Category: Review
Steamgear Mash
In mainstream video game discourse, the mid-90s are often seen as an awkward growing period for the medium. The introduction …
Gwanggaeto Daewang
Dune II may not have been the first real-time strategy game ever made – a title often bestowed upon Herzog …
Danan: The Jungle Fighter
Though Sega’s Master System only seized a small fraction of the Japanese and North American markets, it did very well …
Whispered World, The
The Whispered World originally started life not at Daedalic, but as a 2004 academy project by one Marco Hüllen that …
Lamplight City
Shortly after Dave Gilbert released Unavowed, arguably one of Wadjet Eye’s best games in their growing history, studio contributor Francisco …
Star Control
The Star Control series, published by Accolade but primarily created by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, is known for …
Star Control II
Star Control II is a huge departure from the original. It takes the lore of the firstgame, which was largely …
Star Control 3
The Ur-Quan menace was successfully defeated by the destruction of their flagship at the end of Star Control II, but …
Deathtrap Dungeon
Ian Livingstone is one of the biggest names in British fantasy gaming. Together with Steve Jackson, he founded Games Workshop, …
Where in Hell is Carmen Santiago?
Broderbund’s Carmen Sandiego educational series was immensely popular in the late 80s and early 90s, enough to eventually earn it …
Populous: The Beginning
“I didn’t have time to look at games. I was walking in, spending half an hour with them, and then …
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy
SNK’s fortunes have ebbed and flowed over the years, having gone bankrupt in 2001 then resurrected by Playmore, then floundering …
