Jeremy Parish

Super NES Works #029: Lagoon (Patreon)

Published:

2019-04-17 16:00:00

Imported:

2024-04

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lagoon super nes works

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Wow, dang. I really wanted to like this one. I didn't like it at all back in the day, but the reasons for my lukewarm sentiments had faded in memory, so I had hoped it would be one that impressed me more in hindsight. But no, as you can see here, I now have the context and vocabulary to better understand why I dislike it more than I did back in 1992. Alas!

This will be the last Super NES video until next year. I'm going to get cranking on the book!

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Lagoon retrospective: Bad ending | Super NES Works #029

Super NES Works 1991 limps weakly over the finish line with the third dud in a row. Lagoon makes a pitiful capstone for an otherwise strong opening period for Nintendo's 16-bit beast, a hobbled conversion of a fairly respectable PC game that suffers horribly from a single ill-considered new design choice. Oh well! At least we have 1992 to look forward to...