Monthly Old-School Favorite - Super Mario 64 (N64)

[March Old-School Favorite]

Super Mario 64 was a launch title for the Nintendo64 back on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe/Australia and September 1, 

1997 in France.

The N64 was leaps and bounds better than Nintendo's previous systems. I had first read about the system in a magazine(EGM?) in the News stand isle at our local Grocery Store back when I was a kid. I was floored when I saw some pictures of what the new Mario game was going to look like. I wasn't able to get the system when it first launched for various reasons, mainly being 16 without a job. For weeks I had seen and heard all sorts of stuff about the new Nintendo system and the awesome new 3-D games that were out for it. With the system being released in September, it was looking like Christmas before I could get my hands on one. All my friends were either Sega fans or played PC games only. I was a lone Nintendo fan, and didn't even have the newest system to enjoy. I had even dropped many hints to my parents over and over about wanting one. They just kept saying, "you know what times of the year you can get things like that". I could remember getting our new Super Nintendo with Super Mario World years before, oh how I could taste it again.

Monthly Old-School Favorite - Adventures of LoLo (NES)

This is going to be a little monthly feature here at the blog. Daemion loves to play classic games, so we figured we would showcase one of his favorites here each month.

First up this month,
The Adventures of Lolo for the NES.

This is a fantastic little puzzle game. I used to play it back when I was a kid, and it was one of the first virtual console games that we downloaded to our Wii. At first Daemion didn't really care for it, but after seeing me play it a few times, he finally asked for the controller. Once he learned the basics, he fell in love. He has got a bit frustrated with it a few times, but he seems to really like the challenge it brings. The last few stages he was on I had to help him a little, but he was always the one with the controller. If you like mind-bending puzzlers, pick this one up, you won't be disappointed.

It's available on the WiiShop Channel for 500points($5)

(Rated E)

-Dustin