Year: 2017

August 1, 2017

Sin and Punishment: Star Successor

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Sin & Punishment

When Nintendo announced the motion control remote for the Wii, longtime gamers were skeptical that it could actually enhance the …

August 1, 2017

Known in Japan as God Slayer: Sonata of the Far Away Skies, Crystalis was developed by SNK. The game was essentially …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Hydlide

The early Japanese RPG Hydlide is a huge victim of circumstance. Developed by T&E Soft and initially released in 1984, Hydlide was one of …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 7 of 15 in the series Dragon Quest

Box Shots Go Here Dragon Quest VI marks a huge change for the series – it’s the first game to have …

August 1, 2017

Shigeru Miyamoto, simply put, is a legend in the gaming world. As creator of the Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda series, …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Legend of Kyrandia

At the end of the first game, Malcolm the jester was imprisoned in stone, putting an end to his reign …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Legend of Kyrandia

At first glance, the second Kyrandia game – The Hand of Fate – might seem identical to its predecessor, as …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Legend of Kyrandia

History will remember Westwood Studios as the guys who invented the modern real time strategy genre, introduced with the groundbreaking …

August 1, 2017

This entry is part 6 of 15 in the series Dragon Quest

Dragon Quest V: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride (subtitled Tenkuu no Hanayome in Japanese, which means “The Bride of …

August 1, 2017

In the mid-80s, a variety of developers began combining the action-based gameplay of console and arcade platformers with the statistics …