WWF Royal Rumble on the Sega Genesis looks good. The gameplay is still repetitive, and I don’t like the control scheme. The control scheme doesn’t ruin the game, but it is annoying. The bright spot in this game is the graphics. It is a good-looking game, even if it has flaws. This game looks closeContinue reading “WWF Royal Rumble: Hamstrung by a Bad Control Scheme”
Author Archives: Paul Werkema
WWF Super WrestleMania Looks Worse on the Genesis
I’m going to play these games in order, unlike what I did with the SNES trilogy of games. WWF Super WrestleMania doesn’t look as good on the Genesis as it does on the SNES, and it uses the same button-mashing control scheme. I wouldn’t say that I like this game that much. I had aContinue reading “WWF Super WrestleMania Looks Worse on the Genesis”
Diet LJN: The Brief Story of Flying Edge
Most collectors and video game historians know about LJN. They started as a toy manufacturer and had the rights to several licenses. Eventually, they got into video games and were purchased by Acclaim. Acclaim used LJN as a way to publish more games on the NES. This was when Nintendo had a very restrictive publishingContinue reading “Diet LJN: The Brief Story of Flying Edge”
The Command & Conquer Novel by Keith DeCandido is Better Then I Expected
When I started reading this, I wasn’t sure if I would like it. There were a lot of characters, and I wasn’t sure where this was going. I had played the game before but didn’t remember much about it besides aliens showing up. This book is based on the plot of Command & Conquer 3.Continue reading “The Command & Conquer Novel by Keith DeCandido is Better Then I Expected”
A Review of Our Special Place: Conversations on Silent Hill by Whitney Chavis and Brock Wilbur
This was so much fun to read! Our Special Place consists of the transcripts from a series of podcasts about the Silent Hill series. Reading this is like listening to a conversation with two friends. They go over all of the video games, except Silent Hill: Ascension, which wasn’t released then, and the media usingContinue reading “A Review of Our Special Place: Conversations on Silent Hill by Whitney Chavis and Brock Wilbur”
A Review of Day of the Tentacle by Bob Mackey
I usually like the books from Boss Fight Books. They tell the stories of classic video games and are often more personal stories. Day of the Tentacle by Bob Mackey does this, but I wish there were more to this book. I like the book, but it isn’t one of my favorites. It tells theContinue reading “A Review of Day of the Tentacle by Bob Mackey”
Slay the Princess: Good Graphics, Simple Gameplay, Somewhat Confusing Story.
Slay the Princess is a confusing game to write about. I’m not sure what to say and what not to say. It all comes down to how much I could talk about and how much I understood enough to talk about. At first, the game is straightforward. There is a cabin in the woods, aContinue reading “Slay the Princess: Good Graphics, Simple Gameplay, Somewhat Confusing Story.”
The Sega Version of WrestleMania: The Arcade Game Looks Great
This is the second version of WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game I’ve played. It has several advantages over the SNES version, but I have the same problems with it as I did with that game. Playing arcade games now can be a little rough, especially when there wasn’t anything added to the console port. IfContinue reading “The Sega Version of WrestleMania: The Arcade Game Looks Great”
Elevator Action on the NES
So, imagine you’re a spy, and you have to infiltrate an office building to steal some information. It doesn’t matter what the information is; you must find it, take it, and escape from the building. To do this, you have to use the elevators and escalators. Sounds simple enough, but there will also be anContinue reading “Elevator Action on the NES”
Zombie Revenge: A House of the Dead Beat’em Up
Sega had a strategy for every console release. This strategy revolved around porting their arcade games to a new home console, which would help them build a library of arcade hits to try and drive people to buy the new console. They wanted to bring the arcade experience into the home. This worked for someContinue reading “Zombie Revenge: A House of the Dead Beat’em Up”