Year: 2012

Revolution X
Games based on musicians, at least the ones on our shores, have always been pretty uncommon. Before the days of Rock …

Totally Rad
While Jaleco was never the most impactful company on the NES, they at least held a decent degree of success …

Lufia: The Legend Returns
For awhile, Taito teased a third Lufia entry for the PlayStation. However, development was shift instead to the Game Boy Color, and …

Deathsmiles II
Object if you must to Cave’s less-than-subtle expedition into some squeamish marketing territory with Deathsmiles, but the results speak for themselves: …

Rival Turf!
Jaleco is a bizarre company. They’ve had some interesting albeit obscure titles (Cybattler, Avenging Spirit, Magic John/Totally Rad) and some …

Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012)
Attention: Many of the screenshots on this page are promotional materials and differ in presentation from the actual game. Only …

Ultima IV: Quest Of The Avatar
It is a warm and happy day outside, but you find yourself unable to enjoy it, being beset by a …

Alice: An Interactive Museum
Synergy is a rather unique publisher in the history of computer games. During the first half of the ’90s, this …

Iron Horse
Konami had one of the strongest arcade reputations of the mid-eighties. Who doesn’t know of Time Pilot, Track & Field, Circus Charlie, Gradius, and Iron …

Samurai Shodown Sen
Sometime before 2008, SNK Playmore decided it was time to try bringing the series into the HD era as a …

Ys: The Call of Solum
It seems like taking various Japanese properties and turning them into MMORPGs has become popular. Other than the obvious Final Fantasy …

Ultima III: Exodus
From the depths of Hell, he comes for vengeance! Such were the only words to escape the lips of the …

Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
The world rejoiced! A great hero had come from seemingly out of nowhere to battle the wizard lord Mondain and …

Final Fight 3
This is more like it – Final Fight 3 (dubbed Final Fight Tough in Japan) is another SNES sequel that, this time, actually improves …

Ultima VI: The False Prophet
It’s been years since your last adventure in Britannia. Your perilous life as the Avatar has been traded once more …

Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai
The first Esper Dream came at the beginning of the rush of Famicom RPGs, while its sequel, released five years later in …

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
On paper, a Star Wars fighting game sounds like a terrific concept. After all, some of the most famous parts of all …

Pathologic
Despite visuals that would turn many players away, a complete lack of presence on Metacritic, a Game Rankings score of only 66%, …