Year: 2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Peter Ward

Published by Konami, Inc. Developed by Konami Co., Ltd. Released 1992 Also For Arcade Being a huge fan of The original cartoon series I was very excited at the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time on the Super Nintendo. This game is absolutely fantastic, for many many reasons. Firstly the graphics are fantastic! Massive chunky detailed sprites, bright vivid backgrounds and superb animations. Also worth mentioning is the incredible 3d scaling effects, where you can throw an enemy into the screen (not possible on the Megadrive due to the lack…

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Soul Calibur

Peter Ward

Published by Namco Hometek Inc. Developed by Project Soul Released 1999 Also For Android, Arcade, iPad, iPhone, Xbox 360 Released by Namco for the Sega Dreamcast in late 1999, Soul Calibur was a sequel to the excellent Original Playstation game Soul Blade. Many people rate this as the very best Dreamcast game ever released and I would put it right up there as well. Firstly the graphics are totally fantastic! Massive detailed sprites, colourful backdrops full of life and superb animations. The music matches the action perfectly, the controls are very responsive and…

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Battletoads in Battlemaniacs

Peter Ward

Published by Tradewest, Inc. Developed by Rare, Ltd. Released Jun, 1993 Also For SEGA Master System Battletoads in Battlemaniacs was released for the Super Nes in 1993, a follow up to the awesome Battletoads games on the original Nintendo. Sadly this game cannot compete with those earlier games in terms of gameplay or level design but still has much to enjoy. Firstly the graphics are excellent with chunky colourful characters and richly detailed backgrounds, the music is superb with some really meaty sound effects and the basic gameplay is fun with excellent…

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