NES Challenge - Gremlins II in 35:46 [177/714]
1Hot Damn! This is an incredibly hard game and I made it look easier than it should. Do not underestimate it!!! There was a lot of luck during the game and I really should have fallen down more holes as the jumping is pretty wicked.
It's Sunsoft and you get what you expect. Graphics and music are top notch. The controls are ok, this is a bit of a weak spot for them on this game. There are plenty of diagonal jumps and they all feel risky. The challenge is stupid difficult. I may have just gotten over my fear of this game and the torment it gave me as a kid. We were able to claw our way to level five in about an hour or two, but then I know we spent at least the next 4 hours on 5-1 and just got to glimpse the Spider Gremlin. We always continued though and never started over. You really never want to continue or us a password in this game as you go through 5-1 at a disadvantage. You want to be loaded with a few guys AND balloons if you can. I feel if you end up getting to the continue screen, it is best to start over and use the skills you learned to that point to improve and get further. If I would have had an extra life, I might have even tried tanking the boss.
Anyway, the difficulty spikes are no joke. I think the only reason I did this good is because I've seen a few speedrunners playing it for the Big20. I'm sure there would have been a few enemies that surprised me more and I probably wouldn't have been blindly shooting as much as I was.
As for a ranking, I'd place this in the Top 150. Definitely not a must have game, but a nice one in the collection particularly if you like the movies like I do. Isn't it time we got a Gremlins 3 in theaters, just sayin'.