Klaymen Gun Hockey
It’s pretty strange for an American-designed game to get a spinoff specifically for the Japanese market. And yet here we …
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
In 2008, Intelligent Systems went back to its roots and remade the original Fire Emblem for the DS. Much like their work …
Dragonsphere
The third of MicroProse’s adventure games using their MicroProse Adventure Development engine, Dragonsphere is a typical high fantasy story. There are knights, …
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Warrior II (the Japanese subtitle translates to “Pantheon of Evil Gods”) takes place 100 years after the original, although the …
Time Gentlemen, Please!
Time Gentlemen, Please! begins with an intro cinematic that slightly embellishes some of the events of its predecessor, before picking …
Ben There, Dan That!
Even though Sierra and LucasArts gave up on adventure games around the turn of the century, many other outfits tried …
Mystery House
Based very loosely on Agatha Christie’s novel Ten Little Indians (also known as And Then There Were None), you play …
Discworld Noir
The third (and final) Discworld graphic adventure is a marked departure from the first two. While those were at least partially based …
Discworld II
Discworld II finds the Disc in an unfortunate situation. Death has apparently taken a vacation, leaving the Disc’s residents unable to …
Colour of Magic, The (Discworld)
Terry Pratchett is one of Britain’s most popular, and most valued, humor writers. Since he began his Discworld series in 1983, he’s …
Shadowgate 64
Released for the Nintendo 64 by Infinite Ventures, the successor to ICOM Simulations, the third and final Shadowgate is in …
Al Lowe (Interview)
Al Lowe, a high school teacher and accomplished jazz musician, began dabbling with computer programming on his Apple II. These …