Earthworm Jim And The Battletoads: A Couple Of Forgotten Heroes Of TheWorld Of Video Games

We all know about the modern heroes of the world of video games, I mean who doesn't know of, 'Master Chief' from Microsoft's popular, 'Halo' video game series... And if you are a little bit older, I am sure you guys will remember, 'Sonic the Hedgehog' from the famous Sega series,  or, ' Mario' from Nintendo's legendary, 'Super Mario Bros.' franchise... (All though I will admit that Mario is as much a modern day hero as any of the rest of them!)

But I thought that I would go back through the decades here and I thought it would be fun to talk about two in particular that I personally, I think you will agree, should be brought back to prominence!

Let's get started!

At number 1: Earthworm Jim

Earthworm Jim, now here is a game that has been ported from just about all the great video game systems of the last 20 years or so, and has been also on Computer as a Computer game!

At number 2: The Battletoads... A popular set of heroes that had games on just about all of the famous video game systems of the era (Nintendo/Famicom, the Amiga, The Sega Genesis, Gameboy, Game Gear, and that is just to name a few!)

There are a ton more, these two in particular I decided to mention because... I mean lets be honest here, they are pretty awesome, and almost completely forgotten!

RoboCop Vs. Terminator (1993) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_385" align="alignright" width="353"] Official Score = 2 Devils[/caption]

You know I will say that crossovers in my opinion have always been a blast no matter what the format, rather it is, 'Star Trek & The X-Men', (which had been done in a novel) or even, 'Aliens & Predators', (Which there is an entire movie series that is based on this very concept!)

But there is one that I never thought would come out... Although I will be honest and say that the concept always seemed really cool! That is, 'RoboCop Vs. Terminator (1993)!

This game having been published by Virgin Games, originally for the, 'Sega Genesis', would later be released on the, ' Game Gear', 'Sega Master System', 'SNES', 'NES' & 'Game Boy'.

Now this game... (Which since I have only played the SNES format, I am going to use that story), tells of how in the future, 'John Connor' discovers the fact that, 'Skynet' (the Artifical Intelligence that is responsible for destroying the world in the future), has as part of it's construction some of the technology that had been used to build, 'RoboCop'...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409"] RoboCop Vs. Terminator... Unfortunately a long forgotten topic... Which worked for a fairly unmemorable video game![/caption]

So in the end, John Connor sends a soldier back in time to destroy RoboCop, but before RoboCop can be destroyed, he will have to face Terminators, OCP and other such barriers not just to his freedom, but to his very survival!

In the end, this game was fun, but not overly memorable... I do remember the controls seemed to be pretty easy to master, and the story is always fun... If you get a chance to give it a try, I do recommend it... Just remember that it is dated, so don't expect some new level of enjoyment!

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