Year: 2016

January 25, 2016

Gaiares

The shoot-em-up genre was well established in 1990, with an already rich background to draw from. Arcades were the technological …

January 25, 2016

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Donkey Kong Country

While DKC2 was preluded by immense hype and released to glowing reviews, DKC3, conversely, had a lot of bad mojo stacked against it. …

January 25, 2016

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Paladin's Quest / Lennus

Sometime between 1995 and 1996, developer Copya Systems would find itself restructured and rebranded as Shangri-La Corp., which resulted in …

January 25, 2016

This entry is part 7 of 11 in the series Puyo Puyo

Although the Puyo series was quite a large success, Compile wasn’t able to keep itself together. Though this would usually …

January 25, 2016

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Kohan

Hero units have long been a fraught feature in RTS games, especially in single-player campaigns. Since they’re generally vital to …

January 22, 2016

The developer Arika was built from former Capcom employees, yet their first major game was the Capcom co-venture Street Fighter EX. …

January 20, 2016

Modern games designed to evoke the popular titles of yesteryear are ubiquitous. However, few manage to duplicate not just the …

January 11, 2016

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Midwinter

Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom (also known as just Flames of Freedom which makes sense given the change in setting) abandons the first …

January 11, 2016

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Midwinter

One of the most interesting of the 1990s and early 2000s is the PC first-person action RPG. Games like Ultima Underworld and System …

January 10, 2016

This entry is part 5 of 11 in the series Puyo Puyo

The pun of the title stretches the second “Puyo” to end in an “n” to form the syllable “yon”, which …