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1000-skulls · 2 months

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Atlantis no Nazo (1986 - Famicom - Sunsoft)

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everygame · 1 month

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Atlantis No Nazo

Developed/Published by: Sunsoft Released: 17/04/1986 Completed: 01/02/2024 Completion: Finished it via the quickest route.

Everything changed for gaming in September 1985 with the release of Super Mario Bros. in Japan. The design hegemony of Xevious and The Tower of Druaga was no longer the only game in town, and now Japanese designers needed to do more than just make power-ups invisible or hide progression behind obscure actions (though they’ll still do that, even Nintendo just have.)

But Super Mario Bros., what’s the key feature that you can rip off to make sure your game is a success? Is it tight action? No, not that, I mean the original Super Mario Bros. isn’t that tight. Oh, I’ve got it!

It’s warps. Warp zones. Get as many of those in your game as possible and you’re sorted.

I joke, but this does seem to have been the mindset of Japanese game designers as soon as they were tasked with making the “next Super Mario Bros.” with 1986 seeing releases like Atlantis No Nazo, Mighty Bomb Jack, Milon’s Secret Castle and more, all of which make warping around a key feature. What’s interesting is how little research into warp zones as a game feature exists online. Being able to “skip” levels has existed since Atari’s “SkillStep” system with Tempest–does that count as a warp, or does a warp need to be found during gameplay? With what I have to hand here I seem forced to conclude that Super Mario Bros. was actually the first to do it–but I’m not sure if I’m fully convinced.

Anyway, hot out the gates in spring 1986 Sunsoft release (in their own words) “The Game That Surpassed Super Mario” Atlantis No Nazo, which translates as “The Mystery of Atlantis.” (Lotta mystery in April ‘86, I guess.) Featuring 100 levels that are explicitly called “zones” the player takes the role of Wynn, an amateur adventurer/casino developer (I assume) who heads to rescue his missing master from the recently re-emerged island of Atlantis with nothing but an infinite supply of dynamite that causes tiny, crappy explosions (slowly) and a weird floaty jump with next to no air control.

The first thing you’re going to notice about Atlantis No Nazo is it… well, it’s immediately crappy. The controls aren’t great, the graphics are weak even for the era (and never, at any point, feel “Atlantean”) and the level design has you bumping your head off the ceiling from literally the second level. I mean the second level–sorry, zone–is so immediately bad I wasn’t sure it was possible to complete–a monotonous trudge through what seems to be a loop of the same area avoiding snails that take an age to kill. When I finally saw that there is a door in it to the next zone, I was almost surprised.

The second thing you learn about Atlantis No Nazo is that unlike Super Mario Bros. you can’t just play it beginning to end. You quickly begin warping around, and if you’re just trying to beat it by playing as much of it as possible, to enjoy all that lovely ~content~ you are not playing it correctly at all. The goal of Atlantis No Nazo is to play as little of it as possible. You’re trying to find the most efficient way to the end of the game by learning which door gets you where and hoping each time it’s “really far through the game.”

The lessons of The Tower of Druaga remain vital here, because the quickest way through the game is to find all the hidden warps and doors. Throw yourself into the right pit? That’s a warp. Throw a bomb at the right place? That’s a warp. Kill yourself in the right position? You better believe that’s a warp.

Something like The Tower of Druaga has a kind of predictability, admittedly. You have to chew through the entire thing in order, so you know at X level, you need to do Y stupid thing. With Atlantis No Nazo… I almost pity the people who had to map this out, seven lives and no continues at a time. With a hundred levels and countless warps back and forward, any map of the game is a hilarious spaghetti, and there are so many amusingly cruel twists, like levels with no light (so you need to make sure you hit a level where you can get a lamp power-up from first) and levels that just throw you unavoidably to your death over and over–which I really want to believe are inspired by Jet Set Willy’s “Entrance to Hades” but probably aren’t.

As with The Tower of Druaga, I can’t really imagine anyone trying to brute force this game on their own, not least because the final level seems basically impossible without an invincibility power-up that requires you get to the end in one life. I’m sure at the time everyone just bought a guidebook, and once you have one to hand the game goes from “baffling spaghetti” to “execute your plan perfectly.”

