Contributor Recognition : Pluvius

Atari 7800

Ninja Golf

If golf was like this, I might watch it. (I wouldn't be dumb enough to play it.)

04/10/07

7/10

Famicom Disk System

Lutter

A strange amalgam of genres for an ill-fated system.

03/28/07

7/10

Lynx

Xenophobe

In space, no one can hear you blow crap up.

07/14/08

7/10

NES

Columbus	What could've been a good game based on the legendary explorer turns out disappointing.	06/09/08	4/10
Dark Lord	East meets West in a flawed but good RPG.	09/05/06	7/10
Esper Dream 2	Someone in Japan thought the quote "Open a book, open the world" was literal.	09/22/06	6/10
Final Fantasy III	For this, I can almost forgive Square for Final Fantasy II. Almost.	11/27/06	9/10
Hit the Ice	Sometimes games aren't released for a reason.	08/14/06	3/10
Just Breed	Enix's last game for the Famicom is as good as you might expect.	08/14/06	8/10
Kaijuu Monogatari	A valiant attempt at adding computer RPG fundamentals to a console RPG.	08/14/06	5/10
King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch	An early movie-based game that doesn't suck.	08/14/06	6/10
Kouryu Densetsu Villgust	This late Famicom RPG has good graphics... and that's about it.	08/15/06	3/10
Might and Magic	The beginning of one of the great pioneers of Western RPGs, enhanced for the console.	01/10/07	6/10
Mirai Shinwa Jarvas	This is the kind of game that makes you wonder why Nintendo even bothered with a Seal of Quality.	02/05/09	1/10
Moon Crystal	A very surprising release from a company best known for niche intellectual games.	08/14/06	8/10
Portpia Renzoku Satsujin	A pioneer that's better remembered as a historical event than as an actual game.	08/14/06	4/10
Radia Senki: Reimeihen	This game makes it hard to believe that Tecmo was also responsible for Secret of the Stars.	08/14/06	8/10
Rainbow Silkroad	A console RPG where the most important thing is not experience, but economics.	08/14/06	7/10
Romance of the Three Kin	Too simplistic to be worth playing over its sequels.	01/29/07	4/10
Spelunker II: Yuushahe n	Like the original game, but not.	08/14/06	7/10
STED: Iseki Wakusei no Yabou	A console RPG with an unusual setting and a couple of good ideas... Too bad it's horrible.	08/14/06	2/10
Sugoro Quest: Dice no Senshi Tachi	This translated game gives Westerners a rare glimpse at the board-game RPG, a genre that was popular on the Famicom.	08/14/06	7/10
Sweet Home	The real first survival horror game.	08/14/06	8/10
Tenchi o Kurau II	A great Japan-only improvement of the original game, and a worthy representation of a classic novel.	08/14/06	8/10
The Krion Conquest	This review is for the Japanese version of a game that was melted down into its core components for America.	08/14/06	7/10
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar	The worst version of a game isn't that bad when it's a genre-defining game.	02/26/07	8/10
Venus Senki	One great idea is unfortunately not enough to make a game.	08/14/06	4/10
Yume Penguin Monogatari	With the pro-weight-loss message in this game, I guess it's no surprise that Konami went on to create Dance Dance Revolution years later.	08/14/06	7/10

PC

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam	This independent freeware effort definitely slams with the best.	08/14/09	8/10
DEFCON: Everybody Dies	Good for 15 dollars, though I wouldn't say that playing it is "the only winning move."	10/02/06	6/10

Sega Master System

Alex Kidd: High-Tech World	Not the worst of the Alex Kidd games. Just keep in mind that it's for kids.	04/16/07	6/10
Missile Defense 3-D	This game gets a good score simply because its graphics were far ahead of its time.	05/21/07	7/10
Wonder Boy III: The Drag	This game must be what Tenacious D meant by "three-part harmony." Rigagoogoo, rigagoogoo.	07/05/07	7/10
Zillion	Hey, you got your Japanese sensibilities in my Impossible Mission!	07/06/07	7/10

TurboGrafx-16

Bloody Wolf	Probably the closest you'll get to ridiculous 80's action movies on an 8-bit console.	07/24/07	7/10
Gekibo	Just your usual story about a guy, his camera, and nude women throwing panties.	10/10/07	7/10