How about doing a review of Captain Comic?
The first game in the series came out in 1988 and it was one of the first side-scrolling metroidvania-type games to come out for the PC - a really nice game that needs much more recognition than it has.
I don't recommend the NES version though - that one sucks.
I also found an interview with the creator of the game: http://www.neswarpzone.com/denio.html