Metroid Prime should not have worked. When the game was first announced to use the first person perspective it would be an understatement to say that many expected the worst. It also didn’t help that its developer, Retro Studios, had undergone turmoil within the company leading to Nintendo having to step in and create order […]Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime should not have worked. When the game was first announced to use the first person perspective it would be an understatement to say that many expected the worst. It also didn’t help that its developer, Retro Studios, had undergone turmoil within the company leading to Nintendo having to step in and create order […]
The Goonies was something of a cultural touchstone for many of us who are children of the 80s. A group of teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime searching for a long lost buried treasure is something most kids dream of in one fashion or another. Personally while I liked the movie I can’t say […]
You know once upon a time I actually liked Section Z somewhat. I was and still am a huge Metroid fan and the NES version of Section Z is eerily similar to Nintendo’s classic series. However Nintendo realized a sprawling adventure of that size should not and in most cases could not be completed in […]
These days any game that has an open world that allows you to collect items and pass previously insurmountable obstacles is referred to as a Metroid clone. But back in 1986 no such distinction existed. The only thing we were aware of is that this was unlike anything we had played before and that […]
It isn’t very often that a game comes along that is so great it transcends genre. Super Metroid is considered one of the greatest games of all time and is deserving of that status. Not too many games follow that same gameplay structure, which is a shame but I imagine its a nightmare to design […]
It’s funny, some franchises that got their start in the arcade and NES are practically legendary, and then there are others that seemed to fall just short of the mark. Rygar is one of those games, a game that is fondly remembered but didn’t quite reach the same plateau as your Mega Mans, Castlevanias, etc. […]
