Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones
Skull and Crossbones

Skull and Crossbones

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Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.

Item Description

Two pirates, one eye patch between them, and a wizard who made the mistake of kidnapping their princess: Skull & Crossbones never takes itself seriously, and that is its charm. One-Eye and Red Dog cut their way through a string of pirate-themed stages toward the Wizard's Lair, clashing swords with skeletons and assorted scallywags while scooping up gold and treasure along the way.

The game started life as a 1989 Atari Games arcade cabinet built for two players fighting side by side, and the NES version keeps that buddy-swashbuckler setup, so a friend can take up Red Dog's cutlass and share the plunder. Sword fighting is the core of it, with close-quarters duels against waves of enemies standing between you and each level's exit, and the pirate theme gives it a personality few NES brawlers can match.

Part of the appeal for collectors is the label on the cartridge. This conversion came from Tengen, the home-games arm of Atari Games that famously sidestepped Nintendo's licensing program and released its own unlicensed NES cartridges at the end of the 1980s. Critics of the day were not kind to it, and it plays with the rough edges of a quick arcade adaptation, but that is part of the story too. Skull & Crossbones is a slice of the Tengen era, an arcade oddity on home hardware, and a fun, goofy pirate romp that earns its spot in the unlicensed corner of an NES shelf.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1989
Publisher
Domark Software
Developer
Atari Games
Players
Single player, Multiplayer
About the game

Two pirates battle against a variety of enemies while picking up treasures in a quest to find and kill The Evil Wizard.

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