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Posted: Feb 14 2012 07:51 pm

Recently, I added The Goonies II to my retro collection, and subsequently added the first game to my Powerpak. I beat the first game the other night and just finished the second roughly an hour ago.

I'm glad I was able to do it this way. Following up a video game with its sequel is way better than following up a movie with its interactive sequel. Given the solidness of the platforming, there was no reason for Konami not to include the first game in its western release lineup outside of Vs. arcade machines in 1986. Oh, and Syd, since you control Mikey Walsh in both games, that actually makes The Goonies II the second and final game where Sean Astin is the main character.

Also, given all the crazy stuff in II, one has to wonder: What if the non-existent sequel the game was based on actually did exist?

Posted: Feb 14 2012 08:37 pm

jprime wrote:

Oh, and Syd, since you control Mikey Walsh in both games, that actually makes The Goonies II the second and final game where Sean Astin is the main character.

Fixed: http://www.sydlexia.com/nes100/nes70.htm

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Feb 14 2012 09:11 pm

The Goonies was a style of game that, at the time, was quickly becoming dated, and with the restriction on how many games a company could release in a year put in place by Nintendo, it's not shocking they decided not to release it for the NES.

Posted: Feb 15 2012 04:30 am

Konami didn't start publishing NES games until 1987, they were focused on their MSX system and Arcades at the time. The Goonies was released on the Famicom in February of '86 and the second was out a year later so they just went with the newer game when they started publishing overseas.

I used to play the arcade version at a local bowling alley years ago. Played it again later on and it's still pretty fun. Actually all the games based on The Goonies are worth checking out except that flash game released a few years back where you drive the Jeep or whatever.

The C64 one is a 2-player action-puzzle game, like an early version of Lost Vikings. It's the only one that lets you play as all the Goonies instead of just Mikey and Sloth (MSX version). It's also got a level based on the cut octopus scene to further mess with peoples heads at the time.

Posted: Feb 15 2012 11:23 am

McScurvy wrote:

Konami didn't start publishing NES games until 1987, they were focused on their MSX system and Arcades at the time.

Except they released the NES version of Gradius in '86.

Posted: Feb 15 2012 01:04 pm

Konami released their first batch of NES games in Japan in 1985, followed by a second round in 1986 that also included some FDS games. They could have released some of their earlier NES titles stateside if they had wanted.

Posted: Feb 15 2012 03:09 pm

I'll give you Gradius, it was a December release and seems to be their first real multiplatform game. The only other games older than that to be released overseas were Track and Field 1&2 and Twinbee (as Stinger) in mid '87. I'm not saying they weren't making NES games before then, just that they weren't bringing them over.