Amagon

So I'm moving along with more Nintendo games with Amagon.  Developed by Aicom and published by Vic Tokai, Amagon was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in April 1989.  The game is a basic action platformer.

You play as the the marine Amagon whose plane has crashed on some random island.  Amagon isn't very lucky, as his rescue ship has landed on the other side of the island, and now he must run across the entire island to reach it.  You travel across the island with your rifle, trying to reach your rescue ship.  There are power ups you can get to cause yourself to become much larger without the ability to use your gun but instead are given huge punches that do more damage. 

So I start running across the island to get through the level.  The enemies are very simple at the beginning with spiders who fall out of trees at you and some random jumping mushrooms that start to jump higher as you get closer.  The first level begins very simply as you keep going and it's just a matter of shooting the different enemies and not being hit.  A bit further in the stage your reaction is tested just a bit as some birds fly towards you, but then it's just a matter of shooting a few times as they fly straight at you. 

A bit after that there is a section where a flying beetle spits at you as a spider chases you from behind.  It is a matter of dodging the beetle's attack while still trying to turn around to kill the spider.  The game is a bit kind in that there are multiple checkpoints and an unlimited number of continues.  But as you continue you keep moving across the island, avoiding more birds and starting to jump across coral to get further towards your rescue ship. 

And so another game is played and I'm realizing how little can be said about some of these Nintendo games, but I'm still going to be playing them and getting through the games.  But this day is done and another game comes tomorrow.  Adios for today though.