Good LJN Games

[andrew8798]

We always hear how bad games were from LJN. But were there any good ones?

A full list


Alien 3 (NES, SNES and Game Boy versions)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II & III
Beetlejuice (NES and Game Boy versions)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES and Game Boy versions)
Friday the 13th
Gotcha! The Sport!
Jaws
The Karate Kid
Major League Baseball (NES version)
NBA All-Star Challenge (SNES and Game Boy versions)
NFL (Game Boy and SNES versions)
Pictionary (NES version)
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (NES, SNES and Game Boy versions)
The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES, SNES and Game Boy versions)
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES and Game Boy versions)
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (NES version)
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES version)
Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety (SNES version)
Spirit of Speed 1937 (Sega Dreamcast and PC versions)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (arcade game) (Super Nintendo and Game Boy versions)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (NES, SNES, and Game Boy versions)
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers
The Punisher (NES version)
True Lies (Super Nintendo and Game Boy versions)
Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
Town & Country II: Thrilla's Surfari
The Uncanny X-Men
Warlock (Super Nintendo version)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (SNES Version)
Wolverine
World War III (unreleased)
WWF King of the Ring (NES and Game Boy versions)
WWF RAW (SNES, and Game Boy versions)
WWF Royal Rumble (SNES version)
WWF Superstars (Game Boy version)
WWF Superstars 2 (Game Boy version)
WWF Super WrestleMania (SNES version)
WWF WrestleMania Challenge (NES version)
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (Game Boy version)

Maybe Maximum Carnage but was hard as hell

[Deleted]

I actually really enjoyed Wrestlemania Challenge. Nightmare on Elm Street was okay, so was Wolverine. And I'm the rare one that liked Back to the Future 1.

[andrew8798]

Only thing I really hated about the first one was that damn music over and over

[Deleted]

Did you know it's actually the Power of Love just sped up?

[andrew8798]

Yep

[eDemento2099]

Wasn't Acclaim a subsidiary of LJN, or vice-versa? Most games by Acclaim suck too, but there were a few good ones (Mortal Kombat II for the SNES/Genesis was really good, same goes for Re-Volt for the Dreamcast/PC).

Even though its controls lag seriously and the game becomes frustratingly difficult as you progress beyond the first few levels, I enjoyed playing the early parts of The Amazing Spider-Man for the Game Boy.

Maximum Carnage for the SNES/Genesis was better than average, but disappointing for being a single player title (The ads made it seem like a 2-player game, and one that would allow you to control other characters like Morbius and The Black Cat).

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Crash Test Dummies game!? What was the objective of that?

[andrew8798]

LJN was of Acclaim

[andrew8798]

Jun 22, 2013 20:18:41 GMT -5 @akeem said:

Crash Test Dummies game!? What was the objective of that?

Players start as a crash test dummy, it is attempted through levels filled with hazards such as cars and fireballs, making progress within the time limits set.

['Foretold' Joker]

Alien 3 on the Gameboy was quite fun if difficult top down adventure game.

WWF Royal Rumble was always fun.

[wakko]

As repetitive as Friday the 13th is, I thoroughly enjoyed that.

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Jun 22, 2013 20:19:35 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Jun 22, 2013 20:18:41 GMT -5 @akeem said:

Crash Test Dummies game!? What was the objective of that?

Players start as a crash test dummy, it is attempted through levels filled with hazards such as cars and fireballs, making progress within the time limits set.

It was based on the animated short, which you had to defeat the main villain at the end, who I can't recall the name of right now

[CMWaters]

Jun 22, 2013 21:09:04 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

Jun 22, 2013 20:19:35 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

It was based on the animated short, which you had to defeat the main villain at the end, who I can't recall the name of right now

Junkman.

I'm thinking that they made the game thinking that special would make it as a series.

[legendkiller1985]

WWF Royal Rumble SNES
WWF Raw SNES

[andrew8798]

Jun 22, 2013 21:13:05 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Jun 22, 2013 21:09:04 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

It was based on the animated short, which you had to defeat the main villain at the end, who I can't recall the name of right now

Junkman.

I'm thinking that they made the game thinking that special would make it as a series.

Wasn't there also a toyline based off it

[CMWaters]

Jun 22, 2013 21:53:48 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Jun 22, 2013 21:13:05 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Junkman.

I'm thinking that they made the game thinking that special would make it as a series.

Wasn't there also a toyline based off it

Yes, but there were Crash Dummies toys before the villains idea came about.

[andrew8798]

And looking at that list I said it before I always did have a soft spot for Jaws

[Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan]

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES)

I loved this game as a kid.

[Hugh Mungus]

What was the general consensus of the 8-bit and 16-bit WWF games by LJN?

The 16-bit WWF games (Super Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Rage in the Cage, WWF Raw) use the same engine, but updated with every release.

[andrew8798]

Were decent back in the day