Reader reviews, page 247

Miss Spider's Tea Party review

Video games for the younger generation. That’s what the world needs more of. Games like this one here. Games like Miss Spider’s Tea Party. Educational games that teach youngsters a few bits of basic education, yet providing some wholesome…

cdbavg400 · November 14, 2004

Reader Sega CD

The Animals! review

For some odd reason, I have this game in my possession. And for an even odder reason, I actually paid forty bucks for this game. I mean, forty bucks! Well, was it forty bucks well spent? To put it mildly, no, it wasn't. Animals is just an…

cdbavg400 · November 13, 2004

Reader NES

Adventures of Lolo review

Quick, what's the first thing you think of when you hear the words "puzzle game"? Tetris, perhaps? Yet, if we probe deeper into Tetris and its clones, we see that they aren't really puzzle games at all, at least not by the true definition…

mariner · November 13, 2004

Reader NES

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link review

It's a sad fact that many people tend to dismiss this masterpiece simply due to the fact that it doesn't play like the rest of the Zelda games. It's the outcast of the family, tolerated perhaps, but often described as "a good game…

mariner · November 13, 2004

Reader GameCube

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast review

Kyle Katarn is back! Well, yes. Exactly. Of all the Star Wars protagonists who've never appeared in the films, Katarn has been the most generously served by Lucasarts, but that still doesn't mean that I thrill to his approach. Gamers were…

bloomer · November 12, 2004

Reader SNES

Nickelodeon GUTS review

When I was a kid, I loved Nickelodeon. It was full of great cartoons like “Rocko’s Modern life” and “ Ren and Stimpy” which were damn funny then and probably are still funny now. Nick GUTS, on the other hand was crap, it always was crap…

goldenvortex · November 11, 2004

Reader SNES

Dragon Quest I & II review

Back in the day, Enix hit on a great idea. For the most part, role-playing games (at least the ones I was playing) were non-linear dungeon crawls like Wizardry and Ultima — where your goal was to collect a certain number of key items and…

overdrive · November 11, 2004

Reader PlayStation

World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks review

Sometimes I wonder whether or not some people know what a truly bad game is like. Every now and then a game comes out that exemplifies everything that can possibly go wrong with a game, the kind of game that makes you question the…

radicaldreamer · November 9, 2004

Reader Arcade

The Amazing Maze Game review

Connoisseurs of minimalism, rejoice - your idol rests here. It is a 24x26 square with openings at each end, and two nameless, faceless, worthless icons squaring off (no pun intended) against each other in a race to the finish. The box is…

snowdragon · November 8, 2004

Reader NES

Tecmo Bowl review

Remember the glory days of the NES, where all games were great and new and so much better than anything since? Unfortunately, these glory days only existed in that fantasy world known as nostalgia. Games we thought were perfect are, when…

mariner · November 7, 2004

Reader NES

Metroid review

You're looking at the original in a series that is extremely well praised, for obvious reasons. I gradually found myself falling in love with Super Metroid, one of the most pristine 2-D games known to man, and very quickly fell in love…

mariner · November 7, 2004

Reader NES

Blaster Master review

Why did I love this game as a child? For I, like practically everyone else, did enjoy it during the glory days of the NES. And now I sit, an older and wiser person, and I try to remember why it gave me so much joy. I do this because it is…

mariner · November 7, 2004

Reader Sega CD

Cobra Command review

Gaming vultures (Cathartes bokosuka) love to peck at the defenseless corpses of perished consoles, gouging out the most nauseous remnants of inhumanity. With its library of full-motion video games, some of which lack enough frames of…

lilica · November 6, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Suikoden review

Good, but not great – this is the tragic theme that pervades Suikoden, a competent game that has received more praise than it deserves. Many of the features Suikoden fans purport as its most distinguishing aspects are actually its greatest…

radicaldreamer · November 6, 2004

Reader Genesis

Truxton review

Back when I was younger, I remember seeing Truxton in an arcade. After wasting a few quarters on the lonely coin-op, I was in love. As a lad used to the stale, poorly-ported crap on the Atari 2600 and 7800, this vertically-scrolling game…

overdrive · November 5, 2004

Reader Saturn

Soviet Strike review

There's a crisis going on in Eastern Europe. Shadowman, an ex-KGB general, is in the midst of raging war against Russia, and he's got enough firepower to obliterate the entire country. That's where STRIKE comes in. Consisting of a…

dementedhut · November 4, 2004

Reader Atari 2600 HG exclusive

Basketball review

The “Launch 20” for the Atari 2600 contained 5 sports titles (6 if you consider Flag Capture a sport). 25% of the initial release catalog was dedicated to sports gaming. That’s not a surprising number here in 2004. We can go back to the…

ddsilver · November 1, 2004

Reader Xbox

Fable review

Hype. It inevitably entangles us in every single aspect in the confinement of the gaming world. It is usually triggered by droughts of quality games on a system or just an orgasmic display of an incredibly innovative looking title. Now…

destinati0n · October 31, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week HG exclusive

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time review

The thing with some of these battles is that you’ll either get through without breaking a sweat, or you’ll find yourself totally destroyed within a few moments. This boss just happens to be one of those enemies that obliterates me really…

jerec · October 30, 2004

Reader Game Boy Advance

Golden Sun review

Golden Sun should have been perfect. On the surface, this early Game Boy Advance role-playing game has everything a person could want. Huge dungeons with tons of brain-bending puzzles that bring back fond memories of Lufia II, vibrant…

overdrive · October 28, 2004