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(quick author’s note: NEW WEBSITE! It was time for a change, and i really, really like this look. if you click on the menu over there on the left, there’s a couple of cool things, like a search bar, and the ability to see a list (and a link) of EVERY SINGLE GAME I’M GOING TO PLAY. you’ll notice, there’s a whole lot of unlinked pages. I’ll get there. (eventually) OK, back to the article.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to now, putting the games released in the first wave was easy. Sports games. Gun games, Robot games, and SMB. Now we get into the last six of the 17 original games\u2026and it\u2019s not as easy. I\u2019m breaking them down into \u201cAdventure games\u201d and \u201cothers.\u201d I know, I\u2019m creative. Please Venmo me cash in appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 3 \u201cAdventure\u201d games are one you\u2019ve never heard anything about, one you may have heard of, and a terrific tie-in to a Jackie Chan movie that doesn\u2019t have the name of the tied-in movie. (you\u2019ve also never heard of the movie) These games are Wrecking Crew, Ice Climber, and Kung-Fu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrecking Crew<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the questionably Italian plumber returns.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mario is back, and this time, he has a hammer. He\u2019s moved on from plumbing to carpentry, maybe? But the mustachiod, overall wearing Italian (and his brother, Luigi Mario) rejoin our adventure, and this time they\u2019re carrying hammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrecking crew is an interesting game. The goal is simple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wreck. It. All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really, that\u2019s it. Every level is a mix of blocks, bricks, doors and ladders, populated by characters that are honestly called Gotchawrech, Gotchawrech Jr (I assume they\u2019re related) and the Eggplant Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I learned this from the manual, which also names the fireball (Fireball) and refers to the hammer as \u201cHammer\u201d never using any articles, giving it a sense of formal naming that makes me smile every time I read it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario starts out near the top (but not always at the very top) and the goal is to smash everything smashable, while being chased by the Gotchawrech family, the Eggplant Man, and the aforementioned Fireball).  Some items take a single swipe of the hammer, other take 3 or 4. All the while, you\u2019re being chased by the enemies, who you can either outwit by moving away from, or by opening a door, which somehow swaps the enemies into a realm behind the main screen, where they\u2019ll continue to run around until they make their way to another open door, then return from the shadow realm and resume chasing. Fireball will randomly appear and move across the board, killing all the Mario Brothers in the way. When you smash it all, you move onto the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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