You can hold your shield up high to block attacks and projectiles as well. Aside from standing and crouching stabs you can perform a stronger overhead swing. Your knight can perform a surprising number of attacks and moves considering the controller. Like the game that inspired it Sword Master places a heavy emphasis on combat. ![]() ![]() It can be frustrating at times, especially toward the end but all in all this is a pretty unique game for the NES. But where the NES port of that game was pretty bad overall Sword Master is pretty damn good. Even the protagonists and their animations are almost identical. They both have nearly the exact same premise, levels, and even mechanics. It’s kind of creepy how much Sword Master resembles Castle of Dragon. Activision’s Sword Master is a nice little hidden gem that has some of the highest production values on the system and gameplay to match. Plenty flew so far under the radar most still don’t even know they exist. ![]() Some of these are classics like Bucky O’ Hare and Dragon Warrior IV. Even with the Genesis and SNES hitting their stride there were many late gen classics released. Developer: Athena Publisher: Activision Release: 01/92 Genre: ActionĮven though it was pretty late in the system’s life cycle 1992 really was an incredible year for the NES.
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