October 2017

October 31, 2017 Recapped

An Unholy Return: The 31 Games of Halloween

Episode #59 - Adam Wallace thought evil had been defeated. After battling The Unholy 13, he thought the worst was behind him. Adam was wrong. The scares are back in An Unholy Return: The 31 Games of Halloween!
October 31, 2017 Review - GameCube

Review: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

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October 31, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Perception

Though imperfect, Perception offers a compelling story with a cool art style. There are some genuinely effective scares here, even though I wish the developers would have pushed the idea a little furt...
October 30, 2017 Review - PlayStation

Review: Castlevania Chronicles

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October 30, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut

Normally when I play games, I have an easy time nailing down the design decisions that annoy me. That's not the case here. For what it's trying to do, Slayaway Camp gets almost nothing wrong. Sure, yo...
October 29, 2017 Review - Dreamcast

Review: The Ring: Terror's Realm

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October 28, 2017 Review - GameCube

Review: Geist

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October 27, 2017 Review - PlayStation

Review: Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

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October 27, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Mutant Football League

Much like the 24 year old game that started it all, Mutant Football League is fast, fun and easy for casual fans to get into. It's also incredibly violent and full of cheesy horror puns. In some ways ...
October 26, 2017 Review - Xbox

Review: Manhunt

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October 25, 2017 Review - Xbox

Review: ObsCure

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October 25, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Clash Force

Clash Force looks and acts the part, but mainly recycles from far better 8-bit games. I like the colorful graphics, the responsive gameplay and the various boss fights. Unfortunately, it's all over in...
October 24, 2017 Review - Xbox

Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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October 24, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: The Mummy Demastered

By taking the action back to the 16-bit era, WayForward has improved on The Mummy in pretty much every way. This is a great looking run 'n gun shooter with a cool horror theme and a large map to explo...
October 23, 2017 Review - PlayStation 2

Review: Maximo: Ghosts to Glory

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October 23, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Infernal Racket

Infernal Racket has one of those themes you can't help but love. There's something cathartic about running around and destroying millions of dollars' worth of fine china, priceless sculptures, ancient...
October 22, 2017 Review - PlayStation 2

Review: Siren

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October 21, 2017 Review - Xbox

Review: RLH: Run Like Hell

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October 20, 2017 Review - PlayStation

Review: Fear Effect

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October 19, 2017 Review - PlayStation

Review: OverBlood

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October 18, 2017 Review - Xbox

Review: Genma Onimusha

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October 18, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Don't Knock Twice

Switch owners may get a kick out of having a scary game just in time for Halloween, but Don't Knock Twice is a mess. The premise is sound, but the gameplay is boring, the puzzles take no thought and t...
October 17, 2017 Review - Nintendo 64

Review: Doom 64

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October 16, 2017 Review - Game Boy Color

Review: Blade

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October 15, 2017 Review - PlayStation

Review: Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness

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October 14, 2017 Review - Saturn

Review: The Mansion of Hidden Souls

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October 13, 2017 Review - Saturn

Review: Resident Evil

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October 13, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Riskers

On paper, the idea of merging the original Grand Theft Auto with Hotline Miami sounds like one of those things that can't go wrong. But it does, in a whole bunch of frustrating ways. This is a crime t...
October 12, 2017 Review - Saturn

Review: Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge

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October 11, 2017 Review - Dreamcast

Review: Shadow Man

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October 10, 2017 Review - Super NES

Review: Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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October 09, 2017 Review - Master System

Review: Vampire: Master of Darkness

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October 09, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Sylvio 2

While it's not especially scary and the world they've created isn't all that compelling, I ultimately liked the idea of recording spooky sounds and trying to decipher their meaning. Unfortunately, thi...
October 08, 2017 Review - Genesis

Review: Chakan: The Forever Man

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October 07, 2017 Review - NES

Review: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

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October 07, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Earth Atlantis

Despite a few frustrating boss battles, I liked exploring the underwater world of Earth Atlantis. This is a surprisingly long shooter with a striking visual style and all kinds of ships to unlock. Bes...
October 06, 2017 Review - NES

Review: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

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October 05, 2017 Review - Atari 7800

Review: Xenophobe

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October 04, 2017 Review - Atari 2600

Review: Frankenstein's Monster

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October 03, 2017 Review - Atari 2600

Review: Ghost Manor

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October 03, 2017 Reviews au Courant

Review: Lightfield

Lightfield is proof that fresh ideas still exist. This is a game that takes the racing genre and turns it on its head by adding flying, driving and dizzying stunts. It's a fun little racer with incred...
October 02, 2017 Review - Odyssey 2

Review: Nightmare

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October 01, 2017 Review - Intellivision

Review: Night Stalker

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