Category: Review

Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer

Taito deserves their proper juice for their role in evolving the shoot-em-up genre. Even to this day, their most widely

Gun.Smoke

Some people, particularly baby boomers from the 1940s and 1950s, when they think of Gunsmoke, usually think of the long-running vintage

Destiny of an Emperor

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Tenchi wo Kurau

Before Final Fantasy VII made Japanese RPGs the talk of the town, only a fraction of them made it to American shores.

Tenchi wo Kurau (Introduction)

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Tenchi wo Kurau

Years before the Breath of Fire series solidified Capcom’s RPG pedigree, the company was mostly remembered for their action games. Titles like Bionic

Survival Arts

The early nineties were a bizarre time in arcades worldwide. One-on-one fighting games reigned in the public eye thanks to Street

Dinosaurs for Hire

Video game adaptations of comic books have been a staple since the inception of games, and will continue so as

Primal Rage

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Primal Rage

Everyone knows Street Fighter II and the flood of clones and rip-offs that came in after, some of which eventually developed into

Hourai Gakuen no Bouken!

There tons upon tons of unlocalized JRPGs on the Super Famicom. Hourai Gakuen no Bouken! Tenkousei Scramble, the only game developed

Night Trap

Shot in 16 days in 1987 and created by a former Atari programmer, Night Trap would become a by-word for “sick”, used

Xanadu

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Dragon Slayer

Xanadu is one of the most important Japanese RPGs developed. According to Falcom’s website, it sold more than 400,000 copies and

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