The Goonies 2
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Game Title:The Goonies 2
System:Nintendo NES
Players:1 Player
Genre:Adventure/Platform
Developer(s):Konami
Release Date(s):1987 - JAP/US
1988 - EU |
The Goonies 2 is an adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The game's story centers on Mikey. His friends, the Goonies, have been kidnapped by the Fratellis, an Italian family of small-time crooks and counterfeiters. Mikey must rescue all six of his friends and free a captured mermaid named Annie. The Goonies 2 features two modes of play, platform and first-person. Most of the game is played as a platformer as you work through a non-linear map. You move Mikey to new areas of the map by ladders or doors that may act as warp zones. Several different types of zones are found in the game, each with distinct enemies, graphics and music.
The game starts and you are dropped into the world armed only with a yo-yo and no objective beyond what the instruction manual states. The ultimate goal of the game is to save the 6 Goonies before you’ll be allowed to rescue Annie. How you go about that process and the order you do so is largely in your hands. The game doesn’t give many hints as to what you should be doing but magic locator devices will at least mark where the closest Goonie is stashed away. If you’re lost at the very least they’ll guide you to the next objective. Somehow the Fratelli’s have turned the once innocent caves under their house into a labyrinthine death trap full of molten lava, ice structures, and waterfalls. Add in demons and other mystical creatures and it becomes apparent Konami have strayed far from the source material for gameplay reasons, highlighted by the fact one of the characters you are saving is a mermaid!. There are warp zones throughout the game that will teleport you to different areas, there are minor RPG elements to the game as you’ll collect keys to unlock safes, bombs that can reveal doors and your health will increase with every Goonie rescued. The initial yo-yo you were given will eventually give way to an inventory full of items. A boomerang and slingshot will be your ranged weaponry while different bombs in limited supply can reveal hidden entrances. here are different shoes that increase your speed and jumping distance but the majority of the items you’ll find offer passive effects, such as the helmet protecting you from falling objects or a bulletproof vest that cuts damage in half. And the Verdict is...
Summary is, the graphics don’t hold up but the soundtrack is still classic Konami all the way, with a surprisingly accurate rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s Goonies theme taking the lead. The Goonies 2 is not a bad game in'all, the game itself can be quite confusing and the originally supplied guide and map only help out a little. No a bad game but no Zelda. |