Well, this looks like the first review ever on Klassic Kingdom. The reason for the lack of updates and what not is because I was trying to think of something to review. I played a bunch of video games this weekend on ZSNES but nothing was coming. I just needed a sign, for God himself (yes, I am religious) to point to the video game to review. Tonight that happened. Instead of reviewing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, or even Castlevania for that matter, I found a video game to review. Smash T.V. I was just going to update a section tonight, but no,  I knew that I had to do this!  This video game is amazing. period. Only words can describe this. If one decided to put this review into a video format, the computer monitor would explode. So, good old text will see me through. Instead of playing this video game on Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, or even an emulator , I played it in the flesh on arcade.  My friend and I made the second and third top high score on it. But we only got to the second boss!

 

 

 

Obviously a 10 out of 10. It is intense for a late 80's early 90's video game. I mean come on, the goal is to destroy as many enemys as possible, and one recieves prizes for it. The prizes are quite comical though. For example, a friend and I were playing it, and in the upper left hand corner of the prize screen, it said that I won a 2600 inch T.V. Awesome. Original. Addictive.

 

 

There wasn't much music in this arcade game. Just the occasional catch background music and boss music. One very original and 90's sound effect was a slow motion voice shouting NO WAY! When a boss would fake dying or a ton of bonus prizes would appear. An 8 out of 10

 

 

10 out of 10. For an arcade game being created in the 1990, the graphics are unbelievable.

 

 

 

 

 

A couple of days ago, my new issue of Nintendo Power arrived. Now before this, I thought that all Castlevania gamers (me) were doomed every since Nintendo sold their rights to Sony. I was wrong. On the front cover of the issue, there was a picture of a new Castlvania coming out for Nintendo DS. I just about pissed myself then. A new Castlevania video game, that isn't for Playstation or some other crappy console!?  So, I suppose the announcement of the new Castlevania kind of inspired me to write this review over the original Castlevania.

 

 

The game play was addictive in general. Unlike todays video games that tend to spew unimportant background information about the character that will soon be lost and or forgotten, the introduction to this video games was like no other. The introduction video has Simon walking up to the gate of the Castle and preparing to go inside.

 

 

What is even cooler is the way that the video game carries on. As soon as Simon defeats a boss, a door to the Castle opens and the video game continues. It really feels like that one is exploring through a castle and slaying monsters.

 

 

The monsters provided a challenge, and were interesting in their own unique way. Now, let us not forget about the awesome weapons too. The weapons available to use are holy water, the double headed axe, daggers, and the clock that stops time. My favorite weapon in particular is the double headed axe.

 

 

For a late eighties video game, the graphics were far a head of their time. I feel that Castlevania sort of pushed Nintendo to the next level in graphics.

 

 

The music was very creative. Instead of just action sounds, or looping background music. The music truly felt like a piece of music (if that makes any sense at all.)

 

 

 

 

First off, this is the very first Handheld review written here at Klassic Kingdom. Above you my Sega Game Gear. Yes, I bought it off  of ebay. The price of the Game Gear was 26.00. When I first recieved this Handheld, I was escatic with joy. Not only did it come with Sonic: Triple Trouble and Shinobi II: The Silent Fury, but it came with Sonic the HedgeHog 2, STILL IN THE FREAKING PACKAGE FROM 1992!!!!!!!!

 

But to my dismay, it would not turn on. A large disadvantage to the Sega Game Gear is that all of the batteries have to be fresh. I just decided to put in four fresh batteries, and two half fresh. It didn't work due to that. So, I bought an AC adapter at first. If you want to get long hours of gaming done on a Sega Game Gear, I would recommend using the AC adapter. The life of the six  batteries in this beast is a meager four to five hours at the least. The graphics were amazing for  a handheld that was released in 1991.