Topic: Rare Ltd.

Wizards & Warriors was a ground-breaking game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that laid a foundation of sword-swinging, spell-casting, medieval fantasy video gaming fun. Ironsword follows the adventure of Kuros, the series hero, as he travels through four elementary realms in order to reach a fifth, final obstacle. There is a variety of enemies, each of the elemental areas is enormous and distinctively distinctive (fire level with magma flows and volcanic explosions, yes), and Kuros? actually, Kuros looks a little funny, but his jumping is fluid at least. However, its two biggest drawbacks are its difficulty level, which is immense in time and challenge but fortunately there is a password system to at least return to a level with previously gained items; and its hit detection issues, which mean that at times a player will not understand why Kuros just died and the enemy did not seem to be phased at all, despite the enormous Diamond Sword he wields. But despite these weaknesses ...

On this day in 1995, Nintendo purchased a 25 percent share in British developer Rare Ltd, beginning a relationship that would produce award-winning titles like GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark and Banjo & Kazooie. As the story goes, Chris (along with brothers Timothy and ...