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04/13/2004: Jaws: The Nintendo Game.

The first guess was right, here’s my review of the Jaws Nintendo game, where we battled with the world’s most famous shark using spears, bombs, strobes and our own two hands. A pretty terrible game that still managed to bewitch a few people, it’s hard not to appreciate an attempt to get Jaws out there in any way possible. Review includes Mrs. Sbaitso’s audio version, and a lot of images aligned jusssst right.

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Lonewolf, Yes! Zombies ate my neighbors is one of my favorite SNES games, still play it a lot. I remember buying mine when Halloween was nearing way back when.

Ghosted by Goonie4Life @ 04/14/2004 10:49 PM EDT

I believe the first video game I ever bought with my own money was Goonies 2 for Nintendo. It was a decent game. Really weird, but decent.

Ghosted by beSharp @ 04/15/2004 12:24 PM EDT

I don’t know what the first game I bought was… My parents let me pick games, and paid for it with my birthday/Christmas money without me realizing it… I’m currently the proud owner of 252 videogames, a few PC games and a nearly a gig of roms of games I missed out on due to buying games based on boxart, and having no income as a kid.

Ghosted by RewolfJ @ 04/15/2004 3:09 AM EDT

To correct a statement earlier. Maximo is not the sequel to Ghost and Goblins. Instead Ghouls and Ghosts and Super Gouls and Ghosts is all part of the Ghosts and goblins trilogy. Maximo is just a cheap rip off claiming to be it. I was not impressed with the game. It stunk to Hell.

Ghosted by Rowan Steele @ 04/15/2004 8:33 AM EDT

Three year reader, first time writer- I just had to say that I will always have a place in my heart for LJN. Back in the day, my Dad was friends with the guy that ran the LJN warehouse at Port Newark, NJ and we got almost anything made by them for free. (My Dad was a cop, maybe he was really bad at being on the take and accepted toys- never thought about it) We got their Nintendo games, the rubber WWF guys, Thundercats, and a Michael Jackson microphone that was supposed to make your voice come out of the radio- though the thing didn’t work nearly as well as it did for Bart Simpson.

Anyway, I had T &C Surf Design before I even had a Nintendo. What torture for a 12 year old to get a game for the hottest thing around and not be able to use it! Also got Jaws, Friday the 13th and Back to the Future for free. Yes, they all sucked in their own way, but the thing is that we didn’t know any better at the time. I got a lot of use out of a lot of crappy games. I remember being amazed at title screens just because Atari didn’t have them.

Ghosted by KJB @ 04/15/2004 9:32 AM EDT

You know how everybody has a "rich friend" growing up? Even if you’re upper middle class, you still had a "rich friend"

Well, my rich friend had one of those sweet projector TVs (the kind that projected from the floor, so nobody could be in the room while you were watching TV unless you were on the sofa right behind the projector.

Anyway, despite being rich (this TV was in the game room… which was basically the whole 3rd floor) he always had the worst games. I remember being kind of bummed, because going to a rich kid’s house, you should always be playing the best games, but it was always Jaws and 1942.

by the time I was there for a couple of hours, I just wanted to go home and play zelda.

Ghosted by Chopstick Sensei @ 04/15/2004 11:52 AM EDT

I here you there chopstick sensei. Although I didn’t have a "rich" friend, cause I live in the ghetto where the only "rich" people are the drug dealers. But we still went over to each other’s houses to get in some good gaming. We usually left because we would end up playing Double Dare, and the control response on that game was horrific and every time I’d be on the final challenge it’d screw me over big. Damn that Double Dare obstical course. But I always wanted to go on the real show….that’ve been mondo to the max.

Ghosted by Lonewolf @ 04/15/2004 2:30 PM EDT

We had this game, and I can tell you out of a million tries I NEVER was able to stab that overgrown fish. I always that it was downright impossible. That screenshot was the first time I’d seen it!

Ghosted by Fearless Freep @ 04/15/2004 5:30 PM EDT

I had this game. I bought for $20 and beat it in about 2 days. I kind of liked it though.

Ghosted by Nate @ 04/15/2004 7:03 PM EDT

I should probably add that that was the only time in which I was ever able to beat the game. I couldn’t poke that damn fish after that.

And Matt, that Sbaitso thing is damn creepy. I hope I never have to actually see one of those. Especially not in a store, because I know I’ll buy it.

Ghosted by Nate @ 04/15/2004 7:19 PM EDT

I think that the first game I bought myself was Super Mario Land 2 for Game Boy. The damn space level that scrolled would kick Mario’s ass every time.

Ghosted by JG! @ 04/15/2004 9:11 PM EDT

Chopstick Sensei: "You know how everybody has a ‘rich friend’ growing up? Even if you’re upper middle class, you still had a ‘rich friend’"

I don’t think I’ve ever known a rich person, ever. And I live in a major city. Your statement is false…

Ghosted by Mars @ 04/16/2004 2:29 AM EDT

Greens
Circle I Limbo

General asshats
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

Bill Clinton
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

Democrats
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Libertarians
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Republicans
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

George Bush
Circle VII Burning Sands

Osama bin Laden
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Saddam Hussein
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

Ghosted by My personal hell @ 04/16/2004 6:33 AM EDT

Don’t lump us Libertarians in with those other jackasses. Since you left it out, I am guessing you are a socialist?

