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Monkeyboy123's Last 5 Game Reviews (view last 25)
Myst
05-23-16 08:13 AM
Best 90's PC Game and Most Frustrating too!
My first memories of Myst were not the usual fond ones that you have, as there was no overflowing nostalgia regarding endless hours of fun I had put in to a game as a child. Instead, there is a game that I didn't fully understand at the time, probably because it was one of the first games of its era to be targeted towards adults. This targeting, combined with the fact that it is one of the most challenging games that you will ever play, means that I got stuck and gave up pretty quickly every time I gave it a go, but have found a new love for it now that I am older, finally getting to play it as the stimulating adventure puzzle game for adults that the developers intended. Myst was designed by two brothers, Robyn and Rand Miller, who were way ahead of their time in producing an open-world exploration role-playing style game a non-linear storyline, like so many successful modern games try to achieve over 20 years later!

So, the game itself. After spending half my adult life playing games like Oblivion and Skyrim, where you have an open world to explore, but still have 'quest trackers' to helpfully light up your way to the next quest target, I found myself pleasantly lost when starting the game. This is the most realistic you could possibly make a game. If you literally found a book and travelled through it to a MYST-erious place and didn't know where you were, then you would have as much knowledge as you do starting out in this game. You would also be limited in gaining further knowledge by exploring every single part of the island, reading books and notes and picking up clues, again as your character has to do in this game. Some may find this level of realism taxing, as if it would be difficult to do in real life then why would I want to spend my relaxing gaming time giving myself a headache trying to figure out all these clues? The answer to that is because the game allows you to not only explore an island in a realistic manner, but it also then draws upon... Read the rest of this Review
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
05-05-16 08:19 AM
Original and Best Alex Kidd Game
Alex Kidd in Miracle World was the very first game I owned for the Sega Master System by virtue of the fact that it came already built into my console. In this game you play the role of the legendary Alex Kidd who seems to get himself in all sorts of trouble on various worlds, this time in Miracle World a.k.a. the planet Aries, where Alex is minding his own business and learning to become the hardest hitting puncher on the planet, when his life is turned upside down. Alex receives the news that people are being turned to stone and his home town is under attack and the only way he can defeat the bad guys (including rather vicious fish) is by punching everyone in the face... or failing that beating them at a game of good ol' rock, paper, scissors, which when won makes the bad guys explode in a puff of smoke and/or release their heads to fly at you. The end of level bad guys, called Paperhead, Rockhead and (you guessed it) Scissorshead were a taste of what was waiting for you with the final bad guy. You could use a crystal  ball item to catch a glimpse of what the opponent was going to choose, but in later levels they would swap this at the last moment, so you had to be quick on the buttons!!

The end of game bad guy, Janken (named after the great paper,rock, scissors game), has his own cool castle which has lots of fiendish rooms for you to make your way through. There is one particular bit where you have to swim underwater past these spiky things... and I simply cannot do it. No matter how many lives I have up until this point, I have never gotten out of this room. This is because while you are not moving underwater Alex likes to float upwards, meaning you have to always be pressing down and a direction to swim, something I seem incapable of achieving (just ask my broken controllers). My brother just swims straight past them as if they weren't even there.

On his journey Alex is able to purchase many cool items from the shops at the start of the ... Read the rest of this Review
Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater 3
05-05-16 04:40 AM
Possibly the best skateboarding game of all time!
It's not easy to churn out another game in a popular franchise and keep the fans happy, but Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was the one where it all finally came together, making the previous two incarnations of this game appear amateurish in comparison.

In this game you are a skateboarder. You can choose from any of the famous faces from the skateboarding world, such as Geoff Rowley, Steve Caballero and Bucky Lasek (as well as Tony Hawk himself of course). You can even play as Bam Margera from the TV show Jackass. Alternatively you can create your own character in the create-a-skater mode, choosing your own clothes, hair and style with loads of accessories to choose from, including tattoos, skate pads and jewellery. Each level has different objectives that you need to achieve to unlock the next level. These can be as simple as performing enough tricks to get a high score, or slightly more difficult when you have to skate around the park and trigger certain events to happen or leap ridiculously high in the air. These also open up new items in the create-a-skater shop. There is also a create-a-skate park mode where you can build your own dream skate park.

The game mechanics allow you to perform many tricks together, meaning you could theoretically do tricks for the entire duration of each level, linking from one to another. As your character progresses you are also awarded stat points which you can distribute on a variety of skills, such as speed, rail balancing and air time, to either specialise or round out your skater's abilities, depending on your own style of play. In reality what you will find is that there is never enough time on each run to complete all the objectives of a level, so you will have to do multiple runs to complete all the goals, possibly many runs to achieve the more difficult ones. i would often spend one run just finding a good spot to link all my combo moves together to achieve the highest score I possibly could, and then spend fu... Read the rest of this Review
Rampart
05-05-16 03:13 AM
A Perfect Blend of an RTS War Game and a Tetris Style Puzzler
Rampart cleverly combines many different aspects that I love in a game, with base building, Missