Congo Bongo

Wow, this is my third review of the day. What a productive day, where did all of this motivation come from? Well, let's stick with the old school theme I've built (anyone wanna party like it's 1982? Oh...wait...I wasn't born yet...oh well, that was a horrible party time anyway) and do a review of Congo Bongo. What you ask? Congo Bongo is another game from the Atari 2600/Colecovision era of games. This game definitely needed better graphics as you are routinely caught getting stuck or miss jumping because you just can't position yourself correctly. From what I've gathered playing this game, you are a safari hunter (or Safarier?) chasing down a gigantic ape (sort of like King Kong). You get points for every step you take (yes you heard me) and there's really only 2 stages. If you manage to make your way through the pixelated game and get through both, they just repeat, which makes it pretty boring. The only thing catchy about the game is the music. (I still find it popping in my head at the most random times).

The blurry mess of pixels gets a Meh and Don't Bother.

Wizard of Wor

Wizard of Wor is easily my favorite Atari 2600 game. It's actually one of my top 10 favorite games of all time. It's a relatively simple concept where you are put in a puzzle and have to find your way around shooting monsters. And like most old school games, that relatively simple concept is actually quite hard. The music really sets the eerie mood which probably is why I love this game so much. The game is one or two player which makes adds the fun of dominating someone else. Would've been better if they added an online mode. (Oh...wait...the Internet wasn't really around at this time...hmm...maybe a newer version could be made? I really hope so.)

Wizard of Wor gets a Gamegasm and a Buy Now. Definitely pick this up if you can find a copy.

E.T. The Extraterrestrial

This game is widely considered as the game that almost killed the video game industry. The game is buggy and unless you look it up online, there's no obvious objective. Now, I don't think it's quite as bad as people say, but it's definitely one of the worst. I know I was one of those people who would always get trapped in a pit, but after recently playing it for longer than 10 seconds, I did manage to make it out (after quite a few curse words). The only reason anyone should play this game is so they can just experience the game , that as legend has it, had thousands of copies dumped into an empty hole in the middle of nowhere so it couldn't hurt anyone any more.

Obviously a What a Piece of Junk and Don't Bother.