My Childhood Memories

Once and a while i'll dig the internet for an nes emulator and a handful of roms to play some vintage games. They stay on my computer for about 3 days, than I delete them, only to download the same programs months later. There are about 10 games that really define my childhood, they are (in no particular order):

1. Yo Noid!
2. Bayou Billy
3. Contra
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. Lifeforce
6. Lolo
7. Super Mario Bros. 1,2,3
8. Batman
9. Sesame Street Countdown
10. Dynowarz - Destruction of Spondylus

I want to focus in on Dynowarz, sorry for anyone who wanted to hear the story behind Sesame Street Countdown.
Dynowarz was a gift I received during Christmas '89 (I am going by the release of the game) and for that reason I fell in love with the game instantly and played it all the time. As a child, I never knew the title, making it very difficult to Google. But amazingly "nes dinosaurs" did the trick.

I just got done playing Dynowarz - Destruction of Spondylus for the 1st time since I was six years old and let me tell you, it feels like yesterday. The game begins with no hesitation, and no story, as you find yourself taking control of a small blue man in a very dangerous setting: full of spikes, flying enemy pilots and levitating platforms. Intense.


You go through about 5 different rooms until you finally meet up with your dyno. This is where we see the true power of the nes...(when i saw this as a child, i knew shit was about to hit the fan)
now you play as the dyno for a level, where you fight off other dynos and gather new weapons along the way. Eventually, you leave your dyno friend for another level as the blue dude... and this continues through most of the game (though I can't remember how far I got, since their are no Game Overs I imagine pretty far). I have no idea how the story goes, but if i was to guess, it would go something like this:

You are a dyno pilot who must destroy Spondylus, a place full of evil pilots and evil dyno's. Hmm. I still love this game for all the great memories it brings.