The Guardian Legend

[munchiaz]

i picked it up today. the video makes it seem pretty cool. Cant wait to give ti a shot

[roflmao]

Yeah, I saw that.  You picked up a lot of good gaming today!

[munchiaz]

indeed i did. played GL for like an hour. The game is seriously awesome

[Gogan]

I picked up GL at a flea market around '98.  Knew nothing of the game, other than the sweet name and the $1 price tag. I was pleasantly surprised.

[jperryss]

Ohya, any fans of Blazing Lazers will notice a few similarities between the two games especially in the enemies.

Definitely! I mentioned in another thread that playing through BL a few weeks ago reminded me of TGL, particularly a couple of the bosses, so much that once I cleared BL I booted up TGL and played through it again after almost 20 years.

[guyjin]

One of my favorites back in the day. I don't remember ever reading about it (even though I read every issue of Nintendo Power religiously) but got it from a neighbor's garage sale in the very early 90s. Best 5 bucks ever spent on a videogame.

it was butt-kickingly hard, though. Never did beat it fairly (but did manage with a game genie.)

[jperryss]

One of my favorites back in the day. I don't remember ever reading about it (even though I read every issue of Nintendo Power religiously) but got it from a neighbor's garage sale in the very early 90s. Best 5 bucks ever spent on a videogame.

it was butt-kickingly hard, though. Never did beat it fairly (but did manage with a game genie.)

Every time I play through it, I struggle with the 2nd version of the eye boss (the one with one big eye, not the one with many eyes). It usually takes me 10-12 tries to get past him. Oddly I have no trouble with the 3rd version.

[BigusSchmuck]

Man who hasn't heard of this game? I guess I was one of the lucky ones who had it while growing up, still got the poster with the other Brøderbund games (Deadly Towers, Legacy of the Wizard, Battle of the Olympus and of Guardian Legend). I think what turned most people off to this game was the fact it had a crappy password system so I recall people having to leave their NES's on for a very long time to play through it.

[thesteve]

i didnt have much chance to play it (i may have rented it), but i had the poster

[kazekirifx]

My only gripe with it when I was growing up was that I couldn't finish it. Some of the last stages are pretty damn hard.
I should try it again someday.

[Jugbug]

This was one of my favorites back in the day too, and I certainly understand the excitement of discovering a great old game I haven't known about before.

[DrBread]

I've heard this was an amazing game.

[DesmondThe3rd]

I wanted to play this one again:

[Colossus1574]

Good job bringing Guardian Legend back into the spotlight here ROFLMAO!
While I won't say it's obscure, i'll just say it didn't get the praise it should've got among the best of the NES. It was quite an ambition game having Zelda type levels mixed with top shooter stages...surprisingly it's got solid gameplay in BOTH arenas. Unlike...say Bayou Billy where it didn't really excel in any of it's mixed levels. GL is awesome, i remember it stayed in the top 10 "Pro's Picks" chart in Nintendo Power magazine!

[Jammaniaclord]

Owned it when it first came out. Yes-incredible game by Compile. I believe after that title, my brother and i bought anything made by them because of that game.