by Mike Mertes | Jan 30, 2022 | 2020s, Reviews
If you were a fan of any Mega Man X games, you will feel right at home with iX 2. Luminous Avenger iX 2 is a 2D, side-scrolling action platform game that pits you against many robotic foes as you attempt to explore and essentially escape a parallel world filled with...
by Mike Mertes | Jan 23, 2022 | 1990s, Reviews
SNK VS CAPCOM: Card Fighters’ Clash was a bit of a head-scratcher for Neo Geo fans when it came out in 1999. I certainly was looking forward to a portable version of SNK VS Capcom where I could duke it out in standard fighting game format with epic matchups like...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 19, 2022 | 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews
I remember it like it was yesterday; walking into Toys ‘R Us to get my young twins some presents for the upcoming holiday season. Of course, when I go into a toy store, the first place I go to is the video game section. Not for the kids, but for me. I was still...
by Kevin Butler | Jan 17, 2022 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
First released in 2005, Guitar Hero was like the Konami arcade game Guitar Freaks in which you hit certain buttons as they appeared on the screen. Guitar Hero, though, took this approach to the next level. First, it used a guitar-shaped controller. This controller had...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 13, 2022 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Reviews
In 1994 the first Donkey Kong Country came out on the Super NES. The game focuses on Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong, who must recover their stolen bananas from King K. Rool and the Kremlings. Each level is uniquely themed and consists of varying tasks such as...
by Todd Friedman | Dec 26, 2021 | 1990s, 2020s, Reviews
Gunforce is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Irem for the arcades in 1991. This shoot em up game is perfect for the iiRcade hardware. It gives the true arcade feel as if you owned the game from the 1990’s. GunForce is a multi-national army...