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Review: Donkey Kong Land III (Game Boy)
Monkey business is serious business.
Back in the day, taking your console gaming experience with you on the go was a big deal. The prospect of getting your daily dose of video game wherever you may happen to be was definitely one of the many driving forces behind the Game Boy, and, with the popularity of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Super Nintendo, fans were no doubt pleased with the..
Review: Tetris (Game Boy)
The original Game Boy pack-in is still as addictive as ever.
Saying that Tetris sold a few Game Boy systems would be like saying caffeine sold a few energy drinks. The game probably single-handedly shifted a few million Game Boy systems all by itself. Already an established favourite by the time Nintendo's handheld hit the market in 1989, Tetris proved to be the perfect pick-up-and-play experience..
Review: Space Invaders: Virtual Collection (Virtual Boy)
They’ll port it to anything.
It’s highly likely that you will have encountered the simple fun addictiveness that is Space Invaders at some point, even if you missed it in the arcades. Ports, slight updates and compilations have appeared on a wide variety of systems over the years - Atari 2600, Spectrum, NES, Master System, Game Boy, Playstation, Xbox, PSP and mobile phones to name just a few of..
Review: Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy)
Is Kirby's debut adventure worth getting sucked into?
Let it be known that I love, love, love Kirby’s Dream Land. As a wee laddie, I’d pop it in my Game Boy before school to kill time waiting for the bus. Over time, I’d get up increasingly early just to play more, and eventually early enough so that I could beat it in one go. I loved it back in 1992, but 17 years later, is it still any..
Review: Final Fantasy Legend III (Game Boy)
Is the third time the charm for the Final Fantasy Legends series?
Like many of the other NES and Super NES marquee titles of the era, a Final Fantasy appearance on the Game Boy was almost a foregone conclusion. The series began life in Japan under the title of SaGa, but thankfully Squaresoft was kind enough to bring the three Japanese Game Boy releases over to the US. While all three releases..
Review: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy)
The second Game Boy Castlevania atones for the sins of its predecessor and ranks as one of the finest entries in the entire series
Before we plough headlong into this review, a short history lesson is probably in order. As the title denotes, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge isn’t the first instalment of Konami’s vampire-slaying franchise to reach the monochrome Game Boy. Castlevania: The..
Review: Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
Mario's first Game Boy adventure is short, but sweet.
Given the popularity of the Super Mario Bros. series at the time of the Game Boy's release, it comes as no real surprise that Nintendo would release a Super Mario title for their brand new portable game system. And for an early Game Boy offering, it was a fairly solid effort. It captured much of the style and substance of the NES Super Mario..
Review: 3D Tetris (Virtual Boy)
It’s Tetris. On the Virtual Boy. Again.
Perhaps one of the strangest things about the Virtual Boy is that it had two Tetris games. OK there are many systems with multiple versions of Tetris but they were around a lot longer than Virtual Boy was. Interestingly--though this would have changed had the system been around longer--each region only got one of the games. Japan received the traditional..
Review: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super Nintendo)
Perhaps the greatest platformer of all-time.
When remembering the great games of the past, our thoughts tend to drift towards the revolutionary titles; the literal game-changers. And any gamer worth a darn knows that the indisputable king of these wonderful permutations is Shigeru Miyamoto. The man's M.O. is completely altering the landscape of gaming with every project he takes on. From Donkey..
Review: Virtual League Baseball (Virtual Boy)
Does stepping onto the virtual diamond impress?
You take control of a team then bat, pitch and field as you compete against others, either in one off games or a league, offering you the chance to become Virtual League World Champion. Each game lasts for 9 innings though games will end early if a team is winning by over 10 points.For both batting and pitching the camera view is the same: just behind..
Review: Jack Bros. (Virtual Boy)
Justifiably well regarded or just overhyped?
Aside from VB Wario Land, if there’s one game that causes people to get excited when discussing the Virtual Boy its Jack Bros.: a spin-off title from the Megami Tensei RPG series that sees players working their way down a series of floors, fighting enemies as a timer ticks down. But is it worthy of this, or is it just hype with its reputation built up..
Review: Rampage (NES)
Is this monster mash worth all your quarters?
Today people might look at Midway as the financial disaster that they are and chuckle. In the better days of arcades, however, Midway developed a number of hit arcade games including their hit Mortal Kombat series of fighters. While MK is likely their most famous effort, they also had some respectable games prior to the seminal fighter, not the least of..
Review: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (Nintendo 64)
Save Japan from a group of stage performers by throwing coins and hitting robots with your trusty kiseru pipe. You know it makes sense!
What do you get if you take a generous helping of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, mix well with a portion of Mario 64, and add a heavy sprinkling of traditional Japanese culture? The answer, of course, is Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for Nintendo 64. Developed..
Review: Golf (Virtual Boy)
Simple name. Simple game?
The Virtual Boy's Golf places you on to an 18-hole course as you compete against 47 opponents to try and win the tournament. That's pretty much it. Compared to, say, the latest Tiger Woods MotionPlus offering it doesn’t offer much, but does the opportunity to tee-off in 3D make it worth a try?Perhaps more than any other game, Golf is where the redness of the Virtual Boy..
Review: Space Squash (Virtual Boy)
Think 3D Pong, and you're halfway there...
Space Squash is one of those games where the premise is so simple you could write it on the back of a postage stamp and still have room to spare. You guard one end of a tunnel and your opponent guards the other as you both float around smacking a spiked ball between one another. Get it past the opposition to score a point. First to three wins.The left..
Review: Waterworld (Virtual Boy)
Surely it can't be as bad as they say...
A lot of negative stuff is written about the Virtual Boy, but whilst it has its defenders no one seems to want to stick up for Waterworld. It has a bad reputation, with some claiming it’s the worst game ever (and not just on the Virtual Boy). But is that fair? Is it really that bad? Or are people just picking an easy target: a game based on a flop film..
Review: Princess Maker - Legend of Another World (Super Nintendo)
Overall, a pretty regal experience.
The Princess Maker series by Akai/Gainax isn't all that well known in the West – which is hardly surprising. Besides one failed translation project by SoftEgg in 1993, the franchise has never reached Western shores, and while the game may be considered by some as catering to a niche market, it is in fact a pretty solid “child raising” simulation.Princess..
Review: Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)
Donkey Kong’s first foray into 3D, but is it more chump than chimp?
With the success of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Super Nintendo, it wasn’t surprising when fans of the series called out for a next-gen instalment on the Nintendo 64. And so, in time for Christmas of 1999, Rare obliged as gamers were introduced to Donkey Kong 64. In a change of direction for the series, DK64 would..
Review: Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy)
That Virtual kid sure plays a mean pinball!
Launch the ball on to the table and use flippers to stop it falling out of the playing area, smacking it around the table over ramps and against targets to get points. That’s how pinball works in amusement arcades and it’s how it’s worked for the many computer and video game versions released over the years. Galactic Pinball is no different.Visually..
Review: Shantae (Game Boy Color)
A cult classic that seems much older than it is (and we mean that in a good way).
WayForward Technologies has established itself as a fan-favorite developer in a fairly short amount of time. Case in point: Sega's recent scramble over unapproved footage of a reportedly canceled game based on the Alien film franchise - a fairly unremarkable event when read out of context - quickly became newsworthy..
