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Code Name: Viper Nintendo Entertainment System, 1990 Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Capcom Last time, we talked about the underrated gameplay of Capcom’s Code Name: Viper. Today, we’ll be talking about its inspirations, or perhaps more accurately, its source material. It would be diplomatic to say that Code Name: Viper was heavily inspired by Namco’s Rolling Thunder. […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC The Evil Tennis King had to know that I was getting ready to exact my vengeance by now. I’d just picked off two of his top lieutenants and his favorite quota-based hire. And if he hadn’t heard about that, he sure as hell had seen my […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Off the coast of Tokyo I had discovered a tennis court surrounded by a vast moat. I assumed it had to be the remains of Osaka Castle. This assumption defied all conventions of basic geography, so it had to be correct. Before I ran into this […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Had I known I was up against Tennis Satan himself, perhaps I might not have rushed headlong into humiliating defeat. It was going to take more than my legendary forehand and prophesied tennis instincts to take down the Evil Tennis King and free Tennis Kingdom from… […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC London had become a desolate husk. Other than some sweet “B” ranked gear, jolly old England had nothing to offer me – nothing but a a clue, that is. My next destination was “south of the maze.” Having no idea where the maze was, however, this […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Though I had conquered my personal demons and demolished the sinister Sevens, my journey was far from over. Hell, I still wasn’t exactly sure what my goal was. Tennis Kings, pearls… they were all meaningless symbols as this point. In my quest to save a kingdom of seemingly well-to-do […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Fear not, tennis fans – I haven’t abandoned my quest. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, sifting through 6 hours of virtually identical looking footage of video game tennis can be quite time-consuming. Particularly when you’ve got a day job! The quest, for good or for […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC I had taken out Witt. Conquered one of the six tennis courts and obtained a mystic pearl of unknown purpose. I knew I probably needed more practice, but vengeance – no – REVENGEANCE was running through my veins. I needed revenge against Sevens. Ah, just look […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC After recuperating from my devastating defeat at the hands of the sinister Sevens, it appeared that a new plan was in order. I clearly wasn’t good enough to take on a serious challenger yet… or was I? Clearly, I had been called to this surprisingly verdant sports […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Despite some initial miscues, my plan to buy my way to tennis godhood had finally commenced in earnest. Dressed in my finest “D” grade Parisian sportswear, I was now a credible threat. It was time to take retribution on those tennis rapists. The rape-ee would now […]
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