thordog
Feb 25th, 2007, 08:19 PM
The NES game Earthbound, now an infamous game to ROM pirates and Earthbound fans alike. This game was not actually released; the only place you'll find it is in ROM form or by buying a (the?) prototype from some fruitcake on Ebay for a couple thousand dollars.<BR><BR>I don't know about paying 2 G's for it, but this game is a great one in any case. Imagine a modern-day RPG where your characters equip weapons like Baseball Bats and Frying Pans, and fight off-the-wall enemies; everything from lamps to runaway semi-trucks to gigantic robots with Star Wars-esque names. That's Earthbound in a nutshell.<BR><BR>The graphics for both this and the SNES Earthbound aren't overly spectacular, but manage to look nice nonetheless and add a sort of cartoony atmosphere to the game. However, one of my favorite aspects of the series has always been the music. It's always very fitting to the current situation; upbeat rock-and-roll themes play while fighting runaway trucks, spooky music accompanies the graveyard/haunted house areas, etc. All of it is very well done.