Author: John Legendoffzelda Finding a groove makes all the difference for wavering creators – they lock in supporters, they put themselves on a path towards further inspiration, then they’re finally able to let their spark of potential glow. And if it’s only a one-in-a-million occurrence, then it just means that…
Author: Mongunzoo There’s an old saying that any gamer from the 8-bit era is likely to recognize: “There’s hard, and there’s NINTENDO HARD!”. Games from that era are absolutely brutal, from the impossible Battletoads to the improbable Ninja Gaiden. Even Nintendo got in on the action, as The Legend of…
Author: RushDawg Electronic Arts’ NHL Hockey series is one of the longest running sports video game franchises. While the original 1991 release, NHL Hockey, was a Genesis exclusive, its sequel saw a release for both of the mainstream 16-bit consoles. Oddly enough, EA lost the NHL license…
Author: jrsupermoore During the mascot boom of the early nineties, video game developers went to great lengths to create a franchise face they could cash in on for subsequent years. Accolade left its mark on the boom by releasing Bubsy the Bobcat into the world in 1993. Bubsy was…
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: John Legendoffzelda From the autumn of 2011 onward, my favorite anime series has been the Japanese version of Sailor Moon – and I’ve kept that fact a close secret. I understand that in these times having a favorite anime series is nothing out of the ordinary, but it’s only…
Author: John Legendoffzelda Ms. Pac-Man is a classic, solid golden oldie of video games. But for a lot of people it may seem a little odd that it has an official version on the Super Nintendo, and the original Pac-Man does not. For other people this oddity is offset…
Author: John Legendoffzelda Someone on the Twitter account of Internet personality Egoraptor detrimentally called Konami’s Super Nintendo beat-em-up games “quarter munchers”. Okay, they aren’t wrong, but that person kind of misrepresents a key idea about the way Konami made games back then. Konami wasn’t like Nintendo or Capcom back…
Author: jrsupermoore Sometimes video game developers go through awkward phases, and the NBA Playoffs series is a classic example. Before they established the NBA Live series and never looked back, EA Sports developed and released four basketball games that focused on the excitement of the NBA Playoffs,…
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…