Game Reviews – Page 78 – Obsolete Gamer

Superfrog Review

Arguably SNES displayed the most – 256 colors on the screen at once in its games and Genesis – 64, whilst Amiga in most cases only 32. Superfrog and mastermind geniuses of evil – Team17 – behind it however, managed to pull as much as they could out of hardware and the game runs at 64 colors, as well as Genesis titles do. Those colors are so smartly picked, mixed and rotated though that it looks as if there were many more… So, in theory whilst being similar to Genesis it does look bit less colorful than some of SNES games do. But I shouldn’t judge the book by it’s cover… And I shall not judge the games purely by their visuals either! …Today.

Commodore Amiga

Blazej Kozlowski

Stunts (a.k.a. 4D Sports Driving)

The game that changed the genre, revolutionized it & was years ahead of its time… The game that many loved and still love to this day… Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you… Stunts!

Commodore 64

Blazej Kozlowski

Rick Dangerous & Rick Dangerous 2

I realized I cannot review Rick Dangerous without taking a look at Rick Dangerous II – as these games are like Star Wars – sure, you can watch one and have fun but until you’ve seen them all you know nothing of the dark side… Or until you’ll push some LSD with magic mushrooms and few nicely rolled fat spliffs, but that’s just sliding a bit to much of topic here… ^__^

Computer Games

Blazej Kozlowski

Blackthorne (a.k.a. Blackhawk)

I went through Blackthorne like a hawk goes through freshly caught rabbit – with blood on my claws and madness in my eyes. I didn’t follow the back story much though but I had fun regardless, which would not be possible in Flashback that was heavily story driven.

Game Reviews

Merman

Obscure Gamer – Anyone For Tennis?

It’s that time of year again, when strawberries increase in price, barley water is consumed in vast quantities and yellow balls are bouncing on usually empty courts. It’s Wimbledon fortnight, and a nation’s thoughts turn to how soon the British hopefuls will lose. Of course, tennis in video game form has a long and impressive history.

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

Motivational Monday: Dedication

Some more motivation for a new week.

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

Anna Black – Steps – a C64 oddity

Take steps…

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

Poker Face

Poker Face is image meme created on the Internet. The meme consists of 4 panels in which the fourth panel consists of a guy doing the Poker Face.

Commodore 64

Glen McNamee

Exile

The player takes control of a space-adventurer Mike Finn who is ordered by his superiors on Earth to divert his spacecraft to the planet Phoebus to investigate the distress calls broadcast by the members of a previous mission. Finn’s mission is to rescue any survivors of the mission from a psychotic scientist, Triax, exiled there many years before.

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

Motivational Monday: Afro Duck

You haven’t had motivation on a Monday for a while, so have these on us…

Game Reviews

Merman

Obscure Gamer – a Prince among men

Sitting near my computer is a pile of unwatched films on DVD, each of them based on a computer game. They all have a bad reputation, both as films and as adaptations. But the other day I did pay my money and take a chance on visiting the cinema to check out Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the movie adaptation of the successful series. I was pleasantly surprised to find a summer blockbuster worth my time.

Arcade Games

J.A. Laraque

Bubble Bobble

I personally loved this game though there were times my mother would hear the “girl-like” (her words) music and walk in questioning why I was playing that game. I could only tell her was it is fun which led to a strange look on her way out.

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

Bloodthirsty Melon – Spaceboy Vs. The Alien Probe

With the help of his magical talking computer, Spaceboy continues to keep the galaxy safe for all humankind. Stay tuned to Bloodthirsty Melon for future Spaceboy adventures!

Game Reviews

J.A. Laraque

The Hubris – Upcoming Gigs and EP

Well, we really have been as busy as the proverbial woodchucks in the mixedly metaphorical wood pile over the last few months.

Modern PC Gaming

Honorabili

The Saboteur

There are main story missions and side-missions. When you complete a key objective, such as blowing up a special Nazi weapon or killing a key Nazi, that specific section of the city gets liberated from the Nazi oppression. The advantage of doing that is that it makes it easier for you to escape the Nazis when they are after you. Without spoiling the storyline, unless the game is too hard for you, you can just ignore those side-missions but completing them can sometimes liberate a part of the city, making it easier to escape the Nazis.

Arcade Games

J.A. Laraque

Ghouls N Ghosts

The game is extremely fun to play, but it can be very unforgiving at first, but once you learn your jumps, attacks and timing you can make it through the game without too much trouble. I can say this now, but when I first played it I had an awfully hard time and ended up punching my poor Genesis to death.

Game Reviews

Merman

Obscure Gamer – the E is for Evil

Electronic Arts is in the headlines again, for its new Online Pass system. Many of its new sports titles will require a registration code for online play. This code will be included with new retail copies of the game, or can be purchased for a fee (set at $10 initially, under their Project Ten Dollar initiative).