Category: Reviews

Reviewing games fron the 8,16 and 32bit

Wipe Out

Peter Ward

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…

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Ridge Racer 64

Peter Ward

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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Resident Evil

Peter Ward

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…

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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Peter Ward

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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Virtua Fighter 3

Peter Ward

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…

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James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing

Peter Ward

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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Power Stone

Peter Ward

Published by Capcom Entertainment Developed by Capcom Released – Sept 09 1999 Also available for Arcade Released in late 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast Powerstone is a superb 3d arena based one on one beat em up, an extremely original game for the time. The gameplay is really fun and very different to other one on one beat em ups of the time (such as Virtua Fighter 3 and Soul Calibur) in that here you can pick up items in the 3d arena and use them against your opponent. These…

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The Chaos Engine

Peter Ward

Published by Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. Developed by The Bitmap Brothers Released – 1993 Platforms – Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, BlackBerry, DOS,Genesis, J2ME, Linux, Macintosh, SNES, Windows The Chaos Engine was released for the Amiga 500 in 1993, a top down run and gun game with elements of Steampunk this game was great fun and very original at the time. The graphics are superb with very large chunky sprites and very detailed backgrounds (the artwork throughout the game is outstanding). The sound is also excellent with very meaty…

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Marvel Vs Capcom

Peter Ward

Published by Capcom Co., Ltd. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released Jan, 1998 Also For Dreamcast, PlayStation Marvel Vs Capcom was released on the Dreamcast in late 1999, the game follows on from Capcom’s superb range of 2d beat em ups on the Saturn (including X Men:Children of The Atom and Marvel Super Heroes). There is much to enjoy in this game, firstly the roster of available fighters is superb including the best of Marvel such as Spiderman, The Hulk, Wolverine and Captain America and the very best of Capcom including Ryu, Zangief and…

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Chrono Trigger

Peter Ward

Published by Square Soft, Inc. Developed by Square Co., Ltd. Released Aug 11, 1995 Also For Android, iPhone, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP,PS Vita, Wii  Sit back and relax, because we’re going for a ride through time. Chrono Trigger for the SNES is hailed as one of the greatest RPG’s of all time. I would do anything to go back to 1995 and play this for the first time all over again. Of course it would take me days to write out the entire story of Chrono Trigger. Besides, Squaresoft already did it…

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