Super Widget
Reading Time: 6 minutesLet’s take a look at one of the forgotten characters of ’90s platformers and the surprisingly good little game that features him.
Tag: side-scroller
Super Widget
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Reading Time: 7 minutesEver wanted a game with cats, creepy Japanese forests, whack-a-mole, secret tunnels, and dudes getting smacked with pipes? You’re welcome. We’ll grab some pizza and play Gradius after we rescue the princess.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (SNES)
Reading Time: 7 minutesA reasonably good time playing as Arnold’s metal skeleton-tank. Unfortunately, he drives like Toonces.
Streets of Rage
Reading Time: 5 minutesSega starts up its own brawling franchise. Clean up the 16-bit streets with three rough and ready fighters, in an average, but fun, freshman effort.
The Amazing Spider-Man vs The Kingpin
Reading Time: 6 minutesBuried in with the CD remakes of previous 16-bit games is this rare case, where “remake” wasn’t code for “same game with CD music.”
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s the 90s, so The Amazing Spider-Man needed an amazing scrolling brawler. This one’s close, but no… um… spider?