Archive for Tag: Base Wars

  • Q&AmeCola: NES Games Remastered

    Columns Columns by Matt Jonas and GameCola Staff on Comments2

    Remakes of classic games are hot these days. What NES games would YOU like to see remade with modern technology?

  • What the Crap?: Silly Sports Scarcity

    Columns Columns by Mark Freedman on

    I know there isn't much sports chatter here @ GameCola, but sports games are a great chance for non-athletic types to juke, putt, dunk, slide tackle, punch, headbutt...whatever your taste may be. In the olden days, sports games weren't simulations; they were what started the idea of "arcade" style, meaning you could sit down with a group of people and play a sport in an unrealistic and fun way, but still stay true to the basic nature of the sport's rules. There's not really that many videogames that do this anymore, and I don't understand why. Such games have a wide audience of both sports fans and multiplayer-game fans, and they're so damn fun to play. If you want a realistic sports game, just watch a real-life sport!

  • Base Wars (NES)

    Reviews Reviews by Mark Freedman on Comments4

    Hey, a new season of baseball has started, and that means that the Orioles are doing pretty crappy. Baseball is pretty boring, though. There are little-to-no robots or weapons. This is where Base Wars

  • Top of the Heap: Sports Games in Which You Kill People

    Columns Columns by Christian Porter on

    If there’s one thing Top of the Heap does and does right, it's that it treat serious current events with the respect they deserve. So, with that in mind, this month’s heap is a tribute to one of the biggest news stories around right now: the murder/suicide of Chris Benoit. If only Princess Di had waited until the Burnout games were released—then she would have gotten a totally sweet tribute, too.