Game Reviews7.8/10
Blackthorne Review: A Shotgun That Fires Backwards
Blackthorne, Blizzard's 1994 shotgun platformer, reviewed: cover-based gunfights, Jim Lee art, the 32X snowy mountains, and a 7.8/10 verdict.
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Game Reviews7.4/10
Why The Adventures of Batman & Robin’s Boss Fights Still Hold Up on Game Gear
A retro review of The Adventures of Batman & Robin on Game Gear: four levels, classic villains, unlimited batarangs, and a very forgiving nine lives.
Game Reviews7.6/10
ActRaiser 2: A Winged God, a Battering Ram, and a Score of 7.6
ActRaiser 2 dropped the city-building sim for pure platforming. A review of Quintet's harder, stranger 1993 SNES sequel about a winged god with a sword.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Mega Man X2 keeps the speed and adds the hunt for Zero’s parts
Mega Man X2 (1994) review: how Capcom's Cx4 chip, the X-Hunters, and Zero's body parts gave the SNES sequel a real edge over Mega Man X.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island Review: A Crayon-Drawn Departure That Works
A retro review of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Nintendo's 1995 crayon-drawn SNES platformer starring Yoshi and Baby Mario.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Mario’s Dinosaur Sidekick Was the Real Revolution of Super Mario World
Super Mario World review: how Nintendo built the SNES platformer around Yoshi, the Cape Feather and a branching Dinosaur Land map. Score: 9.2 of 10.
Game Reviews8.4/10
How Mega Man X Turned the Blue Bomber Into a Brooding Hunter
Mega Man X brought 16-bit reinvention to the series in 1993 with eight selectable stages, stolen weapons, and a darker story. Review score: 8.4/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Wizards & Warriors Is a Great Knight, a Great Sword, and a Castle Worth the Trip
A retro review of Rare's 1987 NES platformer Wizards & Warriors, starring knight Kuros and his Brightsword on a quest to Castle IronSpire.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja — A Great Premise, A Thin Moveset
A retro review of Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, Irem's 1986 arcade platformer that Data East brought to the NES in 1987 — spinning swords, seven bosses, 6.9/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Nintendo’s black sheep sequel still refuses to play by the series’ rules
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link broke the series in 1987 with side-scrolling combat, leveling, and a sleeping princess. A 7.2/10 experiment worth revisiting.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Vice: Project Doom: Aicom’s Strange, Confident NES Action Game
Vice: Project Doom blends Ninja Gaiden-style platforming with driving and shooting stages on the NES, wrapped in a wild alien drug conspiracy.
Game Reviews6.2/10
Natsume’s NES Action Game Has One Great Idea and Repeats It for Six Stages
Power Blade is a 1991 NES platformer from Taito starring Nova, a boomerang that fires in eight directions, and a Power Suit. Our review scores it 6.2/10.