Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to play Waking Amy, a 2.5D platformer from Martian Media Inc, the game was pitched to me as a similar to early Playstation platform games, in particular Crash Bandicoot, so – whilst not my favourite genre of game – I do have happy memories of playing those […]
I don’t know with how much authority I can say it, but I don’t remember Carmageddon being that popular in the U.S. Certainly not to the level of nostalgic adoration it seems to enjoy in Europe (Twisted Metal 2 was the new hotness in my circles). So I write this having no history with the […]
Capcom saw huge success in 1989 with Final Fight in the arcades, which is arguably most responsible for maintaining the scrolling “beat-em-up” genre’s relevance post Double Dragon. Their 1990 home port, exclusive to the SNES for reasons unclear, fell short of expectations. This gave Sega an opportunity which they gratefully took. “HAWWWWWW!!!” Streets of Rage […]
Capcom saw huge success in 1989 with Final Fight in the arcades, which is arguably most responsible for maintaining the scrolling “beat-em-up” genre’s relevance post Double Dragon. Their 1990 home port, exclusive to the SNES for reasons unclear, fell short of expectations. This gave Sega an opportunity which they gratefully took. “HAWWWWWW!!!” Streets of Rage […]
Despite being born and raised in Good Ol’ ‘Merikuh, I don’t actually know much about wrestling. Contrary to popular belief, U.S. households were not issued yearly VHS copies of Summer Slam in the mail back in the 90s. However, Rik asked nicely, so I’ve done a bit of research on the subject of 16-bit wrasslin’. […]
Despite being born and raised in Good Ol’ ‘Merikuh, I don’t actually know much about wrestling. Contrary to popular belief, U.S. households were not issued yearly VHS copies of Summer Slam in the mail back in the 90s. However, Rik asked nicely, so I’ve done a bit of research on the subject of 16-bit wrasslin’. […]
I won’t argue that “bigger” game experiences are usually found on beefier personal computer hardware, and that consoles have long received simpler, shorter games in comparison. I also won’t argue that I enjoy seeing more complex titles try to break this trend – even today with seeing something like The Witcher 2 pull an exceedingly […]
I won’t argue that “bigger” game experiences are usually found on beefier personal computer hardware, and that consoles have long received simpler, shorter games in comparison. I also won’t argue that I enjoy seeing more complex titles try to break this trend – even today with seeing something like The Witcher 2 pull an exceedingly […]
The first thing I learned when starting this game was that there’s a lot more to the Buck Rogers franchise than simply the old Universal serials. Buck’s got a long legacy of comics, radio, and TV programs, and none of them seem to be all that connected. In particular, this game is based off TSR’s […]
The first thing I learned when starting this game was that there’s a lot more to the Buck Rogers franchise than simply the old Universal serials. Buck’s got a long legacy of comics, radio, and TV programs, and none of them seem to be all that connected. In particular, this game is based off TSR’s […]