Reviews by overdrive
690 reviews · showing 661–680
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Reader NES
Hercules no Eikou II: Titan no Metsubou review
One thing that has remained a constant in video gaming history is that if a company comes up with a wonderful idea, other companies will jump on board and attempt to create their own games using said idea. Take Enix’s legendary Dragon…
overdrive · May 26, 2004
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Reader Atari 2600 Review of the Week
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns review
Spend enough time reading the legends and myths of ancient Greece and you might come upon the jolly tale of a man named Sisyphus. This poor chap did something or other to royally tick off the gods and was sentenced to an eternity of…
overdrive · May 20, 2004
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Reader NES
Mega Man 5 review
After you’ve played a certain number of the classic Mega Man games, they can become very difficult to rate. On a positive note, when you put a Mega Man game into your Nintendo, you know you’re going to be playing an excellent cartoonish…
overdrive · May 14, 2004
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Reader NeoGeo
Andro Dunos review
If I must open this review with a positive comment about SNK’s side-scrolling Neo-Geo shooter, Andro Dunos, then let me simply say that the programmers were very good at picking the right games to lift elements from. You aren’t going to…
overdrive · May 13, 2004
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Reader NeoGeo
Alpha Mission II review
Plagued by atrocious graphics, sluggish gameplay, a poorly-construed power-up system, unimaginative enemies and bosses and countless other flaws, the original Alpha Mission (at least the NES port) set a standard for poor play in a shooter…
overdrive · May 1, 2004
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Reader NES
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance review
As any fan of retro role-playing games can tell you, the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System were the originators of the console RPG. Games like Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy on the NES and Phantasy Star on the SMS…
overdrive · April 21, 2004
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Reader TurboGrafx-16
Toilet Kids review
Us poor folks in America sure have gotten the short end of the stick haven’t we? Doesn’t it just seem like so many excellent and wonderful games from yesteryear never got released in our country? Sure, you can download ROMs, translation…
overdrive · April 15, 2004
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Reader SNES
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius review
I’m sure that horizontally-scrolling Super Nintendo shooter Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius has a plot. After all, if you wait after starting up the game, you will be taken into a cinema scene. While the Japanese words and voice are both…
overdrive · April 6, 2004
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Reader SuperGrafx Review of the Week
1941: Counter Attack review
On the surface, there really wasn’t that much wrong with Capcom’s first two World War II-based shooters. Both 1942 and 1943 had loads of fast action complete with an unbelievable number of planes and other vessels quivering with the…
overdrive · March 30, 2004
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Reader PlayStation
Breath of Fire III review
One could easily say that the Super Nintendo was the first American console system to truly embrace role-playing games. From unforgettable legends such as Final Fantasy 3/6 and Chrono Trigger to more mundane offerings such as the…
overdrive · March 26, 2004
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Reader PlayStation 2
Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest review
It might just be me, but it seems a bit awkward when one starts a review with some sort of a disclaimer — but with Champions of Norrath, it seems almost necessary to do so. You see, this PS2 hack-and-slash offering has generated no small…
overdrive · March 17, 2004
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Reader SNES
BioMetal review
Sometimes you just have to wonder what goes through the minds of video game designers and programmers. Let's say you're working on a rather routine horizontally-scrolling Super Nintendo shooter such as BioMetal. There doesn't seem to be…
overdrive · March 16, 2004
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Reader NES
Mega Man 4 review
It’s completely understandable if Dr. Wily was feeling just a bit of frustration by the time that Mega Man 4 rolled around. After all, as a three-time loser in his battles with the Blue Bomber, the not-so-good doctor was on the verge of…
overdrive · March 10, 2004
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Reader Arcade
Air Gallet review
When it comes to the wild and wacky world of shooters, few things are as much of a sure bet as the simple fact that you’ve probably seen it all before. It may look nicer or be better executed in some games, but true originality is hard to…
overdrive · March 5, 2004
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Reader NES
Castlevania review
You know, when it comes to video games, today’s kids have it easy. Do you remember back when you didn’t have fancy memory cards and saving your progress usually was done by scribbling down lengthy passwords (if that option existed at all)?…
overdrive · February 25, 2004
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Reader PlayStation 2
Silent Hill 3 review
I have this friend I get together with every few weeks to simply hang out with and play games. A few years ago, the two of us had a great time with Resident Evil 2 and decided to find out if there were any other similar games on the…
overdrive · February 19, 2004
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Reader NES
Mega Man 3 review
Ever since the early days of the Nintendo Entertainment System, a little blue robot named Mega Man has battled valiantly against the robotic forces of evil. While these more recent days of video games have seen Mega Man partake in 3-D…
overdrive · February 18, 2004
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Reader Arcade
Air Duel review
If you can count on one thing in the wild and wacky world of video games, it’s that if someone comes up with a good idea, other companies will attempt to cash in on it. For the most part, this is a good thing. After all, it is rare that a…
overdrive · February 11, 2004
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Reader Genesis
Bio-Hazard Battle review
For all the good that scientific advances have done for our planet, there is a dark side to this technology. Whether it be pollution, the threat of nuclear war, chemical weapons such as anthrax or something else, the possibility that our…
overdrive · February 5, 2004
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Reader SNES
Sengoku Denshou review
During the age of Neo-Geo arcade and home video games, SNK was quite fond of cranking out shooters and brawlers of all shapes and sizes. Whether they were putting mollusk heads on generic thugs in Mutation Nation or creating a new Contra…
overdrive · February 4, 2004
