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   Hello all of you gamers and arcade loving people in the world. My name is Vizzfan23 and this is my Pokémon Red retro game review. Now on my last review I talked about a long lost relic of the arcade era which was known as Ninja Baseball Batmen. I was a great arcade that many people from that time had never heard of. However I really want to change gears and finally talk about a Pokémon game. What better way to begin then with the game that started it all. So pick your starter and grab a couple of potions because we are going on a terrific Pokémon adventure.

   Pokémon, one of the most iconic games of all time.  Everybody around the world have played these games. Whither they where little kids or mature adults, millions of people around the world have fallen in love with the amazing games. But I believe that the original Pokémon games where the best, especially Red. But how did this game get so popular though. 

 

    Well first off the graphics used in this game are some of the best of the extensive library of  Gameboy games. Many of the models of the Pokémon look realistic and the environment looks terrific for the system. However some of the Pokémon, especially Mew and Golbat, looked pretty bad. They looked like crude, unfinished sketches of deformed animals.  Even with this, all of the trainer sprites look good while all of the items look good.  So even with the few graphical hiccups that made their way into this game, I still believe that the graphics of this game really deserves a amazing 9 out of 10 with its great character designs and  brilliant environmental features. It was really good compared to other Gameboy titles like Super Mario Land and Harvest Moon GB 



   Now with great graphics, great sound should follow right? Well with this game it would be a yes. Much of the music that can be heard throughout your adventure really work well with the area that you are in. Even the music played when engaging a trainer are amazing for a Gameboy game. Even the sound that all of the Pokémon make are terrific. Many of these sounds sound like they are coming out of living animals. However, like ever game ever made, there are always flaws. Some of the music played in the game could have been improved or cleared before the game's release.  Even with this, the overall sound was good and was really fun to listen to. So with all of this put into account I would give the sound that this game brings a  good 8 out of 10. Much of the sound used in this game is great based on the system's limitations and really make the game come to life. 



   Now with a game with amazing graphics and good sound, how fun would this game be without a reason to come back. Well this game really gives the average gamer a lot to do. First off there is the "Story mode" in which you go on an epic quest capturing Pokémon and battling your way through gym after gym to become the champion. This mode requires you to train and level up your Pokémon to keep advancing which will really eat up your time. Just  playing the story mode could take you 14 to 20 hours of game play to defeat the campaign. However this is not the end of this gaming adventure. Even after beating the story mode, there is still a lot of fun things to do. There is a lot of Pokémon out there that still need to caught even after you defeat all of your foes. This, along with completely filling your Pokedex could take even more of your time away from you. All of this along with the ability to fight with your friends will keep gamers of all kinds coming back for more. With all of these options awaiting you I think the addictiveness of this "Capsule Monsters" title deserves a awesome 9 out of 10. This game will keep you coming back constantly to either battle your friends or to capture those oh so amazing legendaries .  

    Even with all of these elements in place, how did the developer bring a story, depth, and difficulty into play. Well Nintendo really loved the idea of bringing a great story along with a great theme. In this game you adventure all across the world as a young boy which only goal is to become the very best Pokémon trainer ever. This along with all of the many characters and dialogue which is presented throughout your journey will help you really become a Pokémon master.  However the depth of this title really brings out the story in a much better light. With the amount of different gyms and trainers spread around the world, it really brings tons of Pokémon along with them. With these gyms,come a lot of different Pokémon that will help you really feel like a trainer. There are even 15+ town that you will encounter during your journey which will help expand your game experience that much more. So with this in mind I really think that the story and depth of this game deserves a good 8 out of 10. The depth that this game brings really brings out the story in a very deep and entertaining way. Now where there is a good story, there has to be a difficulty to match. When you first begin your Pokémon adventure, most of the Pokémon that you will face will start at about level 4 or 5. However as you gain more badges and the more trainers you face, the stronger your opponents get . This is really well fixed into the story because the closer you get to your goal, the harder it gets to achieve it.  This really makes the RPG style play this game brings a success which is why I am giving the difficulty a decent 5 out of 10.

