The main thing Nessy the Robot has going for it as a game is that it was made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System, despite being released just a few months ago. The idea of releasing new media for outdated technology is interesting to me. It's the definition of a labor of love; the programmers are purposely limiting what they can do with their game, presumably out of fondness for the NES. There's something a little bit moving about that. This makes the middling quality level feel all the more dissapointing.

Nessy is a serviceable, but basic 2D platformer that has a bit of charm until the final boss battle. The final boss is one of the laziest things I think I've ever seen in a game. It's not particularly difficult, just repetitive and not very much fun. Nessy the Robot is meant to be a throwback to the NES era, but to me evokes the kind of flash games that were popular in the early 2000s. The difference is those games were free. Even at the low price of 10 dollars, I don't think I can recommend this game. It is mercifully short at least, the campaign is approximately an hour long. There is post-game content but I didn't really feel the urge to try it.