Mister Mosquito
The PlayStation 2 era was a time when the Japanese games industry was at its height in terms of creativity, …
Turrican II: The Final Fight
After Turrican’s great success, a sequel was only a matter of time. And when it arrived, it drastically improved on the original …
Nightshade (Sega)
The PS2 Shinobi was off-putting to many people, but it found its niche despite not being nearly as popular as …
Virtua Quest
The idea for an action RPG in the world of Virtua Fighter has been floating around since 1994. Both the animated series …
Virtua Fighter (Misc)
The Music Of Virtua Fighter One more element Virtua Fighter owed a small part of its success to was its excellent soundtrack. …
Mission: Impossible (1998)
When Ocean – creators of licensed “gems” like Hook, Jurassic Park and The Addams Family – first announced a new Mission: Impossible game (following an earlier 8-bit …
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Among the big traditional arcade game manufacturers in Japan, nearly everyone has their own famous long-running fighting game series. Capcom’s Street …
Star Warrior
Star Warrior, the second StarQuest game, departed from the established formula more than any other entry before. Instead of claustrophobic hallways and …
Akane the Kunoichi
To say that there’s no shortage of ninja-themed games on the Xbox Live Indie Game marketplace would be an understatement. …
Prince of Persia 3D
When Prince of Persia finally became the hit Mechner had hoped for, his plans for the series became quite lofty. Before the …
Blues Brothers, The: Jukebox Adventure
The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure is your typical mid-90s movie licensed platformer. It’s not particularly bad, but also not very …
Jurassic Park: Trespasser
Remember being a dinosaur-loving kid of the 90s? Collecting all those plastic models and learning their names as if they …
Final Zone II
Even though Final Zone was a failure, it still passed on its legacy to two sequels. Final Zone II appeared as a PC Engine …
