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Duke Nukem II – PC
A lot of people look at Duke Nukem these days and wonder why he’s so great, but if you look back at his earlier titles, you’ll see a man in his element, in 2-D AND 3-D! We’ll take a look at his best side-scroller incarnation to see what he was like in the days before he hit the big screen!
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White Men Can’t Jump – Atari Jaguar
So, you now own an Atari Jaguar, huh? Hopefully you didn’t spend too much money on it. Now that you’re stuck with this dental equipment- I mean console, you’re hoping to get some recommendations for solid titles. Well, my friends, you’re not in luck. It’s April’s Foolish Games month. Don’t expect any game recommendations right now – however, perhaps you’ll gain something from ZB’s throw down on White Men Can’t Jump for the Atari Jaguar.
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E.T. The Extra Terrestrial – Atari 2600
Nerd Bacon’s Variand bites the bullet and reviews the WORST GAME EVER, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. Did Atari Just Phone it in or was it something to phone home about?
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth – PC
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Crappy remake? Or great, remastered telling of a dark, sad story? A boy, armed with whatever he finds in the basement, being pursued by his God crazed mother. Will he survive? Can you help him beat his mother and save him?
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The Ren and Stimpy Show Buckeroos – NES
Do you hate yourself? Feel like punishing you? Perhaps you’re a masochist. Well then, if that’s the case have I got the perfect title for you! What more can I say, let’s just get right to it! ZB reviews The Ren and Stimpy Show Buckeroos for…you guessed it – The Nintendo Entertainment System.
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The Walking Dead: Season 1 – PC
Do you like zombie games? Do you like point-and-click adventures? Do you like The Walking Dead? Nerd Bacon’s Justicescooby doesn’t care! Find out why right now in his review of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season 1, and the 400 Days DLC.
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Shadowrun – Sega Genesis
Shadowrun uses some good graphics and a good story to reel in its player. Make wise choices though as you could be forever entwined in a battle to make your character strong enough to proceed through the halfway decent plot. Some cool guns, and some cool bad guys should keep you entertained enough to fulfill your enjoyment hole, at least long enough to get away from doing some chores!
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Pac-Man – Atari 2600
If we ever needed a lesson on how not to port an arcade game, Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 is that. This isn’t a retro-version of Pac-Man, this is crap.
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Wolverine – NES
Wolverine, another NES game from the LJN Pantheon, has it’s fair share of ups and downs. Great controls, and decent 8-bit graphics deliver some entertainment, but it’s dragged down by a merciless difficulty level and questionable design choices.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – NES
Home Alone 2 takes the setting of the second film and decides to rewrite the story of a clever and industrious kid into something more fitting for an 80s action star. This isn’t a game that rests on Kevin’s trickery and smarts, no, this is game that puts Kevin in a Rambo-esque role as he tears through relentless hordes of completely mundane people and objects. Read at your own risk!
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Home Alone – NES
Back in the 1990s, it wasn’t unusual for companies to take anything vaguely marketable to kids and turn it into a video game. Cartoons, movies, toy lines, and everything in between were often crafted into video games of questionable quality. Home Alone is yet another “fine” example of how bad a video game can get.
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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure – NES
What is it with great movies and bad Nintendo ports? Brought to us by LJN, no less. Like Beetlejuice, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a movie that came out in 1988- scratch that, ’89. Damn, I was on to something here. Anyway, the first Bill and Ted movie was awesome. Highly quotable, fun story, and with enough self-aware cheese to keep you entertained all the way through. Then in 1991, just as we were insulted by LJN with their port of Beetlejuice, we got another winner with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure. But here’s the question: Could it get any worse than the Beetlejuice game? Well, why don’t we come along with ZB and take a close look at Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure for the Nintendo Entertainment System and see if we can come to a conclusion on the matter at hand?
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Beetlejuice – NES
In 1988 audiences were introduced to the afterlife’s leading Bio Exorcist. Beetlejuice was a sleeper hit that garnered enough recognition to earn it a spot in cinema history as a classic. Soon after its release we were graced with toys, a cartoon series, and of course in 1991 a video game. And…what’s this? LJN? By now in internet history I’m sure you know about their reputation. So with a closed mind let’s take a ride with ZB through this very negatively-slanted evaluation of Beetlejuice for the NES!
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Operation Secret Storm – NES
Sometimes we run across a game that we can’t believe was actually produced. Operation Secret Storm was one such game. Uncover the secrets behind this classically bad NES action game.
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – PS2
Sometimes, you can pinpoint the moment when you realized that your favorite console was going to be phased out. For me, it was the terrible port of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. With gamebreaking bugs shipped in the box and corners cut wherever the developers could get away with it, it was the moment when I realized the PS2 was no longer worth every company’s best efforts to program for. Witness this harrowing recollection of loss and heartbreak in the spirit of April’s Foolish Games!
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