Contributor Recognition : JIrish

Arcade Games

Bagman	Aiyiyi!	04/19/03	6/10
Bubbles	It was an interesting idea...	09/23/02	6/10
BurgerTime	No! We're closed now!	04/19/03	8/10
I'm Sorry	Sick, twisted, and in 1985 no less	09/25/02	7/10
Pig Out	Oink	04/21/03	6/10
SonSon	I’ll save the monkey jokes for my Ape Escape review	10/01/02	8/10
Super Pac-Man	Super Pac-Man vs. Lex Blinky!! What? You mean this isn’t a superhero parody?	04/26/03	7/10
The Simpsons	Japanese company, American property… and yet it turned out so well	05/04/03	8/10
Venture	Alas, poor Winkey... he really had no chance	05/03/03	4/10
Warriors of Fate	One of Capcom's last CPS1 side-scrollers	04/19/03	7/10
X-Men	A couple unanswered questions, but still great fun	09/26/02	8/10

Atari 2600

Pac-Man comes home for the first time… and passes out drunk on your floor

09/26/02

2/10

Dreamcast

Capcom vs. SNK	It could have been a contender…	09/29/02	6/10
King of Fighters '98	“Lost in translation” takes a whole new meaning…	09/27/02	8/10
King of Fighters '99	Now THIS is how you port King of Fighters!	09/30/02	9/10
Marvel vs. Capcom 2	Over two years later… A study in imperfections and how they are transcended	09/25/02	7/10
WWF Royal Rumble	Arcade roots don’t translate into good home game	09/25/02	3/10

Game Boy

Donkey Kong	After years of absence, this is how a comeback is done	09/26/02	9/10
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	Ruthless Greed	10/02/02	10/10
Yoshi	Yoshi lays an egg	04/23/03	5/10

Game Boy Advance

Castlevania: COTM	A higher standard of gaming	04/20/03	8/10
Final Fight One	Metro City, Population: All against you	09/29/02	8/10
Pac-Man Collection	Portable Pac-Man times 4… what could go wrong?	04/21/03	8/10

GameCube

Mega Man Network Transmission	The Battle Network series visits Mega Man’s 2D action roots with surprising results	07/15/03	9/10
X-Men Legends	Not a legendary start, but not a bad one	10/05/04	8/10

NeoGeo

Aero Fighters 2	Never underestimate the power of dolphin!	09/23/02	8/10
Fatal Fury	Starting off on the wrong foot	10/02/02	3/10
Fatal Fury 2	Okay!!... or not	04/19/03	6/10
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory	1 step forward, 2 steps back, and 3 to the side.	05/03/03	6/10
Fatal Fury Special	What happens when a series is almost great, but not quite	04/23/03	7/10
The King of Fighters '94	Just plain raw fun	09/22/02	7/10
The King of Fighters '95	Getting warmer, and yet not quite there...	09/23/02	7/10
The King of Fighters '96	The series begins to hit its stride	09/24/02	8/10
The King of Fighters '97	This would have been perfect except for a glaring problem	09/25/02	8/10
The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest	The King of Fighters claims its crown	09/26/02	10/10
Waku Waku 7	Almost the perfect fighting game... almost	09/22/02	9/10

NeoGeo Pocket Color

SNK vs Capcom: Card 2

Woah... just woah... (take 2)

09/22/02

8/10

NES

Darkwing Duck	Let's Get Dangerous...	04/24/03	7/10
Dr. Mario	Doctors still make house calls, so long as they’re in video games	09/28/02	9/10
The Goonies II	The only thing we serve is tongue. Do you kids like tongue?	05/03/03	7/10
The Three Stooges	Mario Party's ancient ancestor?!	09/23/02	4/10
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	Not a bad game, but is it a good Zelda game?	04/28/03	7/10

PC

Day of the Tentacle	More fun with hamsters and microwaves	09/23/02	10/10
Dungeon Keeper	Evil is quite good indeed, but hardly perfect the first time around	09/27/02	7/10
Dungeon Keeper 2	Do we really need another “Evil is Good” line here?	10/01/02	9/10
Progress Quest	Amusement comes in many shapes…	04/24/03	5/10
Sam & Max Hit the Road	Sam, is "pronto" a real word?	09/24/02	10/10

Pinball

YEEEEEEE-HAW!!!

09/25/02

10/10

PlayStation

Bust-A-Move '99	Puzzle games have never seemed less serious	05/12/03	9/10
Darkstalkers 3	A vastly under appreciated 2D fighting experience	05/12/03	9/10
Konami Arcade Classics	Konami’s first U.S. entry in the retro craze	04/25/03	8/10
Legend of Legaia	A fascinating RPG that falls just short of greatness	09/30/02	7/10
Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1	Great games that aren’t easy to emulate	09/30/02	8/10
Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2	Some glaring issues, but otherwise a steal	09/24/02	8/10
Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2	Midway collects 7 titles that range from classic to obscurity	04/20/03	7/10
Namco Museum Vol. 1	Namco joins the retro-collection frenzy	09/27/02	8/10
Namco Museum Vol. 3	My favorite of the original 5 Namcomuseums	09/28/02	9/10
Namco Museum Vol. 5	Namco’s most ornate museum houses obscure games	04/18/03	7/10
Pong: The Next Level	A far cry from 1972	05/11/03	7/10
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo	Fighting game characters play puzzle games… who would’ve thought?	09/23/02	9/10
Wheel of Fortune	I never thought I'd miss Pat Sajak	05/11/03	5/10
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits	And Williams said, let there be arcade collections for all…	09/25/02	9/10
WWF War Zone	Time has not been kind to the Warzone	05/05/03	3/10
X-Men vs. Street Fighter	There are some things a PS1 was never meant for...	09/22/02	4/10

PlayStation 2

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires

I love it to death, but I want more!

10/12/04

7/10

SNES

Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle

"Sorry about all of this..."

04/19/03

5/10

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