by Joel Couture | Jun 16, 2017 | 80s, Full Reviews, Gems, Reviews
NES Hard Gets NES Harder Many developers aspire to ‘NES Hard’ – that familiar brutality that many grew up with. A Hole New World definitely falls into that category, but with the added twist of having to play some segments upside-down. Demons and monsters have...
by Joel Couture | Jun 9, 2017 | 70s, Full Reviews, Reviews
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Being a blind woman in a haunted house should be terrifying. That darkness won’t go away just because you shine a flashlight on something. You are hopelessly mired in murk, only able to tell what is around you by the hot breath on the back...
by Joel Couture | Apr 16, 2017 | 80s, Full Reviews, Gems, Reviews
Snaky Slithering Makes For A Scintillating Experience Snake Pass makes movement the star of its platforming experience. By having players act like a snake, they’ll slither and twist up various surfaces and bamboo ladders, clambering around stages using the...
by Joel Couture | Mar 30, 2017 | 40s, Full Reviews, Reviews
One Dimensional, Unlikeable Characters in Predictable Plot Land Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force (FFF) is a long, tedious slog of an RPG, filled with the same trope characters that inhabit many an uninspired game and anime. Expect to spend a lot of time with lazy guy,...
by Joel Couture | Mar 29, 2017 | 70s, Full Reviews, Reviews
A Good Beat ‘Em Up That Could Have Been Great Excited didn’t even begin to describe me when I found out that some of the original creators were getting to work making a new, NES-style Double Dragon to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. When...
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