Tag: Retro
-
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Review
Release Date: April 5th, 2017 (For PC only. Other release dates vary among different systems) Developer: Yacht Club Games Publisher: Yacht Club Games Genre: Platformer System: PC (Reviewed), Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Playstation 3, 3DS, PSVita, Linux It is that time again, where I uphold the LTG tradition of reviewing every released…
-
Do You Dare Enter the Deep Dungeons of Doom?
by Benjamin Fitzgerald I’d heard about Deep Dungeons of Doom for a while, but had never felt the driving urge to buy it. However, I acquired a free Steam key from Bundle Stars, so I reckoned on downloading it. I didn’t think much of it at first. It was kind of frustrating. I didn’t really…
-
Last Token Gaming Hall of Fame Review – Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (1996)
Developer: Revolution Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive Release Date: September 30, 1996 (PC), January 31, 1998 (PlayStation) Genre: Point-and-click adventure, mystery Mode: Single-player Rating: T for Teen “Paris in the fall: the last months of the year, and the end of the millennium. The city holds many memories for me: of cafes, of music, of love – and of…
-
Last Token Gaming Hall of Fame Review – Mega Man X (1993)
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom, Nintendo, Majesco Entertainment Initial Release Date: January 1994 (U.S. release) Initial Platform: Super Nintendo Rated: E for Everyone Lets go back to the 90s, during where SNES is somewhat new and thriving. After seeing the success of the Mega Man series for NES, Capcom decided to take advantage of the advanced…
-
What We’re Playing This Week – President’s Day Edition
Ben Fitzgerald – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Star Trek: Starfleet Command II – Empires At War, Star Trek: Armada, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Dominion Wars (PC) – You guessed it: I’m on a serious Star Trek kick. I’ve played 25th Anniversary too many times to count, and I’ve divulged quite a few…
-
Retro Review: “Windjammers” (1994, Data East, Neo Geo MVS)
By Michael Mygind Windjammers (or Flying Power Disk in Japan), published by Data East in 1994 for the NEO GEO MVS arcade, is basically air hockey with a Frisbee. The game has six selectable characters, each with their own strengths and skill levels. Each character represents a certain country, with most characters looking like hulking…
-
Foreign Favorites: Volume 2
By Michael Mygind This is another look at some games that we never saw a release for on our side of the world. This time around, I’ll be focusing on three action games on the Super Famicom, N64 and Sony PlayStation. Sengoku Densyo (1993, Data East, Super Famicom) Sengoku Densyo is the home port of…
-
Backlog Files Review – Mark of the Ninja
Sneaking its way into critical acclaim through maintaining traditions By Terry Randolph Developer: Klei Studios Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Release Date: Sept. 7, 2012 Platform: Xbox Live Arcade (Played), PC Rated: M for Mature MSRP: 15.00 Stealth games and I never get along. Every time I play one it seems luck thinks my attempt…