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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC My initial foray into Tennis Kingdom having been thwarted by roving tennis rapists, I took some time to lick my wounds before venturing out into the wilderness again. Clearly, I had a lot of practicing to do before I could even consider taking down the Evil […]
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Street Fighter II’ PC Engine – 1993 Developer – NEC Avenue Publisher – Capcom While I haven’t surrendered my tennis questing just yet, I’d like to take a moment to talk about one of my favorite console ports of all time, Street Fighter II’ Championship Edition for the PC Engine. While it’s outshone on nearly level by SNES version Street […]
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World Court Tennis TurboGrafx-16, 1989 Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC World Court Tennis is just like any other Tennis game from 1989, save for two notable exceptions. One: it lets you play as a cat man named Grans: Two: it has a quest mode. Seriously! A quest! There’s really no point in talking about any other mode, is […]
Continue ReadingI’m just saving up to get some nicer clothes. World Court Tennis is really tough. In the meantime, steer clear of evil tennis kings.
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Silpheed Sega CD, 1993 Developer: Game Arts Publisher: Sega In my recent Time Gal writeup, I posted a link to the official throne room of Subspace Briefcase. I expected it would engender a few laughs. What I did not think it would engender, though, was a challenge. Mere moments after my Time Gal post went live, I received the following […]
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Time Gal Sega CD, 1993 Developer: Taito/Wolf Team Publisher: Taito Some time ago, I purchased a box of 25 unidentified Sega CD games from a seller on eBay. The games were in questionable condition, but the price was right ($30 for the whole bunch), and I was eager to put my recently acquired Sega CDX to the […]
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Steep Slope Sliders Sega Saturn, 1997 Developer: Cave Publishers: Sega/Victor Note: This article in no way relates to the arcade version of Steep Slope Sliders for the Sega ST-V arcade system. If this in any way concerns you, consider yourself warned. Commensurate with the mainstream acceptance of snowboarding as a legitimate sport, the “snowboarding game” really came […]
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So you want to learn about Castlevania, huh? Nowadays, that’s not too tough. Just plug it into Wikipedia – you’ll have more information on the series than you could conceivably know what to do with. With just a few minutes of “research,” you’ll be able to fake your way through any cocktail party conversation about the […]
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Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance PlayStation 2, 2005 Developer: Cavia Publisher: Capcom Suppose Grand Theft Auto and Tekken had a beautiful child. With the solid brawling mechanics of a fighting game and the free-roaming edginess of a sandbox crime game, this child would have been destined for greatness; a perfect storm of depth, complexity, and replay value. But what if I were to […]
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Introduction – Match 1 – Match 2 – Match 3 – Match 4 – Match 5 Match 6 – Match 7 – Match 8 – Match 9 – Match 10 – Match 11 Match 12 – Match 13 – Match 14 – Match 15 – Match 16 Match 17 – Match 18 – Match 19 – Match 20 – Match 21 Match 22 – Match 23 – Match […]
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