Balancing out the clean colours and comical stylings of Westone's Wonder Boy series is the Super Famicom title Dark Half, a turn-based RPG soaked in sombre colours and painterly artwork. The game's defining feature is its unique "zapping" system, the plot switching back and forth between heroic protagonist Falco and Demon Lord antagonist Rukyu over one in-game week, … Continue reading A game of two halves
For whatever reason this 1989 port of Enix's 1987 computer game Jesus: Kyofu no Bio Monster to Nintendo's Famicom was handled by King Records, who are best known in the field for publishing, erm, Jesus: Kyofu no Bio Monster on the Famicom. The game's a creepy sci-fi adventure crafted in an era-standard style with no biblical references whatsoever … Continue reading On the Famicom, no one can hear you scream…
A little note before we get on with this one: Yes, The Fear really is a single game spread across four DVDs housed within two standard PlayStation 2 game cases featuring slightly different covers. Everything I've seen and read so far about this unusual arrangement points towards there never being any sort of outer slipcase … Continue reading Mansion of the hidden keys
Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster 