Category: Video Game Reviews

All the video game reviews

Review #1290 – JAWS: Retro Edition (Switch)

Somewhere along the way, someone decided that JAWS needed to be brought back to the masses and in a way that doesn’t entirely suck… which is funny because of the various LJN-published licensed games based on popular movies, JAWS was probably one of the less sucky ones to pick out of the lot and this enhanced version… well, I can appreciate the effort and the ambition if nothing else.

Oh, and I see Jeremy Parrish of NES Works fame had a hand in this development. Now I know who to blame for time lost replaying this rubbish… but do check out his Youtube channel, which is always quality material.

Review #1288 – The Peace Keepers (Super NES)

Hey, look at that. This one’s early, so let’s keep the peace, everyone… by beating everyone up into pieces… or something… I don’t know…

The final game in the Rushing Beat trilogy left me a bit conflicted, but not as bad as Rival Turf, I suppose. On the fence as to whether I’ll be getting the new one that’s out in a month… yes, there’s another coming up… that’s all we need these days are more of these revivals that are… well… that’s another story for another time.

Review #1286 – Rival Turf (Super NES)

Beating the rush with Rival Turf, for when Final Fight at home isn’t good enough, you can play the somehow even lesser version of Fight Fight At Home at home… and this one has 2-player co-op!

This week has us venturing through the localized ports of the Rushing Beat trilogy, which will also include subsequent titles Brawl Brothers and The Peace Keepers. Despite my claim of a trio of mediocre brawlers, Rival Turf is probably the only game to really fit that descriptor… which is good because I’d hate to play three of these things that are out and out bad.

Review #1285 – River Rescue (Atari 8-Bit)

Another dip into Antstream, you say? Will wonders ever cease? Of course, they will, but until then, we’ve got River Rescue, a game that makes me wish I were playing River Raid, instead. But the Xbox Game Pass has that and the stream there is kinda shit… even though it’s powered by Antstream, which generally runs okay at home… not so much off my phone, which doesn’t surprise me.

Review #1282 – Breakers Collection (Switch)

One of the early 2025 leftovers that somehow got lost in the shuffle, but much like Breakers itself, it’s better late than never. No gripes about the timing of this stuff… though plenty of gripes about everything else.

Expect more of this stuff down the road.

Review #1281 – Super Valis IV (Super NES)

Imagine calling yourself Super and not quite living up to the moniker. That’s Super Valis IV in a nutshell… but is it a genuinely bad game or is it just a matter of tarnished reputations? A good question that this video does not answer, but it does bring this journey through the Valis series to a close.

Hey, you know what? I thoroughly enjoyed the trip through that series and was happy to explore most of the nook and crannies of that series. Maybe some day, I’ll stomach up the effort to go through the Valis computer games and turn those into videos, but that’s for much later down the road when I feel like doing MSX videos again.