Reviews by Masters
386 reviews · showing 321–340
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Staff Arcade
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior review
For a moment, forgive creator Capcom's penchant for watering down the viability of their own games by releasing sequel after sequel, and see SFII for the head-to-head combat, genre-blazing pioneer that it is. Similar titles had come before…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Ninja Gaiden review
Tecmo made a Double Dragon type game, where the screen scrolled sideways and you could walk up into the background, and added some interesting spices. The result is the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden. Fans of the NES series will find…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Double Dragon II: The Revenge review
How wildly our imaginations distort the truth! How apt they are to bend and twist our so-so memories of games into more favourable aspects so that we may think dearly of these adventures from our past, and finally, triumphantly…
Marc Golding · December 16, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Crime City review
Remember Miami Vice? Or, failing that, the Lethal Weapon series? Well, from the two-word titles, right down to the main characters - the cool ADD-afflicted Caucasian guy, and by-the-book clean cut black guy - Crime City isn’t ashamed to…
Marc Golding · December 16, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Violence Fight review
There’s no game that encompasses the smell of pizza quite like Violence Fight. The aroma twists my head and lures me in. I cannot escape it; it is all-consuming. The game itself -- well, the quality was never in question. At best Violence…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Superman review
Taito used to rule the corner stores with an iron fist. And as such, all we kids who cut class to go to the corner stores to play video games thought Taito was the shit. Superman was a big name cog in the mighty Taito wheel that included…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Street Fighter review
That guy in the first player slot with red hair, jerking about as if frames of animation are missing, is Ryu. You might recognize him; his hair has gotten darker with age and he has since doffed the ruby red slippers he wears in this…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Snow Bros. review
Nick and Tom are snowmen. They wear little hats on the backs of their heads, and are dressed down, trailer park style in overalls, with no shirts. The two always smiling wonders have a daunting task on their plates - no less than 50 levels…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff Arcade
R-Type Leo review
When you play the first few levels, your hardened fan’s heart will melt with the realization that this is the sort of simple genius that makes for excellent shooting, and is deserving of its own sequel, or series. Under another moniker…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Rezon review
The people at Alhummer were some evil, sadistic sons of bitches. I can’t stress this enough. They weren’t so creative, but they were cold and calculating. Consider this: they took Irem’s arcade, horizontal shooter hit, R-Type, and…
Marc Golding · December 15, 2003
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Staff NeoGeo
Magician Lord review
Begin as blue-clad Elta in the Dale of Evil Gods, and descend the very rungs of the ladder of hell to recover the Eight Books of Wisdom from the God of Destruction, Az Atorse. Magician Lord is dead serious, and if you don't believe me…
Marc Golding · December 14, 2003
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Staff NeoGeo
Pulstar review
The legend goes this way: a handful of surly IREM expatriates fled the unimaginative rut they were in to explore greener pastures. They were unhappy with the way R-Type II turned out - it was simply more of the same. They wanted to up the…
Marc Golding · December 14, 2003
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Staff NeoGeo
Last Resort review
If you’ve played R-Type - the perennial arcade side-scrolling space shooter - and you didn’t like it, you will hate Last Resort It’s that simple. You will hate it for its extreme difficulty, you will hate it for its unforgivable 'back you…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff Colecovision
Donkey Kong Junior review
While the perennial favourite, Donkey Kong, had a little red-capped, thick-mustached plumber leaping barrels sent careening his way by the big guy himself, Donkey Kong Jr changes things up completely. Now Mario is exacting some measure of…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff 3DO
Super Street Fighter II Turbo review
Panasonic should thank their lucky stars (well, not so lucky) that Capcom allowed their favourite sons, Ken and Ryu to play on the 3DO's abandoned, decrepit property. Super Street Fighter II Turbo (SSFIIT) remains one of the few bright…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff 3DO
Out of This World review
Imagine being in another world, totally different than this Earth - blue and purple-shadowed, otherworldly and brimming with sudden violence. Anthropoid beasts brood in black uniforms, walking the sunless earth, their faces telling of the…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Side Arms review
Rather than the collection of illegal weapons you thought you would find piled on the counter when you asked for it, Side Arms is a side-scrolling shooting game from Capcom. Radiance Software ported the game over to the Turbografx-16 in a…
Marc Golding · December 11, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
TV Sports Hockey review
As the Turbografx-16 goes, surely Cinemaware has reached rock bottom with this, the third and final TV Sports release (I don't believe TV Sports Baseball was ever released). This is possibly the worst sports game I have ever played, and…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Victory Run review
This game, one of the few racers released for the Turbografx-16, chronicles the Paris to Dakar rally. The strains on mind, body and vehicle alike are enormous, and Victory Run is relentless. The game makes you feel the vehicle's emotions…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition review
Do you have any friends? Well, do you? If the answer to this dubious and revealing question is 'yes', then you simply cannot do without playing Unreal Tournament. But I am not good at First Person Shooter games! You whine, clearly…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
