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'''''The Goonies''''', known in Japan as '''''グーニーズ [Gunizu], "Goonies"''''', is a platform action game from [[Konami]], released for the [[Famicom]], [[X1]], and [[PC-88]] in 1986 and later ported to the Nintendo [[Vs. System]] and the [[Famicom Disk System]]. I'm quite curious why Konami never released the game in the US even though the game was written entirely in English and fully finished only a few months after the movie's release. | '''''The Goonies''''', known in Japan as '''''グーニーズ [Gunizu], "Goonies"''''', is a platform action game from [[Konami]], released for the [[Famicom]], [[X1]], and [[PC-88]] in 1986 and later ported to the Nintendo [[Vs. System]] and the [[Famicom Disk System]]. I'm quite curious why Konami never released the game in the US even though the game was written entirely in English and fully finished only a few months after the movie's release. | ||
| − | I first saw this game as the Vs. System in the arcade room of Lakeland Arena in the late 1980s. I didn't have any quarters to play the game, but I | + | I first saw this game as the Vs. System in the arcade room of Lakeland Arena in the late 1980s. I didn't have any quarters to play the game, but I got to watch some older kids play it, and I thought it looked cool. Later, I rented [[The Goonies II]] for the NES and enjoyed it. Years later, thanks to emulation, I was able to play the Famicom version and found it to be the origin of many aspects of the sequel, but didn't put forth an effort to get good at it. Finally, I decided to hunker down and try to beat the game, which I did sometime around 2010. |
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
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===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
* The game is quite fun. The action keeps you on your toes, and, with practice, you can become good enough to beat it without too much difficulty. | * The game is quite fun. The action keeps you on your toes, and, with practice, you can become good enough to beat it without too much difficulty. | ||
| − | * Konami did a great job at introducing a large portion of the movie into the game: the Fratelli brothers, bats, | + | * Konami did a great job at introducing a large portion of the movie into the game: the Fratelli brothers, bats, booby traps, crazy pipes, a pirate ship complete with the ending sequence, even the octopus that was cut from the film shows up! |
* There are a lot of secret power-ups and bonus points to discover. | * There are a lot of secret power-ups and bonus points to discover. | ||
| − | * For a game without a save feature or password system, it is a good length. Not so long that you have to leave your system on for days, but not so short that you can finish it in | + | * For a game without a save feature or password system, it is a good length. Not so long that you have to leave your system on for days, but not so short that you can finish it in under an hour. |
* I love the inclusion of the [[Cyndi Lauper]] song [[The Goonies 'R' Good Enough]]. | * I love the inclusion of the [[Cyndi Lauper]] song [[The Goonies 'R' Good Enough]]. | ||
===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
* The black background is quite dull. | * The black background is quite dull. | ||
| + | * The hidden objects could have been hidden in a more interesting manner. Also, several of them have nothing to do with the game. | ||
* Some of the stuff in the game doesn't fit the movie like underground foxes, giant fish, and bone-throwing skeletons. | * Some of the stuff in the game doesn't fit the movie like underground foxes, giant fish, and bone-throwing skeletons. | ||
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* Nothing. | * Nothing. | ||
| − | ==Documentation== | + | ==Media== |
| + | ===Documentation=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Goonies - FC - Manual.pdf|Famicom manual. | Goonies - FC - Manual.pdf|Famicom manual. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| − | ==Maps== | + | ===Maps=== |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 1.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 1.png|Stage 1. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-A.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-A.png|Stage 2-A. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-B.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-B.png|Stage 2-B. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-C.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 2-C.png|Stage 2-C. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 2 to 3.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 2 to 3.png|Stage 2 to 3.. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-A.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-A.png|Stage 3-A. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-B.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-B.png|Stage 3-B. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-C.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-C.png|Stage 3-C. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-D.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 3-D.png|Stage 3-D. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-A.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-A.png|Stage 4-A. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-B.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-B.png|Stage 4-B. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-C.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 4-C.png|Stage 4-C. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 4 to 5.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 4 to 5.png|Stage 4 to 5. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-A.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-A.png|Stage 5-A. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-B.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-B.png|Stage 5-B. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-C.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 5-C.png|Stage 5-C. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 5 to 6.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Passage 5 to 6.png|Stage 5 to 6. |
| − | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 6.png | + | Goonies - FC - Map - Stage 6.png|Stage 6. |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Videos=== | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTDZcYt2PPE youtube.com/watch?v=DTDZcYt2PPE] - Longplay. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [https://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Goonies strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Goonies] - Strategy Wiki. | * [https://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Goonies strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Goonies] - Strategy Wiki. | ||
* [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies] - NES Hacker Database. | * [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies] - NES Hacker Database. | ||
| + | * [http://www.nintendoplayer.com/goonies/protos.htm nintendoplayer.com/goonies/protos.htm] - Nintendo Player - Prototype cartridge. | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 8 August 2018
File:Goonies - FC - Japan.jpg
Famicom box art.
The Goonies, known in Japan as グーニーズ [Gunizu], "Goonies", is a platform action game from Konami, released for the Famicom, X1, and PC-88 in 1986 and later ported to the Nintendo Vs. System and the Famicom Disk System. I'm quite curious why Konami never released the game in the US even though the game was written entirely in English and fully finished only a few months after the movie's release.
I first saw this game as the Vs. System in the arcade room of Lakeland Arena in the late 1980s. I didn't have any quarters to play the game, but I got to watch some older kids play it, and I thought it looked cool. Later, I rented The Goonies II for the NES and enjoyed it. Years later, thanks to emulation, I was able to play the Famicom version and found it to be the origin of many aspects of the sequel, but didn't put forth an effort to get good at it. Finally, I decided to hunker down and try to beat the game, which I did sometime around 2010.
Contents
Status
I don't not own this game, but I have beaten the Famicom version.
Review
- Overall: 6/10
- Best Version: Famicom
Good
- The game is quite fun. The action keeps you on your toes, and, with practice, you can become good enough to beat it without too much difficulty.
- Konami did a great job at introducing a large portion of the movie into the game: the Fratelli brothers, bats, booby traps, crazy pipes, a pirate ship complete with the ending sequence, even the octopus that was cut from the film shows up!
- There are a lot of secret power-ups and bonus points to discover.
- For a game without a save feature or password system, it is a good length. Not so long that you have to leave your system on for days, but not so short that you can finish it in under an hour.
- I love the inclusion of the Cyndi Lauper song The Goonies 'R' Good Enough.
Bad
- The black background is quite dull.
- The hidden objects could have been hidden in a more interesting manner. Also, several of them have nothing to do with the game.
- Some of the stuff in the game doesn't fit the movie like underground foxes, giant fish, and bone-throwing skeletons.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Documentation
Famicom manual.
- Goonies - VS - Flyer.jpg
Vs. System flyer.
Maps
Stage 1.
Stage 2-A.
Stage 2-B.
Stage 2-C.
Stage 2 to 3..
Stage 3-A.
Stage 3-B.
Stage 3-C.
Stage 3-D.
Stage 4-A.
Stage 4-B.
Stage 4-C.
Stage 4 to 5.
Stage 5-A.
Stage 5-B.
Stage 5-C.
Stage 5 to 6.
Stage 6.
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=DTDZcYt2PPE - Longplay.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/goonies - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies_(Famicom_video_game) - Wikipedia.
- vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies_(FC) - Music.
- strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Goonies - Strategy Wiki.
- thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php?title=The_Goonies - NES Hacker Database.
- nintendoplayer.com/goonies/protos.htm - Nintendo Player - Prototype cartridge.
