All posts by Kurt Kalata

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Inherit the Earth: The Quest for the Orb

Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb, designed by The Dreamers Guild and published by New World Computing, tells the

Flight of the Amazon Queen

Flight of the Amazon Queen so desperately wants to be a LucasArts game. Largely designed by two guys out of Brisbane,

Kizuna Encounter

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Fuun

Savage Reign probably didn’t exactly set the arcade charts on fire. But SNK apparently had enough faith in the game to

Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Broken Sword

By 2006, Revolution Software had been reduced solely to Charles Cecil, but that didn’t stop him from hiring up a

Salamander 2

This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Gradius

Salamander 2 was released in the wide gap between Gradius III (1989) and Gradius Gaiden (1997). The graphics are a

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Broken Sword

One would think the life of a patent lawyer would be boring – what with being cooped up in an

Savage Reign

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Fuun

Fūun-Ken… A completely new art of fighting combined boomerang and karate art…. And this is how the attract sequence to Savage

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Broken Sword

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, was released just a year after the original. The graphics and engine are more

Fire Emblem (Misc)

This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series Fire Emblem

In 1996, an anime based on Fire Emblem was released. It’s only a two-episode OVA that details the events of the first

Kururin Paradise

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Kuru Kuru Kururin

Kururin Paradise greatly expands on the original game without messing with the formula much at all. The only real control difference

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Broken Sword

Revolution Software was founded in 1990 by a group of British software developers unhappy with the current state of adventure

Kururin Squash!

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Kuru Kuru Kururin

Kururin’s only console installment utilizes 3D graphics while keeping the same 2D mechanics. The visuals aren’t technically all that impressive

Full Throttle

Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. That’s the last sensation I had before I blacked out; that thick

Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble, The

The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble is often lumped in together with Coktel’s Gobliiins series, although it’s actually an

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