Raid on Bungeling Bay - Never played this one, but as a kid I distinctly remember hearing it was awful -- maybe from a friend that rented it?
But I never knew it was a Will Wright game! Also interesting that it was an American game that was a hit in Japan. Now I at least want to try it.
The list of Western games that have been successful in Japan is small but to my knowledge there are a few (e.g. Minecraft). I can't think of any others that have been hits over there while remaining obscure over here.
Also originally a Commodore 64 game that received an arcade port! How many other arcade games originated on home computers? I'm thinking approximately zero. It would have been plausible if Doom received some sort of arcade port but don't think it ever did.
Ring King - Enjoyed the review. Vaguely remember renting this once and having a pretty good time, but it's very fuzzy; I think my memories of it were all consumed by Punch Out.
Raid on Bungeling Bay - at least the NES port - is hot garbage. You're not missing anything. I'm glad it sold well so Will Wright could make SimCity, but otherwise... not worth it.
A Doom arcade port! Aw man, shame that was never a thing. I bet that would have done well.
Ring King was definitely swallowed up by Punch-Out and that's ok. It is absolutely the lesser game.
Raid on Bungeling Bay - Never played this one, but as a kid I distinctly remember hearing it was awful -- maybe from a friend that rented it?
But I never knew it was a Will Wright game! Also interesting that it was an American game that was a hit in Japan. Now I at least want to try it.
The list of Western games that have been successful in Japan is small but to my knowledge there are a few (e.g. Minecraft). I can't think of any others that have been hits over there while remaining obscure over here.
Also originally a Commodore 64 game that received an arcade port! How many other arcade games originated on home computers? I'm thinking approximately zero. It would have been plausible if Doom received some sort of arcade port but don't think it ever did.
Ring King - Enjoyed the review. Vaguely remember renting this once and having a pretty good time, but it's very fuzzy; I think my memories of it were all consumed by Punch Out.
Raid on Bungeling Bay - at least the NES port - is hot garbage. You're not missing anything. I'm glad it sold well so Will Wright could make SimCity, but otherwise... not worth it.
A Doom arcade port! Aw man, shame that was never a thing. I bet that would have done well.
Ring King was definitely swallowed up by Punch-Out and that's ok. It is absolutely the lesser game.