   So after enjoying this amazing adventure through this world filled with amazing creatures and a exciting story, I have finally come up with an overall rating for this masterpiece. I truly believe that this classic Pokémon title deserves a amazing 9 out of 10. This is an amazing rating compared to Wario Land ( It earned a 8.8) and Super Mario Land ( Which also earned a 8.8) which where other terrific games on this portable console. I would recommend that every body should try this game. 
   
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Hello all of you gamers and arcade loving people in the world. My name is Vizzfan23 and this is my Ninja Baseball Batmen retro game review. For all of the people that read my last review over WWF Wresltefest, you know that I think that Wresltlefest is one of the best arcade games of all time. Well since I love arcade games a whole lot , in this review I am going to talk about my second favorite arcade game. It may be one of least known games of the arcade era but still it is really fun.  That game is called Ninja Baseball Batmen. Hopefully you will enjoy this great review over a very underestimated game of a great gaming era.
 
Have you ever imagined a game filled with ninjas and baseball. Well if you ever have this is the game for you. Ninja Baseball Batmen is a terrific mash up of Double dragon but with baseball bats and living gloves to fight. Even if that doesn't make you excited for this game then maybe the fact that only about 20 of these arcade machines where made with only about 5 of those coming to the states. That would make this fun arcade game one of the rarest games of all time.

Even with the rarity of this amazing it would not be same without all of the terrific graphics that gives this game its awesomeness. The animations of this game, in my opinion are some of the best ever produced on the arcade platform. The animations really help the fictional feel of the game by making all of the living gloves and fighting playing cards makes me feel like that the animators really took their time to form this part of the game. The terrific color scheme of this arcade classic really makes the game come to life. What I mean by that is that would you really want to play a Mortal Kombat or Super Mario game without the great colors that make the characters and stages rememberble. Unlike many games, I couldn't  really find anything wrong with any of the graphics which helps the graphic part of the game earn a perfect 10 out of 10.

Although the graphics of this lost treasure are perfect, are the sounds of this amazing game up to par? Well as soon as you insert your hard earned money into the machine the game will let you know with a deep voice saying "Oh Yeah." Even after the game starts the sounds of the bats smashing into your enemies and the sound you make while running sound very clear and realistic. I mean there are very few mistakes in the sound quality like when ever you throw something at an enemy for a slight second the sound quality of the game drops very severely but is most of the time unnoticeable. Even though the drop in quality is very rarely a problem it still brings down the rating of the sound from what would have been a perfect 10 out of 10 to a nearly perfect 9 out of 10.

Even with the perfect graphics with the near perfect sounds that the game releases into to your home, what is the point of playing the game if it is bland and boring. Well this game is the complete opposite of bland and boring with its really bright colors and terrific beat em up style of game play. Right off the bat you really notice that this game really uses all of the common things that are used in a game of baseball they make into really fun and crazy enemies and bosses that will keep any form of gamer in the arcade or in front of the computer(to play the ROM version) for a very long time. I mean I have caught my self playing this game for 3 or 4 hours at a time. I really think that any body that loves the classic games like Double Dragon and Final Fight will really enjoy the combination of beating up a whole lot of baddies with the fun of getting to use ninjas. Come on who doesn't like ninjas using all of their cool skills to try to save the world. So with all of the awesome enemies and terrific style of gameplay that this title offers really helps this game earn its 9 out of 10 rating. 

Now even with the perfect graphics and nearly perfect sounds and addictiveness that will keep bringing you back to this awesome game, it just wouldn't fell quite right if this amazing game lacked a great story, a good depth, and a nice difficulty that fits in with the design of the game. The story of this amazing arcade game is a very simple one that the developer really makes it feel like that it  could be on the big screen as a movie.  One day an evil corporation named Jado which breaks into the National Baseball Hall of Fame so they can steal 7 different ,golden baseball items and use them to take over the world. The commissioner of Major League Baseball then calls upon the 4 ninja baseball batmen to try and recover all of the stolen items. See what I mean, that sounds like a terrific story that any person in Hollywood could turn into a 5 star movie. Because of  that I believe that the storyline of this game really deserves a very good 8 out of 10 rating.

