Living the High Life

Video Game Diary:

I am currently playing Magical Starsign for the DS in order to review it for Advanced Media, and man, I do not like RPGs!

I played Duck Tales 2 (NES) for the first time the other day with my friend Steve Smith. Great news, Capcom didn't change the formula! They took the Duck Tales engine and made a great sequel that delivers the same fun of the original with new levels. No wonder its valued at over $15 (yikes!) , its worth the price though.

We also played The Krion Conquest (NES), Alien Invaders - Plus (Odyssee 2), and K.C. Munchkin (Odyssee 2). The Krion Conquest is a Mega Man clone (seriously, I hate that term, but in this case its true), with a Ninja Gaiden style cut-scene intro and in which the player starts the game with all the weapons. Warning: very difficult and no passwords. Alien Invaders - Plus is a Space Invaders inspired shooter in which the player can survive a direct hit, run under a barrier, and turn it into a new ship at the press of a button. If that was over your head, this is a bit more down to earth: K.C. Munchkin, an a-maze-ing Pac-man style dot chomper, has moving dots, and a maze editor.

- Blake Leftwich, gamebot