Jeremy Parish

NES Works #045: Section-Z (Patreon)

Published:

2018-11-26 23:45:56

Imported:

2024-04

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capcom nes works section-z

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Getting ahead of the proper schedule here, I know, but I'm just so in love with this era of NES I can't help myself. Section-Z has always been one of my white whales, because the NES version is daunting. I think I'm eventually gonna best the Disk System version, though. I just gotta keep flinging myself against it and eventually I'll win...

We're very, very close to Zelda and Metroid now. Ohhhh baby.

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Section-Z retrospective: Tunnel visionary | NES Works #045

Capcom continues its diligent efforts to overhaul its arcade games for NES with a revamp every bit as admirable as Tecmo's fresh take on Rygar. A liner 1985 corridor shooter becomes a complex space labyrinth demanding patience, persistence, and a willingness to plot out some complicated connections, in effect becoming an all-new game—one diminished in history by its close proximity to Nintendo's Metroid and an unfortunate decision by Capcom USA to remove the save feature present in the Japanese release.