Nostalgic Games - Legendary Wings on NES

[Brasel]

One of the games I remember most as a kid was Legendary Wings. My dad bought it because he was a big fan of shmups in the 80s. I remember watching him play it a lot. I loved the graphics and music. I don't think he ever finished the game. I beat it for the first time after I bought it about a year ago. I can get through it pretty easily without much trouble now. I remember playing it as a kid and naming the bad guys weird names like "Heartbeats", which where little manta ray like enemies, and "Stone Babies", which were the stone looking things that rotate in a group of 4.

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What games really bring back memories for you?

[mrz84]

I remember that game from when I was kid as well. It was fun, but I don't remember ever beating it. I think I was too engrossed by the backgrounds (they looked awesome for the 80's).

A few other games that I have fond memories of are Super Mario Bros (2 and 3), Legend of Zelda (1 and 2), Donkey Kong Classics, Double Dragon 2, Castlevania (2 and 3) and Mega Man 5 (it was the first of the series I ever owned, the others I had only rented/borrowed) and still enjoy booting these up and playing them to this day every now and then (like once or twice a month) whether its on my 3DS/Wii Virtual Console or via emulation on my pc.

[erm2003]

Ah old school Capcom. The music and sound effects for the game is very Mega Man like. Some of the sound effects are the same. I haven't heard of Legendary Wings before actually - or at least it's not a game I am familiar with so if I ever came across it I never would have given it a second thought. Nice review. I will have to keep my eyes peeled for it if I go NES game hunting down the road.

[Brasel]

A lot of the sound effects are used in the early Mega Man games too. I think I have some footage in there of the drill enemies that also appear in Mega Man 2. I'm pretty sure the sprites are exactly the same.

[erm2003]

A lot of the sound effects are used in the early Mega Man games too. I think I have some footage in there of the drill enemies that also appear in Mega Man 2. I'm pretty sure the sprites are exactly the same.

I am not surprised at all. I think Capcom and others did the same thing back then to keep production costs and time down. Use what you have.

[rock_nog]

I remember seeing Legendary Wings in some gaming magazine back when I was a youngling, but never actually got to play it until much, much later. I ended up being actually a little disappointed - the game had looked so awesome, but it proved a tad too difficult for my adult-gamer sensibilities. I don't know if it's slower reflexes, or the fact that I no longer have that dogged persistence I had as a kid to constantly replay a game no matter how much I sucked until I started to get good at it. I actually kinda miss that aspect of being a kid. Now it just seems kinda funny that, no matter how hard a game was, I'd just keep playing it over and over until I started to get the hang of its quirks - which unfortunately led to me giving a lot of really crappy games much more time than they really deserved, but I dunno, there was something about that stubbornness that I really admire about my past self.

[Brasel]

I remember seeing Legendary Wings in some gaming magazine back when I was a youngling, but never actually got to play it until much, much later. I ended up being actually a little disappointed - the game had looked so awesome, but it proved a tad too difficult for my adult-gamer sensibilities. I don't know if it's slower reflexes, or the fact that I no longer have that dogged persistence I had as a kid to constantly replay a game no matter how much I sucked until I started to get good at it. I actually kinda miss that aspect of being a kid. Now it just seems kinda funny that, no matter how hard a game was, I'd just keep playing it over and over until I started to get the hang of its quirks - which unfortunately led to me giving a lot of really crappy games much more time than they really deserved, but I dunno, there was something about that stubbornness that I really admire about my past self.

I know exactly what you mean. I've been trying to play through The Guardian Legend and Castlevania III, but they're both so hard and I just get tired of playing through the same spots over and over. I would play games like Legendary Wings until I had the hang of them, and then I'd be really good. I have no idea if games like Mega Man 2, Super Mario Bros, etc are hard because I've played them so many times over the years that I have just about everything memorized.