Game Data: Review Date: June 13, 2021 Release Date: March 4, 1994 Platform: SNES Publisher: Acclaim Developer: Midway Genre: Sports Anecdotes: Back in the 90s, it became an annual tradition to watch the Bulls, especially Michael Jordan, dominate the league. If there was a Bulls playoff game that night, we were watching it. The NBA… Continue reading NBA Jam
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Rampage
Review Date: April 6, 2021 Release Date: December 1, 1988 Platform: NES Publisher: Data East, Bally Midway Genre: Beat Em Up? Anecdotes: This was another game my brothers played a ton, but I just couldn’t get into it. I saw them spend hours playing this game. Because of that, I thought I’d give it a… Continue reading Rampage
Spy Hunter
Review Date: January 31, 2021 Release Date: Crash and Burn Season, 1984 Platform: Atari 800 Developer: Bally Midway Genre: Shooter Anecdotes: Every once in a while, there are games, even old games, that I have never played. I’m playing Spy Hunter blind. The only things I know in advance are that it used the Peter… Continue reading Spy Hunter
Ms. Pac-Man
Review Date: January 17, 2021 Release Date: February 3, 1982 (I used the arcade date because it was exact) Platform: Atari 800 Genre: Puzzle Anecdotes: Good God, did we have a lot of fun hours with this game or what? This game was pure fun. In my house, there were three basic ideas we went… Continue reading Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Review Date: January 10, 2021 Release Date: December 1, 1980 (although I’m questioning that now when the version I’m playing says 1982) Platform: Atari 800 Genre: Puzzle Anecdotes: Ok, it was at this point where I was happy we had the 800 while two of the sets cousins had the 2600. We had the good… Continue reading Pac-Man
Space Invaders
Review Date: January 9, 2021 Release Date: March ??, 1980 Platform: Atari 2600 (and about 600 other platforms; it was multiconsole before that was a thing) Genre: Shooter Anecdotes: Being born in 1977, I was a bit young for the Space Invaders craze, but we did own a copy of the 800 version later on.… Continue reading Space Invaders