Even with all of these great things like the perfect graphics and very good storyline where would this game be if there were no depth or any challenges for the gamer to over come. Well the depth of this game is what really forms the storyline of the by forming 8 different environments with 3 different parts to each which really helps this game one of the few games that can actually keep a gamer coming back over and over again just to replay the amazing story. The story however is the kind of story that slowly brings up the difficulty of all of the enemies and bosses until you finely get to the final boss which is so hard that it will take at least 3 or 4 tries to defeat him. All of these reasons lead me to believe that both the Depth of this amazing beat em up and the difficulty of the enemies deserves a decent 7 out of 10 rating.

So after deeply looking inside this long lost action/beat em up style game, what is the overall rating of it. Well after taking all of the ratings of every single aspect of the game into account I am going to give this game an very awesome 9.4 out of 10 rating. This is very high for an arcade game like WWF Wrestlefest (it earned a 9) and Mortal Kombat (It earned and 8.6) which it really an understatement for this arcade game. I would definitely recommend this game to every person I have ever meet.

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Hello all of you gamers and arcade loving people in the world. My name is Vizzfan23 and this is my WWF WrestleFest retro game review. I hope I'm not the only WWF/WWE fans on this webpage that loves the Wrestlefest arcade game. Now for those who have read my previous review i went over NFL Blitz 2001 for the Nintendo 64 which a whole different beast then the classic arcade machine. So please bear with me here as we begin my second review.

Do you remember back in the day when going to the arcade was the only way to play a video game. I may have not been able to live in a time where this was the only way to game but I do know that the games that where created have made a lasting mark on everybody that was heard of them. The arcades brought us many good games including the original Mortal Kombat, Street fighter, and yes even Mario but the one arcade game that left the biggest impression on my heart was WWF Wreslefest.

The graphics on this game where some of the greatest ever produced by an arcade machine. Before this game and the creation of the arcade machine the main character of many games where either pixelated people or just random objects that where given the power of movement. But this game brought us the first full sized models of actual people with a ton of different colors and designs which lead to the perfect arena. Well this is mainly true inside of the ring while on the outside it is a completely different experience. When you or your opponents is tossed over the ropes the arena completely transforms into a very cramped misshaped arena. On top of that all of the beautiful colors that you see on the inside of the ring are now all mixed up and make the outside of the ring look completely different from the inside. Even with these faults I think that the graphics of this game really deserve a very nice 8 out of 10 rating.

Now where there are terrific graphics don't you think that terrific sound effects should be included, right? Well in this case it you are wrong. I really thought that when I started this game that the punches and kicks would sound real but, I was very right. The punches are do sound like your superstar is actually punching a real person. This is also true for the running sounds and the kicking movements but the same could not be said for the superstars. One of the greatest examples of this is the Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior's voice is a really deep voice that is hard to understand because of the unauthentic voice. This really makes me bring the rating of the sound to a 6 out of 10 rating.

With great graphics and decent sound this arcade game would be nothing without a way to make you come back and play it. This game offers two very different modes that will keep even the most die hard arcade lover playing for hours at a time. The first of these two modes is called the Royal Rumble mode which is where you take control one of the 10 WWF superstars and must fight through a long over the top rope or pin "Battle" Royal. Unlike the other mode in this fine game, this mode provides a high score table which keeps track of how many other superstars you have eliminated. Now I do know that some of the other gamers in the world might want to play with there friends right?Well if you are one of those people, there is a mode made specifically for you. This mode is called the Saturday Night Live mode which lets you form a tag team of your own creation and allows you to climb through the ranks, and lets try to defeat the defending tag team champions which are known as the Road Warriors. I don't think I forgot about the playing with you friends thing because in this you and your friend can try to defeat the Road Warriors as a team. All of these wonderful things will help this games addictiveness get a rating of 7 out of 10.

Now that we have gotten the graphics,sounds,and the addictiveness of this great title out of the way, lets get on to the most important part which is the games story,depth,and difficulty. Lets start off with the story of this game. Do you remember the Saturday Night Live mode that I mentioned earlier? Well that is the story mode of this whole entire game. This wouldn't be a big deal if there where matches to play or something but there isn't. This also effects the depth of the game because it holds back all of the other stuff that could have been added to expand the game play of this terrific game. Yet with what it lacks in depth and a story it makes up with its difficulty. The AI of this game is very good at staying consistent with its play style. Every match will take a little bit of time but the final match against the Road Warriors actually bumps the difficulty of the game up from normal to hard. So with all of these hings effecting each other I am going to give each of these categories a bad 4 out of 10 rating

Finally we have gone over ever aspect of this game but one question is still left unanswered, which is what is my overall rating of this game. Well with all of the rating put into consideration, and with the gameplay and controls involved, I am giving this game a Amazing rating of 9 out of 10 which is very high compared to other games that where played in the arcade like Mortal Kombat (it earned a 8.6) and Street Fighter(it earned a 8.4) which it really deserves.This is one of the greatest games I have ever played and I would high recommend this game to everybody that I know.

