Contra

Contra is an action game featuring two soldiers as the main characters of the game. Together, their main goal is to reach the end of the stage with the best weapon in hand, so that they will have an edge against the enemy boss which is very powerful and you will find it hard to avoid its attacks and projectiles. This said weapons can be one or two of the following: fireball weapon, spread blaster, magnum blaster, homing rocket, and the cannon bomb. My favorite weapon is the homing rocket because it seeks enemies wherever they are on the screen. In additional, you also can also obtain the full screen bomb that blasts the whole screen starting in a circular light until it covers the whole screen. This bomb is very useful in a field with multiple enemies or when cornered. The first Contra I ever played is at the family computer, although it offers poor graphic quality, it is still an enjoyable game you can play with your playmate or only by yourself.

I recommend this to those who love action games.

Twin Bee

Twinbee is an aircraft playing game that can be played with two players. The screen will scroll upwards towards this aircraft’s main goal. I find this game funny because of the ability of the two aircraft to merge into one aircraft and upgrading its weapon to a fireball mode, doing more damage to enemy aircrafts. But the problem with it is that only one player can control the combined Twinbee aircraft and when the other player wants to control it, you might end up separating your aircraft again. Anyway, there is power ups on the game that can be obtain by shooting bells from clouds that change colors each time you shoot at it. The power up depends on the color of the bell that you obtain.

Still, this game can be a good pastime whenever you feel alone and sad. He,he,he.

Puzzle Bobble

Puzzle Bobble is a colorful puzzle game that is very cute to look at. Your goal here is to match three or more balls with colors of the same kind, so that you can prevent it from getting at the bottom of the screen and ending your game. You will have to shoot the colored ball at the corresponding same color at the top of the screen. I think this game is especially made for kids, to teach them how to combine colors and some strategy.

Dragonball Z

Dragonball is the fighting game that features impressive combat skills and special powers that will make you want to jump from the edge of your seat. The first game of this was released on the 16 bit computer game console and is in 2-D format. Nevertheless, even at its 2-D format it is still an impressive game. And when the 3-D format was released it became even more impressive. My favorite character is the main character, Son Gokou. Gokou is the protagonist in the first release of its anime version of the game. I just love this game’s feature of characters ability to fly and do super destructive blast in different sort of ways but you got to take some time to memorize the sequence of which you need to input in the control pad to be able to do this blasts.
I recommend this to all dragon ball z fans out there.

Battle City

Battle City is a game where you have to fight on a fixed screen. The screen is decorated with blocks and cement, grass, ice and many more which resembles like military field maze where your main goal is to destroy all enemy tanks that pop out of the screen, before they destroy your home base. You can also team up with your playmate using the second controller port, so that you can easily dispatch many threat as possible.
I always play this with someone because it’s good to have a helping hand in annihilating those enemy tanks which by the way can be very irritating sometimes when they multiply at a fast rate.

I recommend this for all those who love an action shooting game.

Ice Climber

Ice climber is a game which the only goal is to get to the very top of the mountain by breaking ice blocks above the characters head by means of jumping on it with the character’s hammer. Along the way, a bunch of not so friendly beasts will see to it that you don’t reach the top but I find it easy to deal with them. The only problem with this game is that when you are on the topmost section, you are only jumping on a bridge of clouds that move from sideways across the screen, giving you a hard time from reaching your goal and more chances of falling off on it when you make a jump for the other cloud.

I recommend this game for those who want to just spend their lazy afternoon off.

Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island is an adventure game that is literally very colorful. The character can create rainbows from his hand and uses it as a bridge to be able to reach the topmost area in each stage and also these rainbows is his primary weapon against his enemies that he encounters. Aside from the rainbow, he can obtain different item in the game, an example of it is the speed shoes which can add his speed in walking through the entire island. His goal is to collect different colored diamonds that represent the colors of the rainbow. There are seven diamonds that he needs to collect each stage to be able to reach the last stage.
I was only able to end this game with the use of the cheat I have discovered. It’s when I accidentally press start (pause) and then the select button. When I continued the game, I was surprised to see that the character became invincible to all enemies. He,he,he.
The only thing to watch out for is if you run out of time, the island will begin to sink and if you got caught on the rising tide, you will die even if you input the invincibility code.

I recommend this for everyone who likes colors, treasures, jewels, rainbows, and other colorful cute stuffs.

Castlevania 3: Symphony of the Night

After Castlevania 1, this is the second Castlevania I ever played because I didn’t get the chance to play the second chapter of the game which was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES.
Castlevania 3: Symphony of the Night is my most favorite game in two dimensional, in the Playstation. When this game was released and I played it, it really swipes me off my feet. My teeth are grinding with excitement and my eyes were wide open with amazement as this game offers many innovations that will make Castlevania 1 seems like made in the Jurassic era.
Innovations include the protagonist’s ability to transform into a bat, a wolf, and a mist. He is also able to leap two times and many more. He is able to do magic too that is very powerful and helpful when fighting most enemies and bosses. This magic ability is deducted on magic points or MP and has the ability to restore as time passes so he doesn’t run out of magic power. The thing that run out of him is hearts which is the thing needed to use his sub weapon namely the axe, knife, holy water, cross, jewel, and many more. But this isn’t a problem anymore because he has a variety of items to choose from that can restore his health and magic power and even hearts. He also has a collection of weapons that has different ability depending on the weapon he is using. For example, the Mourneblade weapon is a blade that lets you damage your enemies and at the same time heals the character. Different weapons and items can be found in the game, rare kind of treasure in secret places in the map and enemies that have fallen will sometimes drop items or weapons. The background sound is superb and nicely done with an orchestra effect. The storyline is very good and I love it.
Recommended for those who loves art and adventure combine into one.

