The Official Father Christmas (Commodore 64)
When Christmas time rolls around, people return to their comfort media. Holiday classics don’t necessarily need to be good to
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
1989
The Haunted Hoard: Friday the 13th (NES)
Horror movies certainly had bad luck getting adapted into video games during the early years of the medium, and while
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Casino Kid (NES)
A little context can go a long way in making a virtual gambling game where no real money is involved
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The Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis/Mega Drive)
The Revenge of Shinobi was reissued a few times, so depending on the version you play, you might see varying
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The Haunted Hoard: Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (Genesis/Mega Drive)
It’s easy to say a game series gets better later on, but after my harsh coverage of the original Ghosts
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The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (NES)
While the Splatterhouse series is known for its grisly violence and detailed viscera, shortly after the first game’s release, the
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Shufflepuck Café (PC)
While a simple air hockey game you control by moving your mouse might have had some mileage on early home
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50 Years of Video Games: Tetris (Game Boy)
Tetris wasn’t first released in 1989, but its release on the Game Boy that year might have ended up being
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Air Fortress (NES)
Usually, an 8-bit NES game will try to do one type of gameplay and do it well. If it’s a
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Bomberman (NES)
While I had a pretty low opinion of the Bomberman series before starting The Game Hoard, again and again I’ve
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The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse (Arcade)
Splatterhouse was one of the first horror-themed games to hit the arcade, but despite the gory deaths of its monsters
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SAR: Search and Rescue (Arcade)
In most first playthroughs of a video game, enemies and hazards perform their roles effectively. You may not spend much
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Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (Arcade)
A lost island filled with dinosaurs still alive in the modern day is a pretty common idea for fiction, and
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Pinball Palooza: Alien Crush (TurboGrafx-16)
When it comes to video game pinball, the Crush Pinball series is certainly one of the better known examples. Compile’s
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Final Fight (Arcade)
After Capcom achieved some success with their fighting game Street Fighter, they were quick to get to work on a
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Dragon Warrior (NES)
Often regarded as the grandfather of the Japanese role-playing game genre, Dragon Quest certainly caught on well in it’s home
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
Konami’s licensed brawlers are some of the best of their kind, their four player cabinets always a big draw in
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Psycho Fox (Master System)
Back when Psycho Fox was released, it was fairly common for references to Japanese culture and religion to be scrubbed
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Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
With the Mario series being as big as it is, it’s easy to forget just how strange it is that
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The Haunted Hoard: Monster Party (NES)
Monster Party’s boxart does not do it justice. Looking at the game’s cover, you might expect the typical cast of
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China Warrior (TurboGrafx-16)
China Warrior, known in Japan by the much odder name of The Kung Fu, immediately impresses the moment you start
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