Year: 2013

Ai Senshi Nicol
Konami’s 1987 Famicom Disk System game Ai Senshi Nicol, or “Love Warrior Nicol”, is comparable to a Zelda or Goemon …

Secret Files 3
After Puritas Cordis, Animation Arts took a break from the series to concentrate on the Indiana Jones homage Lost Horizon, but four years later, …

Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
The title of this game is also a bit confusing. In America, it’s known as Clock Tower II, since the real Clock …

Clock Tower (PlayStation)
Taking place two years after the original, Clock Tower 2 is the first game in the franchise to be released in the …

Q*bert Rebooted
It seems the cynical Flash games had more or less killed off the franchise for almost a decade, but apparently …

Q*bert 2004 / 2005
Q*bert 2004 / Q*bert Deluxe – Flash, iOS (2004) In 2004, someone at Sony finally seemed to have awoken to the …

Q*bert (2000 – Game Boy Color)
Although Q*bert for the Game Boy Color was marketed as the handheld equivalent to the PlayStation game, it’s once again a very …

Q*bert (1999)
After the brief revival in 1992, Q*bert went dormant again for most of the decade, until Hasbro Entertainment stepped in to bring …

Xevious Resurrection
The downloadable Namco Museum Essentials is a rather slim compilation with only five Namco classics, including Xevious – but Namco also snuck in a …

Q*bert for Game Boy
In September 1984, Not long after the video game crash, Columbia / Coca Cola had closed Mylstar Electronics and all …

Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 (Unreleased)
The fourth game in the Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series promised an HD current-gen overhaul with all the trimming. Irem were promising 3D, …

Punch-Out!! (Assorted)
Boxing / Punch-Out!! – Standalone LCD (1984) A part of Nintendo’s Micro Vs. series of 2-player LCD handhelds, Boxing was released a few …

Xevious Arrangement
Xevious Arrangement should be in game design manuals under “how to successfully remake a classic game”. The game was originally included …

Xevious: Fardraut Saga
The next game in the series is Xevious: Fardraut Saga, released in 1988 for the MSX2. Developed by Compile, it features …