Review: Changeable Guardian Estique (NES) – Shmups Don’t Get Much Better Than This On NES

A technical showcase with informed design sensibilities.

Regular readers will know we covered Changeable Guardian Estique last year and in May, and we were very excited for its release. We’ve actually had a review ROM since September, but we wanted to play an additional 19 games alongside – on real hardware – to fully appreciate what it achieves.

This is important because, post-obsolescence, NES development has often been lacklustre. Some examples are interesting, but rarely do they compare to Konami’s Crisis Force or Sunsoft’s Batman: Return of the Joker in terms of pushing the machine’s capabilities (Former Dawn being an exception).

Read the full article on timeextension.com

A technical showcase with informed design sensibilities.

Regular readers will know we covered Changeable Guardian Estique last year and in May, and we were very excited for its release. We’ve actually had a review ROM since September, but we wanted to play an additional 19 games alongside – on real hardware – to fully appreciate what it achieves.

This is important because, post-obsolescence, NES development has often been lacklustre. Some examples are interesting, but rarely do they compare to Konami’s Crisis Force or Sunsoft’s Batman: Return of the Joker in terms of pushing the machine’s capabilities (Former Dawn being an exception).

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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