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Retro Game of the Day Archive - May 2024

James says:
In the kingdom of Baron, powerful airships rule the skies. At the head of this elite fighting force is Cecil, Captain of the Red Wings, As our adventure begins, Cecil and his squadron are ordered to steal a powerful crystal from a rival kingdom. Upon their return, Cecil questions the King's orders and ...

User Rating: 4.81/5.00

JJ says:
As far a run and gun games go, this one will keep you on the edge of your seat. Take control of one of two soldiers, each with different guns, and blast your way through the solar system. Travel through the mine infested jungles of Venus to erradicate the alien dictator. Brave the fiery planet of Mercury ...

User Rating: 4.71/5.00

DeriLoko1 says:
Wild Side is the newest game in town. All the kids are wild to play it. It's a machine that surrounds you with flame-belching, body-snatching monsters. Step inside and it's just you against the madness. It's fast, dangerous and almost impossible to beat. One other thing - it's a kid-eater! Until Kid ...

User Rating: 4.8/5.00

mcopo says:
Although this game is called Fighting Street, it's actually a port of the very first Street Fighter game. You can choose either Ryu (player 1) or Ken (player 2) to compete in a worldwide fighting tournament, so the concept is similar to latter installments of the franchise. The only problem is the control. ...

User Rating: 4.35/5.00

OmegaSonic0 says:
The best way to describe Kablooey is... well, uh, it's a puzzle game. And it can be difficult. The objective is to detonate all the bombs in the level without blowing yourself up, or falling off. The controls are kinda weird, since the game is displayed in a pseudo-3D fashion, but it looks nice. There ...

User Rating: 4.86/5.00

says:
Lester is the most unlikley hero ever. He's an awful little nerd who often doesn't listen. But this game takes serious wit and mind power to beat. Having beat this game as a kid, i often like to revist this game, its hard, but a worthy challange.

User Rating: 2.34/5.00

JJ says:
When one thinks of arcade games, first-person shooters almost never come to mind. The Super Spy is an attempt to bring the genre to arcades. Take control as a spy who attempts to stop terrorists. Take a gun and shoot your way through enemies. If you run out of bullets, you must use your fists. Fortunately, ...

User Rating: 4.46/5.00

Crazytracy says:
Lakeland has a drinking problem. All the water has been fouled, and it's up to you to find out why. As Nasir, Child of Light, you will embark on a quest that demands great courage and fortitude. It's a journey that takes Nasir from childhood to manhood, played out against breathtaking, 16 bit backdrops. ...

User Rating: 4.83/5.00

HolySoga229 says:
HolySoga's Rating System out of 5   Graphics: 4 The Graphics themselves aren't the best in the world (even as far as PS1 goes) certainly not as good as Chrono Cross or Final Fantasy IX, but it has it's good points.  The characters aren't mostly pixelated, however that said there is a bit ...

User Rating: 4.73/5.00

RaphJam says:
The first Formula One title out for N64. Features 22 pilots, 11 teams and 16 racing courses based on the 1996 season, although it has not any official licenses. The gameplay flows smoothly and the controls respond very well. The racing physics are not the best though, but still provides good challenge ...

User Rating: 4.71/5.00

Ryan says:
Demolition racer is a mix of destroying other vehicles and racing them as well. This game has the most realistic damage for a playstation 1 game. This game is really fun and I think racing fans and destruction derby fans should play this game.

User Rating: 4.63/5.00

oneyedkev says:
DRAGONHEART: Fire and Steel is based on the 1996 movie of the same name and generally follows the plot of the movie. Dragons once filled the skies and would attack humans on a regular basis. Fearing the dragons, the humans hunted them down and killed them, and now only one survives. Take control of Bowen ...

User Rating: 4.52/5.00

rbx4 says:
This is an NES version of the first Wizardry game, which has spawned many sequels and spin-offs over the decades. It is a turn-based, menu-driven role-playing game in first person perspective. It borrows from both Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings. For instance, in Wizardry hobbit is a playable ...

User Rating: 4.49/5.00

DAN911 says:
This game is wicked fun! I played it in Japan back in 95/96 and its like a race game, like Need4Speed you start your career in a cheap lemon and make it up to a supersport, but you need to break some rules and drive off the road, take shortcuts, across downtown at 150MPH, drive thru the shopping mall ...

User Rating: 4.64/5.00

sth25 says:
Explosive first person 3D gladiatorial combat sim. Featuring a revolutionary engharged character A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), true multi-layered 3D environments and motion captured character animation, XS buries the traditional sprite 3D game and alows true free forms combat even in single player ...

