{"id":26274,"date":"2025-12-03T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26274"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:46:57","slug":"the-good-old-days-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/03\/the-good-old-days-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Old Days (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was a kid in the 80s, and because of that, there are a lot of movies around then that really shaped my childhood.\u00a0 These include trilogies like the original Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future films, as well as others like Gremlins and Ghostbusters.\u00a0 But one 80s movie that I wasn\u2019t as big a fan of was The Goonies.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s because in the summers, my best friend\u2019s cousin would come over to visit and always bring her videotape of The Goonies and want to watch it with us every day!\u00a0 I got so tired of it!\u00a0 But like most other movies at the time, The Goonies got a few video games.\u00a0 The most popular were the NES games from Konami.\u00a0 The first one wasn\u2019t really released in the US outside of arcades, but the second one was pretty popular, at least in my group of friends anyway.\u00a0 So if you liked the gameplay of those classics, you may want to check out The Good Old Days.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2D Metroidvania style platformer where you play as a group of kids called The Noogies.\u00a0 They\u2019re tasked with finding treasure in underground caverns to make enough money to keep their parents\u2019 house, but they only have one day to do it and they must compete with a gang of thieves!\u00a0 Only thing it’s missing is that catchy Cyndi Lauper song!\u00a0 The Good Old Days is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

When you start the game, you can only play as one character.\u00a0 He can run and jump, and lay bombs which are used to open doors in the background with skulls on them, just like the original Goonies game.\u00a0 But the maze-like corridors are more Metroidvania-like, similar to the second game.\u00a0 Lucky there are no confusing first person parts!\u00a0 Anyway, you are tasked with looking around every nook and cranny to find treasure, as well as the rest of your group.\u00a0 When you find one of them, you\u2019ll be able to play as them and use their skills.\u00a0 For instance, a larger kid is capable of pushing bigger blocks that the first kid cannot.<\/p>\n

My main problem with this game is really more of a personal preference.\u00a0 You are given one day to find enough treasure and you are really timed, and there are multiple endings that encourage replay value.\u00a0 And if you run out of energy and lose, the game will take three minutes off the clock and send you back near where you lost.\u00a0 When I play these type of exploration games, I really prefer to take my time, especially since this one gets rather challenging pretty quickly.\u00a0 But if you don\u2019t mind the anxiety inducing timer and enjoyed the classic NES Goonies games, you might think it’s “Good Enough.”\u00a0 It makes me think of what would\u2019ve happened if Konami made a Goonies 3 on the SNES.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Good Old Days is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, and Simulated Gambling.\u00a0 Enemies can attack you and make you flash, but when you run out of energy the screen just fades out and you start over.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any bad language in the text, so it must be used sparingly.\u00a0 You can play the lottery in the game.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.\u00a0 If your kids are old enough to enjoy The Goonies movie, they\u2019ll be old enough for this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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