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Switchblade

August 6, 2013March 24, 2014 Simon Lethbridge 0 Comments Atari ST, classic games, computer platform games, Core Design, Gremlin, retro gaming, Switchblade, video game reviews

It’s also worth looking out for Fireblade fragments, of course, and successful recovery of all sixteen pieces bestows a sizeable bonus upon Hiro as well as the option of using the Fireblade as a seventh weapon power-up. It will be a while before that becomes possible though as Switchblade is a pretty big game. It consists of five levels but, although ending with a boss fight, each level continues on from the last so there’s no real break between them. This extends to the look of them.

Game Reviews

Tomb Raider

November 22, 2011January 16, 2012 Matt McKee 2 Comments 1996, Core Design, Eidos Interactive, playstation, psone, tomb raider

Soon after I purchased my PSOne, my cousin stopped by my apartment. I didn’t realize he was a big video game guy until I talked to him that day. He didn’t live too far from me and we talked about getting together. My brother was already over and I told him we were playing the Playstation. He told me he had one as well, and was going to bring over some games. I don’t remember any of the others he brought, because I don’t think we ever got past Tomb Raider.
“It’s an Indiana Jones chick who jumps around and shoots stuff.”

Computer Games

Jaguar XJ-220

April 8, 2010March 11, 2014 Honorabili 3 Comments 1992 game, 2 player split-screen, 213 MPH, 220 MPH, amiga game, amiga racing game review, Amiga Remix, Bugattis EB110, car damage, championship, Chevrolet Corvette, Classic Gaming Profiles, Core Design, download game soundtrack, dual turbocharged v6, emulated form, emulated game, failed supercar, forgotten racing game, game controls, game difficulty, game review by honorabili, game soundtrack, games similar to lotus, history of the jaguar XJ-220, honorabili, jaguar acquisition, jaguar team, Jaguar XJ-220 review (amiga), jaguar xj-220 review by honorabili, jaguar xj-220 team, Lamborghini Countach, Lemon Amiga, logistics of a race car, lost racing game, lotus racing games, luther remix, Martin Iveson, modified XJ-220, obsolete gamer, Porsche 959, race strategically, racing budget, racing game with damage, racing game with fuel, refueling in racing game, reliability of game, remix of jaguar XJ220, remix of XJ220, sega mega-cd game, supercar manufacturers, supercar market crash, track editor, V12 in jaguar xj220, video game review, video game review by honorabili, wear and tear in racing game

As far as I go, I’ve played and beaten this game through about 20 times. I have however played this game over 100-200 times. The problem this game has is that you can save your progress but it’s RISKY. There have been many times when the game just gets stuck saving to a floppy disk and it’s basically just game over. That’s why I give Reliability/Stability a low score of 4 out of 10. The game itself doesn’t necessarily crash (although it used to make my Amiga overheat sometimes) but the save system is CRAP. I recommend setting a good 8-10 hours to sit down with a friend and beat the entire game in one sitting! That’s what we used to do.