Tag: Metroid

Developer: Retro Studios   Publisher: Nintendo   Release: 11/18/2002   Genre: Action Metroid Prime should not have worked. As Nintendo brought all of their intellectual properties into the third dimension on the N64 Metroid was conspicuously absent. When...

Developer: Nintendo     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: 04/18/94     Genre: Action-Adventure Much has been written about Super Metroid in the decades since its release. It has been called a classic, a masterpiece, and groundbreaking. And all of it...

Metroid has always been a bit of an anomaly in Nintendo’s library.  Where I was used to bright and cheery worlds in Nintendo’s games Metroid stood in stark contrast with its sci-fi theme and terrifying titular enemies.  But that is...

Developer: KCET     Publisher: Konami     Released: October 2, 1997     Genre: Action/Adventure Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the greatest games of all time. Let’s get that out the way right now. In 1997 when everyone was creating ...

Blaster Master is a game I didn’t think highly of initially.  That more than likely has to do with the terrible Worlds of Power novelization I read beforehand.  Talk about coloring your expectations.  But after about ten minutes I began...

Developer: Pack-In-Video   Publisher: Polestar Co.  Released: 03/10/95   Genre: Action As I plumb the import libraries of these old consoles I am continually astounded at the sheer number of hidden gems most have never heard of. You’ll hear plenty ab...