• Taz-Mania (SNES)

    ...the Tasmanian outback, scarfing up a set number of tiny yellow grounded birds in each of the game’s fifteen levels. After you’ve eaten your assigned number of birds (ranging from...

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    Dear Readers: What is an RPG?

    ...definition of a role-playing game really is. After looking back at all of the RPGs that I’ve beaten, I realized that the number of such games is embarrassingly small, and...

  • Swordquest: WaterWorld

    ...WaterWorld invoked the same “find and place items” style of gameplay as its two predecessors, with the only notable difference being a marginal decrease in the number of items and...

  • 101010, Chapter 4: Rules of the Game

    ...style font. To ensure that all players are present, please press your hand to the screen in the order of bracelet numbers, 1-10. “Okay, who’s one?” Paul called, and there...

  • 101010, Chapter 7: Four-Player Versus

    ...half the deck. Place down cards, and whoever has the higher number takes both cards. Your goal is to get the entire deck. If you both play the same number,...

  • Q&AmeCola: Your First Game

    ...up to the screen. Wasn’t that just a generic romp through Nostalgia World? (Jeff is the author of “Gamera Obscura.”) Christian Porter Number Magic The year was 1984. I was...

  • Dwarf Fortress (PC)

    ...age, average mineral quantities, and number of legendary beasts. Once you’ve inputted your parameters, you’ll literally see the world form up, climates change, and civilizations rise and fall. In the...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu (SFC)

    ...(because apparently he had even stronger versions of the Ginyu force in fat numbers just flying around Namek waiting for you). That part is really weird, but the way the...

  • Memory Cards: Dragon Warrior Monsters

    ...It isn’t so much that the game is difficult as it is incredibly long and annoying. Dungeons are randomly generated with a set number of floors, each containing a set...

  • [NSFW] Sol-Feace (SCD)

    ...almost every second shoots a different challenge at you and the sheer number of ways they do that is pretty impressive, even for a shooter from this era (although I...