All posts by Kurt Kalata

Nickname: Discoalucard Contact info: Email Head Editor.

KickMaster

This game is featured in our NES Cult Classics book! Please check it out! In a grim fantasy setting, the kingdom

Gigantic Army

Gigantic Army is such a gigantic love letter to Cybernator it might as well be a long lost sequel. It almost doesn’t show

Do Dutch Wives Dream of Electric Eels? (Dark Age of JRPGs)

Most computer RPGs in the early days (and even in the modern era) are based around some fantasy or swords

Quarth

Quarth is a fun little shooter / puzzle hybrid from Konami. You control a small ship at the bottom of

Cloud Master

For the most part, there is little remarkable about Chuuka Taisen, which translates to “Great Wizard of the Middle Kingdom”,

Desert Breaker

Desert Breaker is an overhead run-and-gun, a sort of game which often falls into the genre of vertical shoot-em-ups. However,

Parodius

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Parodius

Video games, in general, take themselves way too seriously. As evolved as they’ve become since their inception, comedy video games

A.B. Cop

Sega sure did love three-dimensional scaling technology back in the day. Ever since Yu Suzuki gave us Space Harrier, OutRun, After Burner, and

Gokuu Densetsu: Magic Beast Warriors

Mortal Kombat had a huge influence on practically every fighting game developed in America. In the mid-90s, the market was flooded

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series NiGHTS

Despite numerous cameos and references throughout the years, NiGHTS did not receive a sequel until 2008, with NiGHTS: Journey of

Rhythm Heaven Fever

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Rhythm Heaven

Rhythm Heaven heads to the Wii with the third installment, and it’s nice to have it on a big screen, especially

Gun Frontier

Taito’s Gun Frontier is unique in that it’s one of the only shoot-em-ups to take place in a Wild West-type setting. Of

Shinichi Sakamoto (Interview)

Shinichi Sakamoto was a composer at Westone Bit Entertainment, creating music for several of their titles, along with some occasional

T

Toshiaki Sakoda (Interview)

Toshiaki Sakoda was a composer who worked for Compile during the late 80s and early 90s. Beyond providing music to classics

Manage Cookie Settings