Rating:6.5

Top Secret

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Jan 14, 2011 | ARC

I have revised this review, since my feelings for the NES version has changed dramatically.

If you've played the NES version of Bionic Commando then you are well aware of the fact that this is one of the first video game protagonists who can't jump. Ever since Dirty Harry from the classic Atari game Pitfall and... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Metroid: Zero Mission

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | GBA

Even in the midst of my depression, this game entertained me.

Last year, I went through a severe mental depression that I just could not escape from. I was on three different kinds of medication, I was seeing a psychiatrist, and even reading the Bible. I would lay in bed and just t... Read Full Review

2 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:1.5

X-Men

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | ARC

If you enjoy pumping quarters to battle the same friggin' robots over and over again. This game is for you!

This game sucks. It sucks because it's a beat 'em up. It sucks as a beat 'em up because it has no variety. It has no variety because you battle the same robot sprites over and over and over and over again. Occasionally, ... Read Full Review

1 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Double Dragon

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | ARC

Get jacked up on Mountain Dew, and this brainless beat 'em up will take you for a ride.

What can I say? It's brainless, but so is the whole genre of "beat 'em up?" I announce you, Double Dragon, as the King of brainless gaming. I mean the game has the potential to be fun. For example, you and another friend... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Batman: Arkham Asylum

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | PS3

For the boss fights, there is a complete lack of variety.

I love Batman, and I love the Joker even more. I was even put in Austin State Hospital down in Texas for believing that I was the Joker (it's a long story). So when I found out that this game had come out almost the exac... Read Full Review

2 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:6.5

DOOM

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 02, 2010 | PC

It's more a touchstone of history than a entertaining experience...

Doom can only be fully appreciated if the player understands it's contribution to the genre of FPS. Though it was not the first FPS, it was the most atmospheric first person game of its time. With the detailed level desi... Read Full Review

1 of 12 users found the following review helpful

Rating:5.5

California Games

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Aug 02, 2010 | C64

This game has NOT stood the test of time!

I can see why this game would have been a hit during its respective time period. But even then, it is still pretty clunky when compared to classics like Super Mario and Mega Man 2. This would be a great downloadable game... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:3.5

Sensible World of Soccer

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Feb 25, 2011 | AMI

Justin Calvert... I love you, but I hate your game.

The Sensible World of Soccer has to be the most disappointing game that I've played from "Gamespot's Greatest Games of All Time." Granted, I played it on DOS instead of the Amiga so I can't give a completely fair account... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

SoulCalibur II

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Jul 03, 2010 | GC

The greatest fighter of all time!

This will probably be the last and only time I will ever use the phrase "The greatest " " of all time," because games are subject to change and eventually, like all technology, be deemed obsolete. However, I can't think ... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Lode Runner

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Jul 01, 2010 | ARC

Far better than Donkey Kong...

Dear gentle reader, I actually started playing Lode Runner while I was bored on a plane flight from Israel back to the United States. I was super excited to find a 110v outlet under my seat where I could plug my compute... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Super Mario Bros. 3

By wiserat4 | Review Date: Jul 01, 2010 | NES

What Brothers Are For...

Dear gentle reader, You probably don't know that I have been living overseas in the African country of Kenya for the past 10 months. I suffered a serious illness and was required by my physician to stay with my family f... Read Full Review

2 of 2 users found the following review helpful