Reader reviews, page 271

Toejam & Earl review

Way back in 1991 the only games system I owned was a Game Boy (the era of the big chunky, green screened ones!). The only magazines available at the time that covered Game Boy games were multi-format ones that also covered SNES, Genesis…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Genesis

Rolo to the Rescue review

If I had to sum this game up in one word it would be “cute”. Considering this 1992 Genesis game was produced by EA, a company more commonly associated with the sporting genre, it makes it all the more surprising that they produced this…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Genesis

Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles review

There is no denying it, considering the time and the limitations of the hardware, Doom Troopers is a pretty gory game. However, unlike the unutterably lame SplatterHouse series, this game uses its goriness to simple effect. It livens up…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Genesis

Cyber-Cop review

Agent Toni Carter was confused. Kitted out with a state of the art Power Suit she was one of six elite Cyber Cops from the Libra chapter of Zodiac Central assigned to investigate reports of genetically engineered killing machines being…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Genesis

Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest review

It's 1980. Imagine a little tiny junior falsehead, six years old and loves orange food. Orange lollies, orange squash and orange cheesy poof style crisps. Alas, in those far off days food manufacturers would stuff lots of chemical food…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader GameCube

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker review

Reviewing the latest game in Nintendo's long running Zelda series has proved to be difficult for me. When I first began the game I was in awe of the amazing graphics, which are as close to playing an interactive cartoon as you can probably…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader GameCube

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II review

Phantasy Star Online has always been a game that you either develop a social-life threatening obsession with, or toss to one side after a couple of hours of play after finding it repetitive and shallow, wondering what all the fuss was…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader GameCube

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem review

Brow furrowed in concentration you guide your character through the heavy wooden door and straight into a room heaving with grotesque zombies. They turn towards you as one, arms outstretched and moaning. No problem, you’re armed to the…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Game Boy Advance

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku review

Dragon Ball Z (DBZ for short) is a hugely popular cartoon hailing from Japan. It is the second in three series that tell the story of a super being called Goku and his struggles against various earth shattering threats as both he and his…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Game Boy

Pokemon Red review

Unless you happen to have been clinically dead for the last few years, you can’t fail to have noticed the gaming phenomenon known as pokemon. Even if you have distained all things pocket monster, you have probably, by the process of…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Virtua Fighter 3tb review

Ok you've seen the score, you know this is going to be a negative review. Quite frankly I disliked every single aspect of this poor excuse for a fighting game and I'm not going to pull my punches. When I first got my dreamcast I was really…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Unreal Tournament review

Let us not mince words boys and girls, Unreal Tournament on the Dreamcast is one of my all time, number one favourite games of all time. It's great, I love it and haven't got a bad word to say about it. So if you don't want to read anymore…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation review

I really don’t know why I bothered with this game. I had steered pretty clear of the Tomb Raider series thus far on the PlayStation. But I was looking in the pre-owned section of my local shop and saw Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation on…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

The Typing of the Dead review

This is without doubt the best ridiculous, screwed-up, mentalist hybrid of survival horror and secretarial exam I have ever had the good fortune to play! Of course its also the ONLY ridiculous, screwed-up, mentalist hybrid of survival…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Stupid Invaders review

OK, cards on the table time. I really enjoyed playing Stupid Invaders. I found it an extremely entertaining game and spent a very pleasant couple of evenings completing it. But I also went to make it clear straight off that this game has…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

SoulCalibur review

For me, Soul Calibur is not just a game; it's a work of art. Even today it still looks stunningly beautiful. It's a game of immense depth and playability. The fighting system is easy for newbies to get to grips with but offers limitless…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Soldier of Fortune review

Now you've probably read the tagline for the review and though maybe ''eugh, that's in rather poor taste.'' But I think that it sums up the nature of the game rather well. Soldier of Fortune is game full of sickening and sadistic violence…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Shenmue review

Summarizing the appeal of Shenmue and the reason why I love it so much has been one of the hardest things I have ever tried to write. Maybe its because Shenmue is less a game and more of an “experience”. Indeed its lack of many of the…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Seaman review

You have to love Sega don’t you? They spend ages developing a revolutionary voice recognition system and create a plug-in microphone peripheral to allow you to interact with your console. Lesser developers having done all this would have…

falsehead · March 8, 2004

Reader Dreamcast

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 review

I am very surprised about the general lack of interest around the Ready 2 Rumble Boxing franchise. I have found both games in the series to be fine examples of beat' em up gaming that avoid the dullness of many boxing games by emphasizing…

falsehead · March 8, 2004