Video Works by Jeremy Parish

Even if you don't care about sports, or golf in particular, you have to give credit to Nintendo's Game Boy adaptation of the sport. Rich in detail and high in quality, Golf set the standard for portable sports software. And in black-and-white, plaid doesn't look quite so offensive.

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Category:Video Games -- posted at: 10:09am EDT

You will believe... a radicool tomato in sunglasses shoving his way through a Boxxle-alike can be the star of one of the most surprisingly inventive games of the early Game Boy days. To know Kwirk is to love Kwirk. Now that you know of it, so must you love it. Amen.

Direct download: 015-Kwirk_itunes.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 3:20am EDT

 

Just in time for Halloween 1989, Tonkin House and TOSE bring us Malibu Beach Volleyball. This summer sports game means well but doesn't quite net a flawless victory. However, it does feature more exposed flesh than any other Game Boy release to date. So that's something.

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Category:Video Games -- posted at: 12:51pm EDT

It's the biggest franchise name on Game Boy since Super Mario Land. Alas that Castlevania: The Adventure is nowhere near as good as Mario's first portable outing. Join me for this video lamentation as we explore the failings of what should have been an instant classic. Then weep.

Direct download: 013_Castlevania_The_Adventure_-_itunes.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 4:07pm EDT

 

After making an unremarkable Game Boy debut with a port of Shanghai, HAL Laboratory returns in short order to grace the world with the far more spectacular Revenge of the Gator. Sure, it's just a single-table pinball game, but it shimmers with quality. Shimmers, I say.

Direct download: 012_Revenge_of_the_Gator-_iTunes.mp4
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 4:03pm EDT

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