Category: Review

April 30, 2014

Resonance

“Resonance: When one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational …

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April 27, 2014

Umihara Kawase

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Umihara Kawase

Umihara Kawase is a strange little game series about a girl and her fishing pole. It’s a puzzle platformer revolved …

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April 18, 2014

Spica Adventure

There’s a certain notion among gamers that can be defined by anyone’s words in different ways such as “classic arcade …

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April 17, 2014

Gunbird

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Gunbird

Gunbird is a two-game series of shooters from prolific developer Psikyo. They heavily resemble other games from the company, such as Sengoku …

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April 17, 2014

Gradius Galaxies

This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series Gradius

Gradius Galaxies was developed by Mobile 21, a joint venture between Nintendo and Konami which focused on portable games. It’s …

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April 17, 2014

Gun-Nac

Gun-Nac was released in 1990, around the same time as MUSHA. The title is a combination of “Zanac” and “Gunhed“. …

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April 17, 2014

DogDay

DogDay is one of those old first-person 3D point & clicks for the PC. Released in 1996, it’s one of only …

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April 17, 2014

BlaZeon

At first glance, Atlus’ 1992 shoot-em-up, BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge, may appear to be a Gradius knock-off without the upgrade system. As you’ve …

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April 17, 2014

Phozon

Every company has their oddballs and one-offs that get eclipsed by their bigger franchises. Urban Champion is more or less forgotten by …

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April 17, 2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

This entry is part 1 of 30 in the series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The very first TMNT game came in 1989 on the NES, appropriately titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Interestingly enough, Konami opted for a …

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April 17, 2014

Ninja Clowns

In the world of beat-em-ups, it takes a lot to be remembered. Even such gems of the genre as Ninja Baseball …

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April 12, 2014

Kingdom O’ Magic

SCI’s Kingdom O’ Magic is about as close as anyone got to a Monty Python skit in video game form. Oh, sure, they were …

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April 12, 2014

Sakura Wars 2

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Sakura Wars

This much-anticipated sequel was released for Saturn in April of 1998. It remains the breakout hit of the series, selling …

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April 2, 2014

Valis

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Valis

Valis used to be the pride of Japanese B-tier developer Telenet. Due to the games being decent at best, the series …