User Rating: 4.92/5.00

Ka says:
Willow is an RPG based on the movie of the same name (you know, the one featuring Val Kilmer as Madmartigan). Contains your general RPG assortment of weapons, magic, and puzzle-solving items, various dungeons and puzzles, overworld to explore, fetch quests, etc.

User Rating: 4.88/5.00

indigomontoya says:
I can beat this game in an hour, but that doesn't mean it's loads of fun to play. Impossible cars, stunts, weapons and plotlines - as standard in Hot Wheels games - make it a fun game to play and laugh at. It's not first person by the way, you drive/race around from above at an isometric ...

User Rating: 4.14/5.00

reviewbot says:
Kensei - Sacred Fist is a two player 3D fighting game in the same vein as other Playstation titles like Tekken [3], Bloody Roar, Soul Edge, X-Men Mutant Academy [2], BioFreaks, Dead or Alive, etc.While it might not be as smooth or as popular as some of those other titles, it does offer a fair number ...

User Rating: 4.49/5.00

James says:
The world of Final Fantasy returns to Game Boy Advance. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a deeply diverse strategy and tactics game with battles, missions, swords, and magic. Players assume the role of young Marche Radiuju in the humble burg of St. Ivalice. Alone in a foreign world, Marche befriends ...

User Rating: 4.58/5.00

Ninjinister says:
Versus Hero is a simplistic versus fighter for one or two players. It starts two characters each from three popular Japanese television series: Gundam, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman.

User Rating: 4.25/5.00

Anonymous Coward says:
I can't rate this because it isn't really a game in the conventional sense. It's the entire soundtrack of Chrono Trigger crammed into a single Snes rom! BS Chrono Trigger Music Library was meant to be a downloadable bonus for Satellaview players in Japan but now emulation is the only way to get it since ...

User Rating: 4.6/5.00

James says:
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. Now you can live the excitement of the Movie On Your GameBoy!

User Rating: 4.89/5.00

James says:
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is a land of beauty, magic, and darkness. In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, you follow Tolkien's narrative from the Shire to the halls of Moria, and finally to the banks of the River Anduin. Gameplay alternates between melee, archery, sorcery, and stealth ...

User Rating: 4.29/5.00

Mystics Apprentice says:
This game was pretty good, only I think it could've been put together a little nicer. The gameplay is fun and addicting, following the storyline of Revenge of the Sith pretty perfectly. You play as either Anakin or Obi-Wan, and either character will set you off on a different adventure than the other. ...

User Rating: 4.54/5.00

AegisNinja says:
Genghis Khan II is an older, color-saturated KOEI game produced by Kou Shibusawa akin to the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga's Ambition games, except instead of controlling an ancient Chinese or feudal Samurai warlord, you are instead tasked with the responsibility of nurturing a Mongolian ...

User Rating: 4.55/5.00

CCharmanderK says:
Fist of the North Star (which is known as Fist of the North Star 2 in Japan) is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game developed by Shouei System and published by Toei Animation in Japan and Taxan in North America. This game takes place during the second anime series, Fist of the North Star 2, and is ...

User Rating: 3.92/5.00

rbx4 says:
Klax is Atari's (under their Tengen label here) answer to Tetris. In particular it is what they produced when it was not clear if they would be able to legally release a Tetris cartridge again. Like most Tetris-style games, gameplay is somewhat addictive. Tiles progress down a treadmill towards a Breakout-style ...

User Rating: 4.5/5.00

rbx4 says:
Uncharted Waters is a Koei game where you can be a merchant/explorer sometime between the 15th and 17th centuries. It runs somewhat like other Koei games, but with some exceptions. It is menu driven and essentially turn-based, but you can actually disembark and walk around for a bit. The interface for ...

User Rating: 4.61/5.00

rbx4 says:
Nobunaga's Ambition is an early Koei's strategy game, where you get a chance to be Oda Nobunaga or one of his rival daimyos. The goal of the game is to unite Japan through conquest and assassination. The game itself is very complex, but like most of its kind will boil down to a relatively simple ...

User Rating: 4.82/5.00

James says:
Mortal Kombat PREPARE YOURSELF! The #1 arcade hit is here: from Sub-Zero, Rayden and the rest of the Kombat Warriors to the grueling endurance and intense mirror matches! Execute bone-shattering combos and awesome finishing moves! Defeat the half-human dragon Goro, and destroy the shape-changing Shang ...

User Rating: 4.3/5.00

Chunky Chicken says:
This quirky fighter from Konami is definitely worth your time. It features a wide assortment of colorful characters, lively humor, and enough action to make your head spin! This is also the origin of Konami's oft-used Beartank character.   The story is as follows: A group of kids wander into a ...

User Rating: 4.8/5.00