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Review: San Francisco Rush 2049 (ARC/N64/DC), The Greatest Racing Game Ever Made

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Brian

So, because it was the Olympics, I was watching that a lot… on my HDTV, at least.  Often at the same time, I was also playing a lot of this game again for the first time in a  while on … Continue reading →

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Review (PC Freeware) – Gal Pani X, A Great, and Unique, Qix Clone

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Brian

Title: Gal Pani X Platform: PC (Windows 95 or better) Developer: D5 Released: 2000 (original demo version); 2002 (final release) Freeware PC game, not distributed in physical media Introduction Gal Pani X is a Japanese freeware PC doujin game from … Continue reading →

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Review: Zero Wing (Turbo CD) – A Very Good Shmup, even without CATS

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Brian

This is a new review of a game I just beat yesterday.  It’s a great game that doesn’t get enough respect for its high-quality classic shmup gameplay. Game Data Title: Zero Wing Developer/Publisher: Naxat Soft (licensed from Toaplan, the developer … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder (NES) Strategies

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Brian

This post has a few clarifications from the review that I will edit in, but mostly is focused on some strategies for how to get past harder parts of the final part of the game, Story 4.  These strategies will … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder (NES) Review – One of the ’80’s Best Games!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Brian

I just finished this game yesterday and wrote this up today.  Sorry about the delay on finishing the formatting improvements for the PS1 summaries list, but I will do that soon.  Playing Rolling Thunder took precedence!  It’s an amazing game, … Continue reading →

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Pod 2: Speed Zone (Dreamcast) Review

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Brian

I first covered Pod 2 on a post on NeoGAF.  This new review is probably well over twice as long as the old one, and has a lot more new content than most of the other redone old reviews I’ve … Continue reading →

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Performance Dual Impact Gamepad (Playstation) Review and Compatibility List – Dual Shock-compatible Gamepad Plus neGcon-to-stick emulation too!

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Brian

This is a controller review, my only one, but it’s a very interesting controller unlike any other.  I wrote this post early last year, originally, and it needs no real changes (other than fixing images, etc.).  This is a very … Continue reading →

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Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken (Turbo CD) – A Weird and Flawed, but Decent, Platformer

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Brian

I wrote this this January.  Somehow I thought I’d posted it here, but somehow I hadn’t.  Problem corrected!  I made some minor tweaks and improvements to the article, but little was changed; it is fairly recent.  I covered this game … Continue reading →

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Bionic Commando: Elite Forces (Game Boy Color) Review – This is the best Bionic Commando game ever!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Brian

In this review expanded from a review I wrote in ’05, I review the great GBC classic Bionic Commando: Elite Forces.  I got this game in 2000, because I’d remembered really liking the NES Bionic Commando game at my older … Continue reading →

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Battle Cars (SNES) Review – A unique futuristic combat racing game worth knowing about.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Brian

Battle Cars is a Mode 7 futuristic racing game for the Super Nintendo.  It’s not particularly well known, but it is a good game well worth playing!  This review isn’t very old and needed only minor touchups.  I don’t know … Continue reading →

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