Deathtrap Dungeon
Ian Livingstone is one of the biggest names in British fantasy gaming. Together with Steve Jackson, he founded Games Workshop, …
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
After the disaster that was Ninja Gaiden 3, Team Ninja apparently wisely concluded that they are not worthy of making new Ninja …
Virtua Fighter Mini
While evoked as part of a series of Saturn-to-Game Gear ports in Japan (see Panzer Dragoon Mini), the Western title makes …
F-Zero Climax
GP Legend, now out of beta Suzak must have nabbed a two-game contract with Nintendo – even though GP Legends was kind …
F-Zero GX/AX
After completely dominating the market for nearly a decade, Nintendo entered a long struggle to properly get its consoles backed …
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
For someone growing up with games like GTA or Halo, it might be hard to imagine how Wizardry, with its simple narrative, cumbersome menu …
Mugen no Shinzou (Dark Age of JRPGs)
I promised we’d meet XTal Soft again soon, didn’t I? Mugen no Shinzou (“Heart of Fantasy”) is actually their first RPG and …
Bloodrayne
Terminal Reality was a Texas-based studio who had some success with a PC horror game called Nocturne. Having partnered up with …
Courageous Perseus (Dark Age of JRPGs)
Hey, this is the first game in this series where I actually saw the end of it! Mostly because it …
Alone in the Dark 2
Surfing on the success of the first game, Infogrames wanted to take a new direction with the franchise. Looking at …
Montezuma’s Revenge
In the Golden Age of video games, there was no shortage of opportunities to explore the ruins of ancient civilizations. …
Final Zone
Prior to being absorbed by Namco and becoming the “Tales of…” machine, when it was still part of Telenet’s entourage, …
Ninja Princess
Capcom’s Commando is usually hailed as the originator of the run-n-gun genre, but Sega’s Ninja Princess actually came out two …
Crimson Shroud
It isn’t always easy being an admirer of Yasumi Matsuno’s enticing worlds and narratives. Not only are half of them …
Alpha Protocol
It should have become the ultimate interactive spy action RPG epic. As super spy Mike Thorton, you’d infiltrate enemy hideouts …
Völgarr the Viking
Long ago, there was a time when men were still true men; when unleashed, savage barbarians wandered the earth, always …
Dragon Scroll
Dragon Scroll was Konami’s attempt at a Zelda-style action RPG, released just a little more than one and-a-half year after Miyamoto’s masterpiece. …
