All posts by John Sczepaniak

Rayxanber

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Rayxanber

Not much is known about the Japanese developer known as DataWest (no connection to Data East). They apparently started around

Exile: Wicked Phenomenon

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Exile

The final installment in the XZR trilogy, and again the Japanese console version ditches the original XZR moniker, instead titling itself “Exile 2“. Which

Don’t Buy This: Five of the Worst Games Ever

Released in the UK on the 1st of April 1985, costing £2.50 and coming on audio cassette tape, Don’t Buy This is

Pathologic

Despite visuals that would turn many players away, a complete lack of presence on Metacritic, a Game Rankings score of only 66%,

Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Disaster Report

Another sequel (albeit one that never left Japan), and another overhaul to the survival system. Instead of hydration or cold

Raw Danger!

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Disaster Report

  The sequel to Disaster Report, localized as Raw Danger! in the west, is bigger, better and far more ambitious than the

Folklore

You wouldn’t think so by glancing at it, but Folklore is actually all about Halloween. Or rather the closely related but much older

Silpheed (PS2)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Silpheed

It took seven years from the release of the first Silpheed to the release of the second, on Sega CD. And it

Michigan: Report From Hell

For years there has been debate about the nature of games and what they are capable of as a medium.

Fighter Destiny 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Fighters Destiny

The sequel to Fighters’ Destiny, which curiously drops the possessive apostrophe, remixes several of the entrants, shuffles around a few

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