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Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure1991

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

Based on the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , this game was developed by Rocket Science Games and published by LJN. In this game Bill and Ted must rescue historical figures kidnapped by time-space rebels and bring them to their proper timeline or the two will miss the big concert that launches Wyld Stallyn's music career. The game missed out on being a potentially educational game. In order to locate the…

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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends1992

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

...but this interactive cartoon from THQ is a load of garbage. Why do we even need this? Why is this necessary? Who even asked for this, I tell you? Can't you people remember what Rocky and Bullwinkle used to be like? First of all, let's take a look at the cover and the title screen. The game is called " The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends " on the cover art (like the Jay Ward cartoon), but the title…

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers1991

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

This interactive adaptation of the 1990-1997 TBS environmentalist animated series of the same name consists of 5 stages, each stage is divided into two portions. The first portion is a shoot-em-up stage where the player controls one of the team's vehicles, such as the Eco-Jet, to combat enemies, avoid obstacles and navigate to an enemy fortress. The player is capable of using all five of the Planeteers' powers: The…

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Day Dreamin' Davey1992

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

This is an early 1990's NES game developed by Sculptured Software and published by HAL Laboratory, who also went on to create the Super Smash Bros. franchises. First, the title makes no sense; Davey falls asleep at certain times which is easily considered narcolepsy , a sleeping disorder that is completely different from daydreaming! Also, look at the character designs. Atrocious. Not to mention the teacher on the…

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Dick Tracy1990

2 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

Developed by Realtime Associates and published by Bandai as a tie-in for the Disney movie of the same name, Dick Tracy is an action/adventure game featuring the comic strip character Dick Tracy released for the NES in late 1990. This was one of the few video games to rely on detective work before L.A. Noire was released years later. There are several other Dick Tracy games published as tie-ins for the 1990 movie.…

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Days of Thunder1990

3 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

Here we have a racing game that centers around the movie that came before it, Days of Thunder . It was developed by Beam Software (on NES), and was published by Mindscape Group. The game's main focus is the championship. After every race, points are awarded for your finishing position. The driver with the most points after the season is crowned champion. I'd been looking forward to this one. While that movie Days of…

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Time Lord1990

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

This is one of many side projects that Rare has developed for the Milton Bradley Company at the time. In this action-platforming game, it is the year 2999, and warriors from the planet Drakkon are launching a savage attack on Earth. Their weapon: a powerful time travel device. Their objective: to control us by changing the course of our history. To win this war, we must meet the Drakkons on a unique and dangerous…

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009

2 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

The video game adaption of the popular film of the same name was developed by Double Helix Games and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, and mobile devices. Much like the 2007 movie tie-in game Ghost Rider, Scarface: The World is Yours , John Woo Presents Stranglehold , the T rated Shrek game and the 2003 movie tie-in game Hulk…

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Terminator Salvation2009

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

Developed by Grin and published by Evolved Games to coincide with the film's theatrical release, Terminator Salvation is basically a third-person cover based shooter, much like Gears of Wa r and Brothers in Arms: Hells' Highway . As John Connor, the player will go through nine chapters battling enemies from Skynet like in the movie, in addition to new enemies that are exclusive to the game. It costed $60 at launch,…

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991

1 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

In this 16-bit adaptation of the movie of the same name, developed by Bits Studios and published by LJN for the Super NES and by Flying Edge for the Sega Genesis, you're the T-800 sent back in time to 1995, to protect John and Sarah Connor from the T-1000. There are two gameplay types: side-scrolling and driving. During the side-scrolling levels, the player's objective is to locate and retrieve all future objects,…

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The Terminator1992

2 out of 5 starsDec 24, 2023

Released for NES in December 1992, and loosely based on the 1984 movie of the same name, The Terminator was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Mindscape and Bethesda Softworks. You play as Kyle Reese, starting in the future, with a gun and grenades, fighting many enemies in order to stop the T-800. First and foremost, despite the NES itself being capable of creating far better graphics than those in…

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Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT1995

1 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

The fifth game in the Police Quest and SWAT series doesn't have any plot whatsoever, unlike the other. The game's in-game menus, which are used for communicating with fellow officers and selecting weapons and items, are confusing to navigate. Despite its artificial difficulty and tedious gameplay, the game is actually very short because of lack of missions. Most of the game is spent just exercising in a police…

