Real shame about Quintet, you know? It started so well. Masaya Hashimoto and Tomoyoshi Miyazaki played big parts in making Nihon Falcom game...

It’s time to confess something: I liked BloodStorm . Yes, that BloodStorm . Strata’s 1994 arcade fighter that tried to outdo Mortal Komb...

Our story begins with Athena , perhaps the most detested game that SNK released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. While most of SNK’s ea...

It’s unfairly hard to dislike Lupin III. He’s one of the most appealing staples of the anime industry, and perhaps that’s due to his inspira...

Westone’s Monster World IV is full of adorable details. There’s the smile that heroine Asha wears after filling a bucket with water. There’...

A wise observer once described Gainax as two diametrically opposed anime studios in one. Good Gainax takes chances and creates interesting ...

Much can be written about Diehard GameFan. Originally a catalog for Dave Halverson’s Diehard Gamers’ Club, the magazine launched in 1993 and...

Let's discuss Undercover Cops , Irem’s gem of an arcade brawler from 1992. It follows the rules of a Final Fight clone, but it adds all...

Nintendo conquered the second half of the 1980s with video games, but the publishing industry certainly helped. While Nintendo Power stands ...

It’s time I talked about toys. I’ve acquired a number of them over the years: some bought, some received as gifts, and some offered as promo...

It’s very hard to find an NES game with a decent story—or any story at all, for that matter. Many of them have premises, introductions, moti...

[Might Have Been tracks the failures of promising games, characters, and companies. This installment looks at Nuts & Milk, released for ...

[Tape Test covers notable anime available in North America only through old VHS releases. This installment looks at Twilight of the Cockroac...

I haven’t done much with Tape Test. With this week’s installment, I’ve put up only three entries in as many years. There’s a reason for that...

I haven't collected games in a while. I was into it thick and stupid for a few years when I lived in Ohio, because that's how your e...

Captain Commando was a veritable chameleon among game mascots. As mentioned in a recent feature at 1up.com , the Capcom icon started off as ...

Wonder Boy in Monster Land may have a title both generic and silly, but it’s an important game in the history of Westone and their biggest ...

One good thing about liking Street Fighter is the knowledge that you can ignore just about every movie and TV series it inspires. After all...

Game manuals are a dying breed. As the industry shifts toward online distribution and cheap packaging, manuals grow thinner and less informa...