It’s a while since I did the SNES version of Final Fight and at the time I got a bit of stick for not scoring it as well as others had liked. I was always happy with the score to…
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Final Fight. Capcom (1989) Arcade
Tagged with: 1989, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Belger, Capcom, Cody, Cody Travers, Final Fight, Guy, Jessica Hagger, Mad Gear Gang, Metro City, Mike "Macho" Haggar, Retro Gaming, Review
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The King of Dragons. Capcom (1994) Arcade
Have you ever played a game and thought it must be this game that people are thinking of when they say Golden Axe is a good game? I know opinion is subjective and all that, but look deep in your…
Tagged with: 1994, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Capcom, Dragon, Hack and Slash, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Nintendo, The King of Dragons
Posted in Arcade
Posted in Arcade
Alien vs Predator. Capcom (1994) Arcade
Every now and then somebody on the internet makes the mistake of airing an opinion which usually leads to a spot of flaming from man babies or Reddit Trolls, and one such occurrence was somebody uttering that Alien vs Predator is…
Tagged with: 1994, Alien vs Predator, Aliens, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Capcom, Colonial Marines, Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa, Major Dutch Schafer, Predator, Retro Gaming, Review, Weyland-Yutani
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Q*bert. Gottlieb (1982) Arcade
When you think about the classic age of arcades you think of Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. These are the arcade games that were responsible for the explosion of popularity of videogames, but along the way Q*bert was not…
Pit-Fighter. Atari Games (1990) Arcade
I’m going to do something slightly different here as I have played Pit-Fighter in the arcade, on a Master System, on the Genesis and on the Super Nintendo so I will collectively review them all and give them all a…
Tagged with: 1990, Arcade, Bag of Wank, Buzz, Kato, Megadrive, Pit-Fighter, PitFighter, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Shower of Shit, Super Nintendo, Tournament Fighter, Ty
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Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom. Capcom (1993) Arcade
TO THE TOWER, where we hopefully won’t meet our doom. (I met my doom, about 37 times in a single playthrough)
Tagged with: 1993, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Capcom, Corwyn Linton, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, Dungeons and Dragons, Hack and Slash, Republic of Darokin, Retro Gaming, Review, Tower of Doom
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64th Street: A Detective Story. C.P. Brain (1991) Arcade
My search for new games takes me high and low and occasionally I stumble on something that piques my interest. 64th Street was one of those. You know why? It started with a number and we didn’t have any…
Tagged with: 1991, 64th Street, 64th Street: A Detective Story, Allen Tombs, Arcade, Beat 'em up, C.P. Brain, Jaleco, Legacy Organization, Retro Gaming, Review, Rick Anderson
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The Simpsons Arcade Game. Konami (1991) Arcade
The Simpsons Arcade Game is one of those frequently discussed games, this is partly because everyone and their dog has played it. But I think mostly it is because it was one of those early signs Konami were fucking mental.…
Tagged with: 1991, Arcade, Bart Simpson, Beat 'em up, Homer Simpson, Konami, Lisa Simpsons, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, Mr Burns, Retro Gaming, Review, Smithers, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Arcade
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Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Capcom (1993) Arcade
Designed as a tie in to a kids cartoon (I have never heard of it) and based on a comic book I have also never heard of (Xenozoic Tales), Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is one of those distant memories I have…
Tagged with: 1993, Beat 'em up, Black Marketeers, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Capcom, Dr Fessenden, Hannah Dundee, Jack Tenrec, Mess O'Bradovich, Mustapha Cairo, Retro Gaming, Review, Xenozoic Tales
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Bucky O’Hare. Konami (1992) Arcade
Oh lord I think I am in love! I honest to god love classic arcade games in their original format. I did at the time and as an aging grump bag I can really appreciate the difference in quality between…
Tagged with: 1992, Al Negator, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Blinky, Bucky O'Hare, Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars, Deadeye Duck, Jenny, KOMPLEX, Konami, Retro Gaming, Review, Toad Air Marshall, Toadborg, Willy Du Witt
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