The funny thing is, I had quite a bit of fun trying to do that. Don’t get me wrong. The controls are bad. But I became interested in trying to get the “smart bomb” power-up which requires playing level 2 literally perfectly, and I got into it. Of course, I found it hard because I hadn’t realised you could run past the snails when they were under their shells, but I still enjoyed the challenge, and then using that practice to get to the end of the game in one life via the path that takes less than ten levels… it was like signing up for one of those courses where you get to be a racecar driver for a day, but it’s actually a “be a speedrunner for a day” course. You’re never actually going to be a speedrunner, but it feels like you are, for a bit.

So, you know, I enjoyed Atlantis No Nazo once I “got” what you’re supposed to do with it (learn how to play it and then follow a guide book). I don’t think that’s actually… good, but it’s something!

Will I ever play it again? If this was an arcade game, now I know the path I’d definitely try and do it to show off. At home, I’m good.

Final Thought: Atlantis No Nazo is legendary enough to be the challenge in the first “real” episode of Game Center CX, and it was rather pleasant to give the episode a rewatch after finishing the game. You really shouldn’t bother playing this, but you should watch the episode, if you can find it!

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abobobo · 2 years

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The original painting for the cover of Atlantis no Nazo (Famicom). Artist unknown. (Source)

#Atlantis no Nazo #Famicom #Sunsoft #1986 #illustrations #cover art

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atlantisladymystery · 1 year

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sunsoft fans assemble and go to atlantis NOW

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ATLANTIS NO NAZO

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peterkothe · 7 months

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Inktober 2023 Day 26-GOLDEN BAT REBORN!💀🦇

In life he was a heroic warrior sorcerer of Atlantis; now, a century later, he is awoken from tomb to continue his task as the all-powerful super-mummy: the GOLDEN BAT!! Aided by a pair of sibling children and their scientist father, Golden Bat seeks to save the world from the forces of evil, most notably, the fiendish masked supervillain: DR. NAZO and his many minions and monsters!

-My spin on Japan’s fist superhero is mainly based on the original 1933 kamishibai versions of both him and Dr Nazo, but with a few twists! Would love someday to make a comic of this guy, has so much potential to work with!

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marikedrawinge · 5 months

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Wynn from Atlantis no Nazo 2023

#nintendo #sunsoft #atlantis #human

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stillchasingfairies · 2 years

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okay i promise u this is the last. LOOOK. WENDY IS SO ADORABLE WHATSGSGD

If u want to see the full chapter and more panels —> https://gamesk.pro/games/d/atlantis-no-nazo-296949

AHHH CAPTAIN PAN!! My favourite look! And Wendy looks like such an angel, omg :')

#peter pan #wendy darling #so cute #captain pan #kingdom hearts #art #littlecafeofbraindumps #askbox

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videostak · 11 hours

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just rode my dildo(es) for like an hour while playing famicom yayyy while more just sat on it to be more stretched out while playing atlantis no nazo and did tht for prob 30 mins or so then switched to the bigger dildo thats 2 inches thick and actually rode that for awhile :) tryinh to idk build up a real ability to take dick for realsies now that im back on grindr and talking to ppl i wanna get fucked byyy it rly legit felt SO good with the 7 inch dildo that was like and 1.5 inches wide like also cause i was just sitting on it for 30 mins once i did start riding it it felt SO GOOD u can only get like 5 n a half inches in cause it has balls n stuff as opposed to the 9 inch one which is all 9 inches w/ no balls i def wanna get to the point where i feel great riding that the way i did the smaller one b4 i meet w/ any huge huge guys so that it can feel real good for both of us. Tho i dont kno if i wanna sit on the 9 inch one cause since it doesnt balls i dont wanna risk it slipping in even tho it has the suction cup thing its risky. Even w/ the one with balls i was worrriiied lol while sitting on it that it would slip in. Any ways that was rly rly rly great and i listened to war by u2 after and that was also great im kinda in a u2 mood rn like boy war mode

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jcmarchi · 17 days

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Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, And GBA Game

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Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, And GBA Game

Nintendo has been slowly beefing up its library of games available to Nintendo Switch Online and Expansion Pack subscribers.

