Staff reviews
4,734 reviews · showing 4,421–4,440
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Staff NeoGeo
Pulstar review
The legend goes this way: a handful of surly IREM expatriates fled the unimaginative rut they were in to explore greener pastures. They were unhappy with the way R-Type II turned out - it was simply more of the same. They wanted to up the…
Marc Golding · December 14, 2003
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Staff NeoGeo
Last Resort review
If you’ve played R-Type - the perennial arcade side-scrolling space shooter - and you didn’t like it, you will hate Last Resort It’s that simple. You will hate it for its extreme difficulty, you will hate it for its unforgivable 'back you…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff Colecovision
Donkey Kong Junior review
While the perennial favourite, Donkey Kong, had a little red-capped, thick-mustached plumber leaping barrels sent careening his way by the big guy himself, Donkey Kong Jr changes things up completely. Now Mario is exacting some measure of…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff 3DO
Super Street Fighter II Turbo review
Panasonic should thank their lucky stars (well, not so lucky) that Capcom allowed their favourite sons, Ken and Ryu to play on the 3DO's abandoned, decrepit property. Super Street Fighter II Turbo (SSFIIT) remains one of the few bright…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff 3DO
Out of This World review
Imagine being in another world, totally different than this Earth - blue and purple-shadowed, otherworldly and brimming with sudden violence. Anthropoid beasts brood in black uniforms, walking the sunless earth, their faces telling of the…
Marc Golding · December 13, 2003
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Staff Arcade
Gals Panic review
Your goal here is to move your icon around the square-shaped stage. You can move wherever you like so long as you like and not have to worry about dying. The minute you start drawing a line, though, you're vulnerable to attacks. Enemies…
Jason Venter · December 13, 2003
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Staff Apple II
Mario Bros. review
There are new elements from one set of stages to the next. In the early areas, your enemies are turtles. Those fellows fall easily to your bumping technique. However, as you'll soon face the lobsters (they take two hits to disorient), the…
Jason Venter · December 12, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Side Arms review
Rather than the collection of illegal weapons you thought you would find piled on the counter when you asked for it, Side Arms is a side-scrolling shooting game from Capcom. Radiance Software ported the game over to the Turbografx-16 in a…
Marc Golding · December 11, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
TV Sports Hockey review
As the Turbografx-16 goes, surely Cinemaware has reached rock bottom with this, the third and final TV Sports release (I don't believe TV Sports Baseball was ever released). This is possibly the worst sports game I have ever played, and…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Victory Run review
This game, one of the few racers released for the Turbografx-16, chronicles the Paris to Dakar rally. The strains on mind, body and vehicle alike are enormous, and Victory Run is relentless. The game makes you feel the vehicle's emotions…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition review
Do you have any friends? Well, do you? If the answer to this dubious and revealing question is 'yes', then you simply cannot do without playing Unreal Tournament. But I am not good at First Person Shooter games! You whine, clearly…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
Wolfenstein 3D review
The German voices are probably the biggest aural highlight (achtung baby!), and the dogs certainly represent the most impressive show of the games graphics. Human enemies are large and menacing, but they have a squashed look to them that…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
Raptor review
Raptor uses a vitality bar, so beginners won’t be intimidated as they would be by an R-Type-ish one hit wonder. That vitality bar can be extended if you’ve got enough money. Money can’t buy you love, but life - now there’s a perfectly…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PC
God of Thunder review
GoT (you’ve gotta admit, it’s one of the best acronyms in the world of gaming, ever: got GoT?) gives us a top-down perspective on the goings-on in the world of its hero, much like The Legend of Zelda. But don’t confuse the challenges of…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff PlayStation
Philosoma review
Oh my. This could have been a legendary game. Really. Unfortunately, it falls a bit short. Philosoma is a shooter that should really appeal to all the different niches of shooter fans. It attempts side-scrolling, vertical, behind-the-ship…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff TurboGrafx-16
Splatterhouse review
Ah, the classic moments we owe to Splatterhouse! Guide Rick past chained zombies affixed to the walls, slipping the gastric juices they spit up in your path! Jaunting ghouls offer themselves up as target practice for your two-by-four…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening review
You'll love how Link’s Awakening throws you into the thick of things right away (remember striking out into the rain in Zelda III?), and without a weapon! We are unsettled by the sense of urgency, and it’s very fun to be so off balance so…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Super Mario Land review
Nintendo might have simply taken their classic Super Mario Brothers game and shrunken it down, stripped it of its colour and some of its depth and dubbed it Super Mario Land, and GameBoy owners would likely have been happy. Instead, the…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge review
Where Castlevania: The Adventure was slow and plodding, Belmont’s Revenge is fast paced by Castlevania standards, and is as much fun to play as the best the series, and is about as good as the side-scrolling adventure genre has to offer…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
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Staff Game Boy
The Castlevania Adventure review
I thoroughly enjoy this terrific franchise, and I look forward to each release with newfound excitement. When I first saw screenshots for The Adventure, I fought an urge to immediately conclude that the game would be a winner. It looked…
Marc Golding · December 10, 2003
