by Magazine Writer | Apr 19, 2020 | 2010s, Other Magazines Preview
From the outset of 3D Dot Game Heroes, two things are made plainly clear: The game is an unabashed clone of The Legend of Zelda, and the developers at From Software never let the task of emulating a classic franchise get in the way of lighthearted fun. Both...
by Magazine Writer | Apr 17, 2020 | 2000s, Other Magazines Preview
Despite its promise of evolution, Atari Classics Evolved can’t help but feel a bit stale. It contains the familiar lineup of Atari arcade games — Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, etc. — found in other compilations, with 11 games in total. Each...
by Magazine Writer | Apr 15, 2020 | 2000s, Other Magazines Preview
It’s in with the old, out with the new for the developers of The Forgotten Sands. Casting aside the cel-shaded, “new age” prince from 2008’s Prince of Persia, Ubisoft returns to familiar ground for the movie tie-in to The Sands of Time, itself inspired by...
by Magazine Writer | Apr 13, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
Nowadays, children will never know the bliss kids in the ‘80s experienced when even a mundane trip with your family to run errands typically meant playing coin-op machines in several different places. The gaming industry referred to them as “street locations” —...
by Magazine Writer | Apr 11, 2020 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
If you blinked, you may have missed this one. If you didn’t, you may have wished you had. Not to be confused with Stern’s classic coin-op Astro Invader, this Nintendo DS shoot-em-up from Zoo Games attempts to replicate the frantic, fixed-screen action found in...