What began as a library of just 20 NES games has grown to include dozens more. Plus, Nintendo has since introduced SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, and even Sega Genesis games, giving players a chance to play some fan-favorite classics and some deep cuts, too. It’s hard to predict when new games might arrive as the company has maintained a somewhat inconsistent cadence in doing so, but that’s okay because this list is all you need.

As Nintendo adds new titles, we’ll be sure to update this list to include them. If you’re looking for something specific, use this story’s Table of Contents to jump to the different consoles quickly. Here’s every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Genesis, and GBA game added to Nintendo Switch Online.

NES

Added September 19, 2018

Balloon Fight

Baseball

Donkey Kong

Double Dragon

Dr. Mario

Excitebike

Ghosts ‘n Goblins

Gradius

Ice Climber

Ice Hockey

The Legend of Zelda

Mario Bros.

Pro Wrestling

River City Ransom

Soccer

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. 3

Tecmo Bowl

Tennis

Yoshi

Added October 10, 2018

The Legend of Zelda SP

NES Open Tournament Golf

Solomon’s Key

Super Dodge Ball

Added November 14, 2018

Gradius SP (Stage 5)

Metroid

Mighty Bomb Jack

NES Open Tournament Golf SP (Japan only)

TwinBee

Added December 12, 2018

Adventures of Lolo

Adventures of Lolo 2 (Japan only)

Dr. Mario SP

Metroid SP (Ridley Battle)

Ninja Gaiden

Wario’s Woods

Added January 16, 2019

Blaster Master

Ghosts ‘n Goblins SP

Joy Mech Fight (Japan only)

Ninja Gaiden SP

Zelda II: Adventure of Link

Added February 13, 2019

Blaster Master SP

Kirby’s Adventure

Metroid SP (Mother Brain Battle)

Super Mario Bros. 2

Tsuppari Oozumou (Japan only)

Added March 13, 2019

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (Japan only)

Kid Icarus

Kirby’s Adventure SP

StarTropics

Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Japan only)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link SP

Added April 10, 2019

Kid Icarus SP

Punch-Out!

Star Soldier

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Added May 15, 2019

Clu Clu Land

Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Cluclu Land (Japan only)

Donkey Kong Jr.

Star Soldier SP

Vs. Excitebike

June 12, 2019

City Connection

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

TwinBee SP

Volleyball

Added July 17, 2019

Donkey Kong 3

Mighty Bomb Jack

Wrecking Crew

Added August 21, 2019

Downtown Nekketsu Koshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundokai (Japan only)

Gradius SP (Second Loop)

Kung Fu Heroes

Vice: Project Doom

Added December 12, 2019

Crystallis

Famicom Wars (Japan only)

Journey to Silius

Route-16 Turbo (Japan only)

Added February 29, 2020

Atlantis no Nazo (Japan only)

Eliminator Boat Duel

Shadow of the Ninja

Added April 20, 2020

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light SP (Medeus Battle) (Japan only)

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light SP (Triangle Attack) (Japan only)

Added May 20, 2020

Added July 15, 2020

The Immortal

Added September 23, 2020

S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team

Added December 18, 2020

Nightshade

Smash Ping Pong (Japan only)

Added February 17, 2021

Fire ‘n Ice

Added May 26, 2021

Ninja JaJaMaru-kun

Added July 28, 2021

Super Mario Bros. 3 SP

Added February 9, 2022

EarthBound Beginnings

Added March 30, 2022

Dig Dug II

Mappy-Land

Added May 26, 2022

Added July 22, 2022

Daiva Story 6 Imperial of Nirsartia

Added March 16, 2023

Added June 6, 2023

Mystery Tower

Added September 5, 2023

Joy Mech Fight

Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day!

Added October 31, 2023

Devil World

The Mysterious Murasame Castle

Added February 21, 2024

R.C. Pro-Am

Snake Rattle ‘N’ Roll

SNES

Added September 5, 2019

Brawl Brothers

Breath of Fire

Demon’s Crest

F-Zero

Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics

Kirby’s Dream Course

Kirby’s Dream Land 3

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Pilotwings

Smash Tennis

Star Fox

Stunt Race FX

Super Earth Defense Force

Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Super Mario Kart

Super Mario World

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

Super Metroid

Super Puyo Puyo 2

Super Soccer

Super Tennis

Added December 12, 2019

Breath of Fire II

Kirby Super Star

Star Fox 2

Super Punch-Out!

