Spider-Man: the Movie

Spider-Man: the Movie

Developer: Treyarch    Publisher: Activision    Release: 04/16/02   Genre: Action     Platforms: PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, PC For the longest time Activision was a shining example of how to handle licensed video games. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was a revolution for the extreme...
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Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

Developer: Imagineering    Publisher: Activision     Released: 1990    Genre: Action Words cannot express how terrible the original Ghostbusters for NES is. The movie was one of the films of the decade so naturally everyone wanted that in game form. In...
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Lost Kingdoms

Lost Kingdoms

Developer: FromSoftware    Publisher: Activision    Released: May 28, 2002    Genre: RPG For most gamers From Software is a name they only became familiar with when Dark Souls released. But they have a long history in the industry, both good and bad.....
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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

Developer: Activision    Publisher: Activision     Released: October 1988     Genre: Action I love, love, love Ghostbusters in nearly all of its forms. The Real Ghostbusters cartoon was my introduction to the property before I saw the movie and was a....
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Alien vs Predator

Alien vs Predator

Developer: Jorudan Co.    Publisher: Activision     Released: 1993     Genre: Beat em up Alien vs Predator is one of those concepts that is literally a match made in heaven. The ultimate hunters’ vs the ultimate prey. When the alien skull was...
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Archon

Archon

Developer: Free Fall Associates    Publisher: Activision    Released: 1989    Genre: Action/Strategy Growing up everyone in my immediate circle loved Chess. I learned the rules but was never a fan; Checkers was more my speed. I liked the rapid...
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Predator

Predator

Developer: Pack-In-Video     Publisher: Activision     Released: 1989     Genre: Action We make fun of Acclaim and LJN for their history of terrible licensed games because they deserve it.  But in my opinion Activision deserves their share of deri...
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X-Kalibur 2097

X-Kalibur 2097

Developer: Fupac     Publisher: Activision     Released: February 1994     Genre: Action      Platform: SNES In the early 90s Activision made a strange push for games that featured techno soundtracks by popular bands.  With the advent of the ...
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Die Hard

Die Hard

Developer: Pack-In-Video      Publisher: Activision      Released: 1992      Genre: Action      Platform: NES Licensed video games during the 8-bit era were especially bad.  For every DuckTales or Mission Impossible there were countless piec...
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Sword Master

Sword Master

Developer: Athena    Publisher: Activision    Release: 01/92   Genre: Action Even though it was pretty late in the system’s life cycle 1992 really was an incredible year for the NES. Even with the Genesis and SNES hitting their stride there...
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