Project Firestart: A Forgotten Masterpiece

Project Firestart: A Forgotten Masterpiece

Not every masterpiece gets recognized. Sometimes the greatest creations linger in obscurity. Such is the case with the 1989 survival horror game Project Firestart, a game that Penny Arcade once described as “the survival horror template in its entirety.” Designed by...
The Explosive Fun of Bazooka Bill

The Explosive Fun of Bazooka Bill

What can you possibly say about Bazooka Bill? It wasn’t a particularly brilliant game. It didn’t contain any major firsts in video game history. It was a fairly standard side scroller action game. So, why bother writing about it?  Well, Bazooka Bill was one of the...
Maniac Mansion: A Campy Classic

Maniac Mansion: A Campy Classic

The teenage years are a difficult and confusing time. They’re even more difficult and confusing if your girlfriend Sandy has been kidnapped by a mad scientist who is being mind controlled by a sentient meteor. Such are the trying circumstances that Dave Miller must...
Mayhem in Monsterland: The Swan Song of the Commodore 64

Mayhem in Monsterland: The Swan Song of the Commodore 64

All good things come to an end. By the early 1990s, the golden age of Commodore 64 games was past. The world of technology was moving on, but the system had one last surprise in store for the gaming world. It came in the form of a little dinosaur. The dinosaur’s name...