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Mortyr (2093 - 1944)1999

3 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Frequently known as the "spiritual successor of Wolfenstein" before its release, this game was made on IC Engine, which was used in Monkey's Adventures and Wolfschanze 1944: The Final Attempt . The sequel of the game: Mortyr II, was released in 2004. Okay, so this is a first-person shooter that, in terms of gameplay is almost the same as Quake or Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the whole game is divided into two…

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Mission: Impossible1998

3 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Based on the 1996 film of the same name. Developed by Infogrames and published by Ocean Software for the Nintendo 64. The PlayStation version released later has improvements, featuring more polishes, better cutscenes, better music, a lot more voice acting (though it is mediocre), better aiming, better controls (although still feeling a bit stiff with movement), and a quick-save feature that allows you to save…

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Perfect Weapon1996

1 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Developed by Gray Matter and published by ASC Games, Perfect Weapon is an action-adventure beat 'em up game, marketed as " Tekken 2 meets Resident Evil ". It has poor graphics, even by mid-to-late 1990s standards, with Resident Evil style pre-rendered graphics and very blocky 3D models, although the PC version has sharper backgrounds due to higher resolution. The music in this game sounds mediocre, dull and…

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Contra Force1992

3 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 exclusively in North America, this game is a spinoff of the Contra series, being the third and final game in the series on the NES, following the original Contra and Super C , although the game's plot and setting are unrelated to previous entries, as the villains in the game are human terrorists instead of an alien menace. The game…

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Jaws1987

3 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

This game is based on not the first film, but the terrible fourth film to be precise. Do I have to explain why that film this time is not personal? Again? Sigh... Although the main objective is to hunt and kill Jaws, they padded out what little gameplay there is by shoehorning in a pointless RPG element. You're unable to kill Jaws at the start because Jaws always starts with full health when you encounter him no…

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The Karate Kid1987

1 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Here we have an adaptation of a popular drama film of the 1980s, published by LJN and developed by Atlus. While the graphics and music are decent for its time, it doesn't offer any variety in the gameplay. There's a one-on-one option that allows players to fight each other, but you cannot change the level setting or who player 2 is. The length of the game is extremely short. It has only four levels, but it quickly…

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Ghostbusters1985

3 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Ghostbusters was originally released for various platforms in 1984, similar to the NES version it was a port of the same game. Although the NES version is far worse, the SMS version still has a few problems. It does have its fair share of outstanding graphics and more variety of ghosts, items, and vehicles. The cars are also much easier to avoid. But like the NES version, the Ghostbusters theme plays throughout the…

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Ghostbusters1985

1 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Actual ending screen: CONGLATURATION!!! YOU HAVE COMPLETED A GREAT GAME. AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE. NOW GO AND REST OUR HEROES! My response: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAD THE PATIENCE TO SIT THROUGH THIS AWFUL GAME. YOU PROVED YOU'RE BUSTED. NOW GO BUST YOURSELF! Yeah, I had to add that in here. Anyways, this is Ghostbusters , an action game originally released for various platforms in 1984, and ported to…

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Karting Grand Prix1988

2 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

This 1988 racing game was originally released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and MS-DOS and published by Anco Software Ltd. While the graphics in the Amiga version are alright for a top-down racer, the same cannot be said for everything else, including the C64 version, which, if anything, is just a straight port of the C16 version with little-to-no enhancements. The game is a cheap knock-off of…

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Alien³1992

1 out of 5 starsAug 15, 2023

Based on the film of the same name, this is a run and gun game published by LJN and developed by Probe Software. It was originally released in August 1992 for Sega Genesis and was later ported to many different platforms like the NES which this review covers. The controls are swapped; B is used for jumping, and A is for firing your weapon. Also, unlike most games, you cannot jump off the ladders. Even worse, the…

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The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction2001

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

At the Utonium chateau, the Girls bake the perfect little pie by adding together their own mix of sugar, spice, and everything nice, and Bubbles adds Chemical X to make it super. Then Mojo Jojo decides to steal it and feed it to all of the villains and bullies in Townsville! So then the Girls must fight every bad guy in Townsville and retrieve all of the Chemical X before it's too late. The game plays like the…

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The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction2001

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

At the Utonium chateau, the Girls bake the perfect little pie by adding together their own mix of sugar, spice, and everything nice, and Bubbles adds Chemical X to make it super. Then Mojo Jojo decides to steal it and feed it to all of the villains and bullies in Townsville! So then the Girls must fight every bad guy in Townsville and retrieve all of the Chemical X before it's too late. The game plays like the…

