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‘The Money Game’ [ ザ マネーゲーム]

[FC] [JAPAN] [FLYER] [1988]

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Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth

While Dragon Fighter and Actraiser both deserve praise for combining two different gameplay styles together, Wurm has them beat by combining four or five together, debatable on how you feel about the ground drill mode of the game’s ship. Wurm isn’t a hugely remembered title, but it definitely has fans, and for good reason. It was yet another NES game that dared to dream on the console’s limited hardware, managing to create an ambitious story and game in a small package. While there are indeed quite a few issues with the game brought by the limitations the team had to deal with, it manages to accomplish so much despite that it’s hard not to be impressed.

Cocona World

Cocona World is a cutesy adventure game starring a little witch, the titular Cocona, who needs your help to become a magical princess. The experience set up as a Zelda-like game, though there are only two small maps to explore. You can enter your name at the beginning, to which Cocona will refer to you directly. The B button is used entirely to interact with her, to which she’ll usually just respond with some vague pleasantry (“Hello!” “Nice weather, isn’t it?”). In addition to the animals roaming around (one of whom looks a lot like Snoopy), there are assorted mini-games, like bingo and a fortune teller. The game’s open-ended, but the first thing you need to do is find a fairy so you can get your magic back.