Tag: 1993 Release
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Cool Spot (SNES)
(Review archived from February 12, 2023) Every so often I feel like firing up a game. Shocking I know. But faced with lists and spreadsheets of backlogs for various systems, series in progress, and so forth it can be a bit daunting deciding just what exactly I’d like to play. I suspect I’m not alone in this conundrum.…
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Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
(Review archived from January 26, 2019) Despite the fact that Rocket Knight Adventures is a Konami title, I can’t help but draw mental comparisons to some of the better known Treasure games released for Sega systems. And because Treasure was actually formed by ex-Konami employees, I can’t help but wonder whether that connection actually has…
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Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
(Review archived from October 8, 2018) Prior to playing Gunstar Heroes I had only a vague familiarity with Treasure’s back catalog of titles. And while Gunstar Heroes isn’t necessarily representative of the entire Treasure oeuvre, I think it does expose some elements of the ‘Treasure philosophy’ of game design. Gunstar Heroes is a thrill-ride run-n-gun…
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Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 (SNES)
(Review archived from January 10, 2018) I’m certain that entire swaths of internet text have been devoted to lauding the greatness of this game, but I’m going to boil it down to the single concept that stuck with me this time around. Meticulous. Certainly not a groundbreaking revelation by any means and if you read…
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Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (SNES)
(Review archived from March 6, 2015) Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels is a Super Mario fever dream hallucinated through a fog of several consecutive bad acid trips and moments of religious epiphany. The gaming world tends to think of Shigeru Miyamoto as that super fun uncle from your childhood who was always cracking jokes…
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Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. (SNES)
(Review archived from February 28, 2015) Ya know it’s funny; pretty much every time I fire up Super Mario Bros. it’s the original NES version, and I always forget about this updated release of the game. And that’s a shame really because I have no qualms declaring this to be the definitive version of the…