Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, it might be a while before more Rare games reviews could appear on here. So I will review two more NES games. I beaten both of these games, gotten every stamp & every achievement. Also, they're vastly different from each other. They're not even in the same game genre either.
1. Digger T. Rock (1990)
You play as Digger T. Rock whose exploring eight caverns. Of course, NES had a few similar games like Super Pitfall but most agree this was better. I do recommend using some of the emulator codes since it's easy to die. It's not that different of a game. Like notable falling distance can take away a lot of health or you die.
You have to find a particular pillar then get on top of it in order to open the exit. But you have a time limit once it does to escape. There's small but a notable variety of enemies. You will get some stuff to help you out like ladder to get down the caverns a long distance without harm. The ghosts are the worst enemies because you have to stay in a location long enough for them to spawn.
Parts of this could work in your favor. You will have some trouble attempting to avoid getting caught by them. If caught, the ghosts will likely take you in between a gap at a height that likely take most of your health or kill you. There's some information stuff you do need to know if you want to beat the game. The eighth & final cavern requires a lot of explosives.
If you don't have enough explosives on that caverns you can't finish the game. Some parts of the path can only be open up by blowing it up. They still put a dragon in the direct path of the final exit. Thankfully, the game doesn't actually have bosses. I would say it's one of the shorter games within Rare Replay. The music is alright with the sound effects it's nothing special.
I should mention the bonus stages where you quickly collect the gems. At least, you have parts you can take it easy. Some of these games included no you can't. Digger T. Rock is a different color from the cover of this game which is kinda weird. It is possible to waste time as well as lifes to get more extra lifes.
2. Cobra Triangle (1989)
One of the first Rare video games ever made. Cobra Triangle has a great variety of stages you play. Like the racing portions, you don't even need to worry about coming in first place. You also get protecting swimmers, moving explosives to a particular location, making jumps and fighting bosses. There's a few bosses in this game.
For some odd reason, you technically fight an altered, red sea serpent later in the game. This also has the shortest time limit of any level. But you don't even to do much to make it through as if it's a bonus boss fight. The difficulty curve does depend if you got enough upgrades or not. Three categories of what you can upgrade does have a max level.
Both fire & force however do not. Fire is mostly changing which firing style you want. Force instantly repairs your ship, effects the missiles & temporary invulnerability. I don't even think getting to the max level effects the ending. There's some great stages in this game. I do need to talk about the final boss likely inspired by Jaws.
Funny enough, that console actually does have an Jaws game. Most bosses have a few possible spots you can hit em. But you have no choice to be in the direction path. The problem is parts of this final boss actually broken. He can instantly kill you even if you are technically out of his range. Sometimes even in the correct spot, your attacks doesn't work.
Also, like an actual shark the final boss will move around. You can't hit him until he appears to eat you whole. There's no question in durability wise, this boss takes the most firepower to take down. The soundtrack despite as little it may be was great with excellent sound effects. They reused the engine of R. C. Pro-Am 1 for this game.
Cobra Triangle also ends on a partly weird note. The final stage is fought on stage 24. Yet the game technically has stage 25. But all that stage 25 actually is more or less a cut scene where you rescue those loss at sea that's it. It's strange the final boss isn't on the actual final stage. The ending is fine by itself.
This is a surprisingly well put together game. I love playing games that originally came out on the year I was born in. There's just that extra added appeal because of it. Cobra Triangle does have a few notable location changes. Honestly, I really came to enjoy this game so much. It might actually be my favorite NES game in Rare Replay I'm not kidding, it really is worthy of the title.
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