Platform – Nintendo SNES – The Retro Gaming Treasury

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Nintendo SNES – 1992

On January 10, 2018September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the third game in the Zelda series and the second to feature on my blog. I wasn’t keen on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link with its side-scrolling levels. A Link to the Past reverts back to the strange overhead […]

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride – Nintendo SNES – 1992

On November 16, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

While gamers in North America were still playing Dragon Warrior III, and a month before Dragon Warrior IV was released there, those lucky Japanese gamers were already getting their teeth into Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Poor sales of the previous games and the cost of localisation […]

Super Off Road – Nintendo SNES – 1991

On June 11, 2016September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Super Off Road is obviously based on the 1989 arcade game Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off Road. I played the Amiga version from 1990 but didn’t included the subsequent console versions in the entry which, apart from dropping Ivan, are not quite straight conversions. First task is to pick the […]

Super Castlevania IV – Nintendo SNES – 1991

On May 20, 2016September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Judging by the sheer number of entries on my shortlist, the Castlevania series certainly has something going for it. For the NES I’ve played the first three titles and a spoof called Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-Kun, plus Vampire Killer for the MSX. So far none of these has managed to […]