Author: Mongunzoo The magic of the 16-bit age was kind to a variety of games, but nowhere was the jump more pronounced than in the racing genre. New hardware unleashed a floodgate of improvements while still staying true to what the genre had always been. And one of…
Author: Mongunzoo Whimsical fantasy has an appeal all its own. That is why stories like Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz are eternal, and why The Neverending Story and Willow are still remembered despite their shortcomings. Enter Secret of Mana, a flawed game that nevertheless captured the…
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: Mongunzoo In 1994 the world of gaming changed. Donkey Kong Country proved that there was plenty of life for 16-bit machines outside gimmicky CD add-ons, Super Metroid showed gamers how deep 2D gameplay can go, and Final Fantasy III introduced RPG players to a brave new world.…
Author: Mongunzoo If there is one thing I am sure of in this hobby, it’s that developers love surprises. Sometimes these are good, like A Link To The Past springing what at the time seemed like A GAME WITHIN A GAME on us after beating Aghanim. Sometimes…
Author: Mongunzoo I grew up a voracious reader. Sure, I was fascinated with Nintendo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like any other kid, yet nothing beat the thrill of sitting down with the old encyclopedias my parents gave me and learning about a world every bit as imaginative…
Author: Mongunzoo Not everything needs to be BIGGER and BETTER. This is a message that I have been harping on for years. In the progress-obsessed technology industry, it is often a message that falls on deaf ears. Ultimately at the end of the day there is such a thing as…
Author: Mongonzoo It’s a sad fact that some games do not deserve the hand that they are dealt, and of these titles Demon’s Crest has to be at the top of the list. This spiritual successor of the Gargoyle’s Quest games once again stars Firebrand of Ghouls and Ghosts…
Author: Mongonzoo Things tend to have a way of always bouncing back the way they came. As the video game console is a direct descendant of arcade games, it is only natural that developers and gamers pay homage to pinball tables (which in turn are the forerunners to…
Author: Mongunzoo Back in 1994, an old friend was re-invented in a big way in the form of Mega Man X. By updating the gameplay and giving the story a more mature edge, they managed to revitalize a floundering franchise just in time for the SNES. So it was…