Wow! A section devoted to games that quite frankly, don't deserve much (if any) attention! The best of the unknown NES games are reviewed once a month here; but the worst reside here. If you have the misfortune of already owning one of these atrocities, my Top 10 Healthy Alternatives are:
10. Throwing the cartridge at someone and yelling, "Death rains from the heavens!!!"
9. Dropping off a bridge at oncoming traffic
8. Whiting out the label and making a new one
7. Doing #8, and then trying to sell it to Funcoland saying it's "really rare"
6. Keeping them under your pillow in case you are attacked by an assailant at night
5. Breaking them open and looking at all the neato chips!
4. Remember when you would go crazy when your dog/younger sibling would desecrate your games? Well, now let them do their worst!
3. Donate them to a charity and laugh at their added misfortune
2. Mailing to a friend/relative who doesn't have an NES as a present
1. Try to construct a make-shift bomb
Anyways, this month's P.O.S. is The Karate Kid. This so-called "enteractive" game turned out to be neither entertaining nor interactive. On the label of the game it says, "Master the Martial Arts!"; even if this is refering to the simple kick, punch, jump-kick arsenal used in the game, I doubt anyone could learn anything about the martial arts by observing Daniel-Son's clumsy play control. Bonus levels which make no sense whatsoever just add to the shame (though I have to admit I'm a fan of the catch-the-flies-with-the-chop-sticks game). I pity the fools which purchased this game because of the movie liscense, and I hope the people over at Ljn Toys got what was coming to them. Has anyone ever played a good one by this company?