Super September Bros: Contra Bros.

My entire "Nintendo experience" is mostly based on the NES. In my teen years I pretty much switched to Playstation and Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, but as a kid my heart belonged to grey cartridges that we had to blow into to get them to work correctly. The NES holds a really cool little group of memories for me of time I spent with my older brother as a kid. While all the games that have inspired my illustrations this month have memories of my brother, none so much as the game, Contra. Being one of the only games we had that was two-player, Contra was a favorite for my older brother and me.

Here's a video of the original game, if you are unfamiliar:

Super September Bros: Tecmo World Wrestling: El Tigre!

This illustration is based on another one of my very favorite NES games growing up, Tecmo World Wrestling. By today's standards it certainly wasn't anything special when it comes to graphics or even gameplay, heck it probably wasn't even innovative for it's time- I don't know. But something about the characters and the way it felt to play this game was so cool, it gave it regular circulation between my older brother and me. My favorite wrestler was always El Tigre. For a clip of the original game and character, check out the video below.

Here's a video of the original game, Tecmo World Wrestling, and featuring the wrestlers, Akira Dragon and El Tigre. Also, the soundtrack is awesome.

Super September Bros: Punch-Out!! Great Tiger

Here's an illustration for another one of my very favorite games on the NES growing up, "Punch-Out!!"

Here is a little taste for those unfortunate children who never played this game: