Area 88 is a side-scrolling shooter based on a Manga and Anime series. It takes place in a fictional Middle Eastern country experiencing a civil war. The manga and the two anime adaptations have different endings. While researching this, I watched the 1985 anime, whose ending is left open-ended. Shin returns to Area 88 toContinue reading “The Best Shoot’em Up on the SNES”
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The X-COM: UFO Defense Novel is Spectacular
This novel is based on the X-COM: UFO Defense video game from 1993. It does a good job of working in the parts of the game, like terror attacks, UFO interceptions, and research. It adds more to the game by bringing up the relationship between X-COM and local governments, personal relationships, and intelligence gathering. DianeContinue reading “The X-COM: UFO Defense Novel is Spectacular”
The Origin of the RPG | An Unpolished Rough Draft
The Origin of the RPG has some good ideas, and the author has a lot of passion for the subject. They put a lot of time into writing this, but it needs more structure and an editor. While reading this, I wondered what I was supposed to take away from it. What were the twoContinue reading “The Origin of the RPG | An Unpolished Rough Draft”
Shining Force: The Start of a Great Series
Shining Force is one of the first Tactical Role-Playing Games (RPG) on a console. As far as I can tell, there were a number of them on various computers. It is one of those games I looked for when collecting games. I could have this wrong, but I feel like it was on a demoContinue reading “Shining Force: The Start of a Great Series”
Two Great Namco Shooters in on Cartridge
Arcade Classic number 3 comes with Galaga and Galaxian. I wonder why Galpus is left off of the cartridge. Anyway, this is the one that I’m looking forward to! Galaga is one of my favorite shooters. It is one of the few video games from the 80s that I remember playing. This version of GalagaContinue reading “Two Great Namco Shooters in on Cartridge”
My Favorite Puzzle Games
This is a genre that I don’t play that often. I usually treat them as time-waster games, which I play when I need to think about things or when I need a distraction from something more important. Sometimes these games get ambitious and give you a story mode! The story modes are fun. They’re usuallyContinue reading “My Favorite Puzzle Games”
One Good Game and One Disappointing Game | Arcade Classic No. 2
Arcade Classic No. 2 is a compilation of Centipede and Millipede. These two games are basically the same, and the development team put more time into Centipede. It has more multiplayer modes, and I think it plays better. Arcade games from the 70s and 80s were a little odd. As I look back at themContinue reading “One Good Game and One Disappointing Game | Arcade Classic No. 2”
Best Games on the SNES
Most of my memories of playing the SNES come from downloading ROMs, playing with my friend Drew, and collecting games in the late 90s. I didn’t own this system when it came out, and most of my friends bought the Sega Genesis instead. Drew was the only person I knew who owned one. I don’tContinue reading “Best Games on the SNES”
Warsong, A Flawed and Extremely Frustrating Game
Warsong is a Tactical RPG for the Sega Genesis. It was originally released as Langrisser: The Descendants of Light. For some reason, the game was renamed Warsong when it was released in North America. The game is a hybrid of Fire Emblem and Advance Wars. I wouldn’t say I like it that much, and IContinue reading “Warsong, A Flawed and Extremely Frustrating Game”
Arcade Classic 1 has Bad Controls but Decent Graphics
There are a bunch of arcade classics on the Game Boy. In some ways, these were nostalgia grabs. It was a way for these companies to get some more mileage out of an arcade game that was popular in the early 80s and someone might remember it in the 90s. Many of these games wereContinue reading “Arcade Classic 1 has Bad Controls but Decent Graphics”