Games
[ Apr 7 2024 ]

Rediscovering: Override

This little 2mbit shooter from St!ng, for the PC Engine, was made from pure enthusiasm. It’s not sophisticated or overly polished, but it’s solid and great fun.





Games
[ Apr 7 2024 ]

Rediscovering: Sutte Hakkun

Another SuperNES platform game in the Rediscovering series. This time, it’s Sutte Hakkun (すってはっくん), a Japanese puzzle game originally released for the Satellaview satellite add-on, and much later as a retail cartridge in 1999, the year of the Dreamcast.





Games
[ Apr 6 2024 ]

Rediscovering: Magical Hats

This is a repost from 2012. I remembered writing it and dug it out of the old forum database, and here – for your suffering – it is! Back in the day, c.1989 or so, I was on the cutting edge of video game technology. Around the same time North America was receiving its first […]





Games
[ Sep 15 2020 ]

Rediscovering: Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

From the archives, a look back at Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts for the Super Nintendo, originally written in 2012.





Games
[ Oct 13 2019 ]

Rediscovering: Demon’s Crest

Demon’s Crest was overlooked in its day, but it remains one of the most sumptuous action titles for the Super NES.





Games
[ Feb 21 2018 ]

Rediscovering: Whirlo

This game is bad in ways I honestly can’t believe.





Games
[ May 16 2013 ]

Rediscovering: Front Mission: Gun Hazard

Having a look at Gun Hazard, a Super Famicom game from Squaresoft.





Games
[ Apr 29 2013 ]

Rediscovering: Metal Warriors

How is Metal Warriors, 20 years after it was released for the SNES? Still brilliant.





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