Added February 19, 2020

Pop’n TwinBee

Added May 20, 2020

Operation Logic Bomb

Panel de Pon

Wild guns

Added July 15, 2020

Donkey Kong Country

Natsume Championship Wrestling

Shin Megami Tensei (Japan only)

Added September 3, 2020

Super Mario All-Stars

Added September 23, 2020

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Quest

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (Japan only)

Mario’s Super Picross

The Peace Keepers

Added December 18, 2020

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!

The Ignition FActor

Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen’in Shugo (Japan only)

Sugoi Hebereke (Japan only)

Super Valis IV

Tuff E Nuff

Added February 17, 2021

Doomsday Warrior

Prehistorik Man

Psycho Dream

Shin Megami Tensei II (Japan only)

Added May 26, 2021

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (Japan only)

Joe & Mac

Magical Drop II

Spanky’s Quest

Super Baseball Simulator 1.000

Super Mario Kart SP

Added July 28, 2021

Bombuzal

Claymates

Jelly Boy

Shin Megami Tensei If… (Japan only)

Added February 9, 2022

EarthBound

Super Metroid SP

Added March 30, 2022

Earthworm Jim 2

Harvest Moon

Super Mario World SP

Super Punch-Out! SP

Added May 26, 2022

Congo’s Caper

Rival Turf!

Umihara Kawase (Japan only)

Added June 9, 2022

Kirby Super Star SP

Kirby’s Dream Course SP

Kirby’s Dream Land 3 SP

Added July 22, 2022

Fighter’s History

Kirby’s Avalanche

Added March 16, 2023

Side Pocket

Added June 6, 2023

Harvest Moon

Added September 5, 2023

Kirby’s Star Stacker

Added February 21, 2024

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs

Killer Instinct

Added April 12, 2024

Amazing Hebereke

Super R-Type

Wrecking Crew ’98

Game Boy

Added February 8, 2023

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Game & Watch Gallery 3

Gargoyle’s Quest

Kirby’s Dream Land

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

Metroid II: Return of Samus

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Tetris

Wario Land 3

Added March 16, 2023

Kirby’s Dream Land 2

BurgerTime Deluxe

Added June 6, 2023

Kirby Tilt ‘N’ Tumble

Blaster Master: Enemy Below

Added July 26, 2023

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

Added August 8, 2023

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Added September 5, 2023

Quest for Camelot

Added October 31, 2023

Castlevania Legends

Added March 12, 2024

Dr. Mario

Mario Golf

Mario Tennis

Nintendo 64 (Expansion Pack Required)

Added October 25, 2021

Dr. Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Mario Kart 64

Mario Tennis

Sin and Punishment

Star Fox 64

Super Mario 64

WinBack

Yoshi’s Story

Added December 10, 2021

Paper Mario

Added January 20, 2022

Banjo-Kazooie

Added February 25, 2022

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

Added March 11, 2022

Added April 15, 2022

Mario Golf

Added May 20, 2022

Kirby 64, The Crystal Shards

Added June 24, 2022

Pokémon Snap

Added July 15, 2022

Pokémon Puzzle League

Added August 15, 2022

Wave Racer 64

Added October 12, 2022

Pilotwings 64

Added November 2, 2022

Mario Party

Mario Party 2

Added January 27, 2023

GoldenEye 007

Added April 12, 2023

Pokémon Stadium

Added August 8, 2023

Pokémon Stadium 2

Added August 30, 2023

Excitebike 64

Added October 27, 2023

Mario Party 3

Added December 7, 2023

1080° Snowboarding

Harvest Moon 64

Jet Force Gemini

Added February 21, 2024

Blast Corps

Added April 24, 2024

Extreme G

Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls

Sega Genesis (Expansion Pack Required)

Added October 25, 2021

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Contra: Hard Corps

Dro. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine

Ecco the Dolphin

Golden Axe

Gunstar Heroes

MUSHA

Phantasy Star IV

Puyo Puyo (Japan only)

