Mach Rider / Onyanko Town / Pac-Land retrospective: Hey-Nyanko Alien | NES Works Gaiden

Somehow, sandwiched between a first-party Nintendo release helmed by HAL and a Pac-Man adventure inspired by the old Saturday morning cartoon, the standout release for this episode is a Micronics/Pony Canyon maze chase game with bad graphics and infuriating music. No, I don't get it either, but the heart wants what it wants.

Please don't mind the graphical artifacting in some of the Mach Rider footage. Apparently the track mirroring garbage is a known glitch that just happens from time to time. It doesn't affect the gameplay, but it sure does look horrible.

Production notes:

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NES/Famicom footage captured from ‪@analogueinc‬ Nt Mini; arcade footage captured from MiSTer with thanks to ‪@MiSTerAddons‬. Video upscaled to 720 with ‪@atemsoft‬ xRGB Mini Framemeister.