Kohan II: Kings of War
How does it feel to kill a god, Melchior? My muscles ache. Nothing more. The fully 3D Kohan II is a study …
Darius Twin
The third Darius entry, Darius Twin, was released exclusively for the SNES. It’s an average but technically competent entry on …
Super Nova
Darius Force (known as Super Nova in the West) might be one of the series’ lesser-known titles, but it’s a …
Compile Shoot-em-up Docs
Design Documents Fanzine
Rise of Nations
In the realm of real time strategy, history has proven itself time and again a reliable subject matter. When done …
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
Being in charge of making a sequel to a hit game does not seem like an enviable task. Change too …
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!
While DKC2 was preluded by immense hype and released to glowing reviews, DKC3, conversely, had a lot of bad mojo stacked against it. …
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
Hero units have long been a fraught feature in RTS games, especially in single-player campaigns. Since they’re generally vital to …
Fighting Layer
The developer Arika was built from former Capcom employees, yet their first major game was the Capcom co-venture Street Fighter EX. …
Puyo Puyo~n
The pun of the title stretches the second “Puyo” to end in an “n” to form the syllable “yon”, which …
Demon Sword
Demon Sword (or Fudou Myououden in Japan, translated to “The Legend of Acala”) isn’t technically a sequel to The Legend …
Ryuichi Nishizawa (UPL – Interview)
UPL Corporation (“Universal Play Land”) was at the forefront of the Japanese arcade development scene. Though relatively obscure outside of …
Depth Dwellers
Everybody and their mother had to put out a first person shooter after id Software’s Wolfenstein 3D and Doom hit the gaming scene. Some …
