XZR: Hakai no Gouzou
Telenet’s XZR series is wild. It mixes religious historical figures and iconography, along with prolific drug-taking and a crazy storyline that sees …
Koneko Monogatari
The publisher Pony Canyon had a reputation for making terrible games for the Famicom, and Koneko Monogatari is no different. …
City of Lost Children, The
Video game adaptations of movies have almost always been known to be terrible. Is The City of Lost Children game, developed by …
Astérix / Taz (Atari 2600)
The very first video game to feature our favorite mustachioed hero was released on the Atari 2600, during the period …
Ihatovo Monogatari
The phenomenon known as “I” is a blue light coming from a temporary, organic alternative current lamp (a synthesis of …
A Dollar Menu History of Cooking Games
Ever played Cooking Mama? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is yes; after all, the franchise has, at last …
Excelsior Phase Two: Errondor
In Excelsior Phase Two, you again take on the role of a Fixer. Your task, however, is slightly different. A measly …
Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia
The Excelsior series consists of two shareware games: Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia and Excelsior Phase Two: Errondor released in 1993 and 1999 respectively. These fantasy role …
Heart of the Alien: Out of This World Parts I and II
Interplay first teased a sequel with their 3DO port of Another World. The extended ending would become the full-fledged into to …
Air Gallet
When people talk about the fall of Toaplan, four companies always come up – Cave, Raizing, Takumi, and Gazelle. Most shooter fans are …
Astro Blaster
Shoot-em-ups are at the ground layer of the development and evolution of video games. Before home gaming really took off …
Ghost in the Shell (PS1)
Masamune Shirow, real name apparently Masanori Ota, needs little introduction. As the creative mind behind the phenomenally popular manga series of Appleseed (1985), Dominion: …
Psychonauts
In the ’80s, there was this company named Lucasfilm Entertainment that started making games. And they were good. Gamers were …
