Super Dodgeball Advance is a reimagining of the Super Dodgeball on the NES. While I like the game, it didn’t have enough added to it. However, when I played this game, I didn’t know about the NES game. So, I have two reactions to this. In 2001, I liked this game! It was great toContinue reading “Super Dodge ball Advance is a nice remake, but lacking something | Yokoi Corner”
Tag Archives: Retro Games
Robotrek is a better than average RPG
I’m sure this has happened to many people. You revisit a video game, movie, or another form of media that you liked as a kid, and it doesn’t give you the same feeling. This happened to me when I went back to play Robotrek on the SNES. Robotrek is an RPG that Enix published. ItContinue reading “Robotrek is a better than average RPG”
Fire Emblem was worth the wait | Yokoi Corner
Some franchises took a long time to come to North America. Fire Emblem is one of those games. It wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance (GBA) that we got an official release. There were ROMs online with various stages of translation. I remember finding several ROMs that didn’t work or were poorly translated. It wasContinue reading “Fire Emblem was worth the wait | Yokoi Corner”
Advance Wars: One of the best GBA games | Yokoi Corner
The Wars series is one of Nintendo’s more interesting series of games. These are turn-based strategy games that are more cartoonish than other strategy games. They also work exceptionally well on consoles and handhelds. Advance Wars was my first experience with the series. For some reason, Nintendo didn’t bring the earlier entries to North America.Continue reading “Advance Wars: One of the best GBA games | Yokoi Corner”
Shadowkeep by Alan Dean Foster | The first video game novelization | Book Review
Shadowkeep by Alan Dean Foster is the first computer game to be novelized. It’s based on the 1984 first-person RPG for the Apple II. The book takes a few liberties with the source material that I think makes the book able to stand on its own. Not everyone would have heard of the game beforeContinue reading “Shadowkeep by Alan Dean Foster | The first video game novelization | Book Review”
Superman on Game Boy is Odd | Yokoi Corner
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the developers of Superman on the N64 made a Game Boy game? Well, it would be just as terrible, but for different reasons. Superman on the Game Boy is about what you would expect. It is a side-scrolling game with you playing a stupid version of theContinue reading “Superman on Game Boy is Odd | Yokoi Corner”
GoldenEye by Alyse Knorr, One of the Best books from Boss Fight Books | Book Review
GoldenEye is one of the games that I remember most for its multiplayer mode. The game was huge in the late 90s and was one of the games that my friends and I constantly played. Before reading this book, I didn’t know much about the game’s development or the James Bond video games. Alyse doesContinue reading “GoldenEye by Alyse Knorr, One of the Best books from Boss Fight Books | Book Review”
Yoshi’s Cookie is too easy, but fun | Yokoi Corner
Yoshi’s Cookie is an easy game, maybe too easy. It works well for the Game Boy, where you are trying to waste some time, but it would be disappointing on a console. I have played it on the NES and thought it was fine. Not full price fine, but acceptable as a used game IContinue reading “Yoshi’s Cookie is too easy, but fun | Yokoi Corner”
Koei’s NES Games Retrospective
Koei is a fascinating company! Established in 1978, it made many fantastic and strange games. At least weird for me as I only know them for their historical simulation and Dynasty Warriors games. When I look at their library now, I see the franchises that sparked my interest in history and storytelling. I remember findingContinue reading “Koei’s NES Games Retrospective”
Yoshi is fun but lacks a lot | Yokoi Corner
Yoshi is an interesting puzzle game. It is a match-two game that uses enemies from the Mario Bros games as its game pieces. It is a nice take on the falling block genre of games. This isn’t as good as Tetris, Dr. Mario, or even Yoshi’s Cookie. However, Yoshi is a fun little game thatContinue reading “Yoshi is fun but lacks a lot | Yokoi Corner”