to the colorful and high-quality visuals, sound, gameplay and originality, but noted its difficulty and criticized the scrolling for being occasionally faulty. Player Ones Christophe Delpierre highly praised Little Nemo: The Dream Master for the colorful graphics, animated characters, sound, well thought-out difficulty progression, longevity, controls and lack of sprite flickering. Mean Machines Rob Bright and Radion Automatic disagreed with Delpierre on most points, criticizing the sprite flickering when too many objects are present on-screen, collision detection issues and numerous instances of instant death traps. Nevertheless, they commended the game for its presentation, cartoon-style visuals, "cute" and "cheery" sound design, responsive controls and ability to ride animals. Video Games Jan Barysch gave positive remarks to the title's audiovisual presentation, but noted its steep difficulty curve and criticized the controls for being somewhat unresponsive. AllGames Christian Huey regarded it as "a wonderfully creative side-scrolling platformer", praising the cartoon-esque graphic and "ethereal" music, though he noted that its gameplay was basic. Retrospective coverage Retrospective commentaries for Little Nemo: The Dream Master have been more mixed. In 2009, IGN placed the title on their "Top 100 NES Games" list at #68, but remarked that "the game's advanced difficulty level no doubt took some unsuspecting youngsters by surprise." In contrast, Gaming Bus Christopher Bowen wrote that Little Nemo was "punishingly difficult at times, even by NES games standards." Bowen also wrote that the game belonged in "the second tier of Capcom licensed games" alongside Adventures in the Magic Kingdom. Hardcore Gaming 101s Kurt Kalata felt that the ability to ride animals was awkward, due to each one featuring disadvantages, and criticized the key hunting gameplay portion to be annoying. Kalata also noted that its soundtrack was "fairly unremarkable" aside from certain music pieces, but he ultimately regarded it to be a decent platform title. Anime News Networks Todd Ciolek felt that the NES version "had greater traction" compared to its arcade counterpart, stating that the rideable animals turned each stage into a puzzle due to their abilities. Digital Trends Steven Petite called it one of the best NES games of all time. Notes References External links Little Nemo: The Dream Master at GameFAQs Little Nemo: The Dream Master at Giant Bomb Little Nemo: The Dream Master at MobyGames 1990 video games Capcom games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Platform games Single-player video games Video games about children Video games about dreams