Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: CE Anniversary (PC/Steam)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary sure is helluva a verbose title isn’t it? All those colons! So! Our first order of business here is to make that word salad a bit more palatable. For the remainder of the review I’m just going to refer to the game by its original working…
Alpha Mission (NES)
I’ve mentioned before on the blog how on that fateful Christmas morning in 1987, I received the legendary NES Action Set along with The Legend of Zelda which, at the risk of sounding completely overdramatic, was a bit of a life changing experience (I mean … here we are nearly 40 years later, and I’m…
Batman: The Video Game (GB)
MERCHANDING! One of my favorite things about this game is that the publishers, in a bit of Spaceballs-ian marketing strategy, appended ‘The Video Game’ to the title of … the video game. I suppose if they had just printed ‘Batman’ on the box (along side the prominent Game Boy logo), it might not have been…
Kirby’s Dream Course (SNES)
Right up front I’m just going to say it; Kirby’s Dream Course is the only golf-based video game I’ve ever thoroughly enjoyed. That being said, it’s not exactly like I’m any sort of authority on the wide world of golf games out there. Sure I’ve knocked through an occasional round of Golden Tee here and…
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 (Arcade)
Metal Slug is a run-and-gun classic that triple-dips into over-the-top bombast and spectacle at every available opportunity. It’s like if Michael Bay rewrote Contra from the ground up while applying the framework of a slapstick comedy. This is a game absolutely filled to the brim with personality, memorable set pieces, and blazing non-stop action. One…
Tales of Phantasia (PS1)
(English Translation by Phantasian Productions) Of all the game genres I write about on this blog, longform RPGs are the ones most likely to induce a serious case of writer’s block. After investing so many hours into a given game, I wind up painting myself into a corner trying to devise some kind of succinct…
1942 (NES)
Do not under any circumstance play this game. And I don’t mean that in an ironic sense or as attempted bait via reverse psychology. I mean this is not a good game. That’s not to say it’s anywhere near the worst game on the NES (there’s some pretty stiff competition for that title), but it’s…
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
As opposed to the Zelda games I’ve reviewed previously on the blog, this was my first playthrough of Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. Nostalgia goggles can definitely have an impact when playing through retro games, so it’s always interesting to come at an older game with a completely fresh set of eyes, free from…
Mega Man 6 (NES)
(Review archived from April 20, 2023*) Ah Mega Man 6, the Blue Bomber’s swan song on the 8-bit system that brought him into our living rooms. Our boy was growing up. Upon the U.S. release date of Mega Man 6 however (November 5, 1993), what ‘growing up’ really meant for Mega Man is that we…
