Contributor Recognition : Rottenwood

Arcade Games

BurgerTime	Hot Dog! We Have A Weiner!	12/09/04	7/10
Golden Axe	Lots Of Action. Not Much Clothing.	12/13/04	7/10
Knights of the Round	Final Knight	12/08/04	5/10
Mr. Do!	Clowns Are Scary	12/10/04	6/10
Pac-Man	Golden Oldie	07/28/04	10/10

Dreamcast

ChuChu Rocket!	The Joys Of Animal Abuse	12/14/04	7/10
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Who Needs The Outside World, Anyhow?	11/28/00	9/10

DS

Animal Crossing WW	Yardwork, Package Delivery, Home Decorating... Talk About Fun!	03/01/06	8/10
New Super Mario Bros.	Hey, Don't I Know You?	05/24/06	9/10
Phoenix Wright	Phoenix Wright = 'Law & Order' + Beer	11/20/05	9/10
Super Monkey Ball T&R	Frozen Bananas	03/08/06	5/10
Super Princess Peach	Sugar, Spice, And Savage Umbrella Beatings	03/06/06	7/10

DVD Player

Drug Wars

All Hail Lopez

03/24/06

2/10

Game Boy Advance

Bubble Bobble: Old & New	Tiny Bubbles	12/02/04	9/10
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Decent But Disposable Action	07/02/03	6/10
Final Fantasy IV Advance	There And Back Again	12/20/05	7/10
Fire Emblem	The Lance Is Mightier Than The Sword	06/15/04	8/10
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams	Puzzle-ish Platformy Goodness	02/25/02	8/10
Metroid: Zero Mission	The First Lady's First Mission	12/17/04	9/10
Super Mario World	Winner, And Still Champion	02/25/02	10/10
Super Monkey Ball Jr.	It Just Ain't The Same	12/03/04	6/10
Zelda: Minish Cap	Heir To The Golden Throne	01/31/05	10/10

GameCube

Baten Kaitos	Really Rather Charming, Despite Itself	05/03/06	9/10
BloodRayne	Extra Blood But Light On Brains	01/25/03	6/10
Cel Damage	Good For A Few Chuckles, And Not Much Else	01/18/02	5/10
Luigi's Mansion	I'm-a Luigi! Number One!	11/20/01	8/10
Super Monkey Ball	So Fun It's Almost Unfair	11/20/01	9/10
Super Monkey Ball 2	Pure Greatness; Packed Into Little Spheres	07/02/03	9/10
Wario World	Burns Bright But Fades Quickly	07/01/03	7/10

Genesis

Bubsy	You, Sir, Are No Mascot	02/25/00	4/10
ToeJam & Earl	A Most Unique And Wonderful Game	02/06/00	10/10
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron	Reasonably Funky	06/14/04	8/10
Warsong	An Unpolished Gem	07/12/04	8/10
Zombies Ate My Neighbors	A Weird And (Sometimes) Wonderful Game	02/21/00	7/10

NES

Bubble Bobble	Pure, Ridiculous Fun	02/14/00	9/10
Cobra Triangle	So Much Fun, You'll Want To Put An Axe Through Your T.V.!	10/18/00	5/10
Elevator Action	An Equal Mix Of Dullness And Repetition	02/11/00	2/10
Metroid	An Intergalactic Gem	08/20/02	10/10
Paperboy	A Violent Day In The Neighborhood	02/19/00	5/10

Nintendo 64

Mario Golf	Should Be Called 'Wario Golf'...	01/26/02	9/10
Mortal Kombat 4	Milking Another Drop From The Kash Kow	02/19/00	6/10
NBA Hangtime	Did He Say 'Boom-Shaka-Laka?'	10/11/00	6/10
WCW/NWO Revenge	As A Great Man Once Said: "Whoooooooo!!!"	02/14/05	8/10

PC

Chuzzle Deluxe	Bejewelled - But Fuzzier!	07/07/05	7/10
Civilization II	Improving Upon Perfection	12/06/04	10/10
Diablo II LOD	From Hell's Heart I Click At Thee	12/10/04	8/10
Grand Theft Auto	Plenty Of Style, With Less Substance	02/23/00	4/10
GTA: Vice City	Pink Is The New Black	02/28/05	8/10
Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2	Not Every Game Needs A Sequel	05/24/00	4/10
Leisure Suit Larry	Not 'Real' Larry Action, But Not Completely Awful	06/26/06	6/10
Leisure Suit Larry (VGA)	The Re-Birth Of A Legend	07/27/03	8/10
Leisure Suit Larry 5	The Medallion's Shine Is Fading	07/23/03	4/10
Leisure Suit Larry 6	Addition By Subtraction	07/25/03	9/10
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals	Larry Meets Political Correctness	11/16/00	6/10
Lemmings 2: The Tribes	A Boatload of Lemming Goodness	06/20/04	9/10
Quake	I Miss 'Wolfenstein'	05/24/00	5/10
Quest For Glory I (VGA)	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	06/13/04	10/10
Quest For Glory III	Well, Nobody's Perfect	02/20/00	5/10
Quest for Glory V	I Almost Ignored This Top-Notch Finale... For Shame	02/23/00	9/10
Sam & Max Hit the Road	A Sweet Slice Of Hilarious Insanity	02/23/00	9/10
Sid Meier's Pirates!	Smooth Sailing	01/03/05	9/10
Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls	A Classic Text Adventure By Steve Meretzky	01/30/00	9/10
Spellcasting 201	A Gratuitous But Great Sequel	01/31/00	8/10
Spellcasting 301: Spring Break	A Premature But Fitting Finale To A Great Series	02/01/00	9/10
Star Control 3	A Mighty Disappointment	09/17/01	3/10
Star Control II	An Unforgettable Gaming Experience	06/02/00	10/10
Superhero League of Hobo	A Few Tweaks Short of Perfection	05/22/00	9/10
The Sims	Like Real Life, Only More Addictive	02/11/00	8/10
World of Warcraft	Terrific Neighborhood; Shame About The Neighbors!	09/11/06	8/10
WOW: Wrath of Lich King	Power To The People	02/17/09	9/10
X-COM: Terror From the Deep	A Major Tactical Error	08/23/00	3/10
X-COM: UFO Defense	Just Plain Brilliant	10/12/00	9/10

