NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Jam was a tremendous arcade hit back in the 90s, offering flashy, fast-paced basketball excitement. Even though it was little more than an updated clone of Midway’s own Arch Rivals, Jam came at a time when it was new to its audience, and featured enough improvements to legitimately capture interest. The nearly photorealistic graphics [...]
No Comments »L.A. Law: The Computer Game
You probably don’t remember L.A. Law. At least I’m going to assume that you don’t, and that it’s no longer at the front of pop culture as it was when this game was released. For a show so popular in the late 80s/early 90s, the fact that no DVD sets or episodes have ever been [...]
No Comments »Super Smash T.V.
1987′s The Running Man was one of a few cautionary tales from the back half of the 80s preaching against the trend toward gross materialism, dwindling morality, and rampant commercialism (Stephen King’s original novel is better, but there’s still heady stuff in between Schwarzenegger’s grimaces and one-liners). In it, a repressive government regime maintains control [...]
No Comments »Alien vs Predator
I was ridiculously excited for Aliens vs Predator on the Jaguar – so excited that it represented the rare instance where I was actually prepared to buy an entire console solely on the perceived merits of one game (sorry PS3 and Metal Gear 4, that part of me is gone). Unfortunately, I had no money, [...]
No Comments »Timon and Pumbaa’s Jungle Games
Back in 1994, when Lion King mania was running wild and every self-respecting kid wanted to be Simba, Disney Interactive sought to make a few extra bucks through the release of various Lion King-related digital titles. In a practice that would become common in subsequent years and movies, the PC and the most popular platforms [...]
No Comments »Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure
Despite being able to put bold checkmarks next to enjoying videogames and movies in the “geekyness” column of my personality, I never got into comic books. Not sure why, but I do know that for a long time I fell prey to the old stereotype that comics, even today, consisted entirely of hackneyed plots and [...]
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