rpg Archive

  • With two Kickstarter funded Shadowrun games in the works all I can say is “What took so long?”  Of all the properties that have sat languishing in licensing hell why...

    Shadowrun (SNES)

    With two Kickstarter funded Shadowrun games in the works all I can say is “What took so long?”  Of all the properties that have sat languishing in licensing hell why...

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  • I wasn’t always a fan of strategy games, I‘ll freely admit to that.  I was raised in a simpler time where big dumb action movies starring Sly and Schwarzenegger were...

    Dragon Force

    I wasn’t always a fan of strategy games, I‘ll freely admit to that.  I was raised in a simpler time where big dumb action movies starring Sly and Schwarzenegger were...

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  • Have you ever played a Carpg?  I just made up that term but it adequately describes Final Lap Twin.  Long before Square Enix shit the bed with Racing Lagoon, a...

    Final Lap Twin

    Have you ever played a Carpg?  I just made up that term but it adequately describes Final Lap Twin.  Long before Square Enix shit the bed with Racing Lagoon, a...

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  • Of all the settings that I have experienced the Shadowrun universe ranks among my favorite.  Something about the cyberpunk setting and mix of future technology captured my imagination like nothing...

    Shadowrun (Genesis)

    Of all the settings that I have experienced the Shadowrun universe ranks among my favorite.  Something about the cyberpunk setting and mix of future technology captured my imagination like nothing...

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  • This was certainly an odd one to port to a home platform.  I realize when new consoles are launched its more or less anything goes in terms of what games...

    Drakkhen

    This was certainly an odd one to port to a home platform.  I realize when new consoles are launched its more or less anything goes in terms of what games...

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  • What makes Suikoden unique?  On the surface is a game that could just as easily have been created for the SNES.  Outside of the quality of the music and color...

    Suikoden

    What makes Suikoden unique?  On the surface is a game that could just as easily have been created for the SNES.  Outside of the quality of the music and color...

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  • I can’t count the number of times when I was younger that I imagined what it would be like if all of Nintendo’s characters starred in one game.  Can you...

    Time Stalkers

    I can’t count the number of times when I was younger that I imagined what it would be like if all of Nintendo’s characters starred in one game.  Can you...

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  • Hironobu Sakaguchi.  Yuji Hori.  Akira Toriyama.  Three names, each a giant in their respective field.  Years before Square and Enix would merge they were at odds with one another with...

    Chrono Trigger

    Hironobu Sakaguchi.  Yuji Hori.  Akira Toriyama.  Three names, each a giant in their respective field.  Years before Square and Enix would merge they were at odds with one another with...

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  • In Japan the dating simulator genre has created some of the best selling franchises in the country, games such as Sakura Taisen and the Tokimeki Memorial series.  While the US...

    Azure Dreams

    In Japan the dating simulator genre has created some of the best selling franchises in the country, games such as Sakura Taisen and the Tokimeki Memorial series.  While the US...

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  • It isn’t everyday that a game comes along and completely shatters your perceptions of what an RPG can and should be.  RPGs by nature have very set mechanics and story...

    Valkyrie Profile

    It isn’t everyday that a game comes along and completely shatters your perceptions of what an RPG can and should be.  RPGs by nature have very set mechanics and story...

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