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  • Rating:7.8
    A different Zelda game.

    Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

    A different Zelda game.

    Often considered as a black sheep of the Zelda franchise, but is in my opinion one of the greatest games ever made. If there is one game in the NES library that made me feel special as a kid after finishing them it wa... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    Grandfather of Mario themed role playing games is simple, but functional and addictive.

    Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

    Grandfather of Mario themed role playing games is simple, but functional and addictive.

    Super Mario RPG was released on SNES back in 1996 and it was in a few ways ahead of its time. Core gameplay is pretty simple in modern standards, but it's surprisingly well survived the test of time. Story is forgetta... Read Full Review

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  • Rating:7.8
    A piece of video game history that needs to be experienced.

    Famicom Mini: Zelda no Densetsu

    A piece of video game history that needs to be experienced.

    A Zelda game that started it all. An important piece of history that needs to be experienced. While playing the game you really don’t know much about the story, but the manual gives some important hints. The place is ... Read Full Review

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  • Rating:7.3
    Jerkier controls hinder this NES port from achieving that sheer perfection.

    Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros.

    Jerkier controls hinder this NES port from achieving that sheer perfection.

    Super Mario Bros. for GBA is the classical platformer from 80’s. If you have ever played a Mario game or hacked that original NES title back in the 80’s, then you already know how the story goes. Evil Bowser captures ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Frustrating, but still worth checking out.

    Viewtiful Joe (Pink Version)

    Frustrating, but still worth checking out.

    Viewtiful Joe is a fast paced side scrolling brawler with a few puzzles to solve on the way. In Viewtiful Joe you play as average Joe who loves movies and especially is a fan of old, Japanese-style superhero films sta... Read Full Review

    3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    Still as good as it was back in 1992.

    Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4

    Still as good as it was back in 1992.

    Super Mario World was released on SNES in 1992 and it was a great success following equally great game called Super Mario Bros. 3. Time has passed, but the quality of this Mario game has not. It's still as good as ever. ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Nintendo fans: support these kinds of games!

    Deadly Creatures

    Nintendo fans: support these kinds of games!

    Back in 1996 I played a PC game called Bad Mojo. It was about a lonely guy in San Francisco who was transformed into a roach and was forced to navigate in an apartment while avoiding all kinds of traps like broken electr... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.3
    The lack of a decent map and the use of checkpoints ruined my experience.

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

    The lack of a decent map and the use of checkpoints ruined my experience.

    The very first Splinter Cell was a great framework for this series to start growing and indeed it has done just that. Unfortunately for me - who first played Double Agent and then Chaos Theory - the lack of a decent map ... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
    The third Splinter Cell has many improved gameplay elements.

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

    The third Splinter Cell has many improved gameplay elements.

    Sam Fisher’s third adventure as a Splinter Cell is a quality stealth action game with a lot different hi-tech gadgets at your disposal. Here i will review both the single player and co-op modes. Story goes that again ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.9
    Love letter for the fans of Mortal Kombat.

    Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

    Love letter for the fans of Mortal Kombat.

    Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is a simplistic brawler made for fans including lots of eaters eggs and bonus extras. Game starts right after the very first Mortal Kombat tournament. After a big fight Shang Tsung escapes... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7
    Open ended driving in Rockport.

    Need for Speed Most Wanted

    Open ended driving in Rockport.

    EA’s long running series takes aspects from Grand Theft Auto series and the result is an enjoyable driving game. In Need For Speed Most Wanted you play as a nameless new guy in Rockport. You want to take part in illeg... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Short and unusually linear Metroid experience.

    Metroid Fusion

    Short and unusually linear Metroid experience.

    Metroid Fusion is a solid 2D Metroid with a little more linear structure in it. Story has never been a strong side in Metroid games, but surprisingly Fusion is very heavily story driven experience. While doing a routi... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7
    Short but sweet work of art.

    Metroid: Zero Mission

    Short but sweet work of art.

    Metroid: Zero Mission is a short, but a quality remake of the very first Metroid, which debuted in NES more than 20 years ago. This game is a work of art. You play as interstellar bounty hunter Samus Aran, who lands o... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    An addictive farming RPG, at least for the first 20 hours or so.

    Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

    An addictive farming RPG, at least for the first 20 hours or so.

    In Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life it’s your job to take care of your own farm and ultimately raise a family while doing it. This game is very addictive for about 20 hours and after that it’s terribly boring. Graphics ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.7
    Adjust your expectations properly and you will enjoy Batman Begins.

    Batman Begins

    Adjust your expectations properly and you will enjoy Batman Begins.

    Batman Begins is a third person action adventure game based on the movie of the same name. It’s not perfect, but still worth to check out if you liked the movie. In Batman Begins you play as both Bruce Wayne and Batma... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2
    Original Mega Man games just like you remember them.

    Mega Man Anniversary Collection

    Original Mega Man games just like you remember them.

    Those classical NES games: Mega Man and its five sequels are all in here plus some added bonuses. A must buy for anyone who wishes to remember the good old 8-bit days. Story in Mega Man games is almost always the same... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1
    Hack'n slash in mythical ancient Rome.

    Spartan: Total Warrior

    Hack'n slash in mythical ancient Rome.

    Spartan: Total Warrior is a straightforward hack’n slash action adventure with a setting in ancient Rome, Greece and Sparta. Story goes that you are a warrior known only as Spartan and you have been chosen by the god ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    More open ended than what you've come to expect from Medal of Honor.

    Medal of Honor: European Assault

    More open ended than what you've come to expect from Medal of Honor.

    Medal of Honor: European Assault is graphically ugly and open ended WWII first person shooter with a broken save system. In Medal of Honor: European Assault you play as William Holt, an American intelligent officer wh... Read Full Review

    2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Best Splinter Cell to date.

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

    Best Splinter Cell to date.

    Sam Fisher’s fourth mission is the best one in the series. A must buy for any stealth action fan. Here I will review both solo and co-op missions, but not the multiplayer mode of the game. Story has always in my opini... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7
    This is just fun after you get past the somewhat steep learning curve.

    Battalion Wars

    This is just fun after you get past the somewhat steep learning curve.

    Battalion Wars is a hybrid between real time strategy game and a third person shooter. Prepare for a fun and funny experience with a steep learning curve. In Battalion Wars you play as a Commander for the Western Fron... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8
    Nostalgic, but uninteresting trip to Castle Wolfenstein.

    Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War

    Nostalgic, but uninteresting trip to Castle Wolfenstein.

    It’s a nostalgic feeling to once again play as B.J. Blazkowicz in Castle Wolfenstein, but other than that this game doesn’t have much appeal and lasting value in it. Like in the very first Wolfenstein you play as B.J.... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1
    A ton of different things to do and see in an open ended GTA fashion.

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    A ton of different things to do and see in an open ended GTA fashion.

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a huge game spreading state wide and consisting of three big separate cities for you to explore. You play as CJ Johnson, a black guy who returns home after his mother has died. Almost imm... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.9
    Frustration to the extreme.

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

    Frustration to the extreme.

    Insignificant story, bland graphics and extremely frustrating save system makes this GameCube version of Sam Fisher’s second quest a game that you should avoid entirely. Story in Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow goes t... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Most balanced game in the trilogy in terms of difficulty.

    Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

    Most balanced game in the trilogy in terms of difficulty.

    Part three in Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia trilogy takes the best aspects from the two previous games and adds some new things into the mix. Resulting product is better than the second game, but not as good as the first ga... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3
    Darker and more difficult part two in Sands of Time trilogy.

    Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

    Darker and more difficult part two in Sands of Time trilogy.

    Part two in Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia trilogy is longer, darker, more difficult and more frustrating than its predecessor. After making things right in the end of Sands of Time the Prince returns his home back to Bab... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7
    Great start to a great video game trilogy.

    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Great start to a great video game trilogy.

    Ubisoft’s first part of their Prince of Persia trilogy is a fun fairy tale like action adventure game with very little replay value. A king of Persia and his son have decided to invade the palace of a mighty maharadza. A... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2
    Nearly every way better than the original game.

