![]() ![]() I think I've got the same fond memory for this one as everyone else does: skinny dude, medium dude, and fat dude. The only game that ended up rivaling this excellent design was Konami's Blades of Steel, but the two were different enough to own and enjoy both (which is why you'll find Blades on this countdown). Every Ice Hockey player discovered their own perfect combination of men, and then it was on to the ice. You could choose from three different player body types, and outfit your team with any combination of them fast but weak Skinny Guys, brawny but slow Fat Guys, or well-balanced, middle-ground Normal Guys. This game of skating and slap shots was perfectly balanced, simple fun with just the right touch of planning and strategy to keep things interesting match after match. None of those games ended up having the lasting appeal and addictiveness of one of its other contemporaries, though – the first-party Nintendo sports sim known simply as Ice Hockey. Nintendo had a fairly diverse lineup of sports titles introduced for the NES early on in the system's life cycle, including 8-bit interpretations of soccer, tennis, volleyball and even downhill slalom skiing. Colin Moriarty, IGN Guides Associate Editor The Tetris cartridge was circulated amongst us and our various neighbors forever after collected dust. But when one of my favorite childhood icons, Mario, appeared in his own variety of puzzle game, I was hooked. Mario reveled in its two-player glory, and Nintendo's new hit proved not only to be a favorite among puzzle fans, but a game consumed by multi-player purists as well. Thankfully, unlike Nintendo's release of Tetris, Dr. Before you knew it, your screen was full of viruses with scant a place for your pills to go. Mario got fast and furious the further into the game you got. Mario presented gamers with a new puzzle-based quandary – how will you use the multi-colored pills thrown into play by a white coat-wearing Mario to eliminate the viruses plaguing your screen? The answer was simple – line up the appropriate colors of pills matching the viruses, and voila, they disappear. An interesting take on the Tetris formula, Dr. Mario on the console just in time for the 1990 holiday season. To capitalize on the puzzle trend, Nintendo threw its first-party hat into the ring and released Dr. ![]() Near the end of the NES' lifecycle, puzzle games were THE craze. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game Nevertheless, they’re more than worth it.Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Troubleīattletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate TeamĪ Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia On the downside, they require a great deal more ordnance. They also have roughly 2.75x more range than Kinetic Turrets. Orbital Kinetic Cannons: These 2×2 specialized defense platform weapons are unique in that they have a 360 degree firing arc, which means that no matter where the enemy is, all the OKCs will fire, not just the ones on that side of the platform. On a Small Defense Platform with three Kinetic Turrets, only one turret can fire most of the time, and on occasion, two turrets. The main weakness of this weapon on a defense platform is its 120 degree firing arc. There are several Kinetic Turret designs that come with the game/mod. Kinetic Turrets: All players start with the Kinetic Turret, making it the starting defense platform weapon. They are affected by faction traits, such as module HP, weapon accuracy, maintenance cost, etc. Since these hulls are used by all factions, a design created while playing one faction will show up when playing another faction, once all the modules used in the design have been unlocked. Although they can use the same weapons as ships, they’re most effective when armed with specialized weapons that can only be used on these hulls. All factions in StarDrive with the Black Box and Combined Arms mods have access to a common set of orbital defense platforms/stations. ![]()
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