It is this reference that bears the strongest resemblance to the goings on in Narita Boy. Of course Tron was a classic film that exudes 80’s charm and told the story of Kevin Flynn who was digitised into his own computer world. ![]() Another World (1991) was a game that was way ahead of its time and involved a partial physicist being teleported to a strange Alien world: the opening of Narita Boy really had me thinking about that old classic. Dead Cells is a fantastic pixel-art action game from two years back, excelling in fast paced action and beautiful pixel animation. I would say Narita boy reminds me of a cross between Dead Cells, Another World and Tron. Without these the Creator cannot vanquish HIM from this digital plane and so he is now spreading through this vast computer world unchecked. In the introduction we see HIM reach out from the digital world, attack the Creator and leave him devoid of his core memories. This digital landscape is seemingly a whole other world that was fashioned by the Creator, the person who you now race to save from HIM. In this title you must take control of Narita Boy, a young chap who is summoned from our world and transferred into a digital avatar on the other side of his computer screen. Ok, let us take a gander at the game itself. I don’t normally plug merchandise in this way, but this is a very special case that is near and dear to my heart. A donation from each copy of Narita Boy will be made to these three museums as well as other fundraising events and the soundtrack being available for purchase on various platforms. The fine folks at Studio Koba and Team 17 have been working with three gaming museums to help raise awareness of saving arcade machines. ![]() ![]() Well it just so happens the game I am reviewing this week is all about this very special era of gaming and is even helping preserve our legacy arcade machines. While I’m all for progress, I also love the fact there are people out there working to protect these systems that helped fashion the very fabric of modern gaming. With the internet now seeping into every facet of our lives it is difficult to justify having physical media cluttering up our limited space, so arcade machines are now sadly on the endangered species list. At our house we are superfluous in modern games with all their fancy graphics, yet here was my son and me having the best time ever on a game I played as a kid. Some of my favourite systems were there such as the Simpsons Arcade machine and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Two years ago I took my son to the National Videogame Museum (Sheffield) in the UK and we had an absolute blast.
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