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: 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 [...]
Brain Quest DVD games
June 5, 2007 Leave a Comment
The sturdy sets of rectangular cards that graced the shelves of our middle schools have come into the 21st century in a big way. The Brain Quest DVD games from Brighter Minds each include up to 500 questions broken down into mini games and different categories like letters and word association and they’re designed especially [...]
Old school video games
March 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Next-generation video game consoles are teetering on the edge of photorealism, and pushing the limits of modern technology to draw more customers within a competitive industry. But are the jaw-dropping graphics and high definition hardware what gamers really want? The cell processor-toting Playstation 3 was received with much anticipation, but was also criticized for its [...]
