Knot in 3D. The short, simple title printed on the side of this game’s case is both a neat little pun as well as the entire premise of the experience residing on the tape within. I am going to make…

Alt: Harrison Ford Says 'Baby Boy. Baby.'

Eternal Odyssey, Sunsoft’s Japanese rebranding of Hong Kong developer GameOne’s PC RPG Eternal Saga begins with two teenage friends practising their sword fighting. One of them is pure-…

Out of the drafts and into… About a thousand million years ago, I decided to follow up my mildly creepy little C64 text adventure Escape the Dragon Caves with a lighter sci-fi offering, written for…

On the surface this is a cute game where I get to splash around with dolphins and take photos of bright orange clownfish near gorgeous coral reefs. On shore I hear tales of pirates, lost treasure, …

I’m cautiously creeping through an old mansion on a stormy night in search of three pieces of a magical urn, the comforting warm glow of a match my only guide. A vampire bat appears close by,…

Does any other game have a grand finalé as immaculately crafted as this one? The title drop in the level name. The way the stage is listed as “FINAL” rather than a simple number, emphas…

This is more than a simple sequel, this game positions itself as a direct continuation of the first, to the point of labelling its pair of (eventually) interconnected scenarios episodes four and fi…

I was utterly terrified of this game when it first hit home computers back in 1987: At the time this is what “realistic” looked like, a 3D space where monsters freely roamed the endless…

It’s time to face my fears! I tend to think of Ecco the Dolphin as not merely some old and difficult game but full-on nightmare fuel; lurking under that adorable splashy dolphin exterior, all…

Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.

Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!

“Welcome to the world of survival horror. Good luck!” Luck is one thing Resident Evil never seems to need. Capcom’s series began life as a global trendsetter and then never really…

This has scared me like nothing else I’ve written about all spooky season; it’s the one game I honestly don’t want to look at screenshots of if I can help it, the one heart-stoppi…

Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.