One on one fighting games have come a long way since he early 90s where the likes of Street Fighter and X-Men dominated the video game industry. Nowadays, due to the improvements of graphics, special effects and new capabilities, fighting games are no longer 2D and left to right fighting, but rather a whole new [...]
My god there was some great video games in the early 90s. After cleaning out my childhood closet at home I stumbled across a stack of Nintendo video games I used to play as a youngster. I was almost shocked to find NBA Jam was still in its case.
For the Australian video game fans, they probably know what I am talking about when I mention the game Aussie Rules Footy. The video game was released in 1991 on the Nintendo gaming console and was one of the first ever arcade formats of the much-loved sport. Made by Mattel and released only in Australia, [...]
Duke Nuken 3D was the hottest video game on the market two decades ago. In the 90s, the single player shooting game was one of the most influential games on the younger generation since Pacman was invented.
One of the greatest multi player releases in the history of video games would have to be Nintendo’s Mario Kart. Released in 1992, the game was a go-kart style racing game where you would battle against other Nintendo characters including, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad and Bowser to name a few.
Head to head fighting games have evolved a long way since the 80s and 90s, and in fact, with the 3D capabilities and technological developments available today, they are slowly becoming extinct.
California Games took the video game world by storm when it was released all the way back in 1987. The game was released by Epyx sports and included all sports that were synonymous with Californian culture such as skateboarding, freestyle footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX.
With the recent passing away of pop legend Michael Jackson, video gamers around the world rushed to their garage’s to dig out their Sega gaming consoles, and blow the dust off Michael Jackson’s first ever video game, Moonwalker. Released in 1989, the game featured a white tuxedo clad MJ, who danced his way through the [...]
Vying with Doom for the title of most significant first-person shooter (FPS) game ever is Wolfenstein 3-D, a groundbreaking 1992 release that has been re-released by Activision on the PSN Network. You play as William ‘BJ’ Blazkowicz, an Ally spy captured by the Nazis during WWII. Blazkowicz is trying to escape from Castle Wolfenstein the [...]
Crash Bandicoot was the face of PlayStation for a very long time in the console’s early years. After three highly successful Crash Bandicoot games – in which the protagonist span his way through jungle scenarios tearing up boxes and anything else that got in his way – developer Naughty Dog decided to take the violent [...]