Silpheed: the Lost Planet
By the end of the 32-bit era the modern shooter was all but gone from the West. While we would occasionally get a home port of the really cool arcade games in Japan in America this once popular genre was...
Month: May 2018
Fox n Forests
Developer: Bonus Level Entertainment, Independent Arts Software Publisher: EuroVideo Medien Released: May 17, 2018 MSRP: $19.99 In the last decade or so there have been many retro “inspired” indie games. While there have been some fantastic nods to m...
Jet Grind Radio
Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Release: Genre: Action Sega were on fire with the Dreamcast, releasing stunning arcade ports and original titles alike. There’s something to be said for your creativity being unleashed when your back is a...
Goldeneye 007
Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/25/97 Genre: Fps Goldeneye 007 should not have been a success. There were a number of factors working against it. It was released in 1997, two years after the film hit theaters. It was...
Gradius Gaiden
Developer: KCE Tokyo Publisher: Konami Released: August 28, 1997 Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US. The slow, agonizing near...
Clockwork Knight
With its pre-rendered graphics, insane line scrolling and large sprites Clockwork Knight looked like a platformer fan’s dream. The early import reviews seemed to beat that out as well. Once it was released however in reality it turned out to...
Star Fox
Developer: Argonaut/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 1993 Genre: Rail Shooter I’m not ashamed to admit that I scoffed at Star Fox initially. In 1993 16-bit continued the stride started in 1992 with beautiful 2d games appearing...
What I’m currently playing: Fox n Forests
A bit of a new segment for me, but sure why not. Although I mostly focus on retro games I do still play many current releases. Many of those are retro inspired indies, like the subject of today’s update, FOX...
Rise of the Dragon
Developer: Dynamix Publisher: Dynamix Released: 1993 Genre: Adventure I owe the Sega CD and its small library of adventure games for my interest in the genre. Back in the day when point and click adventure games were at their peak...
Fausseté Amour
It is interesting to look back on the import coverage of old video game magazines. I can admit to spending a lot of time looking at the ads in the back of EGM and Gamefan showing off what looked like...