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Doughboy / 1942 / Bokosuka Wars retrospective: No love, just battlefields

We're winding down NES Works Gaiden's survey of the Famicom's first few years of life, and just in time. This trio of games once again underscores the way proliferating publisher expansion resulted in precipitous plummet in playability for Famicom software. Doughboy sees the debut of Kemco with a disastrous port of a computer game; 1942 marks Capcom's uninspiring arrival on home consoles; and Bokosuka Wars... well, actually, it's not so bad if you know what's going on? But it's the exception to the rule. War really is hell. Also, please ignore the strange background audio interference here—my portable recording equipment appears to have picked up a radio station somehow. The FCC is gonna be super pissed.

English
  • Originally Aired December 7, 2022
  • Runtime 14 minutes
  • Created April 22, 2023 by
    chiefsanto
  • Modified April 22, 2023 by
    chiefsanto