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Cartoon Network Racing2006

3 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

The characters from Johnny Bravo , Cow and Chicken , Dexter's Lab , The Powerpuff Girls , I Am Weasel , and Courage the Cowardly Dog compete in a race in the style of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! This is the only console Cartoon Network game to have the entire correct voice cast, who each reprise their roles for each character (yes, Candi Milo as Dexter counts, since she voiced him in Seasons 3 & 4, even though those…

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Taz-Mania1992

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

In this game, based on the TV show of the same name, Tazzy's father tells him and his siblings the story of the seabirds. They lay giant eggs that can feed tasmanians for over a year. Intrigued, Tazzy goes on the hunt to find an egg from seabirds throughout Tasmania. The music and sound effects are unbearable to listen to. They sound like Tazzy himself composed it. Unlike the Genesis and Master System versions,…

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Taz-Mania1992

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

In this game, based on the Cartoon Network TV series of the same name, Tazzy's father tells him and his siblings the story of the seabirds. They lay giant eggs that can feed tasmanians for over a year. Intrigued, Tazzy goes on the hunt to find an egg from seabirds throughout Tasmania. This story is the same for all 3 versions. The characters from the show do look like they're supposed to look, and the sound effects…

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Transformers: Convoy no Nazo1986

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

This 1986 platform video game developed by ISCO and published by Takara exclusively in Japan is based on the popular Transformers toyline. A mobile phone remake of the game was eventually released in August 2014 exclusively in Japan, titled Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns , as part of the Q-Transformers toyline. A tie-in anime series was also released in 2015, featuring super-deformed versions of the Age…

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Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes2009

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

This game, which features the voice actors from the show of the same name (including Matt Lenter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein) follows the adventures of Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and other Jedi and clone troopers during the Clone Wars. The Confederacy of Independent Systems recruits Skakoan scientist Kul Teska to develop a new superweapon, prompting an investigation by the Galactic…

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The Sopranos: Road to Respect2006

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Based on one of my favorite and the very successful HBO television series The Sopranos , this game was developed by 7 Studios and published by THQ on November 7, 2006 on the PlayStation 2. The announced Xbox 360 version was in development, but was never released. This is Road to Respect , a beat 'em up game that is played in linear levels rather than a open world like in The Godfather . The player takes missions…

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ReBoot1998

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Taking place before the events of the TV series, Megabyte and Hexadecimal form a plan to take over Mainframe, by using unstable system energy, known as tears, to destabilize Mainframe. While everyone is evacuating Mainframe, it's up to Bob to stop the tears and put an end to Megabyte and Hexadecimal's plan. The in-game graphics are decent for a PS1 game, and some of the FMV cutscenes are faithful to the show. The…

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South Park Rally2000

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. Unfortunately for me, I strongly dislike this show. Okay. I mean, I tried watching it. I tried to like it. I really tried. I have nothing against adult cartoons (in fact, I like lots of them, much like I like all other cartoons) but unfortunately I found South Park to be rather awful.…

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South Park: Chef's Luv Shack1999

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. Unfortunately for me, I strongly dislike this show. Okay. I mean, I tried watching it. I tried to like it. I really tried. I have nothing against adult cartoons (in fact, I like lots of them, much like I like all other cartoons) but unfortunately I found South Park to be rather awful.…

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South Park1998

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. Unfortunately for me, I strongly dislike this show. Okay. I mean, I tried watching it. I tried to like it. I really tried. I have nothing against adult cartoons (in fact, I like lots of them, much like I like all other cartoons) but unfortunately I found South Park to be rather awful.…

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Daytona USA1993

3 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Daytona USA is a racing game by Sega that was ported from the arcade to the Sega Saturn. The arcade version was very successful in the 90s and still grosses around arcades today. But the Saturn version was the complete opposite. Bad qualities: Due to the Sega Saturn's rushed launch, the game also had to be rushed so it could be a launch title. Like other arcade games ported to consoles, the game has very little…

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Duke Nukem 3D1996

3 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Duke Nukem 3D is one of the games responsible for popularizing first-person shooters. It was widely praised for its gameplay, level design, humor, pop-culture references, and satire. In 1998 it recieved a Genesis/Mega Drive recreation developed by TecToy (the same company that created the Zeebo), but said port was never actually commissioned. It's technically impressive, especially by Genesis standards, but the fact…

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Dirty Harry1990

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Published by Mindscape and developed by Gray Matter Inc, the game is loosely based on the Dirty Harry movie franchise, which stars Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan. It is an extremely short game, only going through three levels the whole game. The grasp of the source of origin is extremely poor. Players will fight uninspired enemies which have nothing to do with the films, such as rats, roaches and snakes. It does,…

