It was fairly inevitable I would play Red Alert immediately after playing Command & Conquer as these games were some of the highlights of my gaming yoof. I remember going round to a dudes house with a mate to…
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Westwood Studios (1996) PC
Tagged with: 1996, Aftermath, Albert Einstein, Alllies, CHA-CHING, Chronosphere, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Counterstrike, Hell March, Iron Curtain, Joseph Kucan, Kane, PlayStation, Real Time Strategy, Red Alert, Retaliation, Retro Gaming, Review, RTS, Soviet, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tanya, Tanya Adams, Westwood Studios
Posted in PC, Playstation
Posted in PC, Playstation
Command & Conquer. Westwood Studios (1995) PC
GDI DISC DETECTED. Wait, that only happened on the PlayStation version!!! Immediate 10 point reduction for the PC version off the bat. I did a short Twitter Poll of people’s favourite defunct Developers of the 90s and our good friend…
Tagged with: 1995, Brotherhood of Nod, Command & Conquer, Command and Conquer, Eye-laser Tower of Death, GDI, Global Defence Initiative, Ion Cannon, Joseph Kucan, Kane, Nod, PC, PlayStation, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Tiberium, Westwood Studios
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Theme Park. Bullfrog Productions (1994) PC
We have a long history of loving Bullfrog. They were honestly one of our favourite developers of the 90s and you can see why. Theme Park, Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper, and that is ignoring groundbreaking games such as Magic…
Tagged with: 1994, Bullfrog Productions, Management, Mega Drive, PC, PlayStation, Resource Management, Retro Gaming, Review, Simulation, Theme Park
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Theme Hospital. Bullfrog Productions (1997) PC
Doctor, attend Psychiatry please. Two surgeons needed in Operating Theatre. Nurse required in Pharmacy… And so on.
Tagged with: 1997, Bullfrog Productions, Doctor attend Psychiatry please, Management, PlayStation, Resource Management, Retro Gaming, Review, Simulation, Theme Hospital
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Tomb Raider. Core Design (1996) PlayStation
I need to be honest with you, I didn’t complete Tomb Raider. I just can’t. I know it gets a little tricky later in the game from when I played it in my yoof, but now, as an adult, I…
Tagged with: 1996, Action Adventure, Action Platformer, Core Design, Lara Croft, PlayStation, Retro Gaming, Review, Tomb Raider
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
Final Fantasy VII. Squaresoft (1997) PlayStation
Yo, everyone i’m doing it. I am actually doing it!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! I honest to god love this game,and Final Fantasy VII was my favourite game until I played Final Fantasy VI and Silent Hill 2. However,…
Tagged with: 1997, Aeris Gainsborough, Aerith Gainsborough, Ancient, Barret Wallace, Cait Sith, Cetra, Cid Highwind, Cloud Strife, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy VII, Gaia, Jenova, Mako Energy, Materia, Nanaki, PlayStation, Red XIII, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Sephiroth, Shin-Ra, Shinra, SOLIDER, Square, Squaresoft, The Turks, Tifa Lockhart, Vincent Valentine, Yuffie Kisaragi
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
The X-Files. HyperBole Studios (1999) PlayStation
I bought this a while ago and have completely ignored it since then. However, recently the game is popping up on Twitter and me being me I decided to see if the truth is out there. I want to believe……
Tagged with: 1999, Agent Dana Scully, Agent Fox Mulder, Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Craig Wilmore, FMV Game, Fox Interactive, HyperBole Studios, PlayStation, Point and Click, Retro Gaming, Review, The X-Files Game, X-Files, XFiles
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
Tekken 2. Namco (1996) PlayStation
I enjoy a bit of Tekken, it holds up well enough and felt fairly fluid for a game released in 1995. But what about the first sequel?
Tagged with: 1996, Alex, Angel, Anna Williams, Armor King I, Baek Doo San, Bruce Irvin, Devil, Ganryu, Heihachi Mishima, Jack-2, Jun Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, King, King of Iron Fist Tournament, Kuma I, Kunimitsu, Lee Chaolan, Lei Wulong, Marshall Law, Michelle Chang, Namco, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, PlayStation, Prototype Jack, Retro Gaming, Review, Roger, Tekken, Tekken 2, Tournament Fighter, Wang Jinrei, Yoshimitsu
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
Twisted Metal: World Tour. Sony Interactive (1997) PlayStation
Known as Twisted Metal 2 in the US and fondly remembered by all…
Tagged with: 1997, PlayStation, Retro Gaming, Review, Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2, Twisted Metal World Tour, Vehicular Combat
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels. Key Game (1996) PlayStation
What better way to indulge my current two favourite hobbies of Warhammer (Horus Heresy) and Retro Gaming than to play a game that manages to combine the two? Back in 1996 I temporarily collected Warhammer 40k and owned this game,…
Tagged with: 1996, Blood Angels, First Person Shooter, FPS, Games Workshop, Genestealers, PlayStation, Retro Gaming, Space Hulk, Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels, Tactical, tactical RPGFPS, Tyranids, Warhammer 40k
Posted in Playstation
Posted in Playstation
