NES

Yoshi

If you are a fan of puzzle games, you need to seriously consider adding this game to your collection, not necessarily because it is the best puzzle game on the NES, but because it is one of the most creative and it is very fun.

Yoshi isn't much to look at and the music is only fair, but a game like this doesn't require a lot of flare. Several skill levels and speed variations are available. There's a two-player head-to-head mode, but it's flawed. Instead of competing for score, the winner is the player who lasts longest, which does not encourage competitive play. Even so, Yoshi is a charming little title that should appeal to fun-loving gamers of all ages.

That's about all there is to say about Yoshi. The graphics are expectedly simple, and the choice of three musical tunes to play to aren't adequate. If I sound like a disgruntled gamer, that's because I am. I don't like games that spend more time in the marketing department than in the programming lab, and Yoshi certainly falls into that category.