NES- worth Rom-ing

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The Goonies: Is it good enough?

Yes. Here I’m going to talk about Konami’s vision of the 1985 summer spectacular, courtesy of Pepsi and Baby Ruth. It’s interesting. This is a me thing; I’m not saying that it’s representative of anything more profound than that: for me, Konami’s original version of The Goonies – or more precisely, its arcade variation, Vs. The Goonies – is the idealized 8-bit game. When I think of 8-bit game design, what comes to me isn’t Super Mario Bros. or Choplifter, but a hundred variations of The Gooni…