Monday, April 2, 2012

WWF War Zone


In the aftermath of WrestleMania 28, I decided to take a look back at the first 3D video game based off of WWE (then WWF) sports entertainment company published in 1998.

Monday, March 26, 2012

BattleTanx


Today I'll be doing something a little different. I'll be reviewing my first Nintendo 64 game. BattleTanx is an action game developed and published by 3DO, an old video game company founded in 91 and defunct in 03.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Digimon World


Developed and published by Bandai (reprogrammed in the US by Flying Tiger Development) is Digimon World for the Sony PlayStation, the role playing, digital pet game based off the Digimon media franchise created in Japan. Not to be confused with that other Japanese series.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Fighter Maker


Developed and published by Agetec, Fighter Maker hit stores in 1999 offering what was a unique concept at the time. Giving players the ability to create their own fighter and their own moveset. Despite this, the game performed poorly, so how could a game with such promise go so terribly wrong? Let's find out.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Spider-Man


Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can. That's right, today we take a look at the game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision, based on one of the biggest superhero comic book franchises the world has ever known, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2001



I'm here today to talk to you about golf. Don't dare you press that back button!

Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf is a series of golfing games featuring Tiger Woods and other professional golfers, developed and published by Electronic Arts. Today we take a look at the Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2001 available for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Windows PC.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

NBA Live 2001


NBA Live 2001 is part of a series of video games based on the NBA, now known as NBA Elite, developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. In case you were wondering, that's Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves being featured on the cover. The game has all available NBA teams on the roster, including some specials like Western, Eastern, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s All Stars, and you can even make your own.

Monday, February 13, 2012

NFL GameDay 99


NFL GameDay 99 is part of a series of NFL games developed and published by 989 Sports. This lasted for ten years from 95 to 05 before ending due to a decline in popularity. NFL GameDay 99 would actually be the first game in the series to take on a more Madden inspired approach while Madden went to polygon technology, and of course there are times where change is good and change is bad. I won't go any further into that as I want to judge NFL GameDay 99 on its own merits instead of comparing it to the rest in the series.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Gran Turismo 2


Gran Turismo 2 is a driving simulator/racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment following the success of Gran Turismo. The game swept stores in both Japan and North America in December of 99, and finally Europe one month later and has received commercial and critical success. Today we take a look at the sequel that came racing onto the scene!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Monsters, Inc. Scream Team


Monsters, Inc. Scream Team is based off of Disney PIXAR Monsters, Inc. which was scheduled to hit theaters just three days after the game was released in North America. The game was developed by A2M and published by Sony Computer Entertainment and acts as a prequel (naturally) to the events we would later see in the film. Knowing this, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anybody that the game opening would basically be a movie trailer before coming to the title screen.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue


Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue the video game was developed by Mass Media Inc (N64), Climax Studios (PlayStation), Natsume (GBC), and Red Sky Interactive (Mac/Win). THQ published a majority of the ports with the exception of PC, which was developed by Bandai America. Today we'll be looking at the PlayStation version developed by Climax Studios, but first a quick look into the history of Power Rangers.

Monday, January 16, 2012

SimCity 2000


SimCity 2000 is a simulation, city-building game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was originally released for the PC, as all Sims games are, before being ported to a wide-selection of platforms through the years, eventually making it way to the Sony PlayStation.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


Harry Potter. Does this even need an introduction? Screw it, I'll give one anyway. Harry Potter is a book series about a young boy wizard written by author J.K. Rowling. The first book was published back in 1997 in the UK before being brought over to America a year later. It would soon be followed up by sequels and its very own Movie Franchise in 2001. Since then it has integrated itself into our culture. With the growing success of the series it was only natural for it to expand other mediums. This brings us back to 2001 for the PlayStation release of:

Monday, January 2, 2012

Casper: Friends Around the World


Late into the PlayStation's life, one of the games we received was based off the direct-to-video spinoff/prequel to the 1995 featured film, Casper. Casper: Friends Around the World kicks off with Casper playing with all of his friends when Kibosh, an evil ghost who runs a haunting school, is sickened by what he sees and casts a spell that sends Casper's friends spread out through the world leaving Casper with no choice but to find them all and bring them home.