Tag: Archived Post

  • Zenji (ColecoVision)

    Zenji (ColecoVision)

    (Review archived from November 22, 2014) Ultimately, Zenji would be the last game selected as part of the Random Gaming Review Project, and as such it will be the last “archived content” review I’ll be posting for a while. Next time I go on vacation, I’ll actually need to have fresh articles written in advance…

  • Syndicate (Jaguar)

    Syndicate (Jaguar)

    (Review archived from October 8, 2014) This is the second in a series of resurrected “archived content” style reviews which were originally part of a Random Game Review Project I participated in a number of years ago.  I’m on vacation during mid-July, so raising these moldy-oldies from the dead seemed like a good (i.e. lazy)…

  • Horse Racing (Arcadia 2001)

    Horse Racing (Arcadia 2001)

    (Review archived from September 30, 2014) Remember a few months ago when I said, “the blog has grown … and nowadays the articles appearing here are exclusive to the blog itself“?  Well as of this post, that statement will have been a lie.  I’ll be on vacation over the next couple of weekends, and rather…

  • Mega Man 6 (NES)

    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…

  • Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (PC/Steam)

    Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (PC/Steam)

    (Review archived from April 15, 2023) Shovel Knight is one of the finest examples of what I’d consider to be ‘the golden age of modern retro-style games,’ a period of time I’d loosely bound as being between the years of 2010 and 2015. These days you practically can’t even skip a loose Super Metroid cart…

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)

    (Review archived from April 13, 2023) The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade title was hot in arcades during the time in my life when I was the exact target demographic for arcade patronage. Coupled with the fact that it tapped into the cultural zeitgeist of rampant turtle-mania at the very pinnacle of the phenomenon, it’s…

  • Ninja Gaiden Shadow (GB)

    Ninja Gaiden Shadow (GB)

    (Review archived from April 8, 2023) Ninja Gaiden is another in a long line of popular 8-bit franchises to have tested the waters with a Game Boy release. My past experience with Game Boy franchise installments has been rather excellent! Legend of Zelda made an incredibly solid transition to Nintendo’s portable system. Mega Man retained…

  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (FDS)

    Super Mario Bros. 2 (FDS)

    (Review archived from April 5, 2023) I had previously played (and reviewed) Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels as it appeared on Super Mario Bros. Allstars for SNES, but I had never played the original Super Mario Bros. 2 release for Famicom Disk System. So much of what I said about the Allstars version applies…

  • Medal of Honor: Underground (PS1)

    Medal of Honor: Underground (PS1)

    (Review archived from April 2, 2023) I have a soft spot for the ubiquitous WWII FPS for largely the same reason (among others) that I enjoy the Assassin’s Creed series; the gamification of historical events is something that appeals to me. And it tends to work both ways really. Having some fore-knowledge of the historical…