Reader reviews, page 275

Gekido review

1989 was my favourite year in arcade games. Golden Axe arrived, Final Fight arrived, and just crossing the threshold of an arcade gave me a massive anticipatory rush. My friends and I were living through the glorious rise of the…

bloomer · March 8, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Gauntlet Legends review

Ye olde introduction I deeply love ye olde Gauntlet games, and they've passed into true classic status since their debut in arcades in 1985. And rightfully so! The addictive quasi-overhead dungeon storming 4-player action, the…

bloomer · March 8, 2004

Reader NES

Contra review

Back in the glory days, when video games came in cardboard boxes and Dr. Phil didn't exist, there were games that two people could play forever competitively. Duck Hunt would prove itself competitive as two people would put their dignity…

Sclem · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Galerians review

Who or what are Galerians? They are a new form of life: Humans engineered in the future by a rogue supercomputer named Dorothy to possess psychic powers. They exist both to serve her cause, and so that she may be the god of her 'own'…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Dino Crisis review

Regina slumped against the medical room door. Relief that the horrors were locked out, at least for a moment, settled upon her with the same slow weight as the aqua neon glare. Dragging herself across the room, she was only now becoming…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Deathtrap Dungeon review

I have grown to love Deathtrap Dungeon. Still, when I go to sum it up in one word, that word is gonna be 'Savage'. If I was going to splurge and use two words, I'd say it's 'Really Savage'. I like 'Tough' or 'Savage' when it's challenging…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Darkstalkers review

Though being highly aware of them all, I'm amazed to say I'd never actually played one of Capcom's cartoon beat-em-ups prior to this one, either at the arcade or on a console. When I saw this game going cheap second-hand, and that it had a…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Danger Girl review

When Danger Girl sashayed past me offering not one but three hyper-gynoidal heroines to play, and hot lashings of stealthy action-adventure, I groaned and almost fell over at the prospect. Danger Girl comes to the Playstation from the cult…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

D review

One night in a downtown LA hospital under the gaze of a full moon, Doctor Richter Harris apparently goes insane and, without warning, carries out a mass murder of staff and patients. Good sense dictates that it should be up to the police…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Bust A Groove review

After an ongoing farce in which I kept trying to buy 'Bust a MOVE' second-hand, and kept failing miserably (right disc, wrong cover... right cover, wrong disc... you name it, it happened), I unexpectedly found myself the confused owner of…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Bushido Blade review

Bushido Blade (BB) is Squaresoft's infamous samurai swordfighting game of one-hit kills. There are no health gauges, combo counters or special powers here. BB follows the impulse of realism: One properly executed stab to the head or torso…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Bug Riders review

For centuries, man dreamt of flight. And LO, he did subjugate gigantic insects to his will. LO, he did straddle these gigantic insects and verily they bore him aloft, like great bearing things. When I submitted the above in high school as…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Akuji the Heartless review

If you were about to be married but suddenly had your heart ripped out in a voodoo ambush by your treacherous brother, who then proceeded to toss your soul into Hades, you'd be more than a little pissed off too. This happened to Akuji the…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader PlayStation

40 Winks review

40 Winks aims its cute and dreamy self directly at one of the toughest arenas of gaming to crack - the nebulous zone in which young children and almost-teens swim together. Perhaps at the same time it hopes (in vain?) that the Mario-like…

bloomer · March 7, 2004

Reader Genesis

Taz in Escape from Mars review

Out of all the classic cartoon characters, The Tasmanian Devil is arguably one of the more forgettable. The fact that you could never understand what the lil' bugger was saying meant that he didn't convey quite as much character as old…

tomclark · March 7, 2004

Reader Genesis

Cosmic Spacehead review

Cosmic Spacehead... with a name like that the hero of this game from Codemasters was born to be an intergalactic explorer. So it's no surprise to see that that's exactly what he's up to here, although what is reasonably surprising is the…

tomclark · March 7, 2004

Reader Game Boy Color

Looney Tunes: Twouble! review

It's always nice when game developers try to do something just that little bit different with a licensed game. It shows that a bit of effort has been put into things, which is nice. The temptation to stick cartoon characters into simple…

tomclark · March 7, 2004

Reader Game Boy Advance

Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island review

OK, a quick lesson for all the less-British people out there. Here in the UK David Beckham is a bit of a legend. He is captain of the England football team, he married a Spice Girl (the ugly one), he gives his children daft names (step…

tomclark · March 7, 2004

Reader PC

Command and Conquer: Renegade review

The rush you experience from rushing squads of tanks and soldiers into an enemy base is a memorable one- just ask any Command & Conquer fan. Westwood’s renowned real-time strategy franchise has captivated gamers for a long time, even…

djskittles · March 7, 2004

Reader Game Boy

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening review

Everybody loves Zelda. I'm fairly sure that it's a scientific fact or something. From the very first time young Link set out across Hyrule to rescue the titular princess back in the early days of the NES (has it really been that long??)…

tomclark · March 7, 2004