July 2021

July 30, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: Horror Tales: The Wine

The first of several Horror Tales, The Wine is an intoxicating mix of social commentary and survival horror. The disease-ravaged Mediterranean island is the perfect setting for a story filled with fea...
July 28, 2021 Review Crew

Nintendo Switch Online: 1990s Critics Review Bombuzal, Claym...

Episode #119 - This just in: Nintendo has released three new classic games onto their Nintendo Switch Online service today. These include controversial picks like Bombuzal, Jelly Boy and Claymates, all of which have...
July 27, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+

Nearly thirty-five years after first hitting the arcade scene, Darius continues to be one of the best and most-respected shoot 'em ups on the market. The newest installment is called DariusBurst: Anot...
July 26, 2021 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Seibu Trilogy (Arcade)

Episode #132 - Long before Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto III and Vanquish, arcade developers were hard at work trying to invent the third-person shooter genre. We already covered the two Crossed Swords games that S...
July 23, 2021 EGM Ranks

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 10 Shoot 'Em Ups

Episode #8 - Don't call it a comeback, because shoot 'em ups never went anywhere. While trends have come and gone, developers of all shapes and sizes have been delivering high-quality shooters for more than four d...
July 21, 2021 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Cotton - Fantastic Night Dreams (Arcade)

Episode #131 - When I saw that Cotton Reboot was coming out this week, I immediately knew that I needed to post a Game Over episode comparing the brand-new rebooted narrative with the quirky story we saw in the 1991...
July 20, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: Super Destronaut DX-2

Super Destronaut DX-2 is the Space Invaders Extreme sequel we've all been waiting for. While it may come with a different name and the aliens look a little odd, this is the closest we've come to getti...
July 19, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: Cotton Reboot

If you can get beyond the fact that Cotton Reboot is a remake and not a reboot, then you'll find a fun (albeit overpriced) shoot 'em up with updated visuals and a remixed soundtrack. This is an attrac...
July 13, 2021 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Tintin in Tibet (Super NES)

Episode #130 - As a magazine reader in the 1990s, it was common to see Electronic Gaming Monthly and Die Hard Game Fan rave about the hottest Japanese games that had no chance of coming to the United States. But imp...
July 10, 2021 Recapped

007 in Pixels: 15 Weeks of James Bond Games

Episode #65 - Who is the suave man of mystery dedicated to taking down the world's most nefarious super villains? His name is Wallace, Adam Wallace. To help celebrate the upcoming release of No Time to Die, ou...
July 09, 2021 Review - Atari 2600

Review: James Bond 007

Adam Wallace returns with a countdown to Bond! Join this long-time 007 fan for a weekly review of James Bond games released through the years, starting with James Bond 007 on the Atari 2600. Adam come...
July 09, 2021 Game Over

Story Breakdown: S.P.Y. - Special Project Y (Arcade)

Episode #129 - There are exactly 91 days until James Bond returns to the big screen in No Time to Die, a movie that was supposed to have come out 450 days ago. To celebrate Daniel Craig's final time playing 007, we'...
July 08, 2021 Review Crew

1990s Critics Review Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Ghoul Patrol...

Episode #118 - It's time to protect your friends and family, because both Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol are out right now on Switch and Xbox One, and the reactions have been, well, a little mixed. Could ...
July 07, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: Discolored

You're stranded at a 1950s diner at the edge of the world. What are you going to do? If you're playing the new game Discolored, then you're using the different colors to solve puzzles and untangl...
July 06, 2021 Game Over

Story Breakdown: The Alex Kidd Series (Master System & Genes...

Episode #128 - This may be Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th anniversary, but lately it feels like some of Sega's earliest mascot characters also want to get in on the action. Just in the last two months, we've not only rev...
July 01, 2021 Reviews au Courant

Review: Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

As a remake, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is almost everything I want from this type of project. It has a gorgeous new pixel look, cool bonus modes and the ability to switch between the new and old l...