Category: Review
Gotcha Force
by Trace Wysaske In 2002, an unprecedented collaboration was formed between two gaming giants with the announcement of the Capcom …
Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger!
The NES had a surprising number of RPGs in its catalogue. Not as many as its counterpart the Famicom but …
Tengai Makyou: The Apocalypse IV
The death of the PC-FX, plus assorted development issues, essentially spelled the end of the planned third Tengai Makyou game. …
Battle of Olympus, The
Greek mythology is full of exciting heroes, treacherous gods, and gross monsters. The Battle of Olympus, the first original title …
Soukyuugurentai
One of the coolest moments of Taito’s Rayforce (hilariously also known as Layer Section, also known as Galactic Attack, also known as Gunlock) was when …
Wolfenstein: The New Order
When 2009’s Wolfenstein sequel failed to capture the sales numbers Activision had expected, things looked grim for the Wolfenstein fan …
Wolfenstein (2009)
Around 2005, id Software announced that it was working on a sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which would be developed …
Rise of the Triad (2013)
As Rise of the Triad faded quietly into relative obscurity, the FPS genre would move onward. We’d go from the …
Rise of the Triad
In the 1990s, no other genre seemed to dominate the PC gaming market quite like the first person shooter. And …
Alien Soldier
Treasure’s Mega Drive blast-a-thon Alien Soldier is nearly impenetrable, unforgiving, exhausting and infuriating. That said, it is also an almost unequivocal …
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be a Hero
The Quest for Glory series, designed by the husband and wife team of Lori and Corey Cole and initially published …
Legend of Robin Hood, The: Conquests of the Longbow
Some parts of the first game referred to it as “Conquests of Camelot I”, implying that a sequel would focus …
Conquests of Camelot
Sierra’s short-lived Conquests series – written and designed by Christy Marx, with artwork provided by her husband Peter Ledger – …
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Despite its mixed reviews, Phantasmagoria sold extremely well. Sierra continued its line of FMV adventure games with The Beast Within, …
