You know something? I’ve never been a big fan of Double Dragon. Sure, it’s OK. And yes, it’s one of the first arcade games I ever completed in an arcade (well, in a shed in a field), I don’t understand the reverence. It doesn’t have the fun of TMNT, or the style of Streets of Rage, or the depth of River City Ransom. But here we are. The main reason for playing it was because my daughter wanted another two …
SNK’s not-a-clone-of-Final-Fight is, amazingly, a clone of Final Fight. Perhaps Streets of Rage instead. Or maybe both. Sadly, it’s not as good as either of these, despite the lovely big sprites. There’s nothing specifically wrong with it, and I suspect that most of the issues are just down to “that’s how things used to be” with regards to side scrolling beat-em-ups, but it did suffer from the SuckySuck(TM) Bit From Hell where all the bosses were not only lined up …
Hmm. Things are not going so well now. I lost two continues trying to kill the boss that looks like Blanka from Street Fighter II, and so have made it to Level 5 with just two lives (and no more continues, it seems) left. I then had a go on Versus Mode on Xbox Live. Sadly, it is totally broken. If you host, you win. The reason? If you’re not hosting, all of your movements are delayed by almost a …
Just like last year, this year I took part in the RetroCollect 52 Game Challenge. The idea was to complete, uh, 52 games in a single year. Back in June, I successfully became the first person taking part to hit the 52 game barrier. But I wasn’t going to stop there. With the challenge over before the year was half done, I aimed for 104 games. The 104 Game Challenge, if you will. For the less mathematical of my readers, …
Fallout 4 (PS4 15/01/2016) Batman Returns (Lynx 24/01/2016) Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4/Vita 30/01/2016) Thomas Was Alone: Benjamin’s Flight (Vita 30/01/2016) Hatoful Boyfriend (Vita 31/01/2016) Nova-111 (PS4 15/02/2016) Bayonetta (Wii U 15/02/2016) Sonic the Hedgehog (MS 28/02/2016) Street Fighter Alpha (GBC 28/02/2016) Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush (Wii U 05/03/2016) Disney Infinity 3.0 (PS4 06/03/2016) ToeJam and Earl (MD 10/03/2016) Midnight Resistance (MD 12/03/2016) Mega-lo-Mania (MD 12/03/2016) Castle of Illusion (MS 12/03/2016) Midnight Resistance (Spec 15/03/2016) Land of Illusion (MS 16/03/2016) …
Fantasy Life (3DS 03/01/2015) Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Wii U 20/01/2015) The Starship Damrey (3DS 21/01/2015) SteamWorld Dig (Wii U 30/01/2015) Picross e5 (3DS 31/01/2015) Weapon Shop de Omasse (3DS 04/02/2015) 3D Afterburner II (3DS 06/02/2015) Shovel Knight (Wii U 09/02/2015) Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition (Wii U 10/02/2015) 3D Fantasy Zone (3DS 15/02/2015) Rock Boshers DX (Vita 17/02/2015) Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS 19/02/2015) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (360 20/02/2015) Pokémon Shuffle (3DS 28/02/2015) Assassin’s Creed: Rogue …
SteamWorld Dig (3DS 03/01/2014) 3D Streets of Rage (3DS 04/01/2014) The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS 29/01/2014) Titan Souls (Web 31/01/2014) NES Remix (Wii U 09/02/2014) Super Mario Bros Deluxe (3DS 15/02/2014) Duck Tales (Wii U 21/02/2014) Bit.Trip Presents… Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Wii U 23/02/2014) Pokémon Rumble U (Wii U 23/02/2014) Retro City Rampage (360 25/02/2014) StreetPass Quest II (3DS 26/02/2014) Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (3DS 02/03/2014) Last Window: The Secret …
<< Previous (The Gameking) Gameking Games Readers without short-term memory problems will recall that I bought 13 games to go with my Gameking. Each and every one is special in its own special way. Special as in “special needs”, naturally. Firstly, a few points about Gameking games. The cartridges are strikingly familiar to anyone who has ever played on a Game Boy, since they’re exactly the same as Game Boy cartridges. Almost, anyway – instead of “Game Boy” they say …
