Topic: Was LJN the best 8bit publisher?

Maximum Carnage on the Megadrive disagrees with what you say

@Wavebro None of those beat em ups can match the awesome FRANKO: The Crazy Revenge

FRANKO - Amiga 500

yep this game here...is...something else

lot of people dont know about franko
i do but i wish i didnt lol

I thought you crazy mofo's would like that... While you punks were playin' the NES Ducktales the MABster was all over the definitive version

Ducktales - Amiga 500

@Waveboy: It's amazing isn't it that LJN lasted along they did? I guess we were to busy slurping down Turtle pies and drinking Crystal Pepsi to really notice.

Yo @MadAussieBloke, those Amiga games are awesome amigo!

I remember playing the DOS version of DuckTales and I didn't like it (maybe 1994, 1995?). I don't know if it's bad or I just didn't get it. I wished I was playing the GB version (since I didn't have an NES as a kid), but the game was long out of print by that point and I didn't know about FuncoLand.

I'd have to disagee with you on that. LJN published some of the worst video games of the 8-bit era. Just ask The Angry Video Game Nerd. Nintendo, Konami, Capcom, Square Soft., Enix (now know as Square Enix) Bandai and Namco (now Bandai Namco) were some of the best.

Why would I ask The Angry Video Game Nerd? He's terrible at video games and doesn't know a good game if it smacked him in the face.

Well, most of the games he plays are hard like Ghost 'n Goblins and Castlevania for example.

For as bad as LJN was, they did a great job of continuing to suckering us into purchasing their games. Everyone had at least a few copies of LJN games that I knew. Maybe it was the bright neon they used on their boxes that attracted us like Baxter Stockman to a street light.

@Waveboy: Yeah their music was top shelf.

I agree with you WaveBoy. And I guess your right Ryno.

He's a character.
So I hear James Rolfe likes Castlevania II despite bashing it in the Nerd videos.

I did rent Spiderman & the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge for SNES. Tried for a weekend, couldn't pass a single level (except of course the Spiderman intro you'll get sick of playing quickly).
Most annoying was the Wolverine level, where it seemed to just randomly decide if Wolverine is allowed to use his claws (which you kind of need to destroy the walls).

Interesting.

Yup, I know he's a character, I was just having fun with @TylerBH. Yes, he does like Castlevania II and so do I with some guide use.

Speaking of LJN and the Nerd, have you seen the Bill & Ted's episode?

Not yet, is it good?

No I'm pretty sure they're the worst XD

After the Angry Nerd's latest review, are we going to get a sequel thread "Was Tiger Electronics the best hardware manufacturer?"

Although LJN is not know for making the best games. I really don't find some of there games to be bad at all.