King’s Field / King’s Field II
It is astonishing how much From Software managed to achieve in the scant few months between the first game and …
Spot Goes to Hollywood
Apparently there was enough demand for a sequel to Cool Spot that a sequel would end up being made. What’s …
Change Air Blade
Ah, the shoot-em-up. A genre that has existed in some form since Space Invaders and Galaxian. Through the course of its history, it’s …
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu
“Somebody, Stop Me.” Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu (lit. “Angry Leader Bee Great Resurrection”) was developed in an incredibly short time span of around …
Operation Darkness
Metacritic, due to its out-of-context aggregation of review scores and summaries, is fairly misrepresentative. The meta-score for Operation Darkness, a strategy RPG for …
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon
Arxel Tribe, originally founded in 1990 in Slovenia by two architects, specialized in 3D modelling and the virtual reconstitution of …
Dodonpachi Daioujou
“Daioujou Suru Ga Yoi (Die A Blissful Death)” When Dodonpachi was released, it had a tagline telling players that “dying is good” …
Action Fighter
The genre of vehicular combat combines two thrilling virtual pastimes – racing and shooting – into one high-octane asphalt killfest. …
Donald Duck no Mahou no Boushi
Donald’s first Japanese-only adventure wasn’t exactly the best game he could have starred in, so it was probably for the …
