Category: Review
1941: Counter Attack
1941 is a giant leap forward from the previous two games, fixing many of the problems of 1943 and by extension, 1942. Now that …
1943: The Battle of Midway
Released three years after its predecessor, 1943: The Battle of Midway is a massive improvement. It looks much nicer, has an actual …
Might and Magic II
Might and Magic Book II plays identically to the first game in almost every respect. The stat and class mechanics are …
JoJo’s Venture
After a string of hit 2D fighting games on the CPS-2 system (namely the Street Fighter, Alpha and Darkstalkers games), Capcom introduced its next (and …
Live-A-Live
It’s a clever gameplay mechanic: have a bunch of heroes individually fight through their own chapters of a video game, …
Might and Magic
There are three early Western PC Role Playing franchises that just about every fan of the genre knows. Ultima, Wizardry, and Might and …
Trouble Witches
It’s practically a fact that Touhou games (and their assorted ripoffs) dominate the doujin shmup scene. They’re obviously the most …
Jurassic Park: Trespasser
Remember being a dinosaur-loving kid of the 90s? Collecting all those plastic models and learning their names as if they …
Final Zone II
Even though Final Zone was a failure, it still passed on its legacy to two sequels. Final Zone II appeared as a PC Engine …
Ninja Jajamaru-kun
Ninja Jajamaru-kun borrows several elements from the original Ninja-kun game – as a tiny little shuriken wielding ninja, you need to clear the …
Divide, The: Enemies Within
Reprinted with permission from Retro Gamer Magazine For some games it would seem as if destiny itself was working to bring …
Commander Keen
In the early 90s, PC gaming on IBM DOS-based computers was mostly left to things like simulation and strategy games. …
