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Theme Park. Bullfrog Productions (1994) PC

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

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
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Theme Hospital. Bullfrog Productions (1997) PC

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

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
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SimCity. Maxis (2013) PC

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

One of our primary functions as a site is to look at games as they ARE and not as they WERE. With a lot of games there tends to be a slide in their score as mechanics age (Shenmue), or…

Tagged with: 2013, City Builder, EA, Electronic Arts, Gaming, Management, Maxis, Resource Management, Review, SimCity, SimCity 2013, Simulation
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SimCity 3000: Unlimited. Maxis (1999) PC

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

Since starting this site I have periodically played Sim City games with the intention of reviewing one. Each time I have gotten bored after about an hour and turned the game off. Sim City (1989) is boring. It is a…

Tagged with: 1999, Management, Maxis, Resource Management, Retro Gaming, Review, Sandbox, Sim City, SimCity, SimCity 3000, Simulation
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The Oregon Trail. MECC (1990) Internet Archive

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 11 Comments

The Oregon Trail is one of those games that is bafflingly creeping into top game lists, so when I discovered you could play it for free on the Internet Archive I figured it was time to take a trip… down a…

Dungeon Keeper. Bullfrog Productions. (1997). PC

Posted on June 30, 2014 by davesyndrome — 4 Comments

Evil IS Good! But is the game any good?

Tagged with: 1997, Bile Demons, Bullfrog, Bullfrog Productions, Dungeon Heart, Dungeon Keeper, Fly, Isometric, Lord of the Land, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Simulation, Skeletons, Spider, The Hand of Evil, Warlock
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WWF: Wrestlemania Challenge. LJN. (1990) Nintendo

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Van Rockingham — 9 Comments

This really is a game you need to take the rose tinted glasses off and NOT play, EVER. There is nothing here. Literally. OK, maybe figuratively, but the game is sparce. You get 8 real wrestlers, plus “yourself” and 3…

Tagged with: 1990, Hulk Hogan, LJN, Retro Gaming, Review, Simulation, Ultimate Warrior, Wrestling, wwe, WWF
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WWF: No Mercy, THQ/AKI Corporation. (2000). Nintendo 64

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Scrambles — Leave a comment

Let us start by first diffusing a popular myth – the Attitude Era of wrestling was garbage. It really was. Granted, the main event was always a spectacular sight to see, and there was no shortage of colourful characters…but for…