Virtual Console Monday - Spelunker & Super R-Type
Monday, March 17th, 2008 at 8:22am by David
Two new games added to the Wii Shop Channel today:
Spelunker - NES - 1987 - 500 Wii Points
Wander through miles of uncharted caves in search of the legendary underground pyramid and its vast treasures.
Super R-Type - SNES - 1991 - 800 Wii Points
A galactic battle begins. The BYDO Empire of mutant extraterrestrials is back with evil intent and awesome power. Fight through seven challenging stages—picking up power-up items as you progress—on the way to each stage’s memorable boss.
Another SHMUP for the VC .. you buying?
March 17th, 2008 at 9:29 am
“shmup?”
March 17th, 2008 at 9:32 am
ben “shmup” is short of shoot ‘em up.
March 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
R-TYpe all the way, it’s an incredible game.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
No VC games for me for a while. I just bought the carts for Pokemon Stadium and Banjo Kazooie.
March 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Yea 4 R Type! Do these VC games utilize all of the TV screen? Do that put a 4:3 box on a widescreen TV? Anyone? Thanks.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am
R Type. Nice. But why are we caring about this when that other little game was released a week ago?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
r-type was my first bought game for the snes (games were still packed in back then and you got two controllers, which we can thank sega for the bullshit of one controller and no game per system) it is a classic and holds much nostalgia for me.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Super R-Type is good and seeing Spelunker in action got me interested in that game, too. It looks so frigging old-school.