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  • Rating:3.1
    What in the... There was a Donkey Kong 3? I don't remember that...

    Donkey Kong 3

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Mar 06, 2007 | NES

    What in the... There was a Donkey Kong 3? I don't remember that...

    Wow, Donkey Kong 3. I don't even remember this one. I think I'll pop it in and play it. I'm sure I'll remember it once I start playing. Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. were two of my favorite arcade games. And the NES... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    All in all, I think it's pretty good. Infinitely more entertaining than the actual TNA product.

    TNA iMPACT!

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Mar 28, 2009 | PS2

    All in all, I think it's pretty good. Infinitely more entertaining than the actual TNA product.

    Let me get this out of the way at the onset. I am a huge wrestling fan. I follow wrestling from all across the world, particularly Japan. But, I am not a TNA fan. I do love their talent. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christopher... Read Full Review

    2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2
    If you're looking for the classic MK gameplay on your Game Boy, the best choice in Mortal Kombat II.

    Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: May 22, 2006 | GB

    If you're looking for the classic MK gameplay on your Game Boy, the best choice in Mortal Kombat II.

    Before I get this rolling, I must first say that I believe Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is the best handheld Mortal Kombat game available. That said, some people want to play the classic gameplay of MK 1 and 2 on their... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.9
    NHL 2003 isn't horrible. But it's disappointing.

    NHL 2003

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: May 04, 2006 | PS2

    NHL 2003 isn't horrible. But it's disappointing.

    NHL 2002 was one of my favorite sports games of all time. It was a very realistic, fast paced and hard hitting hockey simulation. I enjoyed it very much despite the fact that I'm not a huge fan of watching hockey. Af... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:2.2
    The story of a boring day, turned to uncontrolled laughter, then back to boring. The story of Art Alive.

    Art Alive

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jan 17, 2007 | GEN

    The story of a boring day, turned to uncontrolled laughter, then back to boring. The story of Art Alive.

    The scene opens with TheBuck27 going through his old Genesis games. Bored as heck on a lonely day, where the ground outside is nothing but a large ice skating rink, he turns to technology to curb his boredom. And what be... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Pac-Man 2 is a completely different game. But it's very fun.

    Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Apr 26, 2006 | GEN

    Pac-Man 2 is a completely different game. But it's very fun.

    Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures for the Sega Genesis was the first true Pac-Man Sequel. Many other Pac-Man spin-offs were created between the release of the original and this game, but this one is completely different. ... Read Full Review

    4 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.1
    While it is fun, Final Fight is little more than a way to play Streets of Rage on the SNES.

    Final Fight

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Apr 24, 2006 | SNES

    While it is fun, Final Fight is little more than a way to play Streets of Rage on the SNES.

    The classic Final Fight for the Super Nintendo is a beat-em-up released around the same time as Streets of Rage for the Sega Genesis. These two games are disturbingly similar, despite having different characters, release... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10
    Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new holder of the throne of "Best wrestling game ever released in North America".

    Fi-Pro Returns

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Nov 24, 2007 | PS2

    Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new holder of the throne of "Best wrestling game ever released in North America".

    As always, the beginning is the best place to start. This game originally came out in Japan in 2005, and immediately generated rave reviews from the import fans. Personally, I wanted to play it, but a language barrier in... Read Full Review

    5 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Xbox Exhibition adds more bells and whistles than what you see from Sony's Jampacks.

    Xbox Exhibition

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Dec 25, 2006 | XBOX

    Xbox Exhibition adds more bells and whistles than what you see from Sony's Jampacks.

    This review is a little bit different. It's gonna be more like a review of the Xbox Exhibition series as a whole rather than the first one. Ever since the PS1 days, Sony thought it was a pretty good idea to compile a ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    I used to hate RPGs, but Earthbound is good enough to be fun to someone who even can't stand RPGs at all.

    Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Apr 05, 2006 | SNES

    I used to hate RPGs, but Earthbound is good enough to be fun to someone who even can't stand RPGs at all.

    I used to hate RPGs. I thought RPGs were nothing but dumb, fantasy stories with cheesy magic crap, and dull turn-based combat. Most modern RPGs still strike me this way, but in a classic game, I've finally found an RPG t... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8
    Starfighter is not without its flaws, but fans of the movies and shooters in general may be able to look past those.

    Star Wars: Starfighter (Platinum)

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Dec 19, 2006 | PS2

    Starfighter is not without its flaws, but fans of the movies and shooters in general may be able to look past those.

    For the most part, Star Wars video games in the past have been hit or miss. There have been a handful of blockbusters like Battlefront and Knights of the Old Republic, among others. As well as games that weren't up to sn... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.2
    The gameplay could be better, but the buck or two you'd spend on this game is worth it just to see the goofy TV ads.

    CyberSpeed

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Dec 09, 2006 | PS

    The gameplay could be better, but the buck or two you'd spend on this game is worth it just to see the goofy TV ads.

