Full Reviews Index
Frankenstein's Monster - Atari 2600 Game Review
Dr. Victor von Frankenstein is up to his corpse reanimating tricks again, and it's up to you to strop his creation from coming to life by building the monster's only weakness, a brick wall. Frankenstein's Monster is a short, but surprisingly fun action platformer mixing Marry Shelly's classic horror novel with elements of Pitfall!
Galaga - The Ultimate Space Shooter - Arcade Game
What began as a sequel to a [I]Space Invaders[/I] rip-off became one of the most popular arcade game of all time though it's addictive, unique, and fun gameplay that never gets old.
The Oregon Trail - Edutainment's First Video Game Hit - Apple II
Trail blazing across the archives of video game history is an elaborate and innovative game conceived by student teachers and established as one of the first edutainment game to be a commercial hit and a precursor to sim games.
Mega Man 2 - Nintendo Entertainment System - Sequel that Launched A Franchise
While the first Mega Man NES title established the platforming, power snatching retro style that the series still maintains today, it was its sequel, Mega Man 2, which made the franchise a hit.
Adventure for the iPhone - Review of the Atari 2600 Classic on the iPhone
It's time to return to the days of swords and dragons, drawbridges and killer bats, of...portable bridges and..uh...giant magnets? The 1979 Atari 2600 classic [I]Adventure[/I] is back and the world's first action-adventure game for home consoles is making its handheld debut on the iPhone to lower the drawbridge for a whole new generation of gamers. The question remains, is this app worth the download or should you stick with dusting off the 'ole cartidge.
The Great Giana Sisters: Commodore 64 Game Review of the Best Mario Rip-Off
Mario Bros. meet the Mario Sisters...er...that is the Giana Sisters. Unlike you and your brother Luigi, these sisters aren’t Super, their Great! The Great Giana Sisters! The weirdest and most controversial Super Mario Bros. rip-off ever made. With their bizarre and creative take on the platforming Mario style and the game's oddball history, this rare title has been kept alive solely by its small community of fanatical fans.
Pigskin 621 A.D. Medieval Football Archrivals On A Rampage - Arcade Game Review
Are you ready for some Medieval Football! Teams from two villages straight out of the dark ages battle with brutal violence and hilarious action in one of the most unusual, addictive and rare football video games ever made.
The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters - DVD Review
A warm, funny and nostalgic documentary following the exploits of Steve Wiebe as he enters the world of competitive gaming to take on Donkey Kong world champion Billy Mitchell.
Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade - Review of the Classic Arcade Documentary
Chasing Ghosts follows the rise and fall of America's obsession with the arcades of the early-80s with the nearly forgotten phenomena of high score world record competitions 80s though the stories and words of the champions from their first discovery of arcade games, to the climactic Life Magazine photo, and then the crash and eventual end of the arcade fads when the industry crashed in 1983/84.
Haunting starring Polterguy - Review - SEGA Genesis
Total bummer dude. Corporate stooge Vito Sardini is gaining his fortune by putting out substandard skateboards and, as you all know, you don't want your plank on wheels to bail and crumble while you're in a mid-acid drop that's kickturning into a backside. Well our hero learned this the hard way and slammed so hard it broke his neck. The skater dude has now come back from the dead as Polterguy on a mission to scare the pants off the Sardini family.
Dragon's Lair - DVD Game Review
Journey through a dark wizard’s castle, escape deadly traps and battle monstrous minions on a quest to save the beautiful Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe in the closest you’ll get to playing the original Don Bluth animated Dragon’s Lair arcade game at home. Although the DVD game uses a far more advance technology than the original laserdisc game, it still doesn’t beat the original coin-op classic.
Activision Hits Remixed – PSP Game Collection Review
Activision Hits Remixed – PSP Game Collection Review
Magic Sword - Coin-Op Arcade Game - Review
Lost in a sea of early 90s fighting games, Magic Sword is a hack ‘n slash arcade classic that never gained the recognition it deserved. Slashing your way through evil wizards, dragons, flying wasp men…and Grizzly Bears…has never been so much fun.
Rambo for the Nintendo Entertainment System – Review
When you envision Rambo, do you imagine high-octane, machine gun turrets and explosions? Well you must be thinking of some other game, because the NES title simply titled Rambo - yet based on Rambo: First Blood Part 2, doesn’t have any of that. With giant spiders, killer birds and man eating piranha, this review gives you a look at the most un-Rambo game imaginable.
Howard the Duck - Adventure on Volcano Island for the Commodore 64 - Review
Come with Howard the Duck and travel to the tropical Volcano Island, get in some jet skiing, see the sights from a gliding airplane, battle giant headed baddies on the beach and save the world from the evil Dark Overlord. This forgotten Commodore 64 classic game based on the Hollywood flop by George Lucas is one weird, and totally frustrating, game to play.