Ristar

Shining Force

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Streets of Rage 2

Strider

Added December 16, 2021

Altered Beast

Dynamite Headdy

Sword of Vermillion

Thunder Force II

ToeJam & Earl

Added March 16, 2022

Alien Soldier

Light Crusader

Super Fantasy Zone

Added April 21, 2022

Shining Force II

Sonic Spinball

Space Harrier II

Added June 30, 2022

Comix Zone

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Target Earth

Zero Wing

Added September 15, 2022

Alisia Dragoon

Beyond Oasis

Earthworm Jim

Added December 12, 2022

Alien Storm

Columns

Golden Axe II

Virtua Fighter 2

Added April 19, 2023

Flicky

Kid Chameleon

Pulseman

Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition

Added June 27, 2023

Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Crusader of Centy

Landstalker

The Revenge of Shinobi

Game Boy Advance (Expansion Pack Required)

Added February 8, 2023

Kuru Kuru Kururin

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames

Added March 8, 2023

Metroid Fusion

Added May 26, 2023

Super Mario Advance

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Added June 23, 2023

Fire Emblem

Added September 22, 2023

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Added January 17, 2024

Golden Sun

Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Added March 29, 2024

F-Zero Maximum Velocity

Be sure to check back monthly to see if Nintendo’s dropped any new games onto Nintendo Switch Online.

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overflowchute · 5 months

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fm atlantis no nazo goes hard bro

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thechosenpumbloom · 6 years

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Famicom and Chill Stream

HEADS UP! Flashing lights at 01:01:25 - 01:02:43.

Going through my Famicom games as well as two NES titles. Not the most insightful stream but hey, the capture device works really well!

#Famicom #Nintendo #Kung Fu Master #Spartan X #Challenger #Dragonball #Atlantis no nazo #Dragon Buster #Spelunker #Pachinko #Mach Rider #Rolling Thunder

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1000-skulls · 1 year

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Atlantis No Nazo (Sunsoft - 1986 - Famicom)

#kusoge #atlantis no nazo #sunsoft #famicom #nes #80s #cult

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everygame · 1 month

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Mighty Bomb Jack

Developed/Published by: Tecmo Released: 17/04/1986 Completed: 04/02/2024 Completion: Finished it with the standard ending and then used the Switch Online SP version to see the “best” ending.

There’s a few games out there that I categorise as “chippy” video games. Cabal. Robocop. Bomb Jack! Arcade games that would be in a beat-up, generic cabinet in the chip shop. A machine where you could barely see the screen for the ambient grease–plus the monitor is dull and burnt out anyway.

Do I view these games as such because specifically I remember seeing them in the chippy in my youth, not because Tecmo, Data East or Tecmo were all in on the chip shop industry? Of course. But Bomb Jack’s such a great example of a “chippy” video game anyway. It’s not the kind of game that’s going to draw a crowd in the arcade. It’s sort of off, visually, and in play. But if you’re waiting for them to do you a fritter, you’re going to put a 20p in anyway.

So what’s weird about Bomb Jack? It’s a single screen platform game, but it’s all about air control. Bomb Jack doesn’t just have a wee jump, he’s got this massive, drifty leap, and you control it by directing him with the joystick: up makes him jump higher, pushing down makes him fall faster. You’re trying to collect all the bombs on each stage, but preferrably in order--you always want to collect the next lit one. While you’re avoiding enemies of course, which is really what makes it so weird–you’re in this weird middle ground of not quite flying but trying to float and drift around the enemies that are seeking you. It’s like Pac-Man–you’re trying to nail your perfect route–but much messier. Less predictable.

Honestly, I sort of like Bomb Jack. I don’t think it’s a game you ever quite get comfortable playing–other jump styles are so much more ingrained–but there’s a pleasure to trying to execute your routes anyway.

Mighty Bomb Jack, however. Mighty Bomb Jack isn’t just Bomb Jack on the NES/Famicom, because it’s 1986, and while that might have flown before Super Mario Bros. (and it did: ports were massively successful on home computers in the UK) it’s just not going to cut it with savvy Famicom players. So Tecmo did what any sensible developer would do: they turned Bomb Jack into a platform game with scrolling levels, and then because that wasn’t enough, they made sure it was full of weird Tower of Druaga-esque secrets and warps. And for good nature, they kept in some single screen Bomb Jack levels because, well, it’s Bomb Jack.

