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Double Dragon (Atari 2600)

Double Dragon review (A2600)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Certain types of games are just totally inappropriate for certain platforms. Would you want to play Resident Evil on your Texas Instruments calculator? How about Doom on your NES? On the same token the thought of a Double Dragon port for the Atari 2600 is just plain bizarre. Double Dragon was a state of the art 1987 arcade game with three action buttons. The Atari 2600 was a dated and decaying console from 1977 with a single action button. Clearly there were going to be some porting problems. &#...
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Haunted Castle (Arcade)

Haunted Castle review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

When people think of terrible Castlevania games, the usual suspects are Castlevania: The Adventure for the GameBoy and Castlevania 64 for the Nintendo 64, but hidden deep in this mostly proud lineage is that drunken uncle who hasn't had a job in thirty years and shows up to family parties only to wreck them. Unlike Vs. Castlevania, which was just a minor tweak of the NES version, Konami's Haunted Castle is a completely original entry into the arcade, which, fortunately, has never turned up elsew...
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Gals Panic (Arcade)

Gals Panic review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Teenage guys are teeming with hormonal energy and are eager to experiment, but their female counterparts, overcome with hormones as well, just do not share guys' desire for quick-and-dirty sexual discovery. Being not the old days, boys cannot simply clunk a woman on the noggin with a heavy object when she resists his charms (or lack thereof). 


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Solitaire (PC)

Solitaire review (PC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

The word solitaire is actually a generic term referring to an entire set of solitary playing card games, and, until recently, solitaire was known as patience. Those pesky Brits still call it patience because of their illogical resistance to the superior American method of doing things. Microsoft's choice for their stock game is Klondike, which is the most known solitaire game. Klondike is an ideal beginner's solitaire with its simple rules and ubiquity.
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Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel (Genesis)

Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel review (GEN)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

''Hey, let's fight!'' is a challenge I issue to people while I am drunk. When sober ''Hey, let's fight!'' sounds as absurd as challenging someone ''Hey, let's play!'' or ''Hey, let's cuddle!'' And cuddling is the last thing I want to do when thinking of Ka Ge Ki's ilk. Ka Ge Ki: Fists of Steel by Sage's Creation is a poorly designed one-on-one brawler set in a world where everybody has illogically large heads and four inch legs. They also taunt you (or you taunt them; I can't tell) by constantly...
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Sonic Blast Man (Arcade)

Sonic Blast Man review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Wham! Arcades were a bit louder in the early 90's. It seemed every ten seconds you would hear a rather loud thud from a particular corner, and most likely that sound was generated by Taito's Sonic Blast Man, the epitome of physical strength based games. 


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Minesweeper (PC)

Minesweeper review (PC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

In this world there are two types of people: those who adore Minesweeper and those who detest Minesweeper. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground. Like Solitaire, Minesweeper is an infamous time waster which is included in every version of Microsoft Windows since its inception in the early 1980s. True to its name, Minesweeper simulates a hunt for mines, but, instead of a metal detector, you are armed with numeric hints as to where the mines are located in a manner somewhat similar to Battleshi...
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FreeCell (PC)

FreeCell review (PC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

One of the alluring aspects of card games is the mystery due to the cards' unknown value when placed face down. This reduces most card games to games of chance; while skill is involved, the outcome is mostly due to what hand one is dealt. However, Microsoft's FreeCell's is based on a bold premise: all the cards are face up. 


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Gemfire (NES)

Gemfire review (NES)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction 


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Akara Senki Raijin (Famicom Disk System)

Akara Senki Raijin review (FDS)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction
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Tank (Arcade)

Tank review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History
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Space Invaders (Arcade)

Space Invaders review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History 


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Pong (Arcade)

Pong review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction 



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Gun Fight (Arcade)

Gun Fight review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History 


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Gran Trak 10 (Arcade)

Gran Trak 10 review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History 


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Gran Trak 20 (Arcade)

Gran Trak 20 review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History
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Galaxian (Arcade)

Galaxian review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction 


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Galaga (Arcade)

Galaga review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Namco's Galaga (1981) is an interesting game. While it continues on the Space Invaders / Galaxian thread, it manages to be a much better game. How can that be? After all, the game play is the same. Or is it? Namco spent some serious think-time in the two years since Galaxian's release and returned with a killer game.
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Breakout (Arcade)

Breakout review (ARC)

Reviewed on May 26, 2008

Introduction and History 


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SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. 1 (PlayStation 2)

SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. 1 review (PS2)

Reviewed on May 25, 2008

It’s a great time to be a SNK fan. With the lull between King of Fighters titles, the company has apparently decided to re-release all of its major old school titles in the form of anthologies and collections. The lack of originality isn’t a bad thing, of course; it gives gamers who couldn’t afford a NeoGeo (which probably amounts to 90% of the gaming world) a chance to play the games that made SNK so famous. The problem is that the company keeps reusing the same games for multiple collections; ...
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