So with that, this is the end of another Vizzed.com retro game review. If you know any good games that I should review, just leave a comment below.

Hello all of you gamers and arcade loving people in the world. My name is Vizzfan23 and this is my WWF WrestleFest retro game review. I hope I'm not the only WWF/WWE fans on this webpage that loves the Wrestlefest arcade game. Now for those who have read my previous review i went over NFL Blitz 2001 for the Nintendo 64 which a whole different beast then the classic arcade machine. So please bear with me here as we begin my second review.

Do you remember back in the day when going to the arcade was the only way to play a video game. I may have not been able to live in a time where this was the only way to game but I do know that the games that where created have made a lasting mark on everybody that was heard of them. The arcades brought us many good games including the original Mortal Kombat, Street fighter, and yes even Mario but the one arcade game that left the biggest impression on my heart was WWF Wreslefest.

The graphics on this game where some of the greatest ever produced by an arcade machine. Before this game and the creation of the arcade machine the main character of many games where either pixelated people or just random objects that where given the power of movement. But this game brought us the first full sized models of actual people with a ton of different colors and designs which lead to the perfect arena. Well this is mainly true inside of the ring while on the outside it is a completely different experience. When you or your opponents is tossed over the ropes the arena completely transforms into a very cramped misshaped arena. On top of that all of the beautiful colors that you see on the inside of the ring are now all mixed up and make the outside of the ring look completely different from the inside. Even with these faults I think that the graphics of this game really deserve a very nice 8 out of 10 rating.



Now where there are terrific graphics don't you think that terrific sound effects should be included, right? Well in this case it you are wrong. I really thought that when I started this game that the punches and kicks would sound real but, I was very right. The punches are do sound like your superstar is actually punching a real person. This is also true for the running sounds and the kicking movements but the same could not be said for the superstars. One of the greatest examples of this is the Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior's voice is a really deep voice that is hard to understand because of the unauthentic voice. This really makes me bring the rating of the sound to a 6 out of 10 rating.

With great graphics and decent sound this arcade game would be nothing without a way to make you come back and play it. This game offers two very different modes that will keep even the most die hard arcade lover playing for hours at a time. The first of these two modes is called the Royal Rumble mode which is where you take control one of the 10 WWF superstars and must fight through a long over the top rope or pin "Battle" Royal. Unlike the other mode in this fine game, this mode provides a high score table which keeps track of how many other superstars you have eliminated. Now I do know that some of the other gamers in the world might want to play with there friends right?Well if you are one of those people, there is a mode made specifically for you. This mode is called the Saturday Night Live mode which lets you form a tag team of your own creation and allows you to climb through the ranks, and lets try to defeat the defending tag team champions which are known as the Road Warriors. I don't think I forgot about the playing with you friends thing because in this you and your friend can try to defeat the Road Warriors as a team. All of these wonderful things will help this games addictiveness get a rating of 7 out of 10.


Now that we have gotten the graphics,sounds,and the addictiveness of this great title out of the way, lets get on to the most important part which is the games story,depth,and difficulty. Lets start off with the story of this game. Do you remember the Saturday Night Live mode that I mentioned earlier? Well that is the story mode of this whole entire game. This wouldn't be a big deal if there where matches to play or something but there isn't. This also effects the depth of the game because it holds back all of the other stuff that could have been added to expand the game play of this terrific game. Yet with what it lacks in depth and a story it makes up with its difficulty. The AI of this game is very good at staying consistent with its play style. Every match will take a little bit of time but the final match against the Road Warriors actually bumps the difficulty of the game up from normal to hard. So with all of these hings effecting each other I am going to give each of these categories a bad 4 out of 10 rating

Finally we have gone over ever aspect of this game but one question is still left unanswered, which is what is my overall rating of this game. Well with all of the rating put into consideration, and with the gameplay and controls involved, I am giving this game a Amazing rating of 9 out of 10 which is very high compared to other games that where played in the arcade like Mortal Kombat (it earned a 8.6) and Street Fighter(it earned a 8.4) which it really deserves.This is one of the greatest games I have ever played and I would high recommend this game to everybody that I know.

