April 2007

April 29, 2007 Review - WonderSwan

Review: Judgement Silversword

Even if it wasn't a fan-made shooter Judgement Silversword would still be a solid game (even with the spelling error). This is an homage to Treasure's classic Saturn shooter, Radiant Silvergun. And ...
April 29, 2007 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Battle Lode Runner

Even if you're one of those people who have completely written off the Lode Runner series, Battle Lode Runner may make you a believer. Combine all of the puzzle solving of the original Lode Runner wi...
April 28, 2007 Review - TurboDuo

Review: World Sports Competition

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again: The Olympics suck! I'm not just talking about the games based on the Olympics, I'm talking about the event itself. It's full of games nobody cares...
April 28, 2007 Review - WonderSwan

Review: Pocket Fighter

Although Capcom can't count past three, that hasn't stopped the mighty company from using their Street Fighter characters in all sorts of weird ways. One of the strangest Street Fighter spin-offs has...
April 27, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

How many times must we play through The Godfather?? This is our fourth time through EA's crime simulator and it's not getting any better. The good news is that this is still a solid action...
April 25, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: God of War II

Some call it the last good game for the PlayStation 2, but anybody that has played it already knows it as one of the greatest games of all time. It's God of War II, the brutally violent action game t...
April 24, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: Burnout Dominator

Who needs a crash mode when your races are this exciting? This is Burnout Dominator, the quasi-sequel to Burnout Legend. If you're a fan of balls to the wall racing with a great deal of variety...
April 22, 2007 Review - N-Gage

Review: The King of Fighters Extreme

Who knew the N-Gage could play a mean game of street fighting? Apparently Hudson did, because here's The King of Fighters Extreme, one of the best 2D fighting games ever released on a 32-bit col...
April 22, 2007 Review - NGPC

Review: Evolution: Eternal Dungeons

What is this, our fourth Evolution review on Defunct Games? For a franchise that nobody cares about how many games could they have possibly made? Thankfully this Neo Geo Pocket Color game ...
April 21, 2007 Review - N-Gage

Review: Sonic N

Talk about a slut, Sonic the Hedgehog has been on more game players than Paris Hilton! But let's not dwell on what he might have contracted from the Neo Geo Pocket Color and GameCube. Instead we sho...
April 21, 2007 Review - N-Gage

Review: Glimmerati

While it's easy to make fun of most Nokia N-Gage games, Gilmmerati is one of the few that is actually worth your time. It's a pseudo-3D racing game that is full of hilarious voice acting and one craz...
April 15, 2007 Review - Lynx

Review: Xybots

First-person shooters just aren't meant to be played on the portable game systems, but that's not going to stop people from trying. This is Xybots, an Atari Lynx game that tries really hard to duplic...
April 15, 2007 Review - Lynx

Review: Pinball Jam

Okay, I know, a pinball game for the Lynx doesn't sound very exciting. But believe it or not this game is actually a lot of fun. Maybe it's not the kind of fun where you would rush out and buy the L...
April 14, 2007 Review - NGPC

Review: Faselei!

Out of all of the amazing games available for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, Faselei! is one of the best. It's a tactical role-playing game that may not look like much, but has some of the deepest game pl...
April 14, 2007 Review - Lynx

Review: Toki

Believe it or not, Toki was a huge hit in Japan. Unfortunately the game did very little business in the U.S., which makes this Lynx port all the more interesting. Toki is one of the few non-Atari ga...
April 10, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: Virtua Tennis 3

In a world of yearly sports installments it's refreshing to see something like Virtua Tennis, a series that only comes out every few years. This is Virtua Tennis 3, the first installment on a next ge...
April 08, 2007 Review - Sega Saturn

Review: Dodopachi

If you couldn't tell by the name, Dodopachi is the sequel to Donpachi, the 2D shooter for the Sega Saturn. Dodopachi brings back everything you loved about the first game and fixes all the stuff you ...
April 08, 2007 Review - Master System

Review: Ghost House

Who you gonna call? Considering that Ghost House came out in 1986 you would think that they would get the Ghostbusters on the case, but apparently they were too expensive. Instead we get some k...
April 07, 2007 Review - TurboDuo

Review: Ballistix

Old school "sports" games are a hit and miss kind of thing. You have really solid sports games like Tecmo Bowl followed by a ton of crap like Soccer on the NES. But Ballistix is different; it combin...
April 07, 2007 Review - Sega Saturn

Review: Donpachi

Considering how many great 2D shooters were released on the Genesis and Dreamcast you would think that the Saturn would be overflowing with entries in the much-loved genre. But that just wasn't the c...
April 06, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: After Burner: Black Falcon

It's one of Sega's oldest arcade games, a franchise that seemed dead and forgotten just a few years ago. It's After Burner, the classic airplane shooter that reinvented the arcade air combat genre. ...
April 05, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: SSX Blur

When the PlayStation 2 first hit store shelves back in 2000 there was only one game you absolutely had to buy, and that was SSX. Since then the series has only gotten better, with open-world environm...
April 02, 2007 Reviews Au Courant

Review: Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

It's been a year since Jax & Daxter hit the small screen and now Sony is back with another hot 3D platformer, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. This is yet another excellent game for Sony's PSP, a syste...