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Antarctic Adventure / Yie Ar Kung Fu / Ninja-Kun retrospective: Magnum Opus

An 8-bit heavy hitter makes its Famicom debut, right around the same time as they first dipped a toe into the SG-1000 market: Konami, eventual creators of Castlevania and Contra, here still a mere stripling of a home games developer. As on Sega's platform, Konami made its debut in Nintendo-land with two games, though I would say both turned out far better than their SG-1000 counterparts. I mean, nobody's going to fall in love with Yie Ar Kung-Fu here in 2021, but Antarctic Adventure (or Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibouken, if you want to be formal about it) is a good time for all. Less so the third entry in this episode, Jaleco and TOSE's dire rendition of UPL's Ninja-kun.

English
  • Originally Aired December 15, 2021
  • Runtime 14 minutes
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created October 27, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar
  • Modified October 27, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar