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…
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SimCity. Maxis (2013) PC
Tagged with: 2013, City Builder, EA, Electronic Arts, Gaming, Management, Maxis, Resource Management, Review, SimCity, SimCity 2013, Simulation
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
SimCity 3000: Unlimited. Maxis (1999) PC
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
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
The Oregon Trail. MECC (1990) Internet Archive
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…
Tagged with: 1990, Adventure, Apple II, DOS, Educational, Hunting, Independence, Internet Archive, Macintosh, MECC, Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, Missouri, Real Time Strategy, Resource Management, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, Simulation, The Oregon Trail, Web Browser
Posted in Internet Archive
Posted in Internet Archive
Dungeon Keeper. Bullfrog Productions. (1997). PC
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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Posted in PC
WWF: Wrestlemania Challenge. LJN. (1990) Nintendo
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
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System
WWF: No Mercy, THQ/AKI Corporation. (2000). Nintendo 64
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…
Tagged with: 2000, AKI Corporation, N64, No Mercy, Retro Gaming, Review, Simulation, THQ, Wrestling, wwe, WWF
Posted in Nintendo 64
Posted in Nintendo 64
