1988 eh? It sure don't feel like it came out that year but heck i don't recall when any game came out for the NES back in the day. When i was a kid a game just all the sudden appeared. i never got into reading magazines knowing they talked about it coming out soon. As for this game itself i just loved the idea of using the bionic arm to swing. that was the only thing i did in the game and never went past level 1! LOL. There should be a HD version of this game? I read about it a while ago but it may have been a concept as well. There have been many people who made a demo of a HD version of a game they wish came out and may be mistaken that.