I wrote last week about the first 3D racing game I played and loved. This time, I want to talk about one of the first 3D adventure games I played and loved, starring one of the most recognizable and beloved video game characters of all time – Lara Croft. I crapped myself the first time … Read more
Remember when EA made good games? No? Well, I do. Buckle up, TAYer, we’re going for a trip down memory lane! I will never forget that one Christmas that my sister and I were unexpectedly gifted a Sony PlayStation. We were totally blindsided, since we had reached an age where we knew Santa wasn’t real … Read more
Hiya TAYers, ninjas are cool, right? Well, they always have been, to invoke a popular meme. Legend of Kage was a side- and vertical scrolling game where you scaled trees, threw shurikens and generally did badass ninja stuff to other red and blue-clad ninjas. I don’t think I ever got very far with this game, but … Read more
Today, as part of my weekly retrospective, I’m going to talk about one of my all-time favorite games, and in my opinion one of the very best games on Sony’s original PlayStation. I also think they should remake this game, with it’s 20th anniversary coming up. Most of this is probably rose-tinted by the several … Read more
I highly recommend checking out Jeremy Whitson’s Warped Pipes series of articles where he dissects and examines the timeline of each game, I absolutely loved reading those when they came out and they are just as good today. This was all done right here on TAY, and I’m really feeling that. So here’s my rose-tinted perspective of … Read more
I spoke about Battle City before, one of the few games of the time that could be played co-operatively on the NES. Nintendo’s own Ice Climber was one of the others that you could enjoy, but wasn’t always sunshine and roses. I find the difficulty spike to be a little steep after the first few levels, going from really … Read more
This time, I want to switch it up and talk about one of the first games I played on Sony’s original PlayStation. The OG PlayStation, which I will henceforth refer to as PS, was all about 3D. To put that in perspective, think of 3D as something like open world games are today, an industry … Read more
My last post about Tengen’s Tetris reminded me of another early favorite, one of the few games of the time (the ones I can remember, in any event) that allowed co-operative play. Battle City was pretty simple: You play as a little yellow tank, top-down shooter style, defending your base from enemy tanks that spawn at the … Read more
Tetris is one of the most enduring games I can think of, having played many versions and bootlegs of the game in my life. The one dearest to my heart, by a long shot, is the Tengen’s soviet-themed version of Tetris. Not a word of a lie here, folks. My grandma was a gamer. She would spend … Read more