Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure

A welcome improvement on the previous game, "Eskimo Bob: Starring Alfonzo" The graphics and gameplay here are pushing the limits of the NES, legitimately on the same level of innovation as something like super mario bros 3. I am impressed they managed to fit this much content, and variety of content into a single NES cartridge. I do know that they did some physical tricks using some extra chips in the cart to get this game to work, nothing unprecedented but certainly a rare and time consuming task, and they somehow not only got it to work, but made a good game with it. The key here is variety. The last game had the same unending 10 second music loop in every single level and after 3 hours, it really got to me. I don't know if they loop is longer now, or because different worlds have different music, but it was much less draining. There is a greater variety in monsters, abilities, and characters. Since Bob is missing, there's Alfonzo, and 3 other characters each with their own unique...

A solid NES platformer throwback with mild-puzzle platformer elements, and plenty of references for fans of Eskimo Bob. ...but that's not all you want to hear, is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpvWEja6I5E