We celebrate the end of Spooky Season with a week-long trip to Murderworld.
Tag: Super NES
Review #1381 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Super NES)
We revisit Sony’s take on Coppola’s take on Dracula by reviewing the lesser SNES version of the same game we played on Sega Genesis… which turned out not quite as dire as I was lead to believing. Still, why play this when Super Castlevania IV exists on the same platform?
Review #1347 – X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Super NES)
The Mutant Apocalypse that is Taiwan Bootlegging has infected the X-Men Vs. Street Fighter universe that exists somewhere in the multiverse of madness. Take a ride down this (not quite) interesting (enough) software and instantly regret it.
Review #1346 – Spectre (Super NES)
Honestly, regardless of the actual game, I remain largely impressed with the technical aspects of Spectre on SNES. More on this in the video above.
Review #1345 – HyperZone (Super NES)
From the early days of SNES comes a highly regarded tech demo… or so I’ve been told. But it is, at the very least, a game that you can play and enjoy… so there’s that, I guess.
Review #1342 – Squirrel (Super NES)
No, you’re not getting Goof Troop and Bonkers this year, but you are getting the SNES conversion of the almighty Squirrel King, who lost his crown along the way. Gee, I wonder why that is?
In other, unrelated news, this review has become the overall 6,600 post published on this here blog. The numbers are much higher behind the scenes, but we’re getting inches closer to the super demon number.
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 #1287 – Brawl Brothers (Super NES)
Part 2 of the Rushing Beat trilogy disguised as another generic brawler. Best run away or run to? I dunno!
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 #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.