Call it my contribution to the Philippine economy.
Until that happy event, I'll have to make do with my Power Wheel. In Kickle Cubicle's case, Irem already has several games on the Virtual Console, would one more NES classic be so much to ask? Or, barring that, at least let these games be enshrined forever in the Virtual Console Library. It would be a dream for some developer out there to rediscover old games like Kickle Cubicle and use them as the starting points for something new, or at least give the games a decent recreation with a little more dignity than a "Conquer South Pole" sort of title can afford them.
NINTENDO PLUG AND PLAY SOFTWARE
If there was a software museum for old games to be preserved so that future generations wouldn't have to remember Kickle Cubicle by these lackluster knockoffs it would be ideal, but I know of none. The Conquer South Pole Clone: I couldn't believe my eyes I can't help but feel that it's a travesty that one of my favorite NES puzzlers has come to this, remembered almost 20 years later in a barebones clone that almost seems as if it predates the original game. Many of Kickle Cubicle's more advanced mechanics are missing, the graphics and sound are sub 8-bit (4-bit?), the AI is simple, hit detection is off, and there are bugs. Instead of our coated protagonist there's an alligator in overalls and instead of a Nintendo controller there's a black-and-yellow wheel… thing. "Conquer South Pole" is only a pale shadow of what Kickle Cubicle was. That aspect alone is still the basis for many happy childhood memories, and it is gameplay that deserves to be preserved, or even expanded upon.īut that's not what "Conquer South Pole" does. I love Kickle Cubicle, and the basic mechanic of freezing opponents and then launching them into the water to form new ice to walk on is still evident in WinFun's knockoff. I was excited to discover "Conquer South Pole," as the clone was called. The WinFun Power Wheel, and yes, that gear shift is functional. I wasn't supposed to find it during my vacation in the Philippines in the form of a barely recognizable knockoff amongst the "30 games" included in the WinFun Plug & Play Power Wheel, a product of China. Kickle Cubicle comprised some of my fondest childhood memories
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