Reviews by LowerStreetBlues
8 reviews
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Reader Colecovision HG exclusive
2010: The Graphic Action Game review
Even by the humble standards of 1984, 2010: The Graphic Action Game is light on action, none of it particularly graphic, unless you consider circuit board stills especially rousing or obscene. Worse, the misnomer does not end there. If you…
LowerStreetBlues · March 11, 2010
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Reader Arcade HG exclusive
Xenophobe review
In 1987 Bally Midway engineered Xenophobe, a one-to-three person alien extermination effort with a twist. While simultaneous cooperative play has roots far deeper in gaming history, perhaps never before had a developer so intuitively…
LowerStreetBlues · February 25, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Viking: Battle for Asgard review
Gruesome. In a word, it's what Viking: Battle for Asgard strives to achieve. A rival viking stumbles dead after the cut of your blade, an 'X' icon next to his still upright corpse. There's a difference between slaughter and sending a…
LowerStreetBlues · December 3, 2009
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Reader Arcade HG exclusive
Stratovox review
Historians will note that Stratovox was the first game to use synthesized voice. Long forgotten behind this trivia is the unforgiving game time forgot. My initial impression of Stratovox, you ask? Like the stone-faced spaceman on its…
LowerStreetBlues · November 16, 2009
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Reader Colecovision HG exclusive
Antarctic Adventure review
Konami's Antarctic Adventure is a devilishly challenging title, an addicting yet frustrating arctic hustle content to be as cold as the icy continent. Tasked with visiting arctic bases under the strictest of time constraints, the plucky…
LowerStreetBlues · November 15, 2009
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Reader Colecovision Review of the Week HG exclusive
Gorf review
The Galactic Orbiting Robot Force, better known as Gorf, has its sights set on our humble Earth for its next conquest, its alien fleet traveling through a space warp and descending on the planet in a uniform march. Something must be done…
LowerStreetBlues · November 9, 2009
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Reader Colecovision HG exclusive
Mr. Do!'s Castle review
Taking to heart the accusation that their first title in the series, Mr Do!, was merely a copy of Dig Dug, developer Universal made certain that Mr. Do's Castle bore nary a resemblance to the Atari creation. For instance, in this spirited…
LowerStreetBlues · November 3, 2009
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Reader Colecovision Review of the Week HG exclusive
Mr. Do! review
Mr. Do is a clown. That's strike one against him. In this self-titled Colecovision debut he harvests cherries lying ripe in bizarre single-screen sub-terrains. His underground world is one of pastel and patterned colors, dirt-munching…
LowerStreetBlues · October 30, 2009
