Game Reviews7/10
Every Death in R-Type III Teaches You the Route Back
A steady voyage through five stages of shadow and flame, where the Force becomes shield, sword, and companion alike.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: SNES
Game Reviews7.9/10
Pop’n TwinBee Earns 7.9: Cheerful Bells, Strong Two-Player Play, and a Late Difficulty Spike
A cheerful sky game for the Super Nintendo, wrought with bright sound and a fine shared mode, though its late trials try the solitary player.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Boomshakalaka in the Living Room: NBA Jam’s Home Port Scores an 8.1
A look back at NBA Jam on the SNES, a fast, two against two game of springs, fire, and one grand announcer voice.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Demon’s Crest Turns a Six-Crest Hunt Into One of the SNES’s Best — 8.7/10
A small demon hunts six stolen crests through a ruined world in this tight platform game for a beloved console.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Axelay Still Flies: Konami’s Format-Switching Shooter Earns Its 7.5
A fighter ship fights through eight levels that switch between scrolling upward and scrolling across, with guns players may change during play.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Zombies Ate My Neighbors: Horror Played for Laughs, Challenge Played Straight
A quiet neighborhood becomes a fight for life, water gun in hand, saving neighbors before the clock and monsters win.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Uniracers: One Wheel, Real Pace and a Trick System With Character
One wheel, real motion: a racer where tricks build pace and a second rider makes the true contest.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Terranigma Rebuilds a Ruined World One Continent at a Time — and Earns Its 8.8
A boy opens a forbidden box below ground and destroys the world above, then labors to restore it, piece by piece, in this quiet tale.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Scores 8.5 for Branching Choices and Permanent Loss on the SNES
A tale of soldiers upon a field of squares, where each choice made echoes through war, loss, and consequence beyond return.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Soul Blazer: Rebuilding a World One Soul at a Time
A quiet SNES quest wherein each demon put down restores a soul unto a broken town — a tale of ruin made whole once more.