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NES Works 122: Predator & Taboo
🕑 Added 2024-01-03 12:02:57 +0000 UTCI'd like to say that this week's episode brings you the sweetest taboo, but it doesn't! Taboo: The Sixth Sense is not all that sweet: A lightweight fortune-telling program masquerading as a video game. Imagine being the child who purchased this as the only game they could afford from several months' allowance based on the sweet-as-hell box art. Still, that's probably better than being the kid who bought Predator, a movie tie-in that aims high and falls flat in the mud. Sure, that keeps it safe from the Predator's infra-red vision, but at what cost?
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Vinushika
Absolutely fascinating pieces of software. I'll give Pack-In Video respect for making *interesting*, effortful and memorable wrecks, even if they still end up being wretched all the same. I wonder how many copies of Taboo actually got sold - is this something where Tradewest paid for the license and made some questionable return, or did they get paid a lump sum of money and told to create something video-gamey about the property? If the latter, suddenly this makes a whole lot of sense from a publishing perspective. If the former...I'm really curious about their sales numbers.
Diamond Feit
two legit fascinating entries in the NES library; I knew the first existed but had no idea about "big mode." the latter is brand-new to me and honestly, I might have gone for it! I was already interested in tarot by middle school.
