Staff reviews
4,689 reviews · showing 4,561–4,580
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Staff PlayStation 2
Frequency review
Bearing a surprising number of similarities to Parappa the Rapper yet supporting style and substance all its own, Frequency manages to be a breath of fresh air the belongs on your shelf if you're a fan of the narrow genre in which it falls.
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff PC
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire review
The earlier questions are easy enough, but once you get up to the higher ones things start getting tricky. That is, of course, in your first 15 or so times playing.
Zack M · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Bible Adventures review
This is especially true of Noah. He can lift pigs, snakes, turtles, horses, and even cows (see, you thought I forgot my promise to get back to that). Amusingly, he can even rotate the order of animals in the stack, for when he needs to…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff Game Boy Advance
Sonic Advance review
What no one would have believed 5 years ago, however, is that Sonic's triumphant return to his 2D roots would come on a Nintendo system, and that's just what's happened to the first Sonic game ever on a Nintendo-made system, Sonic Advance.
Zack M · Date unknown
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Staff Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask review
Overall, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is an improvement of its predecessor. However, it doesn't seem to capture the same epic feel as The Ocarina of Time, and, in the end, the first Nintendo 64 Zelda game will be the one you'll…
Zack M · Date unknown
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Staff Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time review
If you play your cards right, don't abandon the classic formulas, and continue to innovate, anything is possible, as shown in this, one of the best games ever created - on any system - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Zack M · Date unknown
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Staff GameCube
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 review
The R button, also, does the new Revert move, which, when you're coming off of a lip trick on a ramp, lets you maintain a combo by allowing you to string in a manual...
Zack M · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Felix the Cat review
Not every stage is restricted to platform hopping. In one, for example, you fly over a desert in a hot air balloon, tossing frisbees at grounded foes. There are also places where you swim, or where you skim along the surface of the water…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Little Nemo: The Dream Master review
See, Nemo carries with him an apparently endless supply of bubblegum. Naturally, any good beast appreciates something on which to chew, so you can chuck some of it at a creature, watch for it to start blowing bubbles, then ride it. The…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
X-Men review
Then there are the enemy formations, always designed so that you're cornered and bounced around from foe to foe, or into the lethal toilets or lava pits. And sometimes, when all you need is an invulnerability icon to proceed, the game will…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 review
As you play through this title, you're likely to pause at least once and wonder why games aren't this good anymore. The level design is bliss, the graphics beyond good and appropriate, the music engaging, the challenge level perfect.
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants review
When the flash is gone, you’re left with a rather hollow husk that’s satisfying only because the game keeps kicking your butt. Some of you freaks enjoy that, I know. You’ll revel in the amount of effort you must exert just to beat the…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers review
Ahead, a kettle lies over a burner, boiling a sludgy mixture while killer bees bomb at you kamikaze-style from the right. You know that a single misstep will turn you into an appetizer, so you watch a bee and then plot your jump as the…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Paperboy 2 review
If Paperboy was John Candy, then its sequel is Chris Farley. The colors are gaudy, they clash ridiculously with even themselves, and yet somehow they look bland and unremarkable unless they're throwing themselves in your face. The cartoony…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Mega Man 5 review
The eight stages may not seem all that original (many of them just seem like variations of some of the less memorable stages from past games), but their actual construction is still proficient. Gamers will guide Mega Man along the top of a…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Mega Man 4 review
Another thing I like here is that the robots fit their stages so much better. By the time you reach the end of the sewers that make up Toad Man's home, the confrontation with the robot master will seem perfectly natural. Though the same…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Mega Man 3 review
So the whole 'more of a good thing' aspect of Mega Man 3 isn't what disappoints me. Rather, it was a lack of heart. Where Mega Man 2 had absolutely genius level design and totally cool environments, Mega Man 3 takes a more sterile…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Mega Man 2 review
Is this knowledge necessary to complete the game? For the most part, no. It's just good fun. Little tricks like that do quite a bit to add to the experience. More importantly, they present a player with new ways to play. Even if you've…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Legendary Wings review
These stages actually seem much simpler than the overhead-perspective ones, though I would not call them easy. You dodge around ledges and push your way forward past the hordes of enemies. Later areas have ceiling crawlers and such, but…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
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Staff NES
Legend of the Ghost Lion review
Throughout the game, rather than recruiting new party members, the game's heroine will secure the aid of powerful spirits. These may be called upon to aid her in battle. A typical battle thus begins with Maria summoning the best spirits…
Jason Venter · Date unknown
