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James Pond – Underwater Agent
The game that introduced us to the little mudskipper by the name of James Pond. It was a love it or hate it affair with innovative … Continue reading
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Robocod – James Pond 2
The platforming sequel to James Pond – Secret Agent. Dr Maybe has returned taking over the North Pole & turning many of Santas helpers into … Continue reading
Donkey Kong Country
In 1981 Nintendo set out to make a Popeye game, but the licence failed. Undeterred Shigeru Miyamoto decided to create a similar love triangle (including an … Continue reading
Street Fighter 2
Capcom’s best selling game of all time, it may well be one of the most influential as well. Thought it re-invented itself more times than … Continue reading
Q Bert
This classic isomeric & quirkily [speech bubble anyone] puzzler was originally inspired by the work of M.C. Escher. During development Q*Bert could shoot (which would … Continue reading
Moonstone – A Hard Days Knight
A true slash n hack em up, it was a kind of Barbarian with some board game RPG elements (one source of inspiration was said … Continue reading
Wonder Boy in Monster World
The monster world games were a whole new twist on the [arcade] original, adding the RPG style elements to the gameplay justified the slightly repetitive … Continue reading
Street Racer
Originally a cart game released for the SNES, there were conversions made but the original was the only good one mainly due to it being … Continue reading
Final Fantasy 6
Setting the 16 bit bar as high as possible Squares cyberpunk tale was released to critical acclaim. A Joules Vern world in which all of the … Continue reading
Monkey Island 2 – LeChuck’s Revenge
The second in the series of Guybrush’s point & click adventures. It was made using the (strangely named) SCUMM game tool that was originally developed … Continue reading
