Video Game-A-Day #1: Blades of Steel

[KingLouieLouie]

HeavyB3 probably posted one of the best threads in this forum in quite some time.... lord.. for some reason it just brought back several memories that I havent thought of in quite some time...

Anyone remember Blades of Steel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blades_of_Steel

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I know now that the graphics look ancient.. but by 1988 standards (when I was in the 6th grade).. it was revolutionary.....

I remember when I first purchased the game, it seemed like I was the only one in school who owned it... so... several of my friends would want to borrow... they would either exchange a game I didnt have to in order to have my cartridge..or I would just loan it out... in fact.... I even had a waiting list.. it was quite hysterical...

I remember this one time at a friend's B-day party.. there were about 8-10 of us taking turns playing against each other..... Well... there was one intense game that a friend and I played..and everyone was watching... it went into OT, but unfortunately I lost 6-5.. but lord.. it no one wanted to leave their seats throughout it.......

I still think its probably the best hockey video game ever......

 

[boisesuns]

Amazing game. Used to play it all the time.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

yep, best hockey game of all time.

Who gets to do game #2?

 

[Ryanwb]

This game with Double Dribble were awesome at the time, but if you go back and play them it's almost unplayable

:spoiled:

 

[Chaplin]

This game with Double Dribble were awesome at the time, but if you go back and play them it's almost unplayable

:spoiled:

Oh yeah, I tried playing the old Double Dribble and the old Lakers v. Celtics basketball games, and man, they were pretty tough to sit with for more than 3 minutes. I think when it comes to old sports games, you have to play the ones with gimmicks, like Mutant League Football or NBA Jam, in order to have any enjoyment.

 

[D-Dogg]

Blades. Of. Steel.

Great game...man, I had so much fun with that one. I have an NES still set up in my den.

Tecmo Bowl, however, is one of the few games that hold up and are still enjoyable.

 

[abomb]

I remember pounding the reset button 10x, just to hear it say "Blades of Steel".

Damn I was easily amused before the internets.

A-Bomb

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I remember pounding the reset button 10x, just to hear it say "Blades of Steel".

Damn I was easily amused before the internets.

A-Bomb

Or.. how about going in between the periods and playing that space shooting game.. or whatever it was... one of the first instances of a game w/in a game.....

 

[bratwurst]

I have always been in the minority in this, but I really liked Nintendo's version, NES Hockey better.

 

[abomb]

I have always been in the minority in this, but I really liked Nintendo's version, NES Hockey better.

No, I would say the majority prefered Ice Hockey. BoS was just different.

A-Bomb