Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! In 1997, Core Design and Eidos teamed up to release the 3D beat ’em up “Fighting Force” for the PlayStation. The game featured four playable characters, destructible 3D environments, and tons of items to be used as weapons. Fighting Force was popular enough to become a “Greatest Hits” for theContinue reading “Fighting Force Review”
Tag Archives: Retro Video Game Reviews
Steel Empire Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Shooters were still very popular in the early 90s for the Sega Genesis. In 1992, HOT B and Flying Edge teamed up and released “Steel Empire” for the Genesis. The side-scrolling shooter was unique in a variety of ways that made it fly above the generic shooters that flooded theContinue reading “Steel Empire Review”
Marvel’s Spider-Man Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Superheroes have become mainstream since the mid-2000s. Spider-Man helped bring them to the next level and made it “cool” to watch superhero films and play Marvel and D.C. video games. While I’m not a huge fan of superheroes, I know an amazing game when I see one. Spider-Man if IContinue reading “Marvel’s Spider-Man Review”
Paperboy Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! In 1985, Atari Games released Paperboy in the arcade. The simple but addicting task of delivering the daily paper on a street full of danger became an instant hit and resulted in Paperboy being one of the most ported games in the 1980s. Today, we’ll be slinging papers in theContinue reading “Paperboy Review”
Super C Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! After the buzz from the 1988 run-and-gun shooter for the Nintendo that was Contra, Konami decided to produce a sequel in 1990 for the Nintendo. Our heroes Bill and Lance are back shooting up anything in their path to take down more aliens. Is their adventure more or less theContinue reading “Super C Review”
Harvest Moon Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! In 1997, the Super Nintendo was on its last legs but that didn’t mean that there weren’t great games being produced for it still. Video games can take boring, mundane, and obligated tasks and turn them into fun. Harvest Moon started the farming craze back in 1997 when Natsume releasedContinue reading “Harvest Moon Review”
Dead or Alive Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Fighting franchises were popping up in the 90s every year. Some would become mainstream franchises, others not so much. If you think of the franchises you’ll start with Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, perhaps Tekken but the Dead Or Alive franchise has flown under the radar for most of its life.Continue reading “Dead or Alive Review”
Ico Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Japanese game creators are known for putting out bizarre video games with silly concepts. “You’re a mosquito and you must bite that woman’s breast” or “play through this maze that simulates an acid trip”, I’m not joking those are both real games. Japan may produce some whacky games, but theyContinue reading “Ico Review”
Dead Nation Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Back in 2010, the Zombie craze was still raging in America. You couldn’t play a game, watch a movie or tv show or read a book without there being zombies in it. During this outbreak of the walking dead, developer Housemarque teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment and released “DeadContinue reading “Dead Nation Review”
Fantasy Zone II Review
Subscribe To My YouTube Channel! Sega couldn’t get enough of Opa-Opa in the first Fantasy Zone, so they decided to produce a sequel in 1987 for the Sega Master System. Fantasy Zone II added warp tiles, larger levels, and hidden secrets. Fantasy Zone II was one of the first games I ever played as aContinue reading “Fantasy Zone II Review”
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