NES

Ikari Warriors

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.

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.

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.