    Cyberspeed was the very first Playstation game I ever played. In that regard it holds a bit of a nostalgia factor with me, because Playstation ended up becoming my favorite system. It was only replaced as my favorite whe... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.5
    Toejam & Earl 2 may share the same music, characters and themes as the original, but the gameplay is such a dissapoi

    ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Dec 03, 2006 | GEN

    Toejam & Earl 2 may share the same music, characters and themes as the original, but the gameplay is such a dissapoi

    The original Toejam & Earl came out in 1992. And boy, what a game it was. A relatively open-ended world you could explore, finding ship pieces, and presents that contained goofy items like rocket skates. Good times, ... Read Full Review

    2 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.1
    Kung Fu is a fun game, but even back then it probably didn't have too much lasting appeal.

    Spartan X

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Nov 26, 2006 | NES

    Kung Fu is a fun game, but even back then it probably didn't have too much lasting appeal.

    Let's get this out of the way right out of the gate. Kung Fu is as simple of a game as it's name. Granted, a lot of NES games were simple, yet fun, although the system was capable of having relatively complex games for t... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.3
    Simple put, this game is a waste of time.

    Ford Racing 3

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Nov 25, 2006 | PS2

    Simple put, this game is a waste of time.

    It simply baffles me that this series had two sequels. I haven't played Ford Racing 1 or 2, but if they're anything like this game, which I'd say they probably are, then it's just incredible that this game sold well enou... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6
    The game is short. But if you're a Breakout fan, you might get some enjoyment out of it.

    Breakout

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Feb 28, 2010 | PS

    The game is short. But if you're a Breakout fan, you might get some enjoyment out of it.

    Atari's Breakout is one of my favorite classic arcade games. It was a pretty simple game, pretty much just a single-player version of Pong but flipped on its side, with the paddle on the bottom of the screen and a wall o... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    If you were to buy only one baseball game for your PS2, MLB 2005 would be a great choice.

    MLB 2005

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 09, 2006 | PS2

    If you were to buy only one baseball game for your PS2, MLB 2005 would be a great choice.

    I'm not a baseball fan. I'm certainly not interested in watching baseball, be it at a real ballpark, on TV, or even watching someone else play this video game. So why, pray tell, did I end up buying this game? Well I'... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.5
    Mortal Kombat 3 for the Game Boy showed some potential, but a number of key flaws crippled it.

    Mortal Kombat 3

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jul 19, 2008 | GB

    Mortal Kombat 3 for the Game Boy showed some potential, but a number of key flaws crippled it.

    Mortal Kombat II for the Game Boy was a great game. With smooth, responsive controls and the perfect level of difficulty, it was a great shrunken down version of MK2 that was a lot of fun to play on the go. With how grea... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:1
    Everybody involved with the production of this game should be tortured by Jack Bauer to within an inch of their lives.

    Daito Giken Koushiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: 24 - Twenty-Four

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jan 16, 2010 | PS2

    Everybody involved with the production of this game should be tortured by Jack Bauer to within an inch of their lives.

    Like I said in my review of 24: The Game, I'm a huge fan of the 24 TV series. I own every season on DVD, I buy the paperback books, t-shirts, just, tons of stuff. I'm also a huge fan of the PS2, it happens to be my favor... Read Full Review

    6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Fans of the show should definitely pick up 24: The Game. It's solid, fun and faithful to the license.

    24: The Game

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jan 16, 2010 | PS2

    Fans of the show should definitely pick up 24: The Game. It's solid, fun and faithful to the license.

    I believe that 24 is one of the greatest TV shows of all time. I'm such a huge fan of this show, I own every season on DVD, and plenty of 24 merchandise as well. As such, this review may come off as a bit biased. But, th... Read Full Review

    6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    I put many hours into this disk, because it's a solid, addictive wrestling game.

    WWE Day of Reckoning

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jan 03, 2010 | GC

    I put many hours into this disk, because it's a solid, addictive wrestling game.

    WWE Day of Reckoning was the third WWE game released for the Nintendo Gamecube. Gamecube owners had high hopes for it, because, like Xbox owners they had to suffer through two mediocre wrestling installments while PS2 ow... Read Full Review

    7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a rare treat; A good licensed game for kids and kids at heart.

    Spongebob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Jun 28, 2008 | PS2

    Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a rare treat; A good licensed game for kids and kids at heart.

    Despite being older than its target demographic, I love Spongebob Squarepants the TV show. I think the main reason for that is because Spongebob is sort of the heir apparent to Rocko's Modern Life, which was my favorite ... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier is a solid entry in the series. The new gameplay additions are fun.

    Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Nov 14, 2009 | PS2

    Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier is a solid entry in the series. The new gameplay additions are fun.

    I still love the PS2. Even though it's not the new system anymore, I play and own more games for the PS2 than any other system. One of my favorite franchises of all time is the Jak & Daxter series. It's a series that's a... Read Full Review

    14 of 16 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8
    Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling is one of the best bowling games available, and is sure to please any fan of bowlng.

    Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Aug 15, 2006 | PC

    Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling is one of the best bowling games available, and is sure to please any fan of bowlng.

