January 2008

January 30, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Sam & Max Ep. 202: Moai Better Blues

Moai Better Blues is another worthwhile Sam & Max game. Unfortunately this month's episode isn't nearly as exciting as the ones that came before it. If you can overlook some disappointing plotting a...
January 29, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Taito Legends Power-Up

While it misses some of the company's best games (Bubble Bobble, Darius Gaiden), Taito Power-Up contains more than enough great arcade ports to warrant a purchase. If you're a fan of Taito's classic ...
January 28, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

Speedball 2 doesn't offer a lot of frills and extras, but it does prove to still be a solid action/sports game that is just as violent today as it was 17 years ago. Fans of Speedball should be impres...
January 23, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash

Godzilla Unleashed is a slow, boring and easy 2D action game that fails miserably on every level. With its terrible controls and short story mode, this Godzilla game is only good for testing your Nin...
January 22, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Indianapolis 500 Legends

As far as racing games with only one track goes, Indianapolis 500 Legends isn't half bad. Unfortunately its limited scope makes it difficult to recommend over some of the better racing games on the c...
January 20, 2008 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Aero Blasters

In the mood for another fast-paced 2D shooter for the TurboGrafx-16? Probably not, but here's yet another review in case you were sick of the four dozen other similar games. The good news is th...
January 20, 2008 Review - CD-i

Review: Text Tiles

How much fun can a game called Text Tiles really be? Not very fun, from what Adam Romano tells us. In this review we find out what words aren't in the dictionary and why you should avoid this g...
January 15, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Aqua Team Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am

I'll make this easy for you: The controls are crummy, the graphics are terrible, the humor mostly falls flat, there aren't very many levels, the mini-games get in the way of the outdated golf mechanic...
January 13, 2008 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Exile - Wicked Phenomenon

There's nothing better than playing a game about religious war. Well, that's exactly what Exile for the TurboGrafx-16 is. It's just another game where you're forced to stand between two different re...
January 13, 2008 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Gunboat

Some computer games just don't come to underpowered game consoles. A good example of this is Gunboat, the exciting PC action game. But Gunboat actually did show up on the TurboGrafx-16, even if it w...
January 12, 2008 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Order of the Griffon

Hey look, it's the first TurboGrafx-16 role-playing game based on Dungeons & Dragons. That means something, right? Really, nothing? Well, John seems to think that the fact that this someh...
January 12, 2008 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Dead Moon

That's right; it's yet another 2D shooter for the TurboGrafx-16. So what does Dead Moon do that none of the other shooters do? Not a whole heck of a lot, that's what. This is yet another gener...
January 08, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Channel Edition

Dan Clarke spends some time out of his life dancing to children's music when he reviews Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Channel Edition for the PlayStation 2. Did he come away a Miley Cyrus fan? ...
January 08, 2008 Reviews au Courant

Review: Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer

Looking for a solid 2D shoot-em-up for your PC? There's no need to laugh, because now computer gamers have an old school shooter worth getting excited about. That game is Soldner-X and it's fro...