| Ballblazer
Ballblazer
never needed to be "modernized," it's just the pictures
that got small.
California
Games
Epyx's excellent launch title for the Atari Lynx. Includes BMX,
surfing, skateboarding, and hacky-sack.
Electrocop
What can I say? I root for underdogs.
Fire
Shark
There's never been a more balanced shooter as far as I can remember.
Ever.
Gunstar
Heroes
What a wonderful, thrilling, crazy game.
Herzog
Zwei
How
Technosoft mastered a genre years before anyone knew its existence.
Hikaru
no Go 2
A terrific strategy game that should have been brought to America,
but wasn't.
Kelly
Slater's Pro Surfer
Modern
surfing classic. Those willing to invest the time will discover
a wealth of skills and techniques.
The
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Shigeru
Miyamoto is the master of the videogame. Here is one of his very
best.
Ms.
Pac-Man
Objective:
to kick your ass on Ms. Pac-Man. But what I really want to do is
direct.
M.U.L.E.
Its
casual pace belies a fiendishly competitive classic where friendships
are made and lost in minutes.
NiGHTS:
Into Dreams
Sonic
Team's masterpiece that almost defies description.
Ninja
Gaiden
A
look at one of the great action-platform masterpieces, master of
its domain.
Panic!
(aka Switch)
The wierdest, most tripped-out excuse for a videogame. Crazy wierd
and bloody great.
Robotron
2084
You
are never more than two seconds from death at all times.
Seven
Cities of Gold
One of the smartest, most imaginitive adventure games ever created.
Sonic
CD
Different from the other Sonics, suggesting another way Sonic could
have evolved.
Sonic
the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog destroyed Nintendo, finished them the
way Buster Douglas finished Tyson.
Sonic
the Hedgehog 2
The most successful videogame ever released for the Sega Genesis.
Sonic
3 & Knuckles
S3K is videogaming’s great double album.
Strider
This was a new standard for console games in 1990; flawless arcade
excitement.
Super
Bomberman 2
Learn
how to connect with your youth by hurling bombs at your friends.
Thunder
Force 3
As soon as you plug in TF 3, you know you’re in for
a crazy-fueled ride.
Todd's
Adventure in Slime World
You can see Epyx's eagerness to discover just how far the Lynx can
be pushed.
Warlords
It's all over, and the last man standing is...your little sister.
She's only six and she won? Dammit! |
