I remember finding an old Famicom in my grandma's house when I was a teen, and a cartridge with the cover of Megaman 5 in it. It seems to have been used by my aunt Silvina, since she was a teen around 1992, and my father and my other aunt Gaby (Rest in Piece) are both older than her by eight years and ten respectively.

Here in Argentina it was very difficult to find a US/PAL NES and as such we received the pirate Famicom console in the 80s and 90s, without the controller with the microphone, and me, being a Megaman fan, inserted the cartridge to play the game after a lot of fidgeting around (dusty pin connections, etc)... And it turned out to be another game where the main character had its graphics replaced by Megaman. That's what happens with chinese bootlegs 🤷‍♂️

I completed that game now and it's just a middle of the road NES platformer, nothing more. I never even watched the TV show it was based on, but I can imagine my aunt going back from school and catching it on Canal Trece or Disney Channel when she was younger (as she seems to have been an avid fan of cartoons because my grandmother told me she watched Animaniacs from WB too) and it tingles a bit of a nostalgic vibe in me.

Reviewed on Mar 01, 2024


2 Comments


2 months ago

This is a great story! What a way to connect with your family! I added this to my list of favorite reviews.

2 months ago

@cowboyjosh , thanks dude