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Front cover for Cosmic Fantasy on the PC-Engine CD.

Cosmic Fantasy Review (PC-Engine CD, 1990)

Cosmic Fantasy is a series I’ve always been really interested in. Unfortunately out of four installments only the second one was ever localized. Until now. Thanks to the Cosmic Fantasy Collectio...[Read More]

7 Good
Front cover for Super C on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Super C Review (Nintendo, 1990)

Sometimes developers get everything right with a sequel except for its name. That’s the case with Super C. Besides the singular letter there’s very little indication that this is the seque...[Read More]

9.1 Incredible
Front cover for Kid Icarus on the NES.

Kid Icarus Review (Nintendo, 1987)

Kid Icarus was one of the more infamous NES releases. It was a game many people owned, but almost none of them ever reached the second area of. I remember trying my hand at it and giving up immediatel...[Read More]

7.6 Good
Logo for the list of the Top 25 Best SNES RPGs of All Time.

Top 30 Best SNES RPGs of All Time

The best SNES RPGs is a topic that’s not easy to approach. For one thing the console is widely accepted one of the best places to play role playing games. Nostalgia is also a big driving force f...[Read More]

Front cover for Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise for the Nintendo Game Boy.

Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise Review (Game Boy, 1993)

You wouldn’t know it now but Hudson Soft used to be a big name developer. With classic franchises like Bomberman, Bonk’s Adventure, and Star Soldier most retro gamers are going to be prett...[Read More]

8.7 Great
Front cover for Kasumi Ninja on the Atari Jaguar.

Kasumi Ninja Review (Atari Jaguar, 1994)

Mortal Kombat clones were a dime a dozen in the 16-bit era. Unfortunately most of them were not very good. Developers often focused on the blood and gore instead of gameplay. That’s kind of where we’r...[Read More]

5.2 Poor
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