Planet Bob - Playing Guerilla War (NES)

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Hi there!

 

Another quality production within one of my favorite genres:

 

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Well, at first glance this one looks like any other Commando clone ever. In fact on the first glance I mistakenly thought that this was just part II or III of the (on the NES!) rather lame Ikari Warriors series.

 

I was in for a big surprise though. It actually rivals even the mighty Jackal! The sonix are good, the art is looking fantastic (at least where it's not flickering ) and showcases some nice FX like rotating the whole screen during the mine level

 

For a war game this also offers some great humor in a lot of spots were you'd least expect it. E.g. some of the enemies are pretending to surrender, hands up and all, but when you come closer it's always a trap. I'd go so far and claim that this one is the roots of the Metal Slug series - just take a look at the prisoners to rescue on the screenshot above!

 

The game offers unlimited continues, so in theory I could've just marched through in a single session tonight. Since I love these kind of games though, I decided to enhance the experience some, by advancing from level to level only when I made it through a stage with at least 4 lifes remaining. Beating only half the stages that way so far, I'm looking forward to enjoy it some more tomorrow

 

Greetings,

Manuel

 

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