Flintstones, The: Bedrock Bowling
The original PlayStation was aging fast as the new millennium passed. The system was slowly doomed to become a dumping …
Hooters Road Trip
A great many things could be said about the Hooters franchise, hardly any of them good. For those readers who …
Destiny of an Emperor
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)
Years before the Breath of Fire series solidified Capcom’s RPG pedigree, the company was mostly remembered for their action games. Titles like Bionic …
The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1
The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1 – by John Szczepaniak The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers …
Danchizuma no Yuuwaku (Dark Age of JRPGs)
Japan being Japan, you knew it was only a matter of time until the first “erotic” game would show up …
Panorama Toh (Dark Age of JRPGs)
If you thought Dragon Slayer was Falcom’s first RPG, you guessed wrong. Well, admittedly it’s a bit of a stretch …
Sonic’s Schoolhouse
It might not be entirely fair to single out an educational game for this sort of article. It’s entirely fair, …
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
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 …
