Jeremy Parish
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Happy New Year, and happy NES year (specifically, 1987)
🕑 Added 2022-02-01 18:55:00 +0000 UTCChúc mừng năm mới, as we say 'round these here parts. Well, not really "we." My relationship with the Vietnamese language is less a matter of pronunciation than of tone-deaf mutilation. But everyone else is kind about it, at least. Here's hoping the year ahead is equally kind to all of you.
As the new (lunar) year begins, I'm closing in on wrapping up NES Works 1987. At this point, I mostly just need to place all the background screen images I've captured and get it copy edited! And then it's off to the printers, hopefully by the end of the month. In any case, it should be a fine celebration for this lineup of games' collective 35th anniversary. That's a thing, right?
I've attached the cover to this post. As you can see, there's a lot of stuff in this volume! And the cover box art thumbnails don't even include all the NES Works Gaiden material that'll be included in the collector's edition of the book....
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Jeremy Parish
The spine text is Metroid orange, too. Soccer shows up as an appendix here, but it will be included in the 85/86 reprint omnibus in its proper place in the chronology.
TheyCallMeSleeper
That silver band perfectly compliments the Metroid imagery on the cover! Love that touch. Can't wait to read this one after following through the companion videos. Also, I'm noticing that you originally covered Soccer as part of the 1987 line-up before it was clear that it had been a 1985 launch title. Has that one been retroactively added to later prints of NES Works 1985?