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Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones1994

2 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Based on the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , this Indiana Jones game for the Genesis was in development as of August 1992, with the title Young Indiana Jones . With outstanding graphics and a nice soundtrack, the controls are sluggish, which makes this game only chaos. There's also fall damage in a 2D game. Indy can even fall through a bridge, yet there's no fall animation. You can stand on an…

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Bigfoot1991

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

This NES game was published by Acclaim Entertainment and it was developed by Australian company Beam Software. While the graphics are at least decent for an NES game, the same can't be said for the game itself. The controls are extremely complicated. You have to mash the left and right directions constantly during side-scrolling races. This isn't Daley Thompson's Decathlon ! Worst of all, if you are playing in a NES…

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Bebe's Kids1994

1 out of 5 starsAug 9, 2023

Based on the animated movie of the same name and developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Motown Games, Bebe's Kids is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up for the SNES. The plot of the movie was adapted in such a poor and half-assed way that cutscenes all consist of random lines of dialogue from the film that barely explain what's happening in the game. Not only that but even though two of the characters from…

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Race Drivin'1990

2 out of 5 starsAug 8, 2023

This is a 3D racing game released in July 1990 for the arcades and ported to several home consoles the following years. A Sega 32x version was planned, but it was canceled. It is the sequel to Hard Drivin' , which was released back in 1988. It was ported to the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox as a part of Midway Arcade Treasures 3 . While the Sega Saturn version is surprisingly great in comparison to other…

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Hard Drivin'1989

1 out of 5 starsAug 8, 2023

Here we have a 3D racing game released in 1988 for the arcades and ported to various consoles and home computers the following years. A sequel was made, called Race Drivin' in 1990. An NES version was in development and was finished, but was never released and only prototypes exist. The Commodore 64 version was only released as part of the Wheels of Fire and TNT compilations. The home console ports have inferior…

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Star Wars1987

2 out of 5 starsAug 8, 2023

Developed and published by Namco (under the Namcot brand) and was released only in Japan for the NES, Star Wars is a platform game based on the first film for its tenth anniversary in 1987. Just like in the film, Luke Skywalker receives Leia's message from Obi-Wan and must traverse across planets to rescue her from the Death Star. The game is overall extremely unfaithful to the source material. To start with, the…

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Metal Gear

3 out of 5 starsAug 8, 2023

Metal Gear , a stealth action game, was developed and first published by Konami in 1987 for the MSX2 home computer and was well-received critically and commercially, but that version was released only in Japan and Europe at the time. A different version was released on the NES that has many major changes, which is what this article will now cover. Because the MSX2 version was not released in North America at the…

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Mortal Kombat1992

1 out of 5 starsAug 3, 2023

Since then, Mortal Kombat has been ported into several platforms, such as the Super Nintendo, the Sega Genesis, the Game Gear and the Game Boy, which this article covers. It was developed by Probe Entertainment and released in September 1993 by Acclaim Entertainment. It has delayed and confusing controls. It takes one or two seconds for an attack to respond after pressing a button. It also doesn't really help that…

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Mortal Kombat1992

2 out of 5 starsAug 3, 2023

Due to its success, Mortal Kombat received ports to several platforms and even spawned a franchise. The game was ported to the Super Nintendo on September 10, 1993 by Sculptured Software and Acclaim, which this article will cover. While the original game sparked controversy for its amount of violence, the SNES port sparked its own controversy for its heavy censorship. This version heavily damaged the Super…

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Mortal Kombat1992

5 out of 5 starsAug 3, 2023

The first installment in the Mortal Kombat series takes place on a fictional island in Earthrealm, where a tournament is being held at Shang Tsung's Island, on which seven of its locations serve as stages in the game. The introduction to Mortal Kombat II explains that Shang Tsung was banished to Earthrealm 500 years ago and, with the help of the monstrous Goro, is able to seize control of the Mortal Kombat…

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Doom 641997

5 out of 5 starsAug 2, 2023

The fourth entry of the Doom series originally developed by id Software, Doom 64 was published by Midway. Despite being released on a Nintendo console, the game wasn't forced to censor the violence and gore. Nonetheless, it still features unique sprites and the sounds of the PlayStation version of Doom. This game was also a free bonus for pre-ordering Doom Eternal . A new weapon is added to the arsenal called the…

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