Ernest Borgnine was the original J. Edgar
Retro movie review: “The Dark Crystal”
Nov. 26, 2011 1 Comment
From 1982: Not the muppets you’re used to seeing
CH Products Fighterstick USB: Checking in with an old friend
Sept. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Still the best
Retro: Gitaroo Man
Oct. 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
This review originally appeared on ReviewCenter.com in 2002. It scored a 9.1 at the time. By Carlos McElfish KOEI is most widely known for kicking out strategy games. So the last thing this reviewer was expecting from them was an extremely entertaining music/rhythm game. KOEI has managed to not only avoid the common pitfalls of [...]
Retro: Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Oct. 2, 2009 1 Comment
From 2002, a game that was almost made for N64 then almost for Dreamcast
Retro: Force 21
Sept. 27, 2009 Leave a Comment
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999. Force 21 is far from your normal real-time gtrategy game. You don’t have a base where you begin — mining resources, building buildings, which in turn allow you to build certain units. No, it’s nothing like that. Force 21 doesn’t try to be that. It’s something much [...]
Retro: Cool Boarders 3
May 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
From 1998 comes the worst game from a great franchise.
Retro: Fatal Frame
Feb. 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2002. For us, it all started with The 7th Guest for the PC. We were indescribably intrigued by this game at the time.‚ The ability to journey through a beautifully rendered haunted mansion (as good as you could pre-render n 1993) via a first person perspective was something that, [...]
Retro: The original PlayStation 2 launch titles
Dec. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
December 2008. Sony PlayStation 2 has been a viable product for eight years, selling about 140 million units wordwide, more than any other video game console in history. The fact that we’re still talking about PlayStation 2 and still talking about new games being made only for the PlayStation 2 in the 2008 holiday season [...]
The Old Shoebox: Cylindrix
Oct. 20, 2008 Leave a Comment
Cylindrix was coded to run in Dos DJGPP Protected Mode so that it could address more than 640 KB of memory, something that the Dos programmers felt was impossible at one point in history.
Retro: The Sesame Street 12 pinball video
Sept. 3, 2008 1 Comment
Youtube is featuring this very old Sesame Street video that most of us should remember from our childhood. Oh my god, huge flashback! There are plenty more videos and games to check out at the new Sesame Street Workshop website at http://www.sesamestreet.org, which launched August 11. Trippy… This should be familiar too.
The Old Shoebox: Download Overkill
Sept. 1, 2008 1 Comment
In 1992, Epic MegaGames released this almost forgettable little EGA game called Overkill. You, the pilot, are tasked with destroying all the evil alien forces that captured six otherwise peaceful planets, enslaving the populations along the way. Destroy them.
Square announces Chrono Trigger DS for November
Aug. 18, 2008 Leave a Comment
Square Enix announced Monday that the popular Super Nintendo RPG, Chrono Trigger, would be released for Nintendo DS in North America on November 25. Originally released in 1995, Chrono Trigger sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and received almost universal critical approval. It received “Best RPG” and “Best DS Game” accolades at E3 this [...]
Download Doomsday and the addons
May 24, 2008 3 Comments
Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio and a whole host of hacks, tweaks, mods and fixes for Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Hexen and Heretic. It also brings 16-player multiplayer [...]