Trojan (I am NOT talking about condoms!)

by **MegaMike** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:56 pm

I'm talking about this game:

One of Capcom's very first cartridges on the NES, it's another port of an arcade game, just like many of Capcom's very first NES carts, such as 1942, Commando, and Ghosts N Goblins. But which legendary Capcom programmer made this game? Was it Inafune? Was it Fujiwara? Was it Okamoto? Who knows. Anyway, moving on. The game is a side scroller. Even though it's inferior in terms of graphics and sound unlike the arcade version, I like the NES version better, because it's easier (I only beat the arcade game ONCE using the cheat option on MAME). The game has a post apocalyptic setting. The graphics:Well, the sprites look decent I guess. The backgrounds and buildings are nicely detailed for 1986. The controls are pretty simple. Press A to use your shield to block stuff, press B to attack with your sword, press left to left, right to go right, down to duck, and up to jump. The music in this game is really good, just like Capcom's many other NES games. It's definately a batch of tunes I find myself humming every time I get obsessed with the game or whatever. There's 7 stages in the game, and all but stages 5 and 7 are divided into two parts. Each part has an end boss to defeat, and they're probably pretty hard for beginners, but once you get to know the game better and the secrets to beating them, you should have no problem.

Oh yeah, look at what item shows up on Level 5:

Also, there is no standard way to continue in this game. You get three lives to start with (you can earn more of course), and when you lose all your lives, it's Game Over. Normally, that fact would make people go "WTF?! You get no continues! What is this [bubble lead]?!", but it's not really a big deal in this game actually. Besides, there IS a way to continue. When you get Game Over and go back to the title screen, hold up, A & B, and press start. Simple as that.

During one part of the ending, you get to see all the bosses in the game, and detailed mug shots of them. It's a pretty good game. Can't really think of anything bad to say about it. Well, that cover art looks really putrid. But other than that, I have nothing to complain about. Like I said, this game is most likely very hard for beginners. I remember when I first played the NES version, I died alot. But the more I played it, the more I got to learn how it plays, and I've beaten it dozens of times.