Reviews by Masters
386 reviews · showing 341–360
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Staff PC
Wolfenstein 3D review
The German voices are probably the biggest aural highlight (achtung baby!), and the dogs certainly represent the most impressive show of the games graphics. Human enemies are large and menacing, but they have a squashed look to them that…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
Raptor review
Raptor uses a vitality bar, so beginners won’t be intimidated as they would be by an R-Type-ish one hit wonder. That vitality bar can be extended if you’ve got enough money. Money can’t buy you love, but life - now there’s a perfectly…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
God of Thunder review
GoT (you’ve gotta admit, it’s one of the best acronyms in the world of gaming, ever: got GoT?) gives us a top-down perspective on the goings-on in the world of its hero, much like The Legend of Zelda. But don’t confuse the challenges of…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PlayStation
Philosoma review
Oh my. This could have been a legendary game. Really. Unfortunately, it falls a bit short. Philosoma is a shooter that should really appeal to all the different niches of shooter fans. It attempts side-scrolling, vertical, behind-the-ship…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Splatterhouse review
Ah, the classic moments we owe to Splatterhouse! Guide Rick past chained zombies affixed to the walls, slipping the gastric juices they spit up in your path! Jaunting ghouls offer themselves up as target practice for your two-by-four…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening review
You'll love how Link’s Awakening throws you into the thick of things right away (remember striking out into the rain in Zelda III?), and without a weapon! We are unsettled by the sense of urgency, and it’s very fun to be so off balance so…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Super Mario Land review
Nintendo might have simply taken their classic Super Mario Brothers game and shrunken it down, stripped it of its colour and some of its depth and dubbed it Super Mario Land, and GameBoy owners would likely have been happy. Instead, the…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge review
Where Castlevania: The Adventure was slow and plodding, Belmont’s Revenge is fast paced by Castlevania standards, and is as much fun to play as the best the series, and is about as good as the side-scrolling adventure genre has to offer…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
The Castlevania Adventure review
I thoroughly enjoy this terrific franchise, and I look forward to each release with newfound excitement. When I first saw screenshots for The Adventure, I fought an urge to immediately conclude that the game would be a winner. It looked…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Nemesis review
Don’t get it twisted. Nemesis is a remixed, scaled down Gradius, plain and simple. You fly from left to right and fire on everything in sight, encountering weaklings flying in formation, Moai heads literally spitting out Cheerios, and…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear review
I love side-scrollers, and someone knew this. I was duped, led astray, and the rest of it. I would gladly take on any Castlevania adventure (even The Adventure), The Legendary Axe, hell, even a rusty bladed generic Rastan mission. But X…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Donkey Kong review
You can't get a much better game than this for on the go play. Donkey Kong is the stuff, really it is. It's not what you think: it's not just a little plumber named Mario (formerly Jumpman) leaping over barrels sent his way by an angry…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Bonk's Revenge review
It pains me to sum up this Bonk experience, because there are little in the way of saving graces. And I love the series. And I loved Bonk's Adventure for the Gameboy despite its utter lack of challenge and intensity. Charm saw it through!…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Bonk's Adventure review
Bonk's Adventure for the Gameboy starts off looking like it's going to be a direct port of the Turbografx-16 classic. But it's not! The game stars the same big-headed caveman who bonks all his enemies with his noggin, and the story and…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Gear
Ristar review
The evil doings of Greedy roused a sleeping star. His name is Ristar. We’ve seen him before; he took on Greedy in his side-scrolling Sega Genesis adventure with such style and grace as to cement for himself a place among the very best in…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Gear
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 review
The obnoxious, unforgiving failure that is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Game Gear can be extremely enjoyable on a very obscure, smallish level. Unfortunately, to access that slim slice of playability, cheating is necessary and encouraged.
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Gear
The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck review
It all begins on Huey, Dewey, and Louie’s birthday, as Uncle Scrooge gives each of them a lucky dime as a gift. When the boys inquire why their cheapskate uncle couldn't buy them something good, like BeyBlades or whatever it is kids like…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Gear
Revenge of Drancon review
Nice one, Sega. You see, Sega already released this game for their Master System console years before the arrival of their Game Gear unit. It was called Wonderboy.
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff Game Gear
Aerial Assault review
I've never played a slower shooter than Aerial Assault. Perhaps the SNES's Blazeon comes close, but aside from that, nothing can touch the outright languidness with which this shooter scrolls along. Shooter skies are normally veritable…
Marc Golding · December 9, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Neutopia review
Neutopia may be the darkest of all action-RPGs I've come across, as if a layer of the brightest colour was stripped away. Even the colour of the sunlit outdoors is subdued. Similarly, the trumpeting fanfare that sounds games of this ilk is…
Marc Golding · December 6, 2003
