Month: January 2017

Below the Cut: LandStalker (Genesis)

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 – […]

And the name of the game is … Zenox Attack

27th – 28th January 2017 My week’s holiday has come to an end, and things are back to normal once again. Most of the holiday was mainly composing music, and also starting on a C64 game project, formerly known as an unnamed shoot ’em up. Well,guess what? The game now has […]

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? […]

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 […]

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 […]