Contributor Recognition : EmP

Arcade Games

Bio-Hazard Battle	Shooting has never been this frantic! With a brave, fresh system utilised and all the right notes hit, this is a must-play shooter	06/04/07	9/10
Operation Wolf	Encounter an identical casting of battle-hardened guerrillas - and gun them all down!	06/13/05	9/10
R-Type	Because we're soilders we must lay down and die. A lot.	07/24/06	9/10

Dreamcast

Demolition Racer	Slowing for corners, and double-checking your mirrors will not work here.	05/05/03	8/10
KISS: Psycho Circus	The reason why Phil Collins doesn't have his own video game.	09/02/05	3/10

Game Boy

Fortress of Fear	Considerably less appealing than reparative surgery.	03/22/05	1/10
R-Type	God brought Rock 'n Roll to you; but Irem brought you shmups.	04/20/06	9/10
Zelda: Link's Awakening	Of articulate fowls, snoozing aquatic behemoths, and a lost Link.	02/16/05	9/10

Game Boy Advance

Doom II	You versus Hell. Kill or be killed.	01/21/05	8/10
Shining Soul	Shining branches to the GBA - with varying results.	12/09/04	6/10

Game Boy Color

International Track & Fi	How not to make track-meet games in one easy lesson.	03/11/05	2/10
Monkey Puncher	Fighting Monkeys good. Droning receptiveness baaaaaaad!	02/14/06	6/10
Zelda: Link's Awakening DX	Link leaves the little lady at home where she belongs!	04/18/06	9/10

GameCube

Micro Machines	Suffer, the little cars.	04/21/05	5/10
THUG 2	Sagacious Skating Shenanigans -- Minus The Fun	07/31/06	3/10

GameGear

Defeat Hell. Using a ball. A blue one.

07/05/07

6/10

Genesis

3 Ninjas Kick Back	This is why pirates are considered cooler than ninjas.	10/01/05	3/10
Bio-Hazard Battle	Get your shoot on.	08/17/05	9/10
Bio-Ship Paladin	Meet a varying subsection of natural selection -- and blow them all up!	11/10/05	9/10
Buck Rogers	Futuristic turn based strategy, done old school. Interesting contradiction.	11/23/04	8/10
Devilish: The Next Possession	Bad Omen has a bypass strength of 73%	06/26/06	6/10
Shining in the Darkness	The game that started the legend of all things Shining.	12/05/04	8/10

PC

Ark of Time	Average.	04/17/06	5/10
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005	A clear boundry strike!	04/13/06	8/10
Secret of Monkey Island, The	Point 'n' click pirate shenanigans. Plus primates.	05/09/05	8/10
Technomage: Return of Eternity	-1 point for having a lead named Melvin!	04/13/06	7/10
The Thing	Potential was given the cold shoulder here	05/31/07	7/10
X-COM: Terror From the Deep	Enemy unknown + pumped-up AI. Little else.	04/17/06	8/10
X-COM: UFO Defense	The chances of Martians invading the Earth are a million to one. But still, they come.	03/24/05	10/10

PlayStation

Ark of Time	The bottom of the console point 'n' click food chain.	01/28/03	5/10
Breath of Fire III	Orphaned dragon up for adoption. Fire-retardant furniture recommended.	01/12/05	8/10
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	A tale of international intrigue with the odd killer clown	06/27/05	9/10
Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition	If simplicity is golden, this game is should be locked away in Fort Knox.	02/25/05	9/10
Chrono Cross	Broken systems and convulted runnings do not a good game game make.	02/21/06	1/10
Demolition Racer	Bringing the boom	04/17/06	7/10
Koudelka	Abbeys in rural Wales are packed full of evil abominations - apparently	07/01/04	7/10
Monsterseed	This game doesn't even deserve a witty tagline.	12/13/04	1/10
Star Ocean 2	Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away.....	07/18/05	9/10
Technomage: Return to Eternity	Maybe the worst named lead ever stars in a surprisingly enjoyable RPG.	02/10/03	7/10
The Legend of Dragoon	For the love of a game.	09/08/05	9/10
Wild Arms	Today's inspirational tale: sometimes the underdogs come through.	02/11/05	9/10
X-COM: Terror from the Deep	Invading alien forces; harder to shift then the most stubborn of grass stains.	02/02/03	8/10
X-COM: UFO Defense	Invading aliens forces, and the fun destroying them brings.	01/29/03	9/10

PlayStation 2

50 Cent: Bulletproof	Nah; this ride is whack, yo.	12/13/05	3/10
Arc the Lad: Twilight	Lost and found.	05/12/06	7/10
Brian Lara 2005	Show respect for the boys in white.	10/10/05	8/10
Conflict: Desert Storm	Dedicated to the hobbit gaming society	01/23/06	7/10
Conflict: Desert Storm II	Bang Bang - You're Dead. Oh, You're So Easily Lead.	08/18/06	7/10
Dark Cloud	An exercise in mediocrity.	05/24/05	5/10
Ghost in the Shell	It's another one of those blood-fests	01/02/06	9/10
LMA Manager 2004	Football, and the playing of -- the lazy way.	03/28/05	8/10
Micro Machines	Another case of a game receiving a 128bit facelift, and suffering from the same consequences as Mr Jackson.	10/25/04	5/10
Ring of Red	Robots! Thousands of them!	03/30/05	7/10
The Thing	The chills comes from the snow and rarely the horror.	03/06/06	7/10
THUG 2	Skateboarding's Darkest Hour	05/17/07	3/10

SNES

3 Ninjas Kick Back	Poof that nobody likes pint-sized ninjas.	04/13/06	3/10
Shadowrun	I've been waiting. In the shadows.	08/01/05	9/10
Tenchi Muyou! Game-Hen	Anime - to - game converts scare me, as well they should; they suck. An exception?	12/01/04	7/10

TurboGrafx-16

Please note the lack of religious significance in this tagline.

05/23/07

9/10

Xbox

007 Everything / Nothing	A ying-yang of that which works and that which doesn't, neither side tipping the scales in its favour.	01/13/05	6/10
50 Cent: Bulletproof	Guns don't kill people; third-rate rappers do.	03/28/06	3/10
Brian Lara 2005	The funny old game of cricket.	09/17/05	8/10
Conflict: Desert Storm	Invade the Gulf with all the fringe benefits, sans the oil.	11/18/04	7/10
Conflict: Desert Storm II	Decorated war hero, or smouldering corpse: It won't take long to find out which you are.	12/16/04	7/10
JP: Operation Genesis	To your left, the noble herbivores; to your right, rampaging raptors intent on consuming your flesh.	01/07/05	7/10
LMA Manager 2004	Armchair managers - your new chapter awaits.	01/11/05	8/10
Micro Machines	The end of tiny car racing?	06/17/04	5/10
Silent Hill 4: The Room	Ten feet below the ground.	06/15/06	3/10
The Thing	Horror in the snow-swept wilderness -- and not a yeti in sight.	04/10/05	7/10
THUG 2	Too many juvenile shenanigans, not enough skating.	05/04/06	3/10