Year: 2014

April 17, 2014

BlaZeon

At first glance, Atlus’ 1992 shoot-em-up, BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge, may appear to be a Gradius knock-off without the upgrade system. As you’ve …

Review

April 17, 2014

Phozon

Every company has their oddballs and one-offs that get eclipsed by their bigger franchises. Urban Champion is more or less forgotten by …

Review

April 17, 2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

This entry is part 1 of 30 in the series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The very first TMNT game came in 1989 on the NES, appropriately titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Interestingly enough, Konami opted for a …

Review

April 17, 2014

Ninja Clowns

In the world of beat-em-ups, it takes a lot to be remembered. Even such gems of the genre as Ninja Baseball …

Review

April 12, 2014

Kingdom O’ Magic

SCI’s Kingdom O’ Magic is about as close as anyone got to a Monty Python skit in video game form. Oh, sure, they were …

Review

April 12, 2014

Sakura Wars 2

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Sakura Wars

This much-anticipated sequel was released for Saturn in April of 1998. It remains the breakout hit of the series, selling …

Review

April 2, 2014

Valis

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Valis

Valis used to be the pride of Japanese B-tier developer Telenet. Due to the games being decent at best, the series …

Review

March 30, 2014

Eternal Daughter

There are many indie platformers more well known than Eternal Daughter – and that’s a real shame because there aren’t many indie …

Review

March 20, 2014

Nontan to Issho: Kuru Kuru Puzzle

This is another puzzle-drop game along with another Japanese license heralded by Game Freak . Nontan is a mischievous kitten …

Review

March 20, 2014

Lemmings Paintball

This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series Lemmings

The lemmings have apparently had an argument of something or another, and they’re ready to fight about it. Unlike that …