Game Reviews
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
As a young boy, Link is tricked by Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo Thieves. The evil human uses Link to gain access to the Sacred Realm, where he places his tainted hands on Triforce and transforms the beautiful Hyrulean landscape into a barren wasteland. Link is determined to fix the problems he helped to create, so with the help of Rauru he travels through time gathering the powers of the Seven Sages.
- Released: 1998-11-21
- Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
- Developers: Nintendo
- Publishers: Nintendo
- Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 64
- Game-Modes: Info unavailable
- Review: THE GOAT!!!
- Rating: 10.0
- By: asradose
Bomberman 64 (1997)
Bomberman 64, known in Japan as Baku Bomberman (爆ボンバーマン, Baku Bonbāman, "Explosive Bomberman"), is a video game developed by Hudson Soft, published by Hudson Soft in Japan and published by Nintendo in North America and Europe for the Nintendo 64. The game was released in Europe on November 27, 1997 and released in North America three days later. While the game never saw a release on the Wii's Virtual Console service, it was eventually released on the Wii U Virtual Console in both Europe and North America in March 2017 followed by Japan in July 2017. Bomberman 64 is the first 3D game within the Bomberman series. It implements a different single-player mode by incorporating action-adventure and platforming stages instead of arenas in which enemies or other elements must be destroyed. It spawned 3 more games on the Nintendo 64: Bomberman Hero (1998), Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (2000), and Bomberman 64 (2001).
- Released: 1997-11-30
- Genres: Action
- Developers: Hudson Soft
- Publishers: Nintendo, HUDSON SOFT, PAL
- Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo 64
- Game-Modes: Info unavailable
- Review: FUN!
- Rating: 8.5
- By: asradose
Super Mario 64
Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive sound track, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses and underwater adventures. Retrieve the Power Stars from their hidden locations and confront your arch nemesis - Bowser, King of the Koopas!
- Released: 1996-06-23
- Genres: Platformer
- Developers: Nintendo
- Publishers: Nintendo
- Platforms: Nintendo 64
- Game-Modes: Info unavailable
- Review: THE GOAT PLATFORMER!
- Rating: 10.0
- By: asradose
Deus Ex
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control. Key Features: Real role-playing from an immersive 3D, first-person perspective. The game includes action, character interaction and problem solving. Realistic, recognizable locations. Many of the locations are built from actual blueprints of real places set in a near future scenario. A game filled with people rather than monsters. This creates empathy with the game characters and enhances the realism of the game world. Rich character development systems: Skills, augmentations, weapon and item selections and multiple solutions to problems ensure that no two players will end the game with similar characters. Multiple solutions to problems and character development choices ensure a varied game experience. Talk, fight or use skills to get past obstacles as the game adapts itself to your style of play. Strong storyline: Built on "real" conspiracy theories, current events and expected advancements in technology. If it's in the game, someone, somewhere believes
- Released: 2000-06-26
- Genres: Action, Shooter, RPG
- Developers: Ion Storm
- Publishers: Eidos Interactive
- Platforms: PC, macOS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
- Game-Modes: Info unavailable
- Review: Cyberpunk glory!
- Rating: 10.0
- By: asradose
Donkey Kong Country
After a dark and stormy night, Donkey Kong finds all of his bananas stolen by K. Rool and his reptilian crew of Kremlings! Armed with chest-pounding muscle, mighty barrel rolls, and awesome vine-swinging skills, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong set out to face their adversaries! Play solo, compete with a friend, or play cooperatively with a friend in over 100 levels filled with collectibles and hidden bonus levels. With the help of Donkey Kong's quirky family, animal friends, and your fast reflexes, our dynamic duo will prove to be an unstoppable force. Time to save those bananas! This classic game is part of the Virtual Console service, which brings you great games created for consoles such as NES™, Super NES™ and Game Boy™ Advance. We hope you'll enjoy the new features (including off-TV play) that have been added to this title. See more Virtual Console games for Wii U.
- Released: 1994-11-21
- Genres: Platformer
- Developers: Nintendo, Rare
- Publishers: Nintendo
- Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, SNES
- Game-Modes: Info unavailable
- Review: THE MUSIC!
- Rating: 10.0
- By: asradose