Retro game reviews, game memories and more

Here’s one of my favorite game system logos of all-time, the Neo-Geo logo!

Here’s a blast from the past. It’s the ending to the Sega Genesis game Phantasy Star II. I’m sure you’ve seen the ending by now… either because you beat the game yourself, or saw the ending somewhere on Youtube. But this video is a bit different. It was recorded back in 1990, a few weeks [...]

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s 1992 Video Game Buyer’s Guide
Star Tropics (NES) by Nintendo
Steve (4)
Somehow, Nintendo managed to create an adventure game out of a boring plot. Star Tropics is nothing more than an amalgam of other quest games! It, as any serious quest gamer has, you have played Ultima or Dragon Warrior, you will quickly become [...]

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s 1992 Video Game Buyer’s Guide
Snow Brothers (NES) by Capcom
Steve (6)
Snow Brothers reminds me a lot of similar maze action games like Bubble Bobble that take a simple theme and elevate it with a seemingly endless variety of scoring and point incentives. The game still suffers from a fair level of repetition, but [...]

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s 1992 Video Game Buyer’s Guide
Laser Invasion (NES) by Konami
Steve (4)
This game comes off as a gimmick for the Konami head controller, and with that device it’s sure to have more of an effect than it did playing it with the regular pad. The game has few high points, with your typically [...]

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s 1992 Video Game Buyer’s Guide
Klash Ball (NES) by Sofel
Steve (5)
To tell the truth, this cart is an excellent effort to bring to the NES a game that would be more at home in a 16-bit system. The game concept is good, and a 16-bit version can’t be far behind. Still, it lacks [...]

Electronic Gaming Monthly’s 1992 Video Game Buyer’s Guide
Isolated Warrior (NES) by NTVIC
Steve (7)
Isolated Warrior takes some pretty standard stuff and does manage to make a game out of it. In the role of the title character, the dangers the Warrior encounters are straightforward, but the execution and depiction of the game play is what really [...]