Reviews
11,291 reviews · showing 10,161–10,180
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Reader PC
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition review
Does Unreal Tournament, widely considered as one of the best first-person shooters around (if not the best!), even need to be introduced? Hell, for many, UT is even much more than that (i.e. the best FPS around). When Unreal was released…
siegfried · December 18, 2003
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Reader PlayStation
Final Fantasy VIII review
Final Fantasy VIII is a game you'll love and hate. Where you may love the sci-fi premise, you may baulk at the love story. Where you may hate drawing magic from your enemies, you'll love the customisation of the Junction system. Where you…
jerec · December 17, 2003
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Reader SNES
Super Mario World review
As gamers, we all have a certain game that stands out among the others that we've played. There have been dozens of games that I've played through, but in only one of those I can remember how to beat every level. If I couldn't play this…
asherdeus · December 17, 2003
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Reader PC
SimEarth review
Imagine if you will, a newborn planet. It is completely covered in flame and magma. Billions of years pass by in mere seconds, and this lava has hardened into rock. In the blink of an eye, many billions of years have passed once more, and…
jerec · December 17, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Silent Debuggers review
Meet Leon. He’s your buddy, your leader, your home base. He’s also dead cool - he wears dark glasses indoors and rolls up his sleeves like a middle finger extended to the chilly corridors where he must do his tireless, one-handed work (no…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Tiger Road review
Perhaps it's the simplicity of the gameplay that draws me in. You control a little bald man, Lee Wong (who bears no relation to Bonk, in case you're wondering). Never mind what the glossy, airbrushed cover depicts; you are not Fu Man Chu…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff NES
Super Mario Bros. review
Super Mario Brothers is instantly memorable, and over time, its appeal only grows. It isn’t as goofy as its oddball sequel, nor is it as wondrous as the magical third game in the series to appear for the system. But it has a wholly old…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting review
Pick Ryu. Try to duck and use rapid short kicks to set up a throw and find the blue beast, Blanka, eating your face a la Hannibal (only our mutant might not know to have a Chianti at the ready). Worse yet, the Japanese fireballer might…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Thunder Fox review
Rend soldier-types with semi-automatics and melt massive vehicles with flamethrowers. As early as level one there’s opportunity to cruise about in an army jeep and literally run terrorists down, or pick them off mercilessly with the…
Marc Golding · December 17, 2003
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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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Reader Game Boy Advance
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 review
In 1995, an unlikely legend was born. Still riding on the success of the blockbuster hit from four years earlier, Super Mario World, and the popularity of other classic titles such as Super Mario Kart and the various NES hits, it didn't…
retro · December 16, 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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Reader PlayStation Review of the Week
Fear Effect review
At the nexus where Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Blade Runner and Big Trouble in Little China meet, there is Fear Effect (FE), one of the toughest, darkest and most lurid survival horror outings to arrive late in the Playstation's…
bloomer · 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
