The problem with counting down the very best kart racing games is that the gems are hidden in a sea of mediocrity. There are some terrible kart racers, some great kart racers, and a ton of meh.
Welcome to Generation 16, the series that showcases the games of Sega’s Mega Drive! In this episode we take a look at five third party games – none from Sega – that hit near the end of 1990. We also investigate the launch of the Game Gear, Sega’s entry into the hotly contested portable market of the early 90s.
3D!
Ask any game-playing person in the early 90s what technological advancement they wanted to see in video games, and chances are, they would answer, “3D graphics.”
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you! As you have seen on the video (or if you haven’t quit reading and watch it now) there was no actual review of the game. So I thought I’d take a moment to write a few serious thoughts on the game. The game is exactly what it looks like, which is Metal Gear Solid with a Christmas theme. Only you play as Santa Claus instead of Snake. It doesn’t get much more complicated than that.
Forget Star Wars.
Talk about played out!
Ancient history.
Not to mention far, far away.
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So if any of you have been reading these “reviews” and felt like they sometimes go a little long, you’re in luck! Austin Clark has provided the perfect TL;DR review for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater:
Why do I love THPS 2? Spider-Man on a skateboard. Need I say more? NEED. I. SAY. MORE!? – Austin Clark, 2014
That’s what he had to say when I asked him, and everyone else, why he listed the game. As great as his comments were, I think I’ll still provide my own more detailed thoughts on a game I’ve also grown to love.
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Other than my super witty name for the piece, there are no Star Wars references here…*waves hand* move along.
Ten hours of game play and about a thousand smiles after writing about our experiences with the first half of Kingdom Hearts, Mae and I have just about reached the end of our journey with Sora, Goofy, Donald, and some of the best Disney cameos to have ever appeared in a video game. Before I get to the holy grail of video game companions, I wanted to point out a few memorable locales from the second part of our Kingdom Hearts playthrough. Read More
‘Twas the night before a week before Christmas. The year was coming to an end, but no happiness to be found, no joy to pretend. A year of controversy, a year of irrelevance; a fall back of the industry, when you take a first glance.
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Featuring special guest Adam Tabor of Transparency Pro!
Now has come the time to rip apart the N64 in preparation for its new life as an N64-PC.
By sheer logic alone, I should have never been a fan of Marvel’s X-Men.
Even if Disney didn’t quite manage to make that obvious last year: The Lone Ranger was pretty cool.
The movies may not have been too kind to the classic hero but Nintendo’s attempt to bring the masked lawmaker to the NES was actually surprisingly effective!
Don’t believe me, Kemosabe?
If this awesome 8-bit rendition of The Lone Ranger’s classic theme hasn’t already made you want to play the game right now then I’m genuinely surprised but I’ll go on with the review regardless, maybe something else about the game will sway you.
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Hello readers! Due to the demands of the holiday season & both of us having to deal with sorting out big unanticipated life stuff, we’re combining November & December’s issues! Please accept a bit of extra content as our apology for any stress we’ve put onto you with this departure from the norm. We hope you enjoy this month’s contributions and continue to participate in the future! Keep being awesome, we’re your biggest fans.
-Alex and Valerie
Every once in a while, an individual comes along that changes the very fabric of time and space itself. Sometimes that individual happens to be an intricate part of one of the greatest video game franchises of all time. One such individual is the fairy, the myth, the legend, Tingle. With the recent announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D for the Nintendo 3DS, I tracked Tingle down and forked over countless rupees for a brief interview with one of the greats. Now, without further ado, I present my interview with Tingle. Read More
With Special Guest Alex Weiss, of Retro Power, DePorted, and Twitter fame!
Here’s another episode of The Gaming Book Club, this time looking at The Encyclopedia of Game Machines by Winnie Forster. Is it the definitive guide to gaming hardware – or a well meaning but ultimately pointless tome of information?
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now that turkey day is over, it’s time to look at the turkey of the Nintendo Fun Club News: Issue 7.
By Jugem Lakitu
It appears Yoshi’s legal troubles continued this week. After being released on bail several days ago after being arrested and charged with several counts of murder and cannibalism, the green dino laid low for a few days before going on what police are calling a murderous rampage, allegedly eating two witnesses, one of the lawyers for the prosecution, and the reporter who wrote the story we broke about his arrest two weeks ago. He was arrested again at the house of his long-time friend Mario. It is alleged that he was going to try to eat him as well.
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I played ActRaiser once. It was a long time ago. I didn’t beat it. I don’t remember why I stopped playing, since I recall enjoying it. I mean, I REALLY enjoyed it. It had platforming sections that I remembered being more than solid, combined with some civilization development/god sim stuff that I thought was even more fun than the platforming, which is saying a lot coming from a guy who doesn’t typically like sims.
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