Friday, 6 February 2015

The Legend of Zelda TV programme

News came out today that Netflix are in the early stages of developing a TV series based on The Legend of Zelda. According to the report (which can be found at The Wall Street Journal website) the series will be a "Game of Thrones for a family audience".

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

SFII car bonus round in real life.


Video by Versus FightingTV

As the post title states It's the Street Fighter II bonus round done in real life.

Give it a watch.

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Resident Evil 2 fan remake


Youtube user Rod Lima has created a fan remake of Resident Evil 2 using the Unreal Engine 3 and it looks brilliant.

Due to it being a fan remake it unfortunately won't be able to play but it can be viewed on Youtube by clicking on the video above.

Monday, 2 February 2015

Completed Games January 2015

Three games completed in the first month of the year. One terrible game, one decent game and one enjoyable game.

First up was Mystery Case Files: Millionheir, a game that I remember being advertised as being like Professor Layton a series which I really enjoy. Well it's nothing like Professor Layton as it's just one of those search for an item and click on it kind of games, the ones that you tend to get free on social media sites and the kind that get repetitive rather quickly.

I'll stop there as a full review will be coming up at some point soon.

Second and third were Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness, two games that I've alreadyreviewed and two games that I did pretty much enjoy overall despite them being far from perfect games.

Overall January was a time of completion of really mixed games.

Sunday, 1 February 2015

January purchases

The first month of the year threw up some very pleasing games and gifts.

First were the late Christmas gifts from a very good friend of mine which are the Mario sweets and they are rather good designs. Second were Dragon Quest, Dead or Alive and Resident Evil: Mercenaries which were picked up rather cheaply in a sale and third was Ace Attorney and Professor Layton. I never thought that I would see the game in the shops round here and especially not new and sealed. It was in another sale so I picked it up straight away which I was very pleased about.

All in all a very good month for buys and gifts I reckon.

Friday, 30 January 2015

Jurassic World / Avengers Lego

Yesterday it was announced that the Lego juggernaut will continue to roll through peoples wallets with two new games to be released this year, Jurassic World and Marvel's Avengers.

Marvel's Avengers will follow the story of the two films whilst Jurassic World will follow not only the upcoming fourth film but also the third film. Avengers was to be expected at some point with the previous releases of Marvel Superheroes and three Batman/DC games but Jurassic World was a pleasant surprise, a pleasant surprise that will also most likely rake in the money.

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness / Pac-Man World (GBA) review - Part two

I decided at the last minute to split the post into two posts due to the length so here is the review for Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness.

A year after Pac-Man World was released developed Namco and Full Fat released Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness a short and fun game for the PS1, N64, Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance. Playing differently to Pac-Man World which was a platform game Maze Madness is a four-direction puzzle game which plays like the original Pac-Man game.

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness / Pac-Man World (GBA) review - Part one

Back in 1999 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pac-Man developers Namco and Full Fat released Pac-Man World and a year later released Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness, two games that are rather fun to play on the GBA.

Ms. Pac-Man was originally released on the PS1, N64 and Dreamcast whilst Pac-Man was only released on the PS1 before being ported to the GBA. Due to this the games are slightly different to their console counterparts and have less features but this doesn't make them any less enjoyable as far as I'm aware. The main difference is the lack of multi-player which is no big loss though it's a shame that some levels have had to be left out alongside the original Pac-Man which would have been a nice extra to play on a handheld.

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters review

"If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up."

I imagine by now that anyone with a vested interest in video games will have watched The King of Kong, unfortunately I myself have only just gotten round to watching it and I wish that I had watched it sooner.

Now before I go on I'll just say that there is controversy that surrounds this film so for the purpose of the review I''m just going to concentrate on the actual film and will mention the controversy at the end.

Monday, 26 January 2015