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Retro Game of the Day Archive - October 2013

unnoticedninja says:
This demo disc, which came packaged with the initial release of Parasite Eve (not the greatest hits version) contains a playable demo of Xenogears as well as preview movies of Bushido Blade 2, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Final Fantasy VIII.

User Rating: 5/5.00

zelda42293 says:
This version of Doom for the Atari Jaguar was a very close clone of the PC version. It had all the levels (except for 1 or 2 maybe), easy controls, and great sound. However, there was no music in this version. It is quire sad music could not be put in this version, but I think music could have been added ...

User Rating: 4.64/5.00

JJ says:
Fans of the Prince of Persia series will enjoy this gem of a game. This game takes place a year after the first. In this game, your identity is stolen by the evil sorceror Jaffar who then marries the princess for himself and exiles you from the kingdom. Now you must sneak back to the kingdom, defeat ...

User Rating: 4.47/5.00

Rabid-Media says:
Most awsome shooter, EVER! This game is filled with Bad-Ass! you are a war-hardend marine (sound familiar?) who is the only survivor of a scientific experiment of molecular movement gone horribly wrong! (yup... familiar, anyone?) It's not the story that makes it so great, but the way it is portrayed. ...

User Rating: 4.34/5.00

zelda42293 says:
This game is so bad!!! It's a sorry excuse for a Back to the Future game! LJN could't even get the music right? Jeez! The only thing correct about this game is that it has the DeLorean in the last mission. Yeah, good luck getting thert'll take you forever to beat this game. LJN, can't you make a remotely ...

User Rating: 3.93/5.00

JJ says:
Take control of Batman or Robin and fight your way through the events of the movie. This is a unique beat-em-up. You have waves of enemies and some platforming events, but controls like a fighting game. Anyone who has played MKM: Sub-Zero will find the controls familiar. Use a variety of combos and special ...

User Rating: 4.42/5.00

thenateman27 says:
  I first played this game when I was 6 years old.  I thought it was very hard, and I still do.  This is one of the few games that pose a true challenge to any player of any age or skill level.  That merit alone should make this game a shoe in for “classic” status.  ...

User Rating: 4.86/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
The basic concept of Amidar is to run over each section of lines on the stage while avoiding the enemies moving around you. Once you fill in all of the lines surrounding a box, the box will fill in with color. Once the entire stage has been moved over, you win. Fill in all of the corner squares to render ...

User Rating: 4.29/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
Atlantis is once again under attack! Use your guns, the cities last defences, to stop the invaders. Atlantis II provides a much more difficult game than the original with faster and harder gameplay.

User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
You are under attack by aliens! Keep fighting off the hordes of aliens as the mother ship keeps throwing more at you.

User Rating: 5/5.00

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User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
Dive down into the ocean to find the treasure and return it to the surface. Watch out and shoot the fish that attack you along the way!

User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
Pull off a bank heist and grab all of the money you can. When you rob the money, you must then escape from the cops. Grab all the money and avoid the cops to get to the next screen!

User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
Destroy the enemy base with your flying saucer! Watch out for the enemy's defences as they shoot back at you from below.

User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
A pseudo-3D game in which you ride your ship forward trying to get past all of the enemies in front of you. The controls are a little difficult to get used to.

User Rating: 5/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
I can't really say what you or anything else is in the game, but it appears that your objective is to move along and zap everything in your way. When you zap the things, they become immobile and you score points.

User Rating: 4.8/5.00

Mystics Apprentice says:
This game was really cool! A little on the basic side, but pretty good. This was more of an action style game rather than an RPG format. Sort of similar to like a Super Mario Bros or Donkey Kong Country in the way of gameplay. The story basically stays pretty consistent with that of the movie, as you ...

User Rating: 4.49/5.00

JeremiahStilts says:
This is "Nintendo's First Video Board Game." Yep. Basically it's a multiplayer board game sort of like Pictionary. You roll a die and move to a colored space. The different colors you land on symbolize different categories of drawings. Once you land on the space, it sort of turns into a piece of ...

User Rating: 4.37/5.00

JeremiahStilts says:
A very boring game. Top Gun is something I almost never fire up in the NES. The graphics are kind of neat for the NES, but most of the time all you see is blue. The clouds are much too plain, even for the NES. The sound is alright, if you consider the fact that there isn't much music in the game at all. ...

User Rating: 4.64/5.00

tamh says:
In a world, with a plethora of Sonic mods, there's need for one that stands out from the others. The projects are constrained by time and the huge amount of work it has to be put on them. Tohaka is not an example of that. It's one of the most basic attempts at editing I've seen. The title screen is ...

User Rating: 4.09/5.00

tamh says:
Following up the awesome first entry on the series, Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on 1992. Building up on its predecessor's fame, gameplay and speed, it went to became one of the biggest sellers in Sega Megadrive/Genesis history. This time, the formula is basically the same from the last ...

User Rating: 4.64/5.00

tamh says:
It wasn't until the third installment of the Sonic series that him and his partner Tails stapled themselves as the characters they're today. Not to take credit out of the first two games, but this game builds up a whole new story full with narrative shown via cut scenes. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ...

User Rating: 4.6/5.00

tamh says:
Sonic in a pinball setting is one of the ideas toyed with since the start of the series, in Sonic 1's Spring Yard and Special Zones. Sonic 2 worked around that idea too with Casino Night Zone, to the point where you can play some slots when Sonic enters a special receptor. However, it wasn't until ...

User Rating: 4.55/5.00

rbx4 says:
Xevious is an extremely difficult top-scrolling shooter, a very early game that established many unprecedented game elements that are now commonplace. Like many influential forerunners, Xevioius now seems outdated and frustrating if one is not aware of its place in history (see some other article for ...

User Rating: 4.14/5.00

thebeez says:
Character based nuclear test simulation using the original data from "The effects of nuclear weapons" report from the USA Atomic Energy Commission.

User Rating: 5/5.00

rbx4 says:
Like many other games based on licensed characters, Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt expects you to memorize an obstacle course that ends up being more challenging than fun. This might appeal to some players, in fact. The graphics and sound are nothing special, but the game controls are not bad. The gameplay ...

User Rating: 3.31/5.00

rbx4 says:
The Addams Family is an interesting slide-scrolling jumper that captures some of the charm of the property. It does help that the music in this game is their theme song. The action is sometimes frustrating because of the oddness of the controls and the unusual puzzles, but emulators make this game much ...

User Rating: 4.26/5.00

rbx4 says:
Donkey Kong is the game that first put Nintendo solidly on the gaming map. It is of course fairly primitive, but features some concepts that make Mario popular today. The game has three stages and features some good humor, including a possible nod to Pac-Man: when you pick up the hammer in stage three, ...

User Rating: 4.67/5.00

BusterTheFox says:
In Buck Bumble, you fly around the stage completing various tasks in order to move on to the next stage. You play as Buck Bumble, a bee who can shoot at enemies. The single player mode seems pretty straight-forward, but it also includes a fun multiplayer mode, including Bee Soccer, where both players ...

User Rating: 4.17/5.00

Gibsaw says:
Grand Prix - Riverbank Software - Apple II This is a racing game in cockpit view. It's similar in look to an older game called night driver in that your view of the "road" is road markers that snake and curve into the distance. It has 5 circuits in increasing order of difficulty, and 6 levels of difficulty. ...

User Rating: 5/5.00

Travailius says:
A rather boring game about how to open certain safes with certain problems. Originally intended to be an educational piece of software.

User Rating: 4.33/5.00