Author: John Legendoffzelda Super Valis IV, Atlus’ port of the fourth installment in the overlooked Valis franchise, suffers the most from a lack of context. It’s named like a sequel, and it’s the continuation of a magical-girl fantasy about a girl named Yuko Ahso, who inherits a magic sword and…
Author: jrsupermoore If you’ve ever been the author of what you thought to be a brilliant, one-of-a-kind concept only to be told “hey, that’s our idea, copycat!”, you know what it was like for DMA, the geniuses behind Uniracers. It turns out that being accused of idea theft was a double blow, because…
Author: John Legendoffzelda Jeopardy!, perhaps the best game show after The Price is Right, has such a strong concept that it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work as a video game. The most famous trivia contest in popular culture, the show has carried itself on the lasting thrills of both…
Author: jrsupermoore All the team at EA Sports did in 1991 for the game of golf was what they accomplished for a host of other sports: introduce a well-rounded title at the onset of the Super Nintendo’s life. While this may not seem like such a tall feat, by…
Author: John Legendoffzelda Ocean’s video game adaptation of Cool World is the sensation of the original film multiplied by ten. Back in the summer of 1992, the movie was received as a frustrating disappointment – an incoherent, down-and-dirty Who Framed Roger Rabbit variation that wasn’t funny or even that dirty.…
Author: Antarch If you grew up in the 90s, chances are that your childhood was marked by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In 1993, producer Haim Saban adapted the 16th season of the Japanese television series called Super Sentai to create what came to be known in America has the…
Author: jrsupermoore Like so many American children, every two years I became glued to the television set where the world’s bravest amateurs from across the globe put their dreams on the line in the winter and summer Olympics. The only thing nearly as grand as watching such athletic drama unfold was reenacting that…
Author: John Legendoffzelda There’s no fun behind The Incredible Hulk, none of the zing of demolition that you might expect from a work featuring Marvel Comics’ signature green brute. When not examining the character’s notable human-monster duality, a detail this game ignores anyway, his status as a thrilling force of destruction is all…
Author: Masamune Ok hardcore video game purists. I have been playing video games since the NES was churning out titles. But prior to 2014, I never played any version of the original Final Fight or its sequels. I know, sacrilege. But better late than never and this fact will…
Author: jrsupermoore What could be better than a film based off of a hilarious comedy sketch, you ask? A video game based off the movie based off the comedy sketch, of course! Or so one might be led to believe. The 1980 cult classic comedy “The Blues Brothers” was chock…