Maze Hunter 3-D (Master System)
For much of its existence, 3D glasses and media were seen as pure gimmickry, a stigma not helped much by
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
Sega
Fantasy Zone (Master System)
Fantasy Zone sets itself apart from other horizontal shooters of the time in 3 key ways. First, your spaceship is
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RPG Jamboree: Phantasy Star (Master System)
Phantasy Star promises a setting that mixes fantasy and science fiction, the monsters and magic of one colliding with the
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Gain Ground (Genesis/Mega Drive)
To justify bringing together warriors and soldiers from the past, present, and future to battle each other, Gain Ground came
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Sewer Shark (Sega CD)
With the release of the Sega CD peripheral for the Genesis and Mega Drive came the bold promise of games
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Dreamcast)
Back in the 90s, Capcom was the king of 2D fighting games, and with the format they established in Street
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The Haunted Hoard: Haunting Starring Polterguy (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Haunting Starring Polterguy is a scaring game. It’s certainly not a scary game, it has you playing as a teenage
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The Haunted Hoard: Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Super Castlevania IV on the Super Nintendo often comes up in discussions of the best games for that system, but
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The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse 3 (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Playing through the Splatterhouse series has been a bit of a bumpy road. While you can almost always count on
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King Salmon: The Big Catch (Genesis/Mega Drive)
King salmon is not only the largest type of salmon found in North America, but many also consider it the
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Disney’s Bonkers (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Back when I was very young my family rented Disney’s Bonkers for the Sega Genesis and apparently I was quite
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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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Crystal’s Pony Tale (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Looking at the cover of Crystal’s Pony Tale you find a game that can’t be said to be hinting at
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear)
Before saving your game became standard in almost every genre of video game, there were plenty of cases of games
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50 Years of Video Games: Soulcalibur (Dreamcast)
9/9/99 is a day remembered fondly by American Sega fans, as that was the day the ill-fated swan song of
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50 Years of Video Games: Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis/Mega Drive)
It’s a tale told often in the retro video game world. The dominance of Nintendo with its plumber mascot dressed
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50 Years of Video Games: Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System)
While Sega’s early years were defined by their arcade output, a slump in the market in the early 80s lead
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Columns (Game Gear)
Puzzle games and handheld game systems have gone hand in hand ever since Nintendo’s Game Boy hit the market with
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The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis/Mega Drive)
When I played the original Splatterhouse arcade game I was disappointed to find that a game with a heavy horror
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Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! (Genesis/Mega Drive)
By 1993, Charles Barkley was already one of the biggest stars in the NBA, not only because of his skills
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