What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Athena- NES Version (Switch)

September 7th, 2022

I'm still feeling kind of foggy-brained and tired, so tonight's post is way too late. I was worried about what to play again last night, too, so to try to push past that, I got out the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for Switch. It's a really cool complilation, so there's always something to mess with on it.

My first idea was that it was finally time to beat Athena, which didn't happen because, despite the fact that it's charming, pastel, and cute, I always forget that I absolutely hate playing it because it is a barely functional game. Please note that I am so sure another attempt'll be made I marked today's new page specifically for the NES/Famicom version. Despite my many failures and frustrations with the arcade version of this game on PSP, I will eventually wonder if I was just trying to play the wrong version and then try the arcade version again. This loop shall never end.

After I gave up on Athena, though, I tried Beast Busters, and hoo boy, is that a hell of a game! The zombies had guns, the owls had zombies, and my player character was named Johnny Justice. All of it was great, and I am smiling just typing about it. In fact, I shut it off in stage two because I felt like I'd need to really be awake to appreciate how dumb it was.

All that being said, I am not sure it works well on Switch. The Joycon controls were pretty terrible proxies for the arcade light gun, and the total lack of visual or aural feedback when I took a hit was a little frustrating. I also don't care because devil owls were bringing football zombies to kill and eat a man named Johnny Justice, and that's the magic of video games.