Sparkster Review

Sparkster Review SNES

    Author: John Legendoffzelda He may be “the baddest opossum to ever strap on a rocket pack”, but the title character of Konami’s Sparkster is still caught in a strange position with his sole outing on the Super Nintendo. Sparkster’s debut, the 1993 Sega Genesis game Rocket Knight Adventures,…

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Skyblazer Review

Skyblazer Review SNES

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…

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Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Another Story Review

Sailor Moon Another Story Review

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…

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Ms. Pac-Man Review

Ms-Pacman review Super Nintendo

  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…

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Gradius III Review

Gradius III Review Super Nintendo

  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…

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“Super Mario World” Cartoon Review

super mario world cartoon

Author: John Legendoffzelda Nintendo’s new video game, Super Mario World, was released in North America in August of 1991. Even at first glance it seemed destined to be a runaway hit. It was a good game to start with, but Nintendo really pushed it along its path – bundling copies…

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Mickey Mania Review

Mickey Mania Review

    Author: John Legendoffzelda Mickey Mania was Sony Imagesoft and Disney’s gift to Mickey Mouse, a belated present for the guy’s 65th anniversary. I can’t speak for anyone else, but if I were Mickey, I would have preferred that they didn’t get me anything at all. This game is…

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Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Review

maui mallard in cold shadow review

    Author: John Legendoffzelda Donald Duck received about the worst treatment of the three main Disney characters in the 1980s and 1990s. Consider his peers; Mickey Mouse was able to introduce himself to an entire new generation with three new short features between 1983 and 1995, plus a startling…

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