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Werewolf: The Last Warrior
Okay, Bandai, you had your chance. I played Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein and they both sucked. Time to step aside and give Data East a shot at the monster-themed sidescrolling brawler genre with their grandly titled Werewolf: The Last Warrior. Surprisingly, “The Last Warrior” isn’t just an arbitrary tagline. According to the [...]
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
As I’ve said in the past, I review old games because nostalgia lies. While a good retro review takes a game’s history into account, it ultimately judges the title from a modern perspective. Just because a game was kick ass in 1989, doesn’t mean it’s still worth playing today. And if it is still worth [...]
Snatcher
Some time ago, I was hanging out in a FuncoLand (now a soulless GameStop) with the J Man. While I browsed the used section he explained to me that he would soon be expanding the scope of JGR with the addition of Sega CD reviews. In his research for this project, he had rediscovered a [...]
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
As I mentioned in my review of The Legend of Zelda, I’m a newcomer to this franchise. I’ve long been put off by what I perceived to be distasteful RPG-like elements in the series. As a rule, I’m not impressed with RPGs. Thankfully, the original LoZ delivered a fun and addictive action/adventure experience that made [...]
Outlander
In 1990, Mindscape released Mad Max for the NES, a mostly disappointing game already expertly reviewed by The J Man. Apparently not shaken by their first sub par offering, Mindscape went back to the well in 1992 for another stab at the Mad Max trilogy, this time on the 16-bit consoles. Thanks to the shockingly [...]
The Legend of Zelda
Everyone who’s already played Legend of Zelda raise your hand. Okay, looks like roughly everyone. Just to make sure, though, raise your hand if you’ve never played Legend of Zelda. Right. I’ll put my hand down now. Here’s the thing. While I’m proud to call myself a gamer, I’ve always eschewed the title of “hardcore [...]