Retro Game of the Day Archive » September 2012

Retro Game of the Day Archive - September 2012

varklore says:
The story takes place in Salberg. Alchemy, the art to create things using magical ingredients through magical process, is taught to people through the Academy. And then, there's our Heroine, Marlone, a trainee Alchemist with the worst achievement. She was given 3 years to do her best on Alchemy to ...

User Rating: 4.57/5.00

SpiralPegasus says:
When your character eats a pie and a fat man says "AWESOME!" you know you're playing a good game. If the game itself is telling you that it's awesome and you're awesome for playing it, why would you not believe it? There are problems on Funkotron, TJ and Earl's home planet. It seems that since they ...

User Rating: 4.97/5.00

supernintendosp says:
2020 Super Baseball is a game of baseball set in the future year of 2020.  The Super Baseball Association has reached all over the globe and baseball is a very hot trend.  Their main stadium is the Cyber Egg Stadium, and you are one of the players! Pick from two leagues, each consisting of six ...

User Rating: 4.12/5.00

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Alien Syndrome is a top-down shooter where you control a marine and try to rescue trapped civilians from space ships and space stations that have been overrun by aliens before the self destruct destroys the place.  It's a 1 or 2 player game with a variety of weapons.

User Rating: 4.85/5.00

TinSwordArthur says:
A 1992 vertical shoot-em-up where you take control of one of eight pilots/planes (four for each player) from one of four countries: USA, Japan, Sweden, or the UK. Power up your jet's weapons to ridiculous levels as you mow through hordes of tanks, boats, anti-aircraft guns, helicopters, and planes, blow ...

User Rating: 4.51/5.00

aaronshi says:
This is the snes version of the old prince of persia game, however we, the gamers were lucky because Konami handled this port or shall we say re-design, and Konami was one of the greatest game developers for SNES, the original game had 12 levels, this version has 20. With a little of visual violence ...

User Rating: 4.46/5.00

The Wha!? says:
One of Shigeru Miyamoto's lesser known productions. Mole Mania is a challenging puzzle game in which Muddy Mole has to save his family from the farmer, Jinbe. The game puzzles revolve around the player opening locked gates by getting a black ball to them. A simple idea, but met with fiendishly challenging ...

User Rating: 4.42/5.00

tamh says:
The third installment of Sonic's adventures on the Sega Master System and Game Gear revamped completely the series for these two systems. First, you could finally play with Tails, Sonic's faithful sidekick, even including his trademark two-tailed flying ability. Second, chaos emeralds were no longer ...

User Rating: 4.43/5.00

Visual Shmuu says:
If you are willing to venture in the realm of exotic PS1 gaming and if a shmup fan in particular then Philosoma is the right choice. Really bizarre and deep alien story with intermix of all possible shmupping from vertical scrolling to Afterburner type gaming. It even features really unique reverse Afterburner ...

User Rating: 4.77/5.00

blakyoshi says:
Armored Core: Project Phantasma is the sequel to Armored Core. It's a third person shooter where you control a mecha built from chosen parts. You can import save data from the first game to unlock extra parts. If you like the idea of piloting a giant robot and blowing up other robots for cash to upgrade ...

User Rating: 4.66/5.00

Will98 says:
Street Fighter! What else is there to say?   Over 30+ characters, 15 missions. 'Nuff said.   Just full head to head fighting with powerful combos and bone crunching finishing moves.

User Rating: 4.59/5.00

The Mighty Galvatron says:
The final Final Fight to be released on the SNES! Four playable characters to choose from and an option for the computer to play as the 2nd player.( Although he's kind of useless.) Take down the Skull Cross gang and bring order to the chaos of Metro City!

User Rating: 4.41/5.00

Jon F. says:
Street Fighter Alpha 3 could very well be the definitive fighting game of the PlayStation.  Set before the events of the wildly popular Street Fighter II, fight through ten battles to stop M. Bison's plans for the Psycho Drive in Arcade Mode!  Or, if you feel like a different challenge, try ...

User Rating: 4.45/5.00

Alex says:
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is a console role-playing game (RPG) for Sony's PlayStation 2. Chronologically the sixth installment in the Persona series, Persona 4 is a suspenseful countryside murder mystery with multiple twists and turns in the plot that will have you guessing all the way to the end. Megami ...

User Rating: 4.72/5.00

Rob Hartner says:
Vandal Hearts II uses a three-map layout of an overworld map, town map and a battle map. The overworld features a basic map of the country with dots to mark the location of points of interest. Players travel over the overworld map by clicking on the points of interest and moving towards the location ...

