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Review – Star Wars: Episode 1: Racer
I was young and dumb enough at the time of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’s release to think it was a legitimately good movie. After all, I was already indoctrinated in the ways of Star […]
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Review – Clay Fighter: Sculptor’s Cut
It’s an embarrassing fact that I used to like Clay Fighter’s 64-bit entries. A lot, actually. I used to see the series as almost the peak of humour; my generation’s Monty Python. I’m not embarrassed […]
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Review – Chameleon Twist
Aside from my unquenchable thirst for collecting game cartridges that I’ve yet to play, my only motivation for picking up Chameleon Twist was memories of playing it alongside my mother when I was a youngster. […]
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Review – Battletanx: Global Assault
The original Battletanx on the N64 is an absolute gem. Any game that rewards your exploration with a tactical nuke is okay by me, and Battletanx had them in spades. It wasn’t a perfect game, […]
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Review – Battletanx (N64)
It’s easy to make fun of 3DO for their extremely prevalent Army Men series, but that makes it easy to forget that the company was made up of some talented people. Mostly EA alumni who […]
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Review – Sin & Punishment
Every once and a while, you may hear me gush about Japanese developer Treasure, creators of such treats as Gunstar Heroes and Ikaruga. None of their games crack the loose inventory of my favourite games, […]
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Review – Cruis’n USA
Way, way back when the internet was delivered by telephone, we had to use a lot of imagination. Our only access to information on upcoming games was in magazines like Nintendo Power, which would often […]
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Review – Earthworm Jim 3D
It’s impossible to understate how much of a fan I was of Earthworm Jim in my youth. I was already a veteran of the first two games in the series, and had watched the cartoon […]
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Review – Pilotwings 64
The original Pilotwings was an effective launch title for the SNES, because it successfully demonstrated the amazing sprite scaling and rotating capabilities of the the console, effectively named Mode-7. It was colourful, relaxing, and then […]
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Review – Mega Man Legends
Playing through the entire Mega Man X Legacy Collection was difficult. Not in the sense that I had difficulty surmounting the games, though there were some challenging moments, but because some of those games are […]