Reviews by deathspork

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    Pyramid review

    Even compared to the rest of AVE's hardly circulated NES library, Pyramid is difficult to find. There's a reason for that. Rarely has a game so blatantly missed its mark, and never before have apparently competent designers shown so much…

    deathspork · June 24, 2004

  • Reader NES Review of the Week

    Heavy Barrel review

    The overhead run 'n gunner is a genre that never quite came to fruition on the console front. The pioneering Ikari Warriors series, despite having three separate outings, could not overcome the dreadful archetype that defines it. Guerilla…

    deathspork · June 17, 2004

  • Reader Genesis Review of the Week

    Elemental Master review

    The most endearing quality of Elemental Master is apparent before the controller is even touched. It begins with a pitch-black sky against a low lying blanket of fog, tousled only by the sharp hill tops jutting through, as a single…

    deathspork · June 10, 2004

  • Reader NES

    Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight review

    I'd hate to be a Ken fan. Capcom can wedge new chapters into the Street Fighter timeline all it wants, but there can be no reversing the series' ultimate conclusion. When the subject of best character comes up among enthusiasts, and the…

    deathspork · June 8, 2004