Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Pure Pinball (Microsoft Xbox)
Pure Pinball (Xbox) Genre: Miscellaneous – Pinball Platform: Xbox Rating: Everyone Publisher: XS Games Developer: Iridon Interactive Release Date: 08/05/04 Call me old fashioned but to me an arcade isn’t an arcade unless there’s at least a couple of pinball machines sitting around. Sure it might look like an arcade, smell faintly of BO and…
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Review: Echo Night Beyond (PS2)
Echo Night Beyond Developer: From Software Publisher: Agetec Genre: Survival-TERROR Release Date: 7/27/04 The Echo Night series. Although each of the three games in the series are completely separate from each other, they all have two things in common that bear mentioning here: The main character is always named Richard Osmond and the plot always…
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Review: Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (PS2)
Game: Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Konami of America Released: 7/13/2004 Genre: Music/Rhythm Okay, Konami has officially supplied me with a new addiction involving music. The first game in the form of a mock-dancing game. And now, it’s singing really badly to popular songs! I don’t know HOW they do it! Seriously, the…
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Review: Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games (Game Boy Advance)
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games Developer: Alphadream Corportation Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 072704 Genre: Sports RPG Let’s clear something up right away. Yes, this game is adorable. Yes, these hamsters are so cute, Hamtaro rivals Pikachu for my affection. Yes, it is so sweet you may become a diabetic after playing the game, but now more than…
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Review: Sudeki (Microsoft Xbox)
Sudeki Genre: Action RPG Platform: Xbox ESRB Rating: Mature (Violence, Blood and Gore) Developer: Climax Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios Release Date: 7/20/04 Official Home Page: Sudeki @ Xbox.com British developer Climax is a company that most probably haven’t heard of, but they’ve actually been around for a while. Lately they have been known for their…
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Review: MISSING Since January (PC)
MISSING since January Developer: Lexis Numerique Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: FMV Detective Game/Analytical Research You know me. I’m not a PC gamer. I don’t touch PC games except for three big exceptions: The title of the game is “The Bard’s Tale,” the game is made by SSI back in the 80’s-90’s or it’s a…
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Review: Front Mission 4 (PS2)
Front Mission 4 Genre: Mech Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Mild Language, Violence) Developer: Square Enix Division 6 Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 6/15/04 Official Home Page: FM4 @ Square Enix USA I’m back! Did you miss me? Before anyone asks, no, this isn’t a permanent return. It’s merely something I’m doing…
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Review: ESPN NFL 2005 (XB)
Review: ESPN NFL 2005 (XB) Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Sega Release Date: 7/20/04 Genre: Sports — Football Systems: Microsoft Xbox — Sony Playstation 2 MSRP: $19.99 Never should the “MSRP” in the above line be emphasized more than it needs to be for ESPN NFL 2005. For a penny under 20 bucks, you get the…
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Review: Spider-Man 2
Title: Spider-man 2 Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Actvision Platers: 1 System: Xbox (Also on PS2, Gamecube) When I heard that Treyarch had decided to take the go anywhere do anything approach of Grand Theft Auto 3 and apply it to their next Spider-man game, I instantly realized what had been missing from all his previous games.…
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Review: Pokemon Box (Nintendo Gamecube)
Pokemon Box (Nintendo Game Cube) Tagline: Just because something is rare doesn’t mean everyone will eventually be clamoring for it on Ebay in 5 years… Pokemon Box Developer Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 07/12/04 Genre: Storage Device Systems Released for: Nintendo Game Cube Ah Pokemon Box. A Japanese Exclusive for so long, but now it is…
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Review: Duel Masters: Sempai Legends (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Duel Masters: Sempai Legends System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Card Game / TCG Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Released: 6/01/04 So now Wizards of the Coast has released another collectable card game here in the States, and has released an anime to go along with it. While it does seem to follow the trend of…
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Review: Ribbit King (Nintendo Gamecube)
Developer: Jamsworks Project Publisher: Bandai Genre: Sports/Frog Killing Release Date 06/19/04 It’s hard as heck to find this game in stores, with the Game Cube version being the rarer of the two, but Ribbit King is one of the most unique games I have ever encountered. And at only $19.99, it’s a bargain many gamers…
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Review: Full Spectrum Warrior (XB)
Full Spectrum Warrior Developer: Pandemic Studios Publisher: THQ Multiplayer: 2 Player Co-op on X-Box Live The US Military has seen the potential for using videogames as training tools ever since The Marines had somebody modify Doom way back when. Even before then, the Air Force had been using simulators to train its pilots. These simulators…
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Review: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (XB)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Release Date: 06/15/04 Genre: 3rd Person Action Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Systems Released on: Xbox, PS2 Midway’s last title, THE SUFFERING, blew me away and it’s still my GOTY for 2004 at this halfway point. And needless to say that plus the trail for Psi-Ops made me believe the hype for…
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Review: Metal Slug 3 (XB)
Metal Slug 3 Genre: 2D Shooter Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release Date: 5/26/04 You know it makes why retrogaming 2D loving heart proud to see that for the week of 5/24 to 5/31 Metal Slug 3 was the second best selling game in America, beaten only by another Xbox only game, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows.…
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Review: River City Ransom EX (Game Boy Advance)
Man. Man o’ man. I have been waiting for this game forever. Ever since Atlus had Super Dodge Ball as a launch title for the GBA I have been waiting for this. I’m commented in numerous columns how much I’ve been waiting for the day this game would be out. I’ve giggled like a schoolgirl…
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RETROGRADING 06.04.04
#1. Valkyrie Profile Developed by: Tri-Ace Published by: Enix Release Date 08/29/2000 Systems Released On: Sony Playstation Probably not a surprise to long time readers. Although I have a feeling a lot of you haven’t played it and some probably haven’t heard of it although it was released Stateside. Now I only know two people…
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Review: Van Helsing (XB) + Movie!
Van Helsing (Xbox) Platform: Xbox Rating: Teen Developer: Saffire Publisher: VU Games Release Date: 05/06/04 **I don’t know if this has ever been done for the site before, if not, welcome to the first dual-review of a video game and the movie it was based off of, so don’t click back to the site after…
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Review: La Pucelle Tactics(PS2)
So, did you miss me? In all seriousness, though, I totally did not intend to disappear for so long, again. Unfortunately, David Bowie, my birthday, and severe headaches all contributed to my delinquency. Oddly, I was actually working on a review for La Pucelle when my unplanned vacation started, and I’m going to give it…
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Review: Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ System: Nintendo GameCube Genre: Party Game Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 4/06/04 When Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ was released on the GBA last year, it caught me completely off guard. Over 200 mini-games, yet only five seconds or less to complete them apiece. The formula was practically…