NES Alphanumeric! #057: DAY DREAMIN' DAVEY + Darkwing Duck
5I live stream 8-bit Nintendo games on original hardware at least once a week, usually WedNESdays from 10–11 p.m. Eastern, and I sometimes play other games on Friday nights or whenever the mood strikes and I have time.
MINI-REVIEW: This game doesn't live up to the one I've dreamed about all these years. I remember reading about Day Dreamin' Davey in Nintendo Power (the Battletoads issue, which I read over
and over again)—and for some reason I was captivated by it. I was excited when I finally picked up the cart some years ago, thinking it must be one of those "lost classics," but I've only just tried it out and I've had a rude awakening—oh, it is so bad. Whether intentional or not, the visual style is crude and ugly, like a cartoon a kid might draw, and the gameplay has frustrating, glitchy controls and obtuse objectives, and is just generally not much fun. I expected better from HAL Laboratories, but this comes across as a boring mess. It's a playable one, barely, and the game has some inventive if not ambitious elements, but I just know there are better ways to spend my time. This is a classic example of a game that looks great on paper but was implemented poorly.
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UPCOMING "NES ALPHANUMERIC!" LIVE STREAMS
Day Dreamin' Davey - 3/21/18
Days of Thunder - 3/28/18
Deadly Towers - 4/4/18
Defenders of Dynatron City - 4/11/18
BONUS STREAMS (usually Fridays)
"Front-Loaded": Misc. NES games, including and especially homebrews
"Play it Old!": SNES, Gamecube, Wii, and games for other retro systems
"Dot Matrix Reloaded": Game Boy games via Super Game Boy 2/SNES
"Too Many Buttons": Modern games
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EQUIPMENT LIST
Consoles:
Nintendo Entertainment System — NES-001 (Front Loader/Toaster)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System — SNS-001 + Super Game Boy 2
Wii — RVL-001
Gamecube
Raspberry Pi 3 with Retropie
Monitor: RCA E13320 (13" CRT)
Capture: Dazzle DVC 100 (composite)
PC: Asus Zenbook UX305
Software: OBS Studio
Mic: Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB
Headphones: Sony MDRZX100 ZX