Reviews, page 515

Street Fighter Alpha 3 review

Street Fighter is really the only fighting series I like. The whole genre just seems boring and stale to me, but somehow this series defies that. As much as I enjoy my SNES cart, I was still only cautiously optimistic about this game. Yet…

mariner · November 9, 2003

Reader PlayStation

Final Fantasy IX review

Every review should be able to answer one simple and obvious question. Is the game fun? And yet, when I look at this game, the ninth in a highly acclaimed series (and a series I enjoy), I find it hard to answer that question. On the one…

mariner · November 9, 2003

Reader PlayStation

Final Fantasy VII review

When it comes to hyped up games, you will often get a polarizing effect amongst the people who play it. Most will call it the most perfect game ever, while a select few will claim the game is absolute rubbish and not worth touching. And…

mariner · November 9, 2003

Reader GameCube

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg review

This game has to be the biggest disappointment I've had in a long while. When I heard about Billy Hatcher, I was immediately convinced it was going to be a great game and I waited for it to come out, expecting a great hit from the makers…

wishingtikal · November 8, 2003

Reader GameCube

Super Monkey Ball 2 review

One of Gamecube's launch titles, Super Monkey Ball, was a surprising success and Gamecube owners were pleased to learn that a new Monkey Ball game was on its way to the Cube, supposedly featuring more challenging levels, better multiplayer…

wishingtikal · November 8, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Jak II review

You remember Jak & Daxter, don't you? Of course you do. In case you don't, let's recap. Jak and Daxter, two teenage boys who love nothing more than to dis authority, accidentally get in over their heads as a swan dive into a pool of Dark…

kieran · November 5, 2003

Staff NES

Pac-Man (Tengen) review

If the preceding statement is true, there's only one thing more I need to tell you about, the game's conversion. This is because while the NES saw its fare share of ports, most of them sucked, or at the very least paled in comparison to…

Jason Venter · November 2, 2003

Staff NES

Karate Champ review

When you see the title screen, you might have reason to be optimistic. It shows that two people can play (though I later learned that even a single person wasting time with the game is a small miracle), and the letters that make up the…

Jason Venter · November 2, 2003

Staff NES

Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival review

Each level is distinctly different from the next, meaning there are basically four little mini-games you must pass on your way to the grand finale. The first of these is a kayaking trip down a little river. Kermit is the guy in charge, and…

Jason Venter · November 2, 2003

Reader NES

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom review

Ever why the Ninja Gaiden series died? There's probably a few reasons for it, mainly company related, but Ninja Gaiden 3 certainly did not help the cause. It's the worst of the 3 Ninja Gaidens by far, as Tecmo tried out these new ideas…

psychopenguin · November 2, 2003

Reader NES

Captain Skyhawk review

The NES had a wide variety of games released over the years. It is my opinion that no system out there could ever match the wide variety of games released for it. Captain Skyhawk is one example of this. It may seem like an ordinary…

psychopenguin · November 2, 2003

Reader NES

Battletoads review

I am sure there are a few readers out there reading this that glared over the other Battletoads reviews and found them to be informative but focused too much on one thing: challenge. So, I figure I'll just get it out of my system early and…

psychopenguin · November 2, 2003

Reader Genesis

College Football USA '97 review

Sports games really evolved when the Genesis was introduced. No longer were games with four teams and no modes acceptable. Now, sports games required a variety of game modes, teams, etc. College Football USA 96 was the first college…

psychopenguin · November 2, 2003

Reader NES

Ice Hockey review

Back in the day, sports games were different. Most of them were realistic to a point, but also took a lot of liberties with the game to make it, well, fun. There were no marathon season-long campaigns, name-brand players or realistic…

alecto · November 1, 2003

Reader NES

A Nightmare on Elm Street review

Anyone who knows me knows I put two movie series above all others: Predator and Terminator. But everyone also knows that I love the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and still consider the original to be one of the finest movies ever made…

psychopenguin · November 1, 2003

Reader NES

Major League Baseball review

Baseball games on the NES were a dime a dozen back in the day, but only one sported the official MLB license. Finally, there was a game out there that didn't make you play as the SNK Crushers or Team A. Now you can play as the San Diego…

psychopenguin · November 1, 2003

Reader NES

Baseball Simulator 1.000 review

In my current quest to play and review every baseball game ever made on the NES, I stumbled upon a game called Baseball Simulator 1.000. Of course, I didn't think much of it at first. I just thought it would be another hapless attempt at…

psychopenguin · November 1, 2003

Reader NES

10-Yard Fight review

There are some games out there that just make me wonder what the hell the developer was smoking when they decided to make it. 10 Yard Fight, an early attempt at a football game, is a perfect example of this. If you can look past the lack…

psychopenguin · November 1, 2003

Reader SNES

Super Metroid review

Putting into words how great of a game Super Metroid is, is a difficult task. Back in the sometimes gloomy, sometimes upbeat days of 1994, it was rare to find a game that had both a breathtaking adventure full of thrilling gameplay that…

retro · November 1, 2003

Reader SNES

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars review

Back in the blazingly arid days of the summer of '96 when the glorious Super Nintendo was reaching its end and the Nintendo 64 was right around the corner, Super Mario RPG showed its role-playing face to the world. A 15-year-old fool named…

retro · November 1, 2003