So any machine can be a proper Snow Bros.
This game was released as a conversion kit only (often factory installed in a generic cabinet). The game has 50 levels in total, at the end of which you get to view a very simple (by 1990 standards), ending sequence, that shows your Snow Bro running back and forth between the two princesses, while a red sun rises in the background. These are a lot more difficult than the normal levels (especially the last one, which took me 13 men to defeat). Nick & Tom (Set 2)" to play this version).Įvery ten levels you will have to fight a "boss" creature.
Some machines also have a green potion that lets you fly around and kill everything in sight simply by touching it (under MAME you should select "Snow Bros. While the blue potion makes your attacks twice as effective. Most of the enemies are easy to beat, but some of them breathe fire, and are a bit tougher to get close to (snowmen do not like fireballs).įrom time to time magic potions will appear on the screen, and these will give you bonuses to your attacks. It is quite easy to get caught in one of your own rolling snowballs, but this doesn't hurt you, but it does take you back to the bottom of the screen. You can then roll the snowball, which will also take out any creatures it bumps into along the way. To defeat an enemy, you should get close to them, and then repeatedly hit your snow button (which turns them into a snowball). Play is controlled with a joystick and two buttons (jump and snow). You must defeat these enemies by covering them in snow, and rolling them off the screen. Each screen is littered with platforms, and several baddies. It is played one screen at a time, from a side view. has a very similar feel to the Bubble Bobble series. This game would have been considered a true classic, if it had only been released a few years earlier. I believe it is due to the explosion of fighting games in 1991, which pretty much overshadowed everything else on the market. This game has been largely ignored by the public, despite the fact that it is one of the best games ever made. Your mission is to guide Nick & Tom (who are a couple of snowmen who wear suspenders), in their quest to save two chubby little princesses from the clutches of evil. This title was licensed to Romstar in the United States, and was sold under the title " The Winter Bobble" in some markets. Nick & Tom was an arcade game released by Toaplan in 1990. UPDATES On Japanese dipswitch settings (Otenki Paradise) and Korean dipswitch settings, the portraits on the character select screen are different.Snow Bros. 2" (translates from Japanese as 'Weather Paradise'). This game is known in Japan as "Otenki Paradise - Snow Bros. 2, Toaplan faced a bankruptcy and closed its doors in the same year. 2 - With New Elves was Released in April 1994 by Hanafram Co., Ltd.
TECHNICAL Main CPU: Motorola 68000 16 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 3.375 Mhz), OKI6295 20.454 Khz) Screen Orientation: Horizontal Video Resolution: 320 x 240 Pixels Screen Refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette Colors: 65536 Players: 4 Control: 8-Way Joystick Buttons: 2 → Shoot, Jump TRIVIA Developed by Toaplan, Snow Bros. 2 plays identically to its predecessor the only notable difference being the introduction of three new playable characters - the 'New Elves' of the game's subtitle. A direct sequel to the 1990 original, Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves © 1994 Hanafram Company, Limited. Arcade Video game published 28 years ago: Snow Bros.
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