Category: Last Token Gaming Hall of Fame
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Hall Of Fame Review – Donkey Kong Country (1994)
By Jake Rushing Publisher: Rare Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Wii Virtual Console (Delisted as of November 16, 2012) Release Date: November 21st, 1994 Mode: Single/Two player Genre: Platformer In 1994, Donkey Kong debuted on his first adventure after having a history of kidnapping fair maidens, throwing barrels down on…
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Hall of Fame Review – Metal Slug (1996)
By Michael Mygind Publisher: SNK Platforms: Neo Geo Multi Video System (MVS Arcade), Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (AES Home Console), Neo Geo CD, Neo Geo X, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation (Japan only), Sony PlayStation 2/PSP/Nintendo Wii (Included in the SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 and Metal Slug Anthology compilations on all three consoles), Nintendo…
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Hall of Fame Review – Super Metroid (1994)
By Isaac Smith Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Release Date: April 18th, 1994 Mode: Single Player Genre: Metroidvania (no s%*#, Sherlock) I know that Super Metroid came out in 1994, not because I looked it up on Wikipedia, but because that’s the first thing that pops up when you load the game.…
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Hall of Fame Review – Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998)
By Marshall Garvey Publisher: LucasArts Platforms: Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows Release Date: December 3, 1998 Mode: Single player Genre: Action, Shooter Part of the challenge of making a truly A-grade Star Wars game is the sheer abundance of its universe. Even though the official status of this expanded canon may be in jeopardy, as my…
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Hall of Fame Review – Resident Evil 4 (2005)
By Marshall Garvey Release date: January 11, 2005 Developers: Capcom Production, Studio 4 Publisher: Capcom Genre: Survival horror Mode: Single player Systems: Gamecube, Playstation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC The decision of which game to christen as my number one has eluded me for years. I of course don’t mean the undisputed “best…
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Hall of Fame Review – Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
By Marshall Garvey Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Release Date: October 19, 2010 Genre: Action role-playing Mode: Single-player Rating: M Sometimes a sequel to an outstanding game succeeds because it fixes certain shortcomings widely noted about its predecessor. Like check out this article about cs:go…
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Hall of Fame Review – Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Developer: Rocksteady Games Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Release Date: October 18, 2011 Rated: T for Teen Platform: Action/Stealth A revitalizing tale in a troubled genre By Terry Randolph For many years, the superhero genre was in a stagnant state of mediocrity. Granted, there were several…
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Hall of Fame Review – All-Star Baseball 2001 (2000)
By Marshall Garvey Release Date: March 21, 2000 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment. Developer: High Voltage Software Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Genre: Sports Players: Single player, Multiplayer Rated: E for Everyone The year 2000 marked perhaps the biggest development of my lifetime. I was 10 years old, going on 11, and found myself beginning to…
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Hall of Fame Review – Conker’s Bad Fur Day (2001)
By Marshall Garvey Developer: Rareware Publisher: Rareware Release date: March 5, 2001 Platform: Nintendo 64 Rated: M for Mature Genre: Action, platforming Format: Single and multiplayer After its founding in 1985, the British game developer Rareware quickly made its name as a partner to Nintendo. Over the next few years, the company would produce over…