    Nowadays, the words "bowling video game" pretty much mean bad news. Sure, there are some free bowling games online, but for those of you looking for a nice, solid bowling game for your computer, that's bigger and more de... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10
    Tekken 5 is my favorite game in the series.

    Tekken 5

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 26, 2009 | PS2

    Tekken 5 is my favorite game in the series.

    Tekken 5 came on the 10th year anniversary of the beginning of the series. This, along with the included Arcade History mode, has gotten quite a few fans to realize how little the series has changed over the years. Wi... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:2
    This game is about as appealing as a terminal illness. It's so bad, I wouldn't even give this game to my worst enemy.

    Tekken: Nina Williams - Death by Degrees

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 23, 2009 | PS2

    This game is about as appealing as a terminal illness. It's so bad, I wouldn't even give this game to my worst enemy.

    I remember like it was yesterday. Late 2004, I pick up a copy of Official Playstation magazine, and I'm discussing it with a friend of mine. We're both big Tekken fans, so it peaked my interest when I found out that a Te... Read Full Review

    5 of 7 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    Even though it isn't a huge improvement over Tekken 3, Tekken 4 is still an incredible fighting game.

    Tekken 4

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 20, 2009 | PS2

    Even though it isn't a huge improvement over Tekken 3, Tekken 4 is still an incredible fighting game.

    Tekken 4 was one of the first PS2 fighting games I ever played. For that reason, it has a fair amount of sentimental value with me. Other than the original Tekken, Tekken 4 is popularly considered by fans to be one o... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    Tekken Tag Tournament is a killer fighting game. A great experience overall.

    Tekken Tag Tournament (Platinum)

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 18, 2009 | PS2

    Tekken Tag Tournament is a killer fighting game. A great experience overall.

    Mortal Kombat Trilogy, released in 1996, was a compilation game of sorts, containing every character that had appeared in the series up to that point. The game was wildly popular, and is still today considered one of the... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    Rack your brain for all of the words you can use to describe a great game. I'd say all of them when describing Tekken 3.

    Tekken 3 (PlayStation the Best)

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 18, 2009 | PS

    Rack your brain for all of the words you can use to describe a great game. I'd say all of them when describing Tekken 3.

    Some people might be disappointed to learn that I didn't consider Tekken 2 as the best in the series. Well, don't think I wouldn't provide evidence to back up my opinion. Here's exhibit A: Tekken 3. In my Tekken 2 re... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    It's an amazing game. More than that, it's everything you'd want in a sequel.

    Tekken 2

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Oct 17, 2009 | ARC

    It's an amazing game. More than that, it's everything you'd want in a sequel.

    I've heard many people claim Tekken 2 is the best game in the series. While I don't agree with that assessment, Tekken 2 does have one distinction. It was probably the biggest improvement over its predecessor. Those w... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    SvR '06 deserves a place in the ranks of the Smackdown series, but I was disappointed considering the expectations.

    WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: May 15, 2008 | PS2

    SvR '06 deserves a place in the ranks of the Smackdown series, but I was disappointed considering the expectations.

    Okay, just to get this out of the way at the onset. I skipped the original Smackdown vs. RAW, so I'll be comparing this game to Here Comes the Pain far more than if I had played the original SvR. Alright, so, WWE Smac... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Tekken was a great start to what would become an incredible fighting series.

    Tekken

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Sep 25, 2009 | ARC

    Tekken was a great start to what would become an incredible fighting series.

    Tekken was a revolutionary game for its time. The first real serious competitor to Virtua Fighter in the 3D fighting genre, Tekken also appeased fans of the biggest 2D fighter of all time, Street Fighter. Tekken was fast... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Swinging around the city, the story, the characters, the visuals, it all comes together to make a pretty fun game.

    Ultimate Spider-Man

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Sep 20, 2009 | PS2

    Swinging around the city, the story, the characters, the visuals, it all comes together to make a pretty fun game.

    It's hard to say anything bad about a game that makes it this fun to just swing around and explore. The running, the jumping, the web swinging, climbing up the sides of buildings, freefalling from huge heights, and zippi... Read Full Review

    5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    The Spongebob Squarepants Movie is an unusually good game for a kids' game, not to mention a movie-based game.

    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Sep 12, 2009 | PS2

    The Spongebob Squarepants Movie is an unusually good game for a kids' game, not to mention a movie-based game.

    The Spongebob Squarepants Movie for the PS2, while obviously being a tie-in to the movie, is also in many ways a sequel to the previous Spongebob game, Battle for Bikini Bottom. It was made by the same company, and the g... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:1
    It was an experience so horrific, it's going to haunt me for the rest of my time on this Earth.

    Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life

    By TheBuck27 | Review Date: Aug 19, 2009 | GBC

    It was an experience so horrific, it's going to haunt me for the rest of my time on this Earth.

    Editor's Note: Opinions expressed do not reflect those of Gamespot, its employees, or its affiliates. A Bug's Life was a pretty good movie. At least, that's what I thought when I saw it, way back in the day. But, its... Read Full Review

    6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
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