Reviews by goldenvortex, page 5

Snow Bros. review

Snow Bros.; Possibly one of the most bizarre yet unoriginal arcade style games to be ported from the arcade to the Mega Drive. Don’t get me wrong though just because this game isn’t original doesn’t mean that it is a travesty! In fact Snow…

goldenvortex · March 22, 2005

Reader Game Boy

Super Mario Land review

Super Mario Land was one of the launch titles for the Gameboy and alongside Tetris, it may be the best game that the system has to offer. It took the basic Mario formula from the original NES classic, Super Mario Bros and added a few new…

goldenvortex · March 20, 2005

Reader Sega Master System

Dynamite Dux review

Dynamite Dux was a fun, yet extremely obscure game that was released in the arcades in 1989. A cute cuddly-looking platform/beat-me-up that set out to capture the hearts and minds of arcade gamers everywhere but failed miserably. It is now…

goldenvortex · March 17, 2005

Reader Arcade

Dynamite Dux review

Dynamite Dux may be severely underrated but it’s still one of the quirkiest and original beat-em-ups I’ve played in a long time. Instead of using the standard scheme of a city being overrun by crime or a big axe being stolen, it does…

goldenvortex · March 17, 2005

Reader Sega CD

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side review

Mortal Kombat made it big by overwhelming us with gratuitous gore and bloody fatalities. The concept of actually killing your opponent in the fight was a little more radical than just beating the snot out of them. Because of this…

goldenvortex · March 14, 2005

Reader Genesis

Splatterhouse 2 review

Splatterhouse was a fantastic gore-fest, packed with rotting body parts, blood stained hallways and gruesome monsters intent on ripping your guts out. It spawned a mass of controversy on its release and was ripped from arcades shortly…

goldenvortex · March 13, 2005

Reader Genesis

Flicky review

When digging deep into my collection of games I came across the weird part of the closet. Here lay some of the oddest games I had ever played for various systems, ranging from either the generally wacky to the outright bizarre. Games like…

goldenvortex · March 10, 2005

Reader Xbox

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee review

Munch’s Oddysee was one of the launch titles for the Xbox and was the third game in the Oddworld Quintology. Unlike the previous Oddworld antics, it was in a fully 3D environment and also allowed a tag feature between two characters…

goldenvortex · February 28, 2005

Reader Sega CD

Brutal: Paws of Fury review

When a game is released on three different systems and you own all three systems it can be a small chore deciding what system to get which game on. With Brutal, a 2-D fighting game from the 16-bit days, I had a choice of three versions…

goldenvortex · February 26, 2005

Reader SNES

Hokuto no Ken 7: Seiken Retsuden - Denshousha heno Michi review

Toei didn't learn from their mistakes when they released HNK7, a gritty Fist of the North Star game on the SNES. The prequel was poor but had a few moments where you could sit down and play the thing for a little while and have a bit, and…

goldenvortex · February 21, 2005

Reader SNES

Hokuto no Ken 6: Gekitou Denshouken - Haou heno Michi review

Hokuto no Ken 6 is a lousy fighting game on the SNES based on the popular Fist of the North Star series. The series was pretty popular in America and Japan a few years back but nowadays it seems that there is only a small cluster of fans…

goldenvortex · February 21, 2005

Reader Xbox

SoulCalibur II review

Soul Calibur 2 has been Namco’s recent big hits, aside from the earlier Tekken games, which rocked, the company hadn’t brought out anything that was regarded as a classic, from a general gamers point of view. However, with Soul Calibur 2…

goldenvortex · February 18, 2005

Reader Xbox

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 review

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 may be the most addictive 2-D fighting game of them all. Unlike Capcom vs. SNK 2, it didn’t rely on complicated fighting “grooves” or a fussy scoring system but on pure mayhem and oversized hyper combos! Luckily, those…

goldenvortex · February 10, 2005

Reader Genesis

Bonanza Brothers review

Another gem from Sega's closet of barely known games would be thief based Bonanza Bros., released on the Mega Drive. Containing qualities that could be a violent adult based game Sega moulded it nicely into something that the younger…

goldenvortex · February 10, 2005

Reader Genesis

Altered Beast review

Altered Beast is the old and rusty classic that most gamers see as poor nowadays. It was the first game on the Sega’s Mega Drive, the classic 16-bit system known better as the Genesis. It was the first of Sega’s arcade games to get a port…

goldenvortex · February 1, 2005

Reader Genesis

Alien Storm review

Alien Storm was released in 1990 and was yet another arcade game by Sega, which joined the ranks along with other arcade classics such as Altered Beast and Golden Axe. This game was released in the arcades and a few home versions for…

goldenvortex · January 31, 2005

Reader PC

Doom II: Hell on Earth review

Doom is probably the only first person shooter that you can never grow tired of. It defined it’s genre back in the early 90’s and was possibly the most popular PC game of the time. Doom made FPS games what they are today, without the…

goldenvortex · January 28, 2005

Reader GameCube

Super Smash Bros. Melee review

Nintendo decided to take a trip down memory lane again. After the success of Super Smash bros on the N64, they probably thought it would be a good idea to revamp that popular game on the big N’s new (at the time) creation. After gathering…

goldenvortex · January 20, 2005

Reader Sega 32X

Cosmic Carnage review

One of the few fighters created just for the 32X was an obscure game called Cosmic Carnage. Unlike the majority of those on the system, this one was actually an original game and not a port of an overused arcade title like Mortal Kombat or…

goldenvortex · January 11, 2005

Reader Sega 32X

Kolibri review

Novotrade is barely known in the gaming world nowadays. The company themselves may not be known but their classic game “Ecco the Dolphin” probably will. Another game by Novotrade that didn’t become as popular as the Ecco series was…

goldenvortex · January 11, 2005