Rise of the Robots

Published by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Developed by Instinct Design, Mirage Technologies (Multimedia) Ltd. Released Dec, 1994 Also For 3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, CD-i, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis Released in late 1994 for the Super Nintendo and a variety of other formats Rise of the Robots was a one on one beat em up that combined fantastic visuals with truly abysmal gameplay and controls. The graphics are amazing mixing pre rendered 3D sprites with a cyberpunk style artwork, all of the fighters look and animate very well and the backgrounds are…

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Final Fantasy 3 aka VI

Published by Square Soft, Inc. Developed by Square Co., Ltd. Released Oct, 1994 Also For Android, Fire OS, Game Boy Advance, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation,PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U, Windows Warning: If you have not played this game and plan to, there are spoilers in this review. Just a heads-up.  Final Fantasy 6. Ask many people what they believe to be the best RPG’s and chances are this is on their list. As I write this review, I am listening to the soundtrack to Final Fantasy 6 and feeling nostalgic as I remember experiencing this game for the first time. We begin…

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Wonderland Dizzy

Check out our Oliver Twins Interview Click Here I have been playing the Dizzy games from the days of my ZX Spectrum and played most of them and enjoyed the challenging platform and puzzles.  I did manage to complete Treasure Island Dizzy and Fantasy World Dizzy.  I also still own Dizzy on my Megadrive. I was astonished to read that an unearthed unreleased Dizzy game by the Oliver Twins had been found and uncompiled and debugged and released for free as a NES rom.  I could not resist to try…

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Donkey Kong Country 3

Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Rare, Ltd. Released Nov 01, 1996 Also For Game Boy Advance, Wii, Wii U Released in late 1996 Donkey Kong Country 3 was the final game in the series on the Super Nintendo and despite not being as good as the earlier 2 games it is still a classic 2d platformer. The graphics are the same very high quality CGI that we have come to expect from the series (still hard to believe that this game is on Super Nes and not Nintendo 64). The soundtrack…

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TMNT: Tournament Fighters

Published by Konami (America), Inc. Developed by Konami Co., Ltd. Released Sep 04, 1993 Platform SNES During the early 1990’s 2 of my favourite things were Street Fighter 2 and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so when I heard there was a game that combined the 2 I was naturally very excited. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo and is totally fantastic and was a real change of pace for the Turtles as their previous games such as Turtles in Time were scrolling beat em ups…

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Snowboard Kids

Published by Atlus Co., Ltd. Developed by Racdym Released Mar 15, 1998 Platform Nintendo 64 Released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 Snowboard Kids was a superb downhill snowboarding game with gameplay comparable to Super Mario Kart. This game has much to enjoy, firstly the graphics are lovely with chunky cartoon sprites and very colourful backdrops presented in that awesome soft crayon style that the Nintendo 64 excels in. The soundtrack is also really good especially considering that this game is on cartridge and not disc. The gameplay is solid gold and…

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Super Punch Out

Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Nintendo R&D3 Released Oct 01, 1994 Also For Wii, Wii U  Released in late 1994 for the Super Nintendo Super Punch Out is the sequel to the legendary Mike Tyson’s Punch Out on the original Nintendo and whilst this game is not as good as the earlier release it still has much to offer. Firstly the graphics are superb, big chunky sprites and cartoony graphics which are displayed from a “Behind the back” camera angle (including a fantastic transparency effect where you can see through your fighter…

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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…

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Ridge 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…

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The 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…

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