Astra Superstars
Sunsoft’s third and final fighter (although it was technically developed by a company called Santa Claus) is quite unlike its …
Metal Slug Advance
On the surface, Metal Slug Advance seems to emulate its arcade brethren perfectly – the graphics look spectacular, it plays almost exactly …
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault
Unlike the first Game Boy installment, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault is a completely original game. If anything, the developers took …
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
In the Game Boy Advance and DS era, there was a rather annoying trend amongst certain publishers – releases of …
Solar Assault
Back in 1997, the idea of Gradius in 3D seemed beyond awesome, so Konami created Solar Assault, an arcade only …
Nemesis (Game Boy)
Like most Game Boy conversions, Nemesis isn’t really a completely new game, but it isn’t a just a port either. …
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
With the dawning of the 32/64-bit age, Super Mario 64 practically dictated that all games using polygons had to …
Dragon Quest
By modern standards, the original Dragon Warrior is fairly archaic. At the beginning of the game, you’re a simple hero who’s charged …
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Kuru Kuru Kururin was a launch title in Europe and Japan for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, created by Eighting …
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
The advent of the CD-ROM meant that developers could finally tell realistic stories with their games with real actors, real …
Vantage Master Portable
Having found success with their PSP release of Gurumin and Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Falcom decided to bring Vantage Master to Sony’s …
Dragon Quest (Introduction)
Role playing video games have been around since the advent of the home computer, with the likes of Aklabeth, Ultima, Wizardy, and many …
Dragon Quest IV: The Chapters of the Chosen
Like all of the others, Dragon Warrior IV (subtitled “Michibikareshi Monotachi” or “The Chosen Ones”) begins by asking the player for their …
