Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller was the product of the burgeoning multimedia era in the mid-90s. PCs were finally infiltrating the …
Valis IV (PC Engine)
Over the course of three games, the Valis series had gotten a bit narratively stale. Each time another demon of the week …
Super Ninja-kun
An update of the original arcade games, Super Ninja-kun features improved 16-bit graphics, a much larger variety of stages, boss battles, dashing …
Ninja-kun: Ashura no Shou
The arcade sequel takes the gameplay of Ninja-kun and greatly expands on it. Although there are still many stages where you simply …
Syd of Valis
Valis SD is a weird release. It’s essentially Valis II, but it’s one of these Japanese games where they like to draw …
Obscure Video Game Controversies – Hard Hat Mack
Hard Hat Mack is an 8-bit computer game from Electronic Arts. It’s clearly inspired by Donkey Kong, in that it …
Emerald City Confidential
The Wizard of Oz has been a gold mine for alternate interpretations. Beyond the world famous 1939 film, there have been …
Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars
In 2001, a group of German fans who called themselves MindFactory began work on their own Broken Sword game. Between then and …
Inherit the Earth: The Quest for the Orb
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb, designed by The Dreamers Guild and published by New World Computing, tells the …
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Flight of the Amazon Queen so desperately wants to be a LucasArts game. Largely designed by two guys out of Brisbane, …
Kizuna Encounter
Savage Reign probably didn’t exactly set the arcade charts on fire. But SNK apparently had enough faith in the game to …
