LandStalker – Rating(9 RPP)1) 0 – Character Advancement: practice/experience based advancement, stat or level increases, multiple classes or characters, customize characters2) 0 – Combat: character stats used for combat, additional combat options, turn based3) 0 – Items and Equipment: store to buy and sell, equipment decisions, item decisions4) 0 – […]
Game #67: Gauntlet IV (Genesis) – Dragons All The Way Up (Finished)
Game 67 Title: Gauntlet 4 Released: 1993 Platform: Genesis Developer: Atari Games Corporation Publisher: Tengen Genre: Action-RPG Exploration – Top-down Combat – Active Series – Gauntlet This title surprised me. First, I had written it off the list for no other reason than it was Gauntlet. How could that series have enough RPG elements to include? […]
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern – Review
Game reviewed: Heroes of the Monkey Tavern Version: 1.0.4Created by: Monkey StoriesReleased: 2016 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 5/10 Price: $9.99 The last week I have played the dungeon master clone Heroes of the Monkey Tavern. Of all the clones I have played this autumn the graphics are the most similar to Legend of Grimrock. The game is […]
Game #66: Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (NES) – Warriors Rushed (Finished)
A slight improvement on the standard black screen with The End Well that was an unexpectedly fast end. In fact, the game itself feels rushed: combat has some serious balance issues, the Avatar’s companions don’t level up, and combat spells are superfluous with no way to generate income to replenish […]
Antharion – Review
Game reviewed: Antharion Version: 1.1.9Created by: Orphic SoftwareReleased: 2015 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 6/10 Price: $14.99 Antharion is a quite a large game if you count the vast landscape and continent and all the time you have to spend travelleling between its regions. For a long time I had no clue how far I had come into […]
Game #66: Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (NES) – Promised Destiny
Game 66 Title: Ultima: Warriors of DestinyReleased: January 1993Platform: NESDeveloper: OriginPublisher: FCI/Pony CanyonGenre: RPGExploration – Top-downCombat – Active battles (enemies take turns over time)Series – Ultima It’s difficult to know where to start with a new post. I struggle how to approach condensing my time with a game into a […]
Rest Well 1992; Welcome 1993
Spending an entire year to play through the game year of 1992 isn’t very encouraging for catching up to current releases. Given that, and the general configuration nightmare for capturing consoles in the 7th generation, I’ve decided to cap the blog at the 6th generation. I’m still unsure that we’ll […]
Game #65: Soul Blazer (SNES) – Restore the World (Finished)
Game 65 Title: Soul BlazerReleased: June 1991 (February 1988 JPN)Platform: SNESDeveloper: QuintetPublisher: EnixGenre: RPGExploration – Top-downCombat – Action (top-down)Series – Standalone (or The Quintet World) The first game in what many fans consider a Trilogy, Soul Blazer actually seems to have more in common with ActRaiser than Illusion of Gaia […]
Below the Cut: Spiritual Warfare (NES, Genesis, Game Boy)
Spiritual Warfare – Rating(7 RPP)1) 1 – Character Advancement: practice/experience based advancement, stat or level increases, multiple classes or characters, customize characters2) 1 – Combat: character stats used for combat, additional combat options, turn based3) 1 – Items and Equipment: store to buy and sell, equipment decisions, item decisions4) 2 […]
Game #64: Exile (TurboGrafx-CD) – Another Arabian Night (Finished)
Game 64 Title: ExileReleased: 1992 (December 1991 JPN)Platform: TurboGrafx-CD (Genesis)Developer: Renovation GamesPublisher: Working DesignsGenre: RPGExploration – Top-downCombat – Action (side-view)Series – Exile (XZR) It always feels weirdly different jumping into a series at game two compared to jumping into an established character at the start of a new game. There’s […]