Author: marktheshark The Puyo Puyo franchise is one of the older Tetris-type series. Like the Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move games, the characters are from another story set. In this case, the characters are taken from a RPG series called Madou Monogatari, which translates as “Story of Sorcery”. Around 1991 or so, the…
Author: marktheshark With the arrival of the Super NES and other 4th-generation systems, developers were able to utilize the additional power to create more accurate ports of arcade games. But as the Super NES ports of Final Fight & many others have shown, there was still a long…
Author: marktheshark Note: This review is based on the Super Famicom edition of the game. Some things may be different in the Japanese version. Not too long ago, my brother wanted me to pick up Final Fight 2 since he has fond memories of playing it and Final…
Author: marktheshark Back around the early 90’s or so, 3D gaming was still somewhat young and uncommon. Although that was starting to not become the case with arcades and perhaps PCs at the time, it was very rare to see a 3D game come out on a home…
Author: marktheshark Besides Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble, Bust-a-Move aka Puzzle Bobble is another one of Taito’s popular series. The Bust-a-Move series started a trend of cutesy anime puzzle games that lasted for a few years or so. The first game in the series was released in 1994 for…
Author: marktheshark The Turrican series is renowned for its high technical achievement when it was current. It was also noted for its fun, non-linear gameplay. Upon seeing the game for sale for $8 on the Wii Virtual Console as well as the positive reception, I took it upon…
Author: marktheshark Back in the 16-bit days, RPG’s were not nearly as popular outside of Japan as they are today. That’s not to say that the genre was invisible, but many other genres were much more popular at the time. In 1992, SquareSoft made Final Fantasy: Mystic…
Author: marktheshark I first heard about this game several years ago. Seeing that it was made by Capcom as well as having good reviews, I promised myself to get it someday. A few years ago, I came across this game at an independent game store. At the cheap price…
Author: marktheshark When it comes to beat em’ ups, Konami sits up around the top. Games such as the TMNT: The Arcade Game, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, The Simpsons, and X-Men are regarded as some of the best beat em’ ups of all time and sometimes even…
Author: marktheshark Just a few days ago, I got this game from a friend for free since he had an extra copy. Before that, I didn’t really know much about Actraiser 2. I first heard about it a few years ago when I read about Actraiser 1 on some…