Jeremy Parish
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NES Works Gaiden 75: Jr. Pac-Man / Track & Field / Midnight Magic
🕑 Added 2025-01-01 19:28:39 +0000 UTCHello to you, now that you've slept off your New Year's Eve hangover and groggily logged on for the year 2025. We're entering January 2025 by looking back to... 1986? Games for a console that debuted in 1977?! Yes, I'm afraid so. But no, wait... it's not really true to say "afraid." I'd been holding off on coverage of post-crash Atari for the past few years for fear I wouldn't have anything to say or might come off too negative, but these games are in fact pretty damn good. Yeah, the 2600 looks incredibly dated next to the NES and Master System, even in 1986, but as this episode (and next!) demonstrate: The 2600 was a capable system in the right hands, perfectly entertaining even amidst next-generation releases. Who knew? Besides Atari fans, I mean.
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Kevin Bunch
I have extremely distinct memories of getting Midnight Magic and Jr Pac-Man from Big Lots. The latter one from a store by my grandparents, meaning I spent the five hour drive home obsessing over the box. I won’t say it necessarily lived up to the expectations that formed at the time, but it is a pretty solid game!
Faction Paradox
Informative and filled with Jeremy's unique writing, a great start to 2025!
