Jeremy Parish
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NES Works #082: Defender II & Iron Tank
🕑 Added 2021-08-18 12:00:04 +0000 UTCHAL makes its publishing debut here, and SNK makes its developing debut, and the results are... pretty good. I don't think many people would mistake either of these releases for top-tier classics for the platform, but there's a lot to like about how these arcade conversions make their way to NES. At the very least, they're a lot more faithful than Double Dragon!
Comments
Colbin Erdahl
Oooo…Life Force teaser Watching this makes me wish there had ever been a rotary joystick for a home console back in the day. I still have never touched this kind of control. Looks like you can at least do a twin stick situation in SNK 40th collection, which I may now have to purchase.
James Jackson
What I appreciate most about Iron Tank is that it apparently served as a stepping stone for SNK's Famicom / NES development team to produce Crystalis, my favorite game on the platform (after SMB3). Several graphic assets / tiles used in Iron Tank were recycled or slightly repurposed for Crystalis, and both share some similarities in design. Great soundtracks for both, too, though apparently they had different composers.
