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Retro Profile: Actraiser (SNES)
[by Nicholas Roussos] Although the graphics are timid compared with today’s standards, Actraiser was at the cutting edge for its time. But great graphics alone didn’t make this game stand out. A solid story and varied gameplay make Actraiser as entertaining today as it was almost fifteen years ago when it was published by Enix in November, 1991. There’s no need of a God-mode chea...[Read More]
Gunstar Super Heroes Interview
IGN has a nice little ditty on Treasure’s upcoming Gunstar Super Heroes release for the GBA. Company President, Masato Maegawa says the game will be playable at TGS. It will be released Stateside on October 25 of this year. Will you be buying? [Source: IGN]
Quality Counts
PC Watch’s recent demolition of the Gameboy Micro is very insightful. From Engadget’s translation: “Nintendo has paid attention to detail in many of the aspects of the device’s construction, such as its overall solid structure, detailed electrical work, and small touches such as stoppers that prevent screws from becoming loose.” Given the recent recalls of Xbox and PS...[Read More]
Will TGS Deliver?
We’ve been hearing for some time now that the Revolution, or at least it’s controller, will be revealed this Friday at the Tokyo Games Show. Do you think this will happen? Although we’re hoping as much as the next gamer, I’m not too sure the company would announce big news only days before the US Micro launch. That could kill some much needed buzz. [Source: Aussie-Nintendo]
Micro: Big on Style
Wired magazine has posted it’s positive review of the Gameboy Micro. They believe the system to be more comfortable than playing an SP and also touch on the screens 5 levels of brightness. “I put the system through its paces with a variety of games, and it handled with ease whatever I threw at it. The lengthy lines of dialogue and all the tiny troops in the strategy game Fire Emblem sh...[Read More]