Retro: PacMan World 2

Jan. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2002. An evil force by the name of “Spooky” has been unleashed by those dastardly ghosts and it’s up to everyone’s favorite pepperoni-slice shaped yellow hero to make sure Pac-World is rid of this ancient evil. The objective of the game is to collect various “Gold Fruits” Once [...]

The Review Center’s take on Myst

Dec. 27, 2007   1 Comment  

From 1998 Myst is a classic adventure game created in 1994. The journey begins on a mysterious and somewhat magical island world that seems like a ghost town, but despite the lack of inhabitants the isle contains several buildings and a hidden ship in the harbor. The game is a puzzle/adventure novel in which you [...]

Retro: PC Desk

Dec. 26, 2007   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998. It was good DOS software that seems to have slipped through the cracks of time. We can’t find a download link for it anymore. By John Guilfoil PC Desk is a Personal Information Manager for DOS. It is a very handy and smallin size utility [...]

Retro: James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire

Dec. 2, 2007   Leave a Comment  

From 2002: This game will be worth every cent you pay for it, for an overnight rental.

Retro: Rock Slide game

Dec. 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of independent shareware computer games. Rock Slide is a Tetris clone puzzle game. The program runs pretty good, except for a slight bug that involves the “Rocks.” If you hold down to get a rock to fall all the way down, [...]

Retro: Virus the Game

Nov. 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of shareware gaming. The game (and manufacturer’s website) remain the same today as they were back then. This one stands out as a testament to the way the Internet once was. By John Guilfoil Don’t be scared off by the name. [...]

Retro: Hangsim review

Nov. 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

This review appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2000 during the heyday of PC flight simulation games, including a glut of combat games from Janes/Electronic Arts. Hangsim is a highly realistic flight simulation that was created to simulate flight in hang gliders, paragliders, and ultralights. This game is like flight simulators from around the world, but the [...]

Retro: Nam game review

Nov. 1, 2007   2 Comments  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1998. By John Guilfoil Nam is a 3D action game that sets you in the middle of the Vietnam War. Your war machine arsenal consists of the M60 machine gun, M79 grenade launcher, M16 rifles, flame-throwers, C4 plastic explosives, a sniper rifle and more. You play a roughneck [...]