So with that, this is the end of another Vizzed.com retro game review. If you know any good games that I should review, just leave a comment below. 

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Hello all of you gamers and arcade loving people in the world. My name is Vizzfan23 and this is my NFL Blitz 2001 review. This is my very first review on the forum so please give me lots of feedback and maybe suggest the next game I should review. So without further ado lets get this review underway.

Imagine you go to your local gaming store back in the glorious days of the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Genies and your looking for a fun arcade style game where any thing goes and is just out of the ordinary. Well this is that game. If you are the type of football fan that likes a realistic kind of football game this is not for you. In this game there is no penalties, no refs, no rules just hard hitting football with big hits and lots of flying football gear.

Now with a game like this you do expect great graphics I'm I right? Well with this game you will not be disappointed. The logos of the teams do look like their real life counterparts and the stadiums are very good but there is some down falls. The players look a bit rough and the ball looks kind of lopsided but it really doesn't affect the fun of this game. Compared to other sports games on the System like NBA Jam the character models are way more advanced then any models ever seen on the system before (except for Super Mario 64). So with the advancements it brings but of the graphical issues I would give the graphics a decent 7 out of 10 rating

Now that we talked about the way the game looks, let go on to the sounds that will be pumping out of your computer speakers. With the experience I had with this game the sounds where very good for a game in this gene it could have been a little bit better with the Nintendo 64's build. Super Mario and all of the Techmo games use sounds that sound really clear while the sound from Blitz are kinda muffled it is still very easy to under stand the sounds of the tackles and other moves. The sound on this game was good it just didn't live up to the 64's sound system. So I give the Sound a nice 8 out of 10 rating.

Even with this games decent graphics and nice sound you would think they would find a way to keep you playing it right? You might want to guess again, my friend. Even a game that allows you to play game of football where you can do almost anything that is illegal in the real game there really isn't that much to do. There are 4 modes inside this game which are Arcade,Season,Mini games and Playoffs.The arcade mode is for the gamer that just wants to play a quick game of Blitz or that maybe wants to learn all of the controls. Next you have your Season and Playoff modes which are the modes that allow the gamer to play a set season of games and then it lets you try and win the Super Bowl if you can make the playoffs. I really think the Season and playoff modes are the main "story" of the game but I will get into that later but for now let's talk about the Mini Game mode. In this mode you can choose from a set of 3 mini games which will test your ability to score touchdowns. In First and Goal Frenzy you will be pitted against a defense from 10 yards away from the touchdown and have to try to score in 4 plays. The other 2 mini games follow a pretty close resemblance except they focus on different ways to do it. So even with the fun mini games this game will grow old in about 4-5 weeks which is a decent time span compared to other games of the time so I must give the addictiveness a average 5 out of 10 rating.

Finally the final three categories that almost every game has which is a Difficulty, a story, and a depth which shows how big a game is. First lets start with the difficulty of this game. Depending on you level of experience with sports games this game could be very easy or very difficult but the AI is very easy to trick it is just that the controls of the game give the AI a better chance of winning a game then they should have. Even if you do not have any experience in the sports genre the difficulty of this game gets a 5 out of 10.

Now for the next part of my review. We will talk about the story and the depth of the game. I only put these two categories together because if a game was a good depth it usually has a good story mode. Well in this game both of these things are very bad ! The story is just playing the, season over and over again with the games played may be change year to year while the depth is very small because of the lack of different weather and changing of the field as the game is played. These categories deserve their ratings of a 1 out of 10 and 2 out of 10 respectively.

Now that we have talked about everything that makes this game the game that it was released as lets give it a final overall rating. To me the good graphics and sounds really help the games different modes but even these couldn't help the short story and the lack of depth in this game.So with all of that in mind I give this game a nice 7.8 out of 10 overall. This game is a good game to play if you like arcade style games but if you like games for their story this game will not be for you.

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