Ghosted by ..."... @ 04/16/2004 2:58 PM EDT

Sorry, just checked out the link and the options you had.

Ghosted by ..."... @ 04/16/2004 3:01 PM EDT

Man goes in submarine. Submarine goes into the pixels. Shark’s in the pixels. Our shark.

Ghosted by RedBaron @ 04/16/2004 3:02 PM EDT

LOL @ BubbleYum commercial.

Ghosted by midback @ 04/16/2004 3:50 PM EDT

I don’t think I ever had to buy a game, my brother bought all of the games. But I think the first one he bought was Little Nemo. I hated that game. That too, was another game I could never beat. I think I could only make it to Level 3. The only games I was ever good at were the Super Mario games, Castlevania, Contra, and duck tales. Yea for me…

Ghosted by BettieBoo @ 04/16/2004 5:03 PM EDT

I guess I must have been one of the few to complete the Ghostbusters game. Oh and where’s PART IV OF THE CHIA PET PLOT?

Ghosted by Liam @ 04/16/2004 5:53 PM EDT

You beat it in 12 seconds. I must have only played it for 11 seconds. I could not get past the first stage. Same for Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm st for NES.

Ghosted by mex304 @ 04/18/2004 4:27 AM EDT

*SIGH*!!!!!!!!!!
AS ALWAYS!!! U GET TO OPEN UP THAT TREASURE CHEST CALLED CHILDHOOD AND BRING BACK THOSE GOOD MEMORIES BACK TO LIFE, I REMEMBER RENTING JAWS (ACTUALLY, IT WAS MY FIRST RENTAL EVER!!!, IN A PLACE CALLED MAJOR VIDEO HERE IN EL PASO, TX, I RENTED IT ALONG WITH MEGAMAN, PUNCH OUT, AND KID IKARUS ) I STILL REMEMBER!!!!!!! THANX MAN!!!

Ghosted by Rigormortis!!! @ 04/19/2004 6:44 AM EDT

Double O Fresh. But this article begs the question: When will you review LJN’s Karate Kid NES game?

Ghosted by Slacker @ 04/19/2004 1:43 PM EDT

I knew a friend in New Jersey that had this game. Of course, we had no idea what we were supposed to do in this game so it didn’t hold our attention for very long.

Ghosted by Bert Raccoon @ 04/19/2004 5:06 PM EDT

Joe, I remember Pirates, I rented it once. It was a damn great game.

Ghosted by Bright Noah @ 04/19/2004 10:12 PM EDT

man i feel old..my first games that i saved up for and bought were for the intellivision…

Ghosted by cycoyuk @ 04/22/2004 10:39 AM EDT

Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 04/22/2004 3:27 PM EDT

I can’t believe this game got out on the market….it makes for some great comedy though.

Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 04/22/2004 3:41 PM EDT

That was a fun read! I remember our Mall had a display where you could try out the latest Nintendo games, but only for about 45 seconds, then it would reset. Needless to say, trying to play JAWS on that was near impossible. I’m glad to see I wasn’t missing much!

Ghosted by robert berry @ 05/06/2004 11:14 AM EDT

They had this game and Wally Bear and the No! Gang at my Dentists office and this game is the one reason why i have perfect oral hygene! And the Reason I stayed off Drugs! Nope just kidding i didn’t do either one.

Ghosted by Megatron @ 05/17/2004 3:37 PM EDT

thanks gor the information

Ghosted by aqaq @ 06/17/2004 7:12 AM EDT

I never could get passed jaws except one day i beat it but it took me about 3 days because seeing i have been playing nintendo when i was 2 and im 14 my cousin had the old system and i beat it on that

Ghosted by Ryan @ 06/24/2004 2:20 PM EDT

FUCK NINTENDO!!! YAY 4 PS2!!!!! Super Mario Brothers was the only game even worth laying your hands on an NES Controler for! Oh but then they fucked that up by releasing the shitty SMB2 Game which sucked dogs balls! ONCE AGAIN GO PS2!!!! Oh and sega master system was cooler anyway! FUCK NINTENDO!!

Ghosted by Ricky P @ 07/07/2004 9:44 PM EDT

I love the Sbaisto audio file. It’s amazing how much that robot sounds like listening to National Public Radio…

Ghosted by Ben @ 07/08/2004 9:23 AM EDT

I need some help. Can anyone tell me where I can purchesd old games for SNES the game I am looking for are Super Gouls and Ghost, Top Gear2, Mario Kart, Joe and Mack 2, and Gradius 3. If anyone can help my email is syth32003@yahoo.com

Ghosted by Mike @ 07/14/2004 12:43 PM EDT

How can I download this game for free on the net. But I don’t want to steal it. Somebody help me!

Ghosted by ET @ 08/26/2004 9:29 PM EDT

Can you please post a link directing us to where we can download Mrs. Sbaitso? I can’t seem to find it. / I used to love (and hate) this game. That’s how I found the site. Good review, btw!

Ghosted by Lieutenant Sbaitso @ 10/02/2009 1:00 AM EDT

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