With all the talk of the now-released Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a couple of outlets endeavored to reminisce about long forgotten games in the Indiana Jones library. First, there's 1UP's Retronuats, hosted, as always, by the splendid Jeremy Parish. Secondly, there's the Angry Video Game Nerd (formerly the Angry Nintendo Nerd).
Now, I'm not especially fond of his exuberance for buffalo diarrhea (nor his hideously long intro sequences), but the thing I like about the Angry Video Game Nerd is the sense of nostalgia he brings with him. I see the Nintendo Power posters plastered all over his wall and I remember the ones I once had on my wall as well (although, I was 10 years old at the time). Then there's the Ghostbusters episodes in which I remembered toys that I hadn't seen for ages (I too, remember how lame the PKE meter was). And really, there's hardly much else I enjoy more than nostalgia.
Anyway, the take away is this: I will never play an Indiana Jones game except in SCUMM or LEGO form. I think you'd be well off to remember that as well... Although I did beat Wayne's World for the NES once. Sometimes forcing yourself to play bad NES games can produce a modicum of hilarity (although it mostly results in frustration).
Now, I'm not especially fond of his exuberance for buffalo diarrhea (nor his hideously long intro sequences), but the thing I like about the Angry Video Game Nerd is the sense of nostalgia he brings with him. I see the Nintendo Power posters plastered all over his wall and I remember the ones I once had on my wall as well (although, I was 10 years old at the time). Then there's the Ghostbusters episodes in which I remembered toys that I hadn't seen for ages (I too, remember how lame the PKE meter was). And really, there's hardly much else I enjoy more than nostalgia.
Anyway, the take away is this: I will never play an Indiana Jones game except in SCUMM or LEGO form. I think you'd be well off to remember that as well... Although I did beat Wayne's World for the NES once. Sometimes forcing yourself to play bad NES games can produce a modicum of hilarity (although it mostly results in frustration).
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