PlayStation

SkullMonkeys	A Big Ball Of Wackiness	07/26/01	7/10
Soul Blade	Big Swords And Little Brains	11/27/00	9/10
Thousand Arms	Lots Of Arms, But Half A Brain	07/07/05	6/10

PlayStation 2

Ape Escape 2	Follow That Monkey!	07/09/03	9/10
Blitz: The League	Fumbling Towards Ecstacy	02/22/06	8/10
Capcom vs. SNK 2	Way Too Strong To Compete (I Mean, What's Up With That?)	11/04/02	8/10
Contra: Shattered Soldier	Making Stuff Explode (Aggressively)	10/27/02	8/10
Culdcept	Another Unique Gem The PS2 Fanbase Ignored	03/06/04	9/10
Def Jam Vendetta	Who Needs The WWE?	04/06/03	8/10
DOA2: Hardcore	"Victory Excites Me!"	10/04/01	9/10
Grandia III	Shut Up And Fight	03/03/06	7/10
Guilty Gear X2	Prepare To Have Your Socks Thoroughly Rocked	02/09/03	9/10
Katamari Damacy	Innovation At A Discount	07/06/05	9/10
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil	The Wonderful Antithesis To 'Mature' Games	10/02/01	8/10
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory	Capcom Keeps It Real For The Old-Schoolers	02/21/02	8/10
MLB 06: The Show	Respectable Simulation, With A Few Regrettable Quirks	09/11/06	8/10
MVP Baseball 2005	JUST A Bit Outside	08/29/05	8/10
Neo Contra	Bring The Pain	07/21/05	7/10
NHL 2002	Angry Men Wielding Sticks	10/04/01	7/10
Pac-Man World 2	Perfectly Passable Platforming	03/02/02	7/10
R-Type Final	The Wrath Of Dinner Bell	03/07/04	9/10
Rez	Synaesthesia Rocks!	01/25/02	9/10
Samurai Warriors	Same As It Ever Was	05/28/04	8/10
Shadow Hearts	Heart Of Oddness	03/07/06	8/10
State of Emergency	Sad State Of Affairs	02/17/02	5/10
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006	When Men In Underpants Collide	03/14/06	8/10
WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It	Wrestling With Mediocrity	11/22/01	6/10

PlayStation 3

Blitz: The League II

Still Not Quite There Yet

10/23/08

7/10

PSP

Daxter	Now We're Getting Somewhere	03/20/06	9/10
Death Jr.	Wretched and Clank	08/23/05	5/10
Metal Gear Acid	Lacks Polish But Packs Fun	06/27/05	8/10
Metal Gear Acid 2	Half Solid, Half Silly, All Entertaining	04/04/06	9/10
PANGYA: Fantasy Golf	About As Good As Three-Click Golf Gets	08/03/09	9/10
World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer	Gambling In Slow Motion	06/05/06	7/10

SNES

ActRaiser	An Underappreciated Little Gem	11/28/01	9/10
Contra III: The Alien Wars	"Let's Attack Aggressively!"	05/21/00	7/10
Final Fight	Take One On The Chin	02/15/00	3/10
Gradius III	Fly Around! Press Buttons! Blow Stuff Up!	02/21/00	5/10
Secret of Mana	The Wildest 16-Bit Threesome Ever	07/01/03	10/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters	Extremely Adequate!	09/22/02	6/10
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja	It's An Odd Dish, But A Tasty One	02/24/00	8/10
Young Merlin	Could've Been A Contender	10/18/00	6/10

TurboGrafx-16

Bloody Wolf	For Those Who Thought 'Contra' Lacked Action	02/26/00	8/10
China Warrior	Maybe Some Dubbing Might Have Helped	05/22/00	3/10
World Class Baseball	Inexplicably Brilliant	07/23/03	10/10

Wii

Wario Land: Shake It!

Original Gangsta

10/29/08

8/10

Xbox

Blinx: The Time Sweeper	Cats Sure Make Lousy Mascots	11/10/02	4/10
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Fun With Sticks!	01/25/03	9/10
Dead or Alive 3	So Dumb And Pretty, It's Sure To Be Popular	02/21/02	6/10
Halo 2	With A Little Marketing, This Game Could Be A Hit	01/03/05	8/10
Halo: Combat Evolved	The Latest Model On The F.P.S. Assembly Line	01/25/02	7/10
Max Payne	Insert Pain-Related Pun Here	01/29/02	8/10
Max Payne 2	Blood And Guts	02/03/05	9/10
Namco Museum	Nostalgia Meets Value	07/27/04	8/10
ToeJam & Earl 3	Putting The Funk Back Into Your Trunk	10/30/02	9/10
WWF Raw	Yay! Another Rushed Wrasslin' Game!	02/20/02	6/10

Xbox 360

Grand Theft Auto IV	Sucker Punch	05/27/08	7/10
Resident Evil 5	Preventing The Apocalypse Via The Buddy System	04/24/09	9/10
Saints Row 2	Grand Theft: Game Design	02/17/09	8/10