorldRunner on the North American box art), originally released in Japan as Tobidase Daisakusen, is a 1987 third-person rail shooter platform video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer Disk System. It was later ported to cartridge format and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo Entertainment System. For its time, the game was technically advanced; the game's three-dimensional scrolling effect is very similar to the linescroll effects used by Pole Position and many racing games of the day as well as the forward-scrolling effect of Sega's 1985 third-person rail shooter Space Harrier. 3-D WorldRunner was an early forward-scrolling pseudo-3D third-person platform-action game where players were free to move in any forward-scrolling direction and had to leap over obstacles and chasms. It was also notable for being one of the first stereoscopic 3-D games. WorldRunner was designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nasir Gebelli, with music composed by Nobuo Uematsu. All were later core members of the team behind the Final Fantasy role-playing video game series. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe [3-D 三目並べ] Atari 2600 Board Game/Turn-Based Strategy 1980 Atari, Inc. NA Version Game 4 (Normal) Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is, as the name implies, a 3D version of Tic-Tac-Toe. The object of the game is to place four X's or four O's in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on the 4x4x4 board. There are nine games of which the first eight games are for one human player against the computer. The numbers 1-8 represent the skill level. Game 9 is a two player game. In the DOS version there are only two difficulty settings and no two player game. (Source - MobyGames)

Old-School Console Theater The 7th Saga [第七・佐賀] SNES Role-Playing Game 1993 Produce Co., Ltd./Enix America Corporation NA Version of "エルナード" Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: The 7th Saga is a turn-based role-playing video game developed by Produce! and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The game made innovative use of a radar system during gameplay. It featured 7 playable characters of various types including humans, an elf, a dwarf, robots, a demon, and an alien. Each character has unique items and spells. The game Mystic Ark was planned to be marketed as a sequel to The 7th Saga in North America, but the game was only ever released in Japan. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater 8 Eyes [エイト・アイズ] NES Action/Adventure/Platformer 1990 Thinking Rabbit, Inc./SETA Corporation/Taxan USA Corporation NA Version of "エイト・アイズ" Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: 8 Eyes (エイト・アイズ, Eito Aizu) is a 2D action platform game developed by Thinking Rabbit for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. The game features eight levels, and can be played by one or two players. It also features a large, diverse soundtrack, composed by Kenzou Kumei, consisting of three pieces for each of the eight levels, that are set in different parts of the world. Piko Interactive acquired the rights of 8 Eyes and released it for Windows via Steam on August 14, 2019. 8 Eyes is also included in Evercade Piko Interactive Collection 1 that was released on June 18, 2020. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater Ace of Aces [エース・オブ・エース] Atari 7800 Action/First-Person Shooter/Simulation 1989 Artech/Atari Corporation NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Ace of Aces is a combat flight simulation game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published in 1986 by Accolade in North America and U.S. Gold in Europe. It was released for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MSX, MS-DOS, Master System, and ZX Spectrum. Set in World War II, the player flies a RAF Mosquito long range fighter-bomber equipped with rockets, bombs and a cannon. Missions include destroying German fighter planes, bombers, V-1 flying bombs, U-boats, and trains. In 1988, Atari Corporation released a version on cartridge for Atari 8-bit computers styled for the then-new Atari XEGS. Ace of Aces received mixed reviews, but went on to become one of the best-selling Commodore 64 video games published by Accolade. The game sold 100,000 units. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater Acid Drop [アシッド・ドロップ] Atari 2600 Puzzle Game/Real-Time Strategy 1992 Dennis Kiss/Salu, Ltd. PAL Only Normal Difficulty Mode [Only Mode] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: A falling block game similar to Columns. The object of the game is to create a horizontal or vertical line of three or more blocks of the same color, which will then disappear. The remaining blocks will fall down, but won't disappear if they form another line. Every 10,000 points a special block will appear (the Acid Drop) which removes three columns of blocks and marks the beginning of the next level. (Source - MobyGames)