    Pikmin 2

    Nearly every way better than the original game.

    Pikmin 2 is nearly in every way better than its predecessor and a great example on how to design a sequel. Pikmin 2 starts right after the first Pikmin when Captain Olimar managed to escape from a strange planet with ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Command an army in Nintendo style.

    Pikmin

    Command an army in Nintendo style.

    Pikmin is a light real time strategy game from Shigeru Miyamoto, a man behind Mario and Zelda. You play as Captain Olimar, who travels in space, but gets hit by a meteor and crash lands on a planet, which atmosphere i... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Being a bio-augmented super soldier of the future is fun.

    Project: Snowblind

    Being a bio-augmented super soldier of the future is fun.

    Project: Snowblind is a solid fast-paced first person shooter with bright color palette and a sci-fi feel in it. Just plain fun all the way through. In Project: Snowblind you play as 2nd lieutenant Nathan Frost somewh... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5
    First FPS in Wiiware and it certainly feels like it.

    Onslaught

    First FPS in Wiiware and it certainly feels like it.

    Onslaught is the first first person shooter in Wiiware, but hopefully not the last. Story of Onslaught is irrelevant. You are a member of a military team sent to search a research colony after contact has been lost. O... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Grand Theft Auto in private school is a success.

    Bully: Scholarship Edition

    Grand Theft Auto in private school is a success.

    Bully: Scholarship Edition is an enhanced PS2 port of a successful game Bully, which features an open world design and a unique setting in a world of youngsters studying in a private school. The end result is a good game... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6
    Too simplistic hack´n slash gameplay.

    Ninety-Nine Nights

    Too simplistic hack´n slash gameplay.

    Ninety-Nine Nights (or N3) has some very good looking graphics, art style and especially music, but it´s gameplay is just way too repetitive and the storytelling is not so great. Story is told through multiple perspec... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    If you like FPS games: buy this game now!

    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

    If you like FPS games: buy this game now!

    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare takes the thrilling action from its previous WWII games and brings it to modern times. The result is just amazing. Story is not so special, but the way that it´s told is.You play as two ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5
    Disappointment even to a Superman fan.

    Superman Returns

    Disappointment even to a Superman fan.

    Superman Returns features a big open-ended city of Metropolis to explore, but there´s not much to do in it. Story loosely follows the plot of the movie, but with some side quests and bonus extras. Unfortunately ther... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5
    Designed for Halo fans, who haven't played lots of PC's RTS games.

    Halo Wars

    Designed for Halo fans, who haven't played lots of PC's RTS games.

    Since I was in a hurry getting this review out, it can also be found in GiantBomb. --- Halo Wars is a benchmark in gaming: it finally brings a real time strategy game genre to consoles in a successful way. Trade-of... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Prettiest among the classic Castlevania games on the NES, and perhaps also the hardest.

    Akumajou Densetsu

    Prettiest among the classic Castlevania games on the NES, and perhaps also the hardest.

    First Castlevania on the NES was a platformer, while the second, called Simon's Quest, was a non-linear adventure game similar to Metroid or Zelda. Castlevania 3 returns to its platforming roots and it's a success, but a... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6
    Short snack, if you don´t have anything better to eat.

    TMNT

    Short snack, if you don´t have anything better to eat.

    TMNT is a game based on a CGI-movie of the same name, and despite its faults, it´s still one of the better movie games out there. Story of course follows the movie, in which Leonardo has left to jungle in order to be ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Be evil and command your army of minions much like in Nintendo's Pikmin.

    Overlord

    Be evil and command your army of minions much like in Nintendo's Pikmin.

    Overlord resembles a lot of Nintendo's Pikmin and it's a weird mixture of third person action game, puzzle game and a real time strategy game. Unfortunately the save system, the lack of a map and clunky controls make thi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Light saber slashing in GTA style.

    No More Heroes

    Light saber slashing in GTA style.

    No More Heroes is an over-the-top third person action game and one of the better games on the Wii. Travis Touchdown lives in Santa Destroy, California in a motel called No More Heroes. His room is decorated with pro w... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful