[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Konami Arcade Assault
June 29th, 2009 by Benj Edwards
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Discussion topic of the week: What’s your favorite classic (say, pre-1996) Konami game of all time?
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Contra, hands down.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Castlevania III
June 29th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Time Pilot.
Well, maybe Life Force.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Cool games to me were Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa, Double Dribble, and Tutankham…
June 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I’m with medarch: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse for the NES.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
The two TMNT arcade games.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:13 am
wasted many many hours on Contra in NES!!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Juno First
June 30th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
A better question for me would be, what ISN’T your favorite classic Konami game of all time? and that answer is most likely Pooyan. Just about every other Konami game is awesome, and has a special place in my heart.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
You’re probably right, SirPaul: I counted Konami as one of the best publishers on the NES. It seemed like every Konami game I picked up back then was very high quality.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I’d have to say Contra, Super C, and Contra III took a ton of my time in those years. Beyond that though I’ve probably clocked way more hours into the Castlevania series. I also loved Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Just recently my friends and I started calling the Nintendo NES, the Konami Entertainment System as an inside joke. Sirpaul is definitely right. Konami put out many good NES/SNES games in their time. they coveted their status as one of the top third party licenses for Nintendo early on and that simple fact lives on among retro gaming fans of today.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Gyruss is my favorite Konami arcade classic (never reached Earth, tho’), with Rush’n Attack (Green Beret) a close second. Pooyan is best forgotten… we could even blame the guys at Centuri for making that one, lol.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
What a supremely easy question.
Castlevania III – Dracula’s Curse
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The soundtrack to Gyruss is just amazing for the time.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:17 am
I don’t get all the pooyan hate – it’s not Konami’s best game, but it’s simple fun. (did you know there’s a 2600 version?)
Anyway, my favorite Konami game is Castlevania II: Simon’s quest. Nevermind what the AVGN says.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:17 am
My two favorites are Contra and Life Force.
February 3rd, 2011 at 12:49 am
I can’t believe that Jackal hasn’t been listed, it’s the above picture for crying out loud!