Review - Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge (Game Boy)

Posted on June 29, 2008 by kicknz

Developer/Publisher: Capcom
Year: 1990
Fun Fact: the title screen just says “Mega Man” - nothing about “Wily’s Revenge”
Whether or not you like this game is going to depend on several things. Are you a fan of the classic Mega Man series? Do you like it when an NES series goes all Game Boy on you and plays [...]

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Review - Prince of Persia Classic (Xbox 360)

Posted on June 9, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: Gameloft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Year: 2007
Fun fact: available as a download through Xbox Live Arcade
I have an admission: I have not played the original Prince of Persia, at least not past the first couple of levels.  I just couldn’t get past those awkward controls and unforgiving animations.  It frustrated me to no end that the Prince can’t jump in [...]

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Review - Shaman King: Master of Spirits (Game Boy Advance)

Posted on June 8, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: KCE Japan
Publisher: Konami
Year: 2004
Fun fact: Uses the GBA Castlevania engine
Yes, you read the fun fact correctly, this game uses the engine created for Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and yes, it does play quite a bit like them.  If you’re a fan of Konami’s long-runnin, vampire-hunting series, then you may [...]

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Review - Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Master System)

Posted on June 5, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: Westone
Publisher: SEGA
Year: 1988
Fun Fact: originally released in the arcades and then on TG16 as Bikkuriman World
Wonder Boy in Monster Land is easily the best 1980s platformer not starring a fat, little, Italian guy.  It deserves all the praise that its sequel instead receives and then some.  If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel [...]

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Review - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Posted on May 29, 2008 by kicknz

Developer/publisher: Nintendo
Year: 2007
Fun fact: Mario’s 3rd 3D platformer
It’s hard for me to hide my admiration of the Super Mario series.  It seems to be the standard to which I hold all other platformers.  When a new installment occasionally makes it onto the shelves, I usually experience strokes, heart attacks, fainting spells, etc.  Unfortunately, when Galaxy [...]

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Review - Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NeoGeo Pocket Color)

Posted on May 21, 2008 by kicknz

DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: SNK
YEAR: 1999
With no handheld of their own to support, SEGA licensed their Sonic property out to SNK for their NeoGeo Pocket in the late 1990s.  The resulting game is interesting for two main reasons: 1) it was the first step toward the Sonic Advance/Rush series and 2) it’s a face-off between old and new gaming values [...]

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Review - Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)

Posted on May 20, 2008 by kicknz

DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: CAPCOM
YEAR: 2006
Mega Man Powered Up is an updated remake of the original Mega Man for NES. It’s been remade from the ground up so it’s a different experience than the NES installments. The action is still 2D but the graphics are now 3D. The designs in Mega Man games have always been pretty cartoony but in this [...]

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Review - Dragon’s Curse (TurboGrafx-16)

Posted on May 18, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: Westone/Hudson
Publisher: Hudson (Japan), NEC (USA)
Year: 1991
Fun Fact: originally released for the Master System in 1989
As the fun fact states, this game was originally released 2 years earlier on the Master System, as Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap.  As with most of the Wonder Boy series, Hudson licensed this game, changed the names and [...]

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Review - Bionic Commando: Elite Forces (GBC)

Posted on May 17, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: Nintendo Software Technology Corporation
Publisher: Nintendo
Year: 2000
Fun Fact: only released in USA
Let’s get this out of the way first: this game has a major glitch. It’s absolutely incredible that BCEF was put into mass production with this glitch but it’s there in almost every copy. Basically, if you save and then continue to play the [...]

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Review - Donkey Kong 64 (N64)

Posted on May 17, 2008 by kicknz

Developer: Rare
Publisher: Nintendo
Year: 1999
Fun Fact: sold over 5 million copies worldwide
DK64 is a game that immediately invites several comparisons. First off, how does it compare to Super Mario 64, released three years earlier? Second, how does it compare to Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie, an N64 3D platformer released by Rare in 1998? And finally, and perhaps most [...]

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