Castlevania 1

This is the first horror game I ever played because it has zombies, bats, monsters and many terrifying creatures in the dark that serve as your obstacles throughout the entire game. Castlevania 1 is first seen on the family computer. I really don’t like the controls on this game though, because the main character has limited amount of moves. He can only jump, whip, whip harder, do special tricks that require hearts to perform (which is very hard to get) and that’s it. The jump feature of the main character is not that high, and it is hard to control especially if you need to jump from cliff to cliff. I always ended up at the bottom of the cliff and dying at same the time or falling off a ledge over and over again and it is a very frustrating experience indeed. The character is so weak and only has whip that can be upgraded with another whip that has only an added length of one fourth of the normal whip. His special weapon which consists of the knife, axe, timer, cross and holy water are also known as his sub weapon. You can only equip one sub weapon aside from your primary weapon which is the whip. This sub weapons or special weapons do consume hearts though and are easily expended whenever you use them. For example, the knife weapon consumes one heart per usage and the cross weapon consumes four hearts per usage. This hearts can be obtained by breaking or whipping candles along the way. Most of the candles contain one heart each and least of them contain five hearts each. So you see, whenever you are in a boss fight, and you got low on hearts, you will have a hard time fighting them without the said sub weapons. So that is why when I played it on the family computer I only got up to level 2 stage and I got so frustrated I never played it again until its version on the Playstation portable (PSP) was released.

Recommended for those who love a two dimensional environment with a twist of a horror experience.

B Wings

This is the first fighter jet plane that I love, because of its ability to change its weapon. This said weapons do wreck havoc in many different sort of ways depending on its range, power, and energy. The following are the list of weapons in this game.
1. Multi –lets you fire multiple projectiles on your target enemies ranging from wide projectiles to straight ones.
2. Van – lets you shoot out three rockets at your enemies.
3. Side – lets you shoot from both sides. Left and right.
4. Anti – lets you fire projectiles upwards and downwards on the screen.
5. Hammer – grants you two black orbs circling around your ship that acts as a shield and then lets you fire six orbs at your enemies.
6. Jump – fires projectiles in different directions.
7. Dyna – fires a crescent beam at your enemies.
8. Fire – lets you shoot a straight flame at your enemies.
9. Cannon – a super blast of laser projectiles at your enemies.
10. Wide – lets you fire your blast at a wide range.
There are also super weapons in the game which is hidden in large spaceship that you need to destroy in order to get them. I have found three of this so far but I have forgotten what they look like, but I do remember that one weapon that fires a blast of electricity in all four directions, and that is my favorite weapon. If you are just starting on this game, it is wise to choose hammer or dyna weapon at first because hammer has a shield that protects the ship and sometimes when you got hit, and that weapon is destroyed, the shield circling around your ship still remains and still can protect your little ship which is now stripped of his chosen weapon. Dyna too can be a good choice because it fires like a barrier that block enemy attacks and is also wide too.
Recommended for airship loving fans out there.

Adventure Island

When I saw this game and played it, I really can’t shake this thought that it mimicked the Super Mario adventure game, nevertheless, it is still a good game with adventure and thrill. But one thing I noticed in this game is that is it very hard to play and the controls are not that good, I get the feel that the character protagonist is always sliding not walking whenever I wanted him to just walk, so I get bumped with rocks and fall off the cliff most of the time, which is really unlike when I play super Mario. It’s like it is the same as Super Mario but only harder.
Recommended for anyone who enjoys the thrill of getting a gameover most of the time. Hehe.

Pacman

Ah, who doesn't love a chewing, chowing, and chomping hero. Eating all that little white balls on the labyrinth with monsters on it is a cute thought. Hehe. I saw Pacman debuting on the personal computer on early 80's. I didn't get hook on it though because I easily get tired of the same action over and over again, but hey, at least it can be a good pastime.

Recommended for everyone.

Street Fighter

I first saw this fighting game on the family computer and continuously evolve to the most modern game console on our time, Fighters from different country compete with each other in a martial arts tournament and the primary goal here is to win battles with characters to be able to reach the next stage. Different levels of difficulty can be done in the options menu that range from easy battles to hard ones. Easy battles are recommended for beginners, specially, if they are still learning to input the commands to make a special move of their chosen character. I got hooked in playing this game because I like to compete with my playmates and it was fulfilling to beat them in this computer game duel. Characters are very interesting and almost close to reality although most of their special powers were not real, or is impossible to be done in real life, their faces were illustrated almost life like.
My favorite character is Ryu and Chun-li because they are easy to maneuver and I find it easy to memorize their moves. The characters has different stories why they decided to enter this tournament. And the ending is different with which character you chose to play with.Recommended only for players above 8 years old because of the animated violence it has. But still a good game especially if you like playing with someone and using your second player controller.