Old-School Console Theater Alien Brigade [エイリアン・旅団] Atari 7800 Action/First-Person Shooter 1990 Sculptured Software, Inc./Atari Corporation NA Version Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Alien Brigade is a horizontally-scrolling rail shooter released by Atari Corporation in 1990 for the Atari 7800. Similar in style to Operation Wolf, Alien Brigade tells the story of a soldier battling with alien invaders that take over the bodies of fallen soldiers. Despite being released late in the Atari 7800's life cycle, Atari Corporation made more efforts to market the game than it had with other Atari 7800 titles. The game had its own print advertisement and was referenced in Atari's 1990 shooter, Planet Smashers (Alien Brigade would return the favor by advertising Planet Smashers). Alien Brigade is 144K in size, making it one of the largest commercially released Atari 7800 games. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Console Theater Alien vs Predator [エイリアンVSプレデター] Atari Jaguar Action/First-Person Shooter 1994 Rebellion Developments, Ltd./Atari Corporation NA Version of "エイリアンVSプレデター" Normal Difficulty Mode * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Alien vs Predator is a 1994 first-person shooter developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. It was also distributed in Japan by Mumin Corporation, where it became a pack-in game for the console. It is the first entry in the Alien vs. Predator franchise developed by Rebellion. Taking place in a simulation depicting the fall of the Golgotha training base camp, the game offers three playable scenarios: Alien, Predator, or a human of the Colonial Marines. The player is presented with a series of interconnected sublevels and ships to progress through. Each character has different objectives, abilities, weapons, and disadvantages. Alien vs Predator originally began as a corridor-based shooter for Atari Lynx that was under development by Images Software, featuring references to Dark Horse Comics' Aliens vs. Predator comic book series, but was cancelled as Atari focused its resources on the Jaguar. Production was later restarted, initially intended to be a port of the beat'em up game of the same name developed by Jorudan for SNES, but was retooled into a first-person shooter when Atari submitted the proposal to 20th Century Fox and Activision, commissioning Rebellion to work on the game. It was produced by James Hampton, being one of his first projects when starting work for Atari after departing Lucasfilm Games. Alien vs Predator garnered generally favorable reception from critics, earned several awards from gaming publications and sold 52,223 copies by 1995, becoming the system's killer app. Atari had opened discussions with Beyond Games about their interest in developing a sequel for the Atari Jaguar CD, but dropped out of these negotiations shortly before the Jaguar was officially discontinued. A Jaguar CD conversion was also in the planning phase but never moved forward, though ideas provided by Atari to 20th Century Fox for this unreleased version were later used in Aliens Versus Predator (1999). Retrospective commentary has been equally favorable and it is cited as one of the best games for the platform. (Source - Wikipedia)

Old-School Computer Theater Asteroids [小惑星] Atari 5200 Action/Shooter 1982 Atari, Inc./Atari Corporation NA Only Normal Difficulty Mode [Unreleased Prototype] * RELATED VIDEO PLAYLISTS: -The Attract Mode Project: https://rumble.com/playlists/GWQng0_fMzs -Old-School Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/NZeHms3PVHc -Standard Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/UEuK9iop3Fc -Hardcore Console Theater: https://rumble.com/playlists/KdL3xxsx0lc * GAME INFORMATION: Asteroids is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade video game designed by Lyle Rains and Ed Logg released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a single spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The object of the game is to shoot and destroy the asteroids and saucers, while not colliding with either, or being hit by the saucers' counter-fire. The game becomes harder as the number of asteroids increases. Asteroids was conceived during a meeting between Logg and Rains, who decided to use hardware developed by Wendi Allen (then known as Howard Delman) previously used for Lunar Lander. Asteroids was based on an unfinished game titled Cosmos; its physics model, control scheme, and gameplay elements were derived from Spacewar!, Computer Space, and Space Invaders and refined through trial and error. The game is rendered on a vector display in a two-dimensional view that wraps around both screen axes. Asteroids was one of the first major hits of the golden age of arcade games; the game sold 47,840 upright cabinets and 8,725 cocktail cabinets and proved both popular with players and influential with developers. In the 1980s it was ported to Atari's home systems, and the Atari VCS version sold over three million copies. The game was widely imitated, and it directly influenced Defender, Gravitar, and many other video games. Asteroids was released for the Atari VCS (later renamed Atari 2600) and Atari 8-bit computers in 1981. Programmers Brad Stewart and Bob Smith were unable to fit the Atari VCS port into a 4 KB cartridge. It became the first game for the console to use bank switching, a technique that increases ROM size from 4 KB to 8 KB. A port for the Atari 5200, identical to the Atari 8-bit computer version, was in development in 1982, but was not published. An Atari 7800 version was published in 1986 with the official launch of the console. It includes cooperative play; the asteroids have colorful textures and the "heartbeat" sound effect remains intact. (Source - Wikipedia)