Brain Breaker
Brain Breaker is an epic 2D adventure exclusive to the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. Being on fairly obscure hardware it’s …
Kagirinaki Tatakai
Archaic Japanese home computers offer the potential for some amazing “hidden treasure” discoveries. Consoles games, even Japanese exclusives, tend to …
Lucienne’s Quest
Micro Cabin is an interesting company. In many ways it’s analogous to Falcom, in that it developed or was connected …
Kishin Douji Zenki: Tenchi Meidou
In the mid-to-late 1990s didn’t it feel like every game series out of Japan was getting some kind of digital …
Silpheed (Sega CD)
Silpheed on Sega CD is a follow up, ergo sequel, to the original Silpheed on computers. Some places argue it’s actually a remake, …
Arena: Maze of Death
Given the subtitle Maze of Death for its US release, Arena may have an isometric perspective and dystopian future like Shadowrun, but mechanically it …
Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
Hermie Hopperhead is a rather obscure Japan-only PlayStation game. It’s safe to say that many of the English speakers who …
Divide, The: Enemies Within
Reprinted with permission from Retro Gamer Magazine For some games it would seem as if destiny itself was working to bring …
Burn: Cycle
Generally regarded as one of, if not the best, games on the Philips CDi, Burn: Cycle is a combination of …
Fighters Destiny
Fighters Destiny was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, a system lacking in key genres such as fighters, shoot-em-ups and …
Big Trouble in Little China
Kurt Russell is a phenomenal actor, starring in various comedies in the 1970s before making a string of awesome action …
