Gremlins 2 The New Batch (Nes) Playthrough / When allergies can cause the collapse of civilization.

Gremlins 2 The New Batch (1990) by Sunsoft is is a surprisingly good game licensed from the once great movie called "Goblins." It is an action platform game that uses an unusual perspective for the genre. The top-down perspective is a really strange choice for a platform game where precision and timing of jumps is important...... but it succeeded masterfully surprisingly. In the game, we play the role of Gizmo a small creature that begins to replicate uncontrollably after contact with water. It's just that these replicants are simply evil by nature, and pose a threat to practically the entire world if the planet's surface consists of 70% water. And it only took practically one drop of water to cause chaos in one building . The game is surprisingly good and noteworthy as always is the soundtrack created by the masters of 8bit rhythms. I have to admit that Sunsoft made the best soundtracks for the system and this is undeniable. The whole gameplay is based on going from point a to b, collecting points after the adventure, thanks to which we can do shopping in stores scattered around the levels. In the stores you can buy a life balloon (this is to save you from losing one of your lives after a fall) and, of course, upgrade your currently used weapon. In the game there are 5 types of weapons, which we get mainly after fighting bosses, most of them can be upgraded once to, for example, shoot three or more projectiles in a row in different directions. It is worth mentioning that in the middle of the game a lot of emphasis is placed on platform elements.So you have to be prepared to jump wildly over platforms and avoid traps. Which may seem like a huge challenge at first glance, but thanks to the highly responsive controls, it's definitely achievable and even easy after interacting with the game for a while. Overall, I recommend it because next to Batman, it is definitely one of the best games using the movie license on the Nes.
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[@ArttuTheCat]

I had played GREMLINS 2 on my Amiga 500, MS-DOS PC and NES. The Amiga and PC versions of this movie tie-in were absolutely hard and frustrating 😹🕹️! The NES version is surprisingly good. It's even easier than you could possibly imagine 😹😺👍🕹️.

[@RetroMatter]

I didn't even know about the existence of the Amiga version. From what I've seen, it's not as good as this one, in almost every way. But I can say without a doubt that the Nes version is probably the best on the market.

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@RetroMatter You should also check out the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K and Atari ST versions of this game, too 😹🕹️. You might also check out the 8-bit Atari and Commodore 64 versions of the first GREMLINS game 😺👍🕹️.

[@RetroMatter]

@@ArttuTheCat I will probably for Commodore 64. Right now i'm not intrested in amstrad or zx spectrum. But i can change my mind in the future about it. Wasn't Atari 2600 version a unfinished prototype? Or it was Garfield hmmm... I don't remember right now.

[@salvador5223]

I have played Amiga version.NES port is way better.

[@RetroMatter]

Yes, this is one of those cases where 8bit completely destroys the 16bit version. In fact, it was a fairly common occurrence on the Amiga. Battle Toads, Tmnt, Castlevania, Contra, Ninja Gaiden II..... All horrible on amiga but great on Nes.

[@salvador5223]

@@RetroMatter Yeah Bro, Battletoads and Castlevania were bad as well