Golden Axe
A brief look back at Sega’s arcade classic and its stellar (and not so stellar) ports!
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Category: PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Video Pinball 666 Salute!
This post is more than a bit late… behold! My tribute to the insanity that is video pinball: Over the years, I have amassed quite aof video pinball games. Even though I’m not much of a pinball player, I’m a huge fan of the genre, and I’ve long wanted to do a retrospective on the legendary Alien Crush. […]
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Gain Ground SX
It has been FAR too long – I hope you’ll find that this video retrospective on Gain Ground SX for the PC Engine CD was worth the wait! Gain Ground SX is an obscure port of an obscure game for an obscure system. Nevertheless, I would HIGHLY recommend it to any TurboGrafx, PC Engine or Sega enthusiast. If […]
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World Court Tennis – Quest’s End
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC The Evil Tennis King had to know that I was getting ready to exact my vengeance by now. I’d just picked off two of his top lieutenants and his favorite quota-based hire. And if he hadn’t heard about that, he sure as hell had seen my […]
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World Court Tennis – The Pearly Gates
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Off the coast of Tokyo I had discovered a tennis court surrounded by a vast moat. I assumed it had to be the remains of Osaka Castle. This assumption defied all conventions of basic geography, so it had to be correct. Before I ran into this […]
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World Court Tennis – The Endgame Begins
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Had I known I was up against Tennis Satan himself, perhaps I might not have rushed headlong into humiliating defeat. It was going to take more than my legendary forehand and prophesied tennis instincts to take down the Evil Tennis King and free Tennis Kingdom from… […]
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World Court Tennis – Totally Tubular
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC London had become a desolate husk. Other than some sweet “B” ranked gear, jolly old England had nothing to offer me – nothing but a a clue, that is. My next destination was “south of the maze.” Having no idea where the maze was, however, this […]
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World Court Tennis – Into the Dirty South
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Though I had conquered my personal demons and demolished the sinister Sevens, my journey was far from over. Hell, I still wasn’t exactly sure what my goal was. Tennis Kings, pearls… they were all meaningless symbols as this point. In my quest to save a kingdom of seemingly well-to-do […]
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World Court Tennis – Genre Pioneer
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Fear not, tennis fans – I haven’t abandoned my quest. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, sifting through 6 hours of virtually identical looking footage of video game tennis can be quite time-consuming. Particularly when you’ve got a day job! The quest, for good or for […]
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World Court Tennis – STEV Rising: REVENGEANCE
World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC I had taken out Witt. Conquered one of the six tennis courts and obtained a mystic pearl of unknown purpose. I knew I probably needed more practice, but vengeance – no – REVENGEANCE was running through my veins. I needed revenge against Sevens. Ah, just look […]
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