Archive for the ‘Simulation’ Category

ROMiniscing: ActRaiser (Super NES)

Monday, July 20th, 2009

[ Superior ] Epic Legendary

ActRaiser

There are only so many variations to the Platforming model, but when the market was saturated with this genre, we gamers were treated to every possible iteration. Whether they were inserting RPG elements like in E.V.O. or pushing the model to its limit like in Kid Chameleon, developers built some amazing experiences from the “Platformer” scaffolding. One game that demonstrates this particularly well is Enix’s Hack-and-slash platformer\City-building Sim ActRaiser. And so, let’s ROMinisce.

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ROMiniscing: Uniracers \ Unirally (Super NES)

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Superior [ Epic ] Legendary

Uniracers

Rockstar Games might mean “hookers, killing sprees, and Hot Coffee” to Jack Thompson, but back when they were DMA Design they were better known for a quirky puzzle-solver called Lemmings.  A slightly lesser-known but equally goofy and enjoyable game, Uniracers (Unirally in PAL regions), is the subject of this week’s ROMiniscing.

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