Ghouls’N’Ghosts
Year: 2016
Street Racer
Published by Ubi Soft Entertainment Software Developed by Vivid Image Released Nov, 1994 Also For Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn Released by Ubisoft in 1994 Street Racer for the Super Nintendo is essentially a Super Mario Kart clone, albeit a very good one indeed. The game has much to enjoy, firstly the graphics are superb (even better than Mario Kart) with chunky karts and colourful backgrounds full of colour and life, there are also some fantastic Mode 7 rotational effects. The soundtrack and sound effects are also excellent, the menu music…
Read MoreAlien Storm
Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by Team Shinobi Released 1991 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, SEGA Master System, Wii, Windows, ZX Spectrum Released in 1991 for the Sega Megadrive Alien Storm is a superb side scrolling beat em up converted from the Arcade game of the same name. The gameplay here is very similar to Sega’s other classic scrolling Arcade beat em up Golden Axe except it swaps the Western Fantasy setting for a 1950’s American B Movie setting. You can chose from 2 different characters and…
Read MoreWipe Out
Published by Psygnosis Limited Developed by Psygnosis Limited Released Mar 05, 1996 Also For Android, DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita You know the old catchphase “Anything you can do I can do better!”, well with regard to the Sega Saturn version of the Playstation classic Wipeout it should read more like “Anything you can do I can do almost as well!” When I first heard that Wipeout ( a futuristic racing game) was being converted to the Saturn I was not really interested, this was due to the dogs breakfast…
Read MoreRidge Racer 64
Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Namco Limited, Nintendo Software Technology Corporation Released Feb 14, 2000 Platform Nintendo 64 Released in the year 2000 Ridge Racer 64 was the long awaited debut of the series on a Nintendo console, arriving some 5 years after the Playstation original. Despite the long absence this was definitely well worth the wait as this game has everything that an arcade racing game should have. Firstly the graphics are superb (much improved over the Playstation versions) with a fantastically expanded colour palette which makes the whole game look gorgeous, big…
Read MoreResident Evil
Published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released 1996 Platforms PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows With all due respect to Alone in The Dark, Resident Evil was the game that kick started the Survival Horror genre. Released in 1996 on the original Playstation Resident Evil was like no other game ever released dripping with atmosphere and menace! Essentially a 3rd person shooter with puzzle elements you play the part of either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine (both members of S.T.A.R.S or Special Tactics and Rescue Service Team). You must go to Racoon…
Read MoreRetro Inspired RPG back this great Kickstarter with music from Barry Leitch
Inspired by the classic Hero Quest on the Amiga, Brainseal are finishing Dark Quest 2 for PC & Mac. A turn based RPG isometric graphics and dice based mechanics for all computations.Single player campaign as well as multiplayer. Also features a full soundtrack by the original Hero Quest composer, DQ2 is in the final furlong and needs your help to finish the game. Support the Kickstarter Click here to back the project
Read MoreThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
The Legend of Zelda:Link’s Awakening Developed by: Nintendo EAD Published by: Nintendo Platforms: GameBoy and Game Boy Color (DX Version) Released: June 6, 1993 (Japan), August 1993 (North America), November 18, 1993 (PAL) DX Version: December 12, 1998 (Japan), December 15, 1998 (North America), January 1, 1999 (PAL) The fourth installment of the Legend of Zelda series; This is the first game in the franchise that took place outside of the sacred land of Hyrule; yet in a realistic dream… Or was it? Like it’s predecessor, Like the Legend of…
Read MoreVirtua Fighter 3
Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by SEGA-AM2 Co., LTD. Released 1998 Also For Arcade Released along side the Sega Dreamcast console in 1999 Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle was an Arcade perfect conversion from AM2, trouble is the Arcade game was not all that good to begin with. First the good points, the tried and tested Virtua Fighter gameplay is still there with it’s slow and more realistic gameplay (no fireballs here), there is also the addition of a ‘Dodge’ button to further increase the strategy involved in each fight. All of the…
Read MoreJames ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing
Published by SEGA of America, Developed by Taito Corporation Released – 1990 Also For Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing was released for the Sega Megadrive in 1990, known as Final Blow on other formats the name was changed to capitalise on the popularity of Douglas who had just defeated ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of The World. Sadly this moved backfired as Douglas lost his Title to Evander Holyfield just prior to the game’s official release! The gameplay…
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