User Rating: 4.64/5.00

JJ says:
Now you have a chance to live the classic Disney movie. Slash your way through thugs, corrupt guards, and mythical creatures as you try to save Agrabah from the evil vizir, Jaffar. Be careful, games based on Disney movies back then were notoriously difficult. This game is no exception.

User Rating: 4.48/5.00

L3n0x says:
  Rage of the Dragons is a 2002 tag team fighting game for the Neo Geo hardware by Playmore (currently SNK Playmore). The game was co-developed by the Mexican team Evoga and the Japanese company Noise factory.  Rage of the dragons is an homage to the Double Dragon series. The two lead characters ...

User Rating: 3.96/5.00

wedgeman says:
Heart of Darkness covers the journey of a young man, Andy, as he quests to rescue his dog and overcome his fear of the dark. The FMVs are clunky, and the game can be frustrating at times, but the trial-and-error gameplay somehow adds to the overall charm of the game. From using a lightning cannon, ...

User Rating: 4.76/5.00

zelda42293 says:
This game is soooo awesome!!! It's Monster Trucks and Rock n Roll all in one game!!! Especially the Music! With artists from Black Sabbath, to Deep Purple, this game is a great one for anyone who likes Racing and Rock n Roll! It's music is definetly better quality than the Sega Genesis Version!

User Rating: 4.59/5.00

MasterV says:
Castlevania Chronicles then. If you were expecting an advnture in the vein of Sympohny of the Night, you'd be mistaken. Instead this is a "remake" of the original Castlevania, which came out on the MSX many ages ago.   As such,it is the classic side-scroller action game that you may or may not remember ...

User Rating: 3.54/5.00

Vince says:
This final NES entry in the original Mega Man series brings quite a few things to the table, including secret areas in stages and the Rush Adapters, new forms for Mega Man to enhance his block breaking and jumping abilities. Combined with an excellent soundtrack and still good graphics and you have a ...

User Rating: 4.52/5.00

lfz says:
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is an unexpected adventure/platformer in the Mortal Kombat tradition of violent fighting games and it's very nice. The game develops deeply the background story of Sub-Zero, one of the most popular MK characters, as he is deceived by the evil sorcerer Quan Chi ...

User Rating: 3.95/5.00

Nevetoss says:
A somewhat entertaining fighter that seemed to be more focused on it's humor than it's gameplay. Still, Clay Fighter 63 1/3 certainly isn't boring, and seems to have plenty of high points, especially with friends. The cast is varied enough, with a tough snowman, a fighting piece of taffy, a ...

User Rating: 4.46/5.00

Vince says:
This much unheard of platformer brings some really cool mechanics to the table, with the idea of using electricity to boost jumps, perform ranged attacks, and more. The graphics are really great, and the music does its best with the lackluster Genesis sound chip. Definitely worth a play.

User Rating: 5/5.00

Pontinho says:
Alright, get this: A terrible virus has ravaged America, and now there is only one woman to every thousand man! To protect the remaining women, the government put them in a place no men is going to hurt them: San Francisco, California. The women that remained outside San Francisco are know as Queen ...

User Rating: 4.58/5.00

stirwhip says:
Harmful Park is an easy horizontal-scrolling shoot-em-up made by the relatively unknown company Sky Think System and released only in Japan for the Playstation in 1997. Despite its emphasis on cute aesthetics and simple gameplay, the game is actually very competently made. You have 4 different, well-balanced ...

User Rating: 4.51/5.00

Fugsnarf says:
Adventure is a very classic and well-known Atari 2600 game in which you must find the enchanted chalice and return it to the gold castle. Along the way you must solve puzzles and find various items while fighting off ducks that are supposed to be dragons. It's a great classic and considered the first ...

User Rating: 4.63/5.00

MasterV says:
This is a 3D beat'em up game, in the vein of classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. It is a port of th PSX game of the same name, and it shows, as the graphics are quite blocky indeed. Still, despite it's obvious heritage, it's a good game that you can enjoy with a friend to send a few afternoons ...

User Rating: 4.61/5.00

Mystics Apprentice says:
The original classic arcade game was made for the SNES! YAY! It's just as everyone remembers it: Ms and Mr Pac Man are back and madly eating pellets just as before. There is a one player option, as well as two. The game may look a bit lame at first, but it is really quite catchy and can have you hooked ...

User Rating: 4.19/5.00

MasterV says:
Hydro Thunder is another port of an arcade game for the N64. Back in those days, Midway used to port everything from the arcades to the N64, with varying results. Fortunately this is more of a case of Gauntlet than San Francisco Rush. As in, it's actually very good! The game is an arcade racing game ...

User Rating: 4.33/5.00