Year: 2016

May 7, 2016

Dolphin Blue

Dolphin Blue is a bit of an oddity. Developed and published by Sammy for their Atomiswave hardware, it’s a run-n-gun arcade …

Review

May 6, 2016

F-Zero

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series F-Zero

What’s faster than F-1? Even though F-Zero is part of Nintendo’s long list of franchises that are only dug out from their …

Review

May 4, 2016

BloodNet

BloodNet, a neo-futuristic RPG/point-and-click hybrid developed and published by Microprose, is something of an anomaly in the cyberpunk genre. It’s …

Review

May 2, 2016

Ancient Domains of Mystery

Ancardia is a fantasy world not unlike other fantasy worlds: it has elves who’re long-lived experts in magic and archery, …

Review

April 26, 2016

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April 23, 2016

Cast of the Seven Godsends

Raven Travel Studios was founded in 2011 by three people (programmer, artist and music composer) from Italy’s indie gaming scene …

Review

April 23, 2016

Techno Cop

Throughout the 1980s, gory violence in video games was very limited. The controversial 1976 arcade classic Death Race had players …

Review

April 17, 2016

Tomba!

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Tomba

Tokuro Fujiwara was one of Capcom’s most respected (and feared) employees. A graduate of Osaka Designers’ College, Fujiwara was recruited …

Review

April 17, 2016

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Tomba

The sequel to Tomba!, subtitled The Evil Swine Returns, improves on a few important points. Most strikingly, the sprites have been replaced …

Review

April 17, 2016

Donkey Kong Land III

This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Donkey Kong Country

The third Donkey Kong Land had two releases, one for regular Game Boy and the other for Game Boy Color that was …