2018/8/28: Sega Master System: Aztec Adventure, Submarine Attack (Europe)

[VideoGameCritic]

Gotta get these summer reviews out before the season ends! Thoughts?

[Gentlegamer]

How is an average game (C+) a hidden gem?

[mbd36]

You referred to Montezuma's Revenge for Colecovision. You should check out the SMS port sometime.

[Stalvern]

Have you ever played Sqoon? It's a submarine shooter for the NES, by the same developer as In the Hunt. The graphics are embarrassingly primitive for 1987, but it plays very solidly, and I love that goofy title.

[ptdebate]

How is an average game (C+) a hidden gem?

C+ on the Master System at that. Is this the type of game that would net a D or D- on the SNES? Maybe the score is a bit too low...

[Retro STrife]

Typo alert on Submarine Attack. "Even" in the first sentence should be "ever". Subtle difference, but changes the intended meaning.

[Stalvern]

There's also "ancient history" in reference to Cortez in the Aztec Adventure review. The European discovery of the Americas was the beginning of modern history and happened a full millennium after the Roman Empire's fall ended ancient history. Better to just call it "history" and leave it at that.

[VideoGameCritic]

Typos fixed... thanks guys.

[VideoGameCritic]

Have you ever played Sqoon? It's a submarine shooter for the NES, by the same developer as In the Hunt. The graphics are embarrassingly primitive for 1987, but it plays very solidly, and I love that goofy title.

Thanks for the recommendation! I want this!
Sadly, it may need to wait until next summer, and I'm gearing up for Fall!

[Stalvern]

Thanks for the recommendation! I want this!
Sadly, it may need to wait until next summer, and I'm gearing up for Fall!

I'd try to get it now if I were you. There are a couple of listings under $100 on eBay right now, and that doesn't appear to be too common, going by the rest of them. The three complete box-and-manual copies are priced at $700, $750, and $800!