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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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The Robin Hood Nintendo game follows the plot of the Kevin Costner movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It is an Adventure/RPG. You play as Robin Hood as he fights to escape from a prison and return home. The game follows step by step through the movie and you fight to return to Castle Locksley, then over to Marian's home. You fight to escape to the forest and in various events throughout the game. You have to find newer and better weapons as well as items for healing.

One thing that this game does differently is how you fight battles. There are three modes. One is the normal mode where you are exploring and can run into people to fight. This is mostly top down, but from a lower height overhead. Most of the game uses this mode of exploration/fighting. The second mode is the melee mode. These are large scale battles (some of the characters from the movie also participate, but I don't believe that you can control them at all, my memory is a little fuzzy on this). The third mode is a duel. Several times throughout the game, based on events in the movie, you have to fight a duel. This is a side scrolling back and forth fight.

I'll be honest. This is not the best video game out there for the NES. My initial fondness for the game probably came from the fact that I loved the movie. The game is not extremely difficult and after playing it a couple of times there should be no problem in playing through the game and beating it. The game is mostly for fans of the movie, but anyone should be able to pick it up and understand what is going on. It just may not be nearly as much fun if you are not familiar with the movie. Not a great game, but not a worthless pile of garbage, either. I give it a mixed review and the game does not hold up very well over time.

This is without a doubt, one of the greatest NES games in history. It is SO fun. Based on the Costner film (loosely), kinda mixes RPG with other action games.

As an avid RPG fan, I had hopes of some pleasant times with Robin Hood. If you have seen the movie, you know the game. There are no hidden secrets, nothing to figure out, and not much difficulty to this game. Only beginning RPG players will enjoy this game. There is nothing memorable here!