The lit fuses have no strategic purpose other than the bonus a lit bomb left unattended does not explode, although the onscreen enemies become faster the longer Jack is flying around and they eventually start to follow him at speed. Expert players would combine this with X5 'b's for the largest multiplier score available. It is possible to collect the remaining bombs in fuse order, the maximum being 23 (the top score possible on a level). It also delays the appearance of the game's bonuses and power-ups.īomb Bonuses are triggered when Jack touches the first of 24 onscreen bombs. Jack may also defuse an unlit bomb by touching it, but this impedes his opportunity to score the bonus for that screen. A player can score a bonus in each round by touching 20 or more bombs in the correct lit-fuse sequence. As soon as he has touched the first, he triggers a sequence in which another bomb's fuse lights up, and so on. NES Works has actually covered a majority of titles currently available on NSO, and you can catch up with them on the Games of Nintendo Switch Online playlist.Jack "defuses" the bombs by simply touching them. This week's episode is really just the tip of the well-timed iceberg. While NES Works hasn't quite made its way to Metroid, its companion series Game Boy Works did tackle a Game Boy conversion of Twinbee-a series whose initial NES release didn't originally make it over to the U.S.Īnd you can also enjoy this look back at Gradius, which doesn't include footage of the stage unlocked by the SP version. And both are better games than their reputations might suggest, as the latest Video Chronicles episode explains: Interestingly, both games come to us courtesy of Tecmo, who make their debut on NES Works here. On top of that, this week's episode also covers a game that appeared on NSO back at its debut, Solomon's Key. As it happens, this latest NES Works coincides with one of today's NSO launches: Mighty Bomb Jack. Snark aside, I decided to bump the next NES Works episode ahead to today, where it follows directly on the heels of last week's program (instead of bouncing over to a different platform chronology as per the publishing plan). Remember when we used to complain about only getting four or five games in a week on Virtual Console? Ah, those days seem so far away. It's three games this month, plus a bonus: Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, and Twinbee, along with an "SP" version of Gradius that bumps you close to the end of the game and gives you a fully powered-up ship. Today brought with it the latest wave of "free" NES games for Nintendo Switch Online. Mission control for retronauts former EIC of 1UP.com and taking dapper (and frogs) back from the Nazis.
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