More importantly, Kralizec absolutely nail the feeling of playing the arcade game. The iconic background visuals, like the sphinx, look so close to the original and way better than the off-brand attempts of the officially licensed ports you’d find on other 8-bit computers of the Eighties. Playing these official versions, then going back to the homebrew MSX port only makes me appreciate how good a job Kralizec did back in 2004. I remember stumbling on an arcade cab in a London pub that same year and feeling unreasonably excited, like I’d bumped into an old friend, and more recently I’ve bought the Arcade Archives version on Nintendo Switch and enjoyed playing it with the Switch slipped into the Flip Grip for that full vertical screen arcade glory. After falling in love with Bomb Jack on MSX, I sought out the real thing everywhere I could.
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