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64 reviews here, by game title · showing 1–20
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Reader Wii HG exclusive
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure review
Ahoy matey! Are ye ready for an exciting adventure on the high seas? Are ye ready to explore vast ruins and face terrifying monsters? Ready to best the trickiest of traps and conquer confounding contraptions? Well then, grab yer chocolate…
zippdementia · October 23, 2008
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Staff FM-Towns HG exclusive
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders review
This isn’t just the only version of Zak ever released on CD-ROM, but it’s also the only one to feature 256-color VGA graphics. And don’t think that means they must be little more than a slight update; all the graphics have been completely…
Sho · February 5, 2007
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Reader PC HG exclusive
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders review
Before Sam, Max and Guybrush, Zak McKracken saved the world from stupidity in LucasArts's first PC/SCUMM engine point-and-click farce. The rough edges are evident, but so are the laughs, and Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (ZM)…
aschultz · December 30, 2009
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Zanac review
From the sharp minds of Compile come Zanac (1986/1987), a vertically scrolling shooter. Amidst a world of other games of the same genre, Zanac manages to outshine many of them, proving to be a strong contender with a unique challenge…
whelkman · May 26, 2008
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Staff PC Review of the Week HG exclusive
ZANGEKI WARP review
Genre expanding.
Marc Golding · July 31, 2018
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Reader GameCube HG exclusive
Zapper review
Zapper seldom has any interesting or impressive scenes. You do much the same on every level, perform the same jumps, dodge the same traps, kill the same enemies, and even discover the same secret areas.
JoeTheDestroyer · July 7, 2011
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Staff Colecovision HG exclusive
Zaxxon review
Now with 95% more grating noises and twitchy motion!
Joseph Shaffer · July 12, 2015
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Reader Commodore 64 HG exclusive
Zaxxon review
At the end of this base, the eponymous Zaxxon attacks, a giant killer robot that actually does very little killing. Rather, he lumbers towards you, fires a single missile, and bugs out, ending the stage even if you fail to destroy him in…
sashanan · July 14, 2015
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Reader NeoGeo HG exclusive
Zed Blade review
When I think of the Neo-Geo’s small library of horizontal shooters, the first thing that comes to mind is R-Type. No, Irem never put any of their flagship franchise’s games on this system, but you don’t exactly have to be a genius to see…
overdrive · July 22, 2005
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link review
At least it's better than Simon's Quest...
JoeTheDestroyer · August 19, 2023
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link review
One could almost say that the serious gaming world can be cleanly divided into two groups: those who love Zelda games and would be devastated if Nintendo were to make any large-scale renovations, and those who gave up on the series a long…
Suskie · May 3, 2009
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link review
To say that The Legend of Zelda revolutionized gaming is like saying The Beatles revolutionized music; it's an understatement no matter how you slice it. Zelda stunned the world with its complex yet digestible game play and its hours upon…
whelkman · May 26, 2008
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Zelle review
Reader beware: The less you know going into this one, the better...
Joseph Shaffer · October 31, 2025
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
ZEN Pinball review
The problem I encountered is that the "quick" matches are often too intimidating for inexperienced players. They amount to a score race, with every competitor playing simultaneously and trying to hit 5,000,000 (or some much higher number)…
Jason Venter · May 24, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Zeno Clash review
In a lot of ways, it feels like an evolved Double Dragon comfortably shoehorned into the first perspective then bottle fed LSD by the gallon.
Gary Hartley · October 20, 2009
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Staff PC Review of the Week HG exclusive
Zeno Clash II review
It's bigger, badder, and WTFier, but it still needs some fine-tuning.
Joseph Shaffer · May 7, 2013
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition review
Zeno Clash is so aggressively bizarre that when you call it “imaginative,” you’re in danger of giving its creators more credit than they deserve. So much of what’s here strikes me as weirdness for the sake of weirdness that the game’s most…
Mike Suskie · May 14, 2010
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Zeran's Folly review
Not for the “Cuphead’s difficulty is an attack on my human rights!” crowd.
Gary Hartley · November 6, 2017
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