Konami gets ready to release four titles.
Once again, several Virtual Console games have shown up on the ESRB rating site ahead of a formal release announcement. The four games, all coming from Konami, are for the NES and SNES.
First is Zombies Ate My Neighbors, an SNES game developed by Lucas Arts and originally released in 1993. The game is a run-and-gun comical tribute to horror films of the 1950s. It features 2-player cooperative play, and is rated E10+ for cartoon violence.
The second game is the classic vampire-slaying platformer, Castlevania. Castlevania originally released in 1987 on the NES and spawned an entire franchise that remains popular to this day. It is rated E by the ESRB and contains fantasy violence.
Next is Gradius III, a popular shoot-em-up starring Vic Viper. Originally released in 1990, the SNES game is actually a port of an arcade game. The game is rated E and includes mild fantasy violence.
Finally, we have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, an NES platformer starring the comic/cartoon characters of the same name. Originally released in 1989, the first TMNT game was quite different from later beat-em-up incarnations. It is rated E and contains cartoon violence.
No official release date has been set for any of the games. Additionally, Excitebike, which originally showed up on the ESRB list in November, has returned, suggesting an imminent release.
