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OCR Spotlight: Naju Overture (The Guardian Legend)

On 07/23/2014 at 06:58 PM by daftman

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This one is for all those bikini-clad women out there who also turn into spaceships

Naju Overture

From: The Guardian Legend

Remixed by: Russell Cox

The Guardian Legend was an odd little NES game that combined the white-knuckle action of a shoot-'em-up with the action adventure and exploration of The Legend of Zelda. It was a disparate match up but it worked. You'd fly through "Corridors"—the shmup stages—and then explore the new areas like in Zelda. The game also had a great soundtrack, and Russell Cox makes it shine as a cinematic orchestral piece. It's very energetic and adventurous and you can't help but think that something awesome is just around the next corner. Adventure!

Comments

Cary Woodham

07/23/2014 at 07:06 PM

The Guardian Legend was an awesome game. Compile made some great shooters back then.

daftman

07/24/2014 at 07:34 PM

It's too bad they're not around anymore. They were certainly masters of their craft.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

07/23/2014 at 07:42 PM

mmmmm bikini clad women who can fly me to Jupiter....

daftman

07/25/2014 at 05:35 PM

Well, Matt, um, I don't think, um, I don't think they give rides, so don't get your, uh, hopes up...

KnightDriver

07/24/2014 at 02:14 AM

I watched this review of it. Looks neat. I've got a pile of NES games I should play sometime. It'd be fun to go find this at my retro game store.

I like that OC Remix you posted too.

daftman

07/24/2014 at 07:33 PM

My first thought was, "Is her hair purple?!" Then I started watching and found out it's Erika Szabo. Never seen her before but she's been on a couple of episodes of Nerds Without Pants that I've listened to. That was a good review

KnightDriver

07/25/2014 at 01:49 AM

No way. She's on Nerds? Man, I gotta make room in the podcast list for Nerds. There's just so much time the day.

daftman

07/25/2014 at 05:37 PM

Just every now and then. I think she was on the Final Fantasy episode (which was super long lol) and another that I'm spacing on now. Sounded like she was on there a time or two before I started listening as well.

KnightDriver

07/26/2014 at 02:55 AM

I think I heard her too on one I downloaded a while ago to try it out. I subscribed again and listened to about a half hour of the recent podcast. I'm going to stick to it this time.