Ikari Warriors

This vertically-scrolling shooter lets one or two players play Rambo through several jungle stages. While the action is fast and fun, comparisons to the NES version are unavoidable. The graphics are much sharper and cleaner on the NES, and the animation is smoother as well. Fortunately, the 7800 gameplay is about the same, if not better. Still, the graphics do detract somewhat from the experience. For example, it's difficult to tell when an enemy soldier has been shot - it looks like he takes a few steps backwards and disappears. Still I found the control to be excellent, better than the NES. You use the left button for shooting, and your right button to throw grenades. The difficulty level is fair and the exciting gameplay will keep you coming back for more.

Rabatz unterm Weihnachtsbaum: Rechtzeitig zum Fest der Liebe gibt es ein neues Spiel der Hiebe. Ikari Warriors ist die gelungene Umsetzung eines knallharten Action- Spielautomaten, der eine neue Herausforderung für Fans von »Space Invasion«, »Rambo« & Co. bietet. Das Programm bietet eine spieltechnische Besonderheit: Zwei Spieler können gleichzeitig auf Punktejagd gehen.

The cooperative multiplayer capability was awesome, as was the ever-present search for vehicles to commandeer. Although not heaping in replay value, Ikari Warriors is still a great catch.

Here's a first. Actually, this could be an "only." As it turns out, "Ikari Warriors" is better on the 7800 than it is on Nintendo's NES. This version is faster, easier, and just more enjoyable in the end. That's about all you need for a quality product.

Just the right balance of playability, difficulty and pure mass destruction has been achieved, and, to use an all-time great reviewing cliche, it'll keep you coming back for more. Once again, Elite has come up trumps with this one (another cliche to tick off) and when you see the size of the box it's packed in, it could even be considered as good value. Maybe with a few extra touches of originality (difficult in a conversion, I know), Ikari Warriors could have hit the top of the Clapometer, but as it stands, no-one's gonna be disappointed.

In terms of difficulty, Ikari Warriors is no cakewalk, and I'd advise you to keep moving forward. Enhancing the action are lush jungle scenery and a superb musical score that's sure to bring back memories for many long-time gamers. The only poor aspect of the game lies in its embarrassing "death" animations, which are hands-down the worst ever seen in a video game! When shot, the pudgy enemy soldiers appear to float away while shaking their extremities as if they're dancing! My friend Scott best described them as "Pillsbury dough boys on crack". Besides that aberration, Ikari Warriors is a fine shooter that spawned two sequels.

Um avião com problemas faz pouso forçado em campo inimigo. Não há então outra saída para os guerreiros Ikari senão se defender do exército hostil. A cada inimigo ou tanque destruídos, são acumulados pontos e, a cada batalha vencida – que significa a conquista da base inimiga – uma nova batalha, mais difícil, se reinicia.

Le meilleur souvenir cependant, c'est encore sans doute ceux qui n'auront jamais joué à Ikari Warriors ailleurs qu'en magasin qui l'ont, parce qu'ils n'auront vu de lui que ses qualités, brièvement, juste le temps qu'il faut pour en donner envie et pour empêcher à ses défauts de s'installer.

Why you would play this instead of grabbing a bag of popcorn and watching a "Rambo" movie is well beyond my realm of logical thinking. If you really need the "Ikari" experience, just download MAME. There is little reason to spend time here unless you're a die-hard 2600 fanatic and can overlook the blatant and obvious flaws.

Ikari Warriors was one of the very first top-down land-based shooters to grace the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its combination of mindless shooting and simplistic gameplay made it quite repetitive, but that didn’t stop many gamers from spending countless hours blasting through the game’s seemingly infinite stream of baddies. Even today it is often referred to as one of the NES’s classic titles. I must admit that I did spend a good deal time playing Ikari Warriors during my youth, but that was mostly because of the game’s cooperative mode. Though, now that I am a more “seasoned” gamer, I have a hard time spending more than five minutes with the game because its numerous problems are much more apparent.

I can't think of too many good things to say about Ikari Warriors. If you're into collecting NES games, you may want to pick it up, if only to see the bizarre "boss" at the end of level 3. Just keep in mind that it's a very bad game with practically no play value of any sort.

I don't know why I actually played this when I was younger. I wouldn't consider it torture, but more a test of mental ability. It isn't the crappiest game on the Nes, but could compete for that title. This game has "the distinctive aroma of bovine fecal matter", and if you have a 10-foot pole around the house, don't touch this game with it (err...). Overall, Ikari Warriors was just another nail in the coffin for SNK.