How Core Design’s ambitious four-player co-op game disappointed me by the time I reached the bottom of its city. — After developing a series of Tomb Raider games, Core Design wanted to make something different and ambitious. The result was Project Eden, an action-adventure game where the player solves puzzles by using four characters. The game had good reviews but didn’t sell enough to warrant a sequel, which is a…

Artdink has developed strange and unique games. In Tail of the Sun, you’re dropped into a world as a caveman and explore with no guidance… — Artdink has developed strange and unique games. In Tail of the Sun, you’re dropped into a world as a caveman and explore with no guidance. In No One Can Stop Mr. Domino, you must set up and topple rows of dominoes to solve puzzles. Artdink is most known for A-Train…

The most notable games based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s manga are Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Death or Survival, and Kaiji… — The most notable games based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s manga are Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Death or Survival, and Kaiji: Steel Beam Crossing of Despair. On the other hand, there’s more Kaiji games that seem to be lost to time. Around 2003 to 2004, Taito released multiple games based…

In July of 1998, Hudson Soft published B.L.U.E. Legend of Water, an underwater adventure game that sank into obscurity. Videos of the game… — In July of 1998, Hudson Soft published B.L.U.E. Legend of Water, an underwater adventure game that sank into obscurity. Videos of the game on YouTube have a couple thousand views, and there doesn’t seem to be many discussions about the game online. Perhaps the game was ignored during what many…

Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji is one of the strangest games I’ve ever played. — Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji is one of the strangest games I’ve ever played. It’s basically a rock-paper-scissors game for PlayStation, and it cost nearly sixty dollars upon its release. On the surface, a game centered on rock-paper-scissors would be too simplistic. The gameplay would consist of randomly selecting a gesture and…

As a crewmate, there’s an inevitable presence at the start of every match in Among Us. My goal is to perform menial tasks assigned to me… — As a crewmate, there’s an inevitable presence at the start of every match in Among Us. My goal is to perform menial tasks assigned to me. However, someone disguised as a crewmate is trying to disrupt that. …

The Game Boy and Game Boy Color had tons of RPGs, platformers, and puzzle games. On the other hand, the detective genre only had eight… — The Game Boy and Game Boy Color had tons of RPGs, platformers, and puzzle games. On the other hand, the detective genre only had eight games. Five of them were based on Detective Conan, a popular manga series about a kid detective who solves murder cases. The first two Detective…

Boxing games have a bad track record when it comes to handheld game consoles. Simple and uninspired gameplay, uninteresting visuals, and… — Boxing games have a bad track record when it comes to handheld game consoles. Simple and uninspired gameplay, uninteresting visuals, and lack of replay value permeate handheld boxing games. This lack of quality rings true for games on the Game Boy Advance. Punch King, Boxing Fever, and Wade Hixton’s Counter…

Examining the unused ending of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure — One of the reasons why Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is an anti-RPG is because it subverts the tropes of 2D-sprite based RPGs such as Dragon Quest. It does this is by first having you go through the banal actions of a stereotypical RPG called Fake Moon. You loot, kill monsters…