The issue with Mighty Bomb Jack is immediately apparent. Bomb Jack’s big, drifty leap makes for a very strange feeling platform game where you have to like… go right. Enemies act just like they do in the original, too, meaning that you really just want to jump and drift them off screen immediately lest they seek you. Which actually makes most of the game sort of trivial because the levels are all short and once you know the pathing it’s all about getting through them as quick as possible. The warp system is also probably one of the most easily understood you can imagine (no Atlantis No Nazo confusion here) as you simply have to pick up the lit bomb last on each single-screen stage for it to skip you forward a full level. I’m not 100% sure this was as (originally) intended, because it would surely make more sense for you to be rewarded with a level skip for collecting every bomb in order, but it works because that’s still hard to do and if you skip a levels and die, you go back to the level you started skipping from. So there’s an interesting risk/reward there: you can choose to skip some levels, then purposefully not warp before an easier level to “save” your place if you think you might die later–or just use it to skip to how far you got in the game before.

Though I’m making it sound like a bit of a walkover, to avoid this there’s all that Tower of Druaga-type stuff. Levels are packed full of secrets that require you to jump in the correct place, or at the correct time, or multiple times, to make things appear. There are secret warps, secret treasure rooms, and you can’t beat the game with the “best” ending by warping there; you have to collect two crystal balls and 5 secret coins that (like all of these games) basically require you have prior knowledge to find. One of the most interesting things about Mighty Bomb Jack, actually, is there’s a completely obscure performance ranking known as “Game Deviation Value” and you can’t be too greedy because if you ever collect too many power-ups, you’re immediately sent to a “Torture Room” where you have to jump 50 times while avoiding enemies, just to go back to playing the game with all your power-ups removed!

Until you get to the very end–a punishing gauntlet of single screen challenges that throw you back to an earlier zone where you have to perform a challenging dance just to find a secret to get to the ending–Mighty Bomb Jack isn’t really that hard. It’s just very complicated. I haven’t even tried to explain here the system of powering up into different coloured Bomb Jacks because I’ve played all the way through this and I still don’t entirely understand it. This is a really good example of a team trying to hit the zeitgeist and overegging it entirely; but to be fair, if they’d just ported Bomb Jack instead even I’d be saying “well it’s just Bomb Jack, innit.”

Of course, when I played this, I abused the warping so I just played the single screen Bomb Jack levels mostly because I like those best. You cannae win.

Will I ever play it again? Switch Online is a bit unusual as it often puts up “versions” of games that are just essentially save states to the ending/second loop or whatever, and while some are pointless, I rather like that here they put out a “High Deviation Value!” version where you are right at the horrible ending gauntlet with everything required to get the best ending. I could have bothered to do it for real, but it’s unpleasantly onerous so I didn’t. Anyway, as a result I have no reason to play this again.

Final Thought: That said, Mighty Bomb Jack is a rare example where the North American release was actually easier than the Japanese version, with many sections of the original requiring you jump way more times than you would ever think to and the entire best ending locked behind weird tricks like having to go to the next section with your score ending in 70. I suspect this is why the High Deviation Value version exists because who on earth has time for that.

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hardcore-gaming-101 · 6 years

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Atlantis no Nazo

During the mid/later years of the NES, Sunsoft was known for creating a number of quality titles, starting with Blaster Master, all the way up through Gimmick. Before then, their track record is much sketchier. With the possible exception of Route-16 Turbo, just about everything made before Blaster Master wasn’t all that good, but the likes of Ikki and the Wing of Madoola still seem to hold some form of relevance among Japanese retro enthusiasts. At least that’s the case it seems to be on Game Center CX, where nearly every Sunsoft title (back when they were known as Sun Corporation) was thrown at poor Arino with a very low success rate. In fact, the very first game Arino had to play in the show’s second season (the first real season where the game challenge became the main attraction) was Atlantis no Nazo, an unassuming action-adventure romp that was probably chosen for how hideously hateful a game it really is. Arino managed to beat it, but only via specific instruction from a guide. Without that guide, welcome to Hell.