Asteroids
Asteroids was a runaway smash hit for Atari in the arcades, so there was...
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Bowling
In general, bowling is not a game that translates well into the world of...
California Games
California Games was not only a launch title, but was the original Lynx pack-in...
Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt was not only a launch title, but was a pack-in game if...
Golf
I would never suggest that it would be easy to create a golf game...
Golf
Released about 6 months after the launch of the Game Boy, this was the...
Great Golf
Released in 1987, Great Golf was the only golf title released on the Master...
Ms. Pac-Man
During the NES era, two game companies released Ms. Pac-Man cartridges. The game was...
NES Open Tournament Golf
Released 6 years after its predecessor, the simply-titled “Golf”, NES Open Tournament Golf was...
Oink!
Activision is famous for the quality of their VCS titles, but this game is...
PGA European Tour
This game could have been called “PGA Tour Golf II: European Edition.” Created using...
PGA Tour 96
This game starts off well enough, by which I mean that it has a...
PGA Tour Golf
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that PGA Tour Golf has...
PGA Tour Golf
Being a huge fan of the Genesis version of PGA Tour Golf, I had...
PGA Tour Golf II
Anyone who has played the original PGA Tour Golf on the Genesis will instantly...
PGA Tour Golf III
Polygames and EA stepped it up even further for the next release of PGA...
River Raid
The mother of all vertically-scrolling shoot-em-ups! In River Raid, you control a fighter jet...
Sky Jinks
Similar in principle to slalom skiing, in Sky Jinks you race through a pylon...
Sonic The Hedgehog
When Sonic The Hedgehog was released in 1991, it almost immediately replaced Altered Beast...
Spider Fighter
Sometimes I don’t understand where designers came up with their game ideas back in...