Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid was perhaps the most talked about game on the floor of the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo (better known as ‘E3’). That was quite the achievement when you consider the competition consisted of heavyweight titles like Quake 2, Unreal, Panzer Dragoon Saga, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, GoldenEye and Banjo Kazooie…
Parasite Eve
The mid to late 90s saw something of a boom for Japanese horror themed books, films and eventually, games. Parasite Eve (1995) is a science fiction horror novel by Hideaki Sena. While it would not be published in English until 2005, the book proved quite popular in Japan and would eventually see a sequel in the form of the video game. The game, released in 1998, was also titled Parasite Eve…
Burning Rangers
One of the great tragedies of the Sega Saturn is the fact that it never saw a true sequel to the excellent and incredibly popular Sonic the Hedgehog games. The team behind the games, creatively titled Sonic Team, would instead give the Saturn another very special game in its twilight years; Burning Rangers…
Radiant Silvergun
Radiant Silvergun is Treasure’s first attempt at a traditional vertical-scrolling shooter. Any concerns that might have been had about Treasure taking on a new genre were quickly dismissed when the game was seen in action and experienced…
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
The original Jazz Jackrabbit released all the way back in 1994 on Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system. It would be four years before the iconic PC game would see a sequel in Jazz Jackrabbit 2…
