Gamest Ten Year Best Selection Before Arcadia, Gamest was Japan’s leading arcade-game magazine, back when people still went to arcades. In 1996 they did a… Continue reading “Gamest Ten Year Best Selection”…
Rediscovering: Whirlo I don’t know where I got the impression that this game was a good one. Perhaps I thought, you know,… Continue reading “Rediscovering: Whirlo”…
Castlevania: A Sprite History Konami’s Castlevania is an unusual series. For the longest time it was a consistently poor seller in its native Japan,… Continue reading “Castlevania: A Sprite History”…
Bonk’s Adventure: A Sprite History It’s not well known that Hudson, the game developer, created the chips that powered NEC’s TurboGrafx-16 console. After an astonishing… Continue reading “Bonk’s Adventure: A Sprite History”…
Arcade Fonts: Only 64 Pixels In just about every game ever made scores, instructions, alerts, and the gentle invitation to insert some currency and play… Continue reading “Arcade Fonts: Only 64 Pixels”…
The Korean Vistar 16 Korea hates Japan, but they do love making money off their stuff. Korean companies released several Japanese consoles, including most… Continue reading “The Korean Vistar 16”…
SNK Neo Geo CD Pad Review The Neo Geo CD pad is typical SNK: it’s strong, impact-resistant, supremely comfortable and utterly unique in its manufacture. It’s… Continue reading “SNK Neo Geo CD Pad Review”…
Thinking about Video Games I’ve never really been comfortable with modern game thinking. A lot of people I know subscribe to this idea that… Continue reading “Thinking about Video Games”…
Review – Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved The problem with Geometry Wars 3 is that it tries too hard to be better, without understanding what made the… Continue reading “Review – Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved”…
Capcom’s CPS Changer The nineties were a time of weird and wonderful experimentation in Japan. Flush with bubble-era cash and without a clear… Continue reading “Capcom’s CPS Changer”…