Reader reviews, page 258

Black Heart (Import) review

It starts out so innocently. An evil wizard kidnapping a damsel. A brave knight to the rescue, determined to save the day. Leaping onto the sturdy back of his dragon mount, the chivalrous warrior departs to face whatever dangers come his…

overdrive · July 6, 2004

Reader Genesis

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck review

This game unlocks loads of great memories of me and my best mate sitting for hours on end playing World of Illusion on the Sega Mega Drive. I was only a kid when I first played it and was instantly hooked for hours on end with the games…

goldenvortex · July 5, 2004

Reader Genesis

Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron review

Rummaging through the amount of platform games on the Sega Genesis it was actually hard to find one that was a stand out from the crowd. Apart from the Sonic series there weren’t that many great games on it. Granted there were a few other…

goldenvortex · July 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Valkyrie Profile review

After playing so many role playing games, they start to become more and more similar. That’s not to say that they’re bad, it’s just that so many follow the same formula and use similar conventions, so things become stale at times. Once in…

djskittles · July 5, 2004

Reader Sega Master System

The Cyber Shinobi review

It’s sad, finding a flop in a series that has produced great games, the black sheep as you will. Every series has one, even the most popular games have one, Mario had Super Mario Bros. 2, Sonic had Sonic 3D blast, Zelda had Majoras Mask…

goldenvortex · July 5, 2004

Reader Arcade

Street Fighter review

Capcom's “Street Fighter” series was the progenitor of fighting games and today it is still respected in the hearts of beat-em-up fans and general gamers alike. When you think of Street Fighter I guarantee you will immediately think of…

goldenvortex · July 5, 2004

Reader Genesis

Columns review

Columns puts you in a position where you have to stack jewels in sets of three on top of each other. If you get three jewels of the same shape and colour in a stack, no, a column then you will get a nice range of points. You can also get…

goldenvortex · July 4, 2004

Reader Arcade

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder review

People who have played through Golden Axe 2 on the Genesis were probably pretty happy to find that it followed reasonably close to the original. It wasn’t as fun as the last game but it was fun enough to sit and play through with a friend…

goldenvortex · July 4, 2004

Reader Game Boy Advance

Animal Snap: Rescue Them 2 By 2 review

Animal Snap is a game that defies expectations. Sadly, the trust it most thoroughly trounces is your faith that game developers possess a bare minimum of competence. The game’s subtitle, Rescue Them 2 By 2, clues us in to some kind of…

denouement · July 3, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Syphon Filter 3 review

It was an afterthought of a game, tacked on at the last gasp of a console rich in glory but slowly fading away. So it’s not surprising that Syphon Filter 3 lacked the tantalizing lure that made its two predecessors huge sellers -- folks…

denouement · July 3, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Inuyasha: A Feudal Tale review

Despite the name of this popular anime and manga, InuYasha’s focus bends slightly more in the direction of its female lead than toward its half-demon title character. Kagome Higurashi is a modern day Japanese schoolgirl who, by mystical…

woodhouse · July 3, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Shinobi review

The Shinobi has series has been around for quite awhile, beginning as a simple arcade game. Since then, it has expanded and is now on the PS2. The game begins with a climatic and sad battle. The main character, Hotsuma, is forced to battle…

heroofthewinds · July 2, 2004

Reader GameCube

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes review

I sat down in the bathroom the other day (where all fans of periodicals go to read) and was reading MIT’s Technology Review magazine for July and August. Inside, there was an article on nanotechnology, and how it’s going to change the…

asherdeus · July 1, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Final Fantasy Origins review

Like many other people, I started my RPG fixation with Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior. The sheer size of these games blew me away at the time, but now my tastes have matured and I find myself enjoying truly epic RPGs. Games like…

djskittles · June 30, 2004

Reader Arcade

R-Type review

Back in the days of my youth, my parents bought me a Rubik’s Cube. Even though the objective was simple (make all the squares on each side the same color), that confounded cube still proved capable of captivating me. I spent hours, days…

overdrive · June 30, 2004

Reader SNES

Super Mario Kart review

I want you to be my friend. I want you in my house, right now. We can intertwine our bodies on my patchwork beanbag every night and together we’ll while away the hours. There will be no pain, there will be no confrontation; there will be…

kingbroccoli · June 29, 2004

Reader Genesis Review of the Week

Ecco The Dolphin review

Games about dolphins are for wimps. I’m too busy exuding machismo to be flouncing about the ocean with creatures too puny to hang with the whales, too docile to swim with the sharks. Game’s like Ecco the Dolphin are made by the girls, for…

kingbroccoli · June 29, 2004

Reader Sega Master System

Wonder Boy review

Wonder boy was one of Sega’s primary creations in the mid-eighties just before the emergence of Alex Kidd and the even more popular Sonic the Hedgehog. It spawned about five sequels that started on Sega’s 8-bit console and finished on the…

goldenvortex · June 29, 2004

Reader Arcade

Mortal Kombat 3 review

It’d be a bit of an exaggeration to call today’s games bloodthirsty. They’re certainly more than an interactive satisfying of our subconscious, violent fantasies. Still, the prominence of juicy details and the emergence of game engines…

jdog · June 29, 2004

Reader Nintendo 64

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time review

The elfin warrior clad in a forest green tunic dashes in at breakneck speed on his noble white-maned steed, decimating the frontal forces of the Skeletons with a dozen well-cast arrows zeroed in where a living being’s heart would be…

yamishuryou · June 28, 2004