Lost Levels Unearths Buzz & Waldog
Compatriot FrankC has been busy over at Lost Levels, using the forums to unearth a previously unknown/unreleased NES title from South Korea, 'Buzz & Waldog', and quipping: "Man, this Virtual Console thing on the Wii is kind of a bummer, isn't it? Who wants to play classic, good games that they've already played before? Wouldn't you rather play a crappy game you've never heard of?"
He then explains: "Buzz & Waldog is a cartoony platform game for the NES that was developed by Daou Infosys, a Korean company. The game was going to be published by Innovation Tech, the publishing offshoot of a company called The Ultimate Games Club, which was a big mailorder game distributor in the early 90s. If you can't tell by the screenshots, this game is actually really nicely made!"
He continues: "It's colorful, it's fluid, and it's really fun. And, amazingly, this game was going to be released without a coveted (and expensive) official license from Nintendo of America, Inc., just like those Jesus games you might have accidentally gotten for Christmas. Were this released, I would easily call it the best unlicensed NES game ever produced." And, more to the point, he's done YouTube videos of gameplay, too - that's just level 1, click through for the full set and lots of screenshots. Frank, you're adorable!









Comments
Not bad, although there were certainly no shortage of platformers back then.
Posted by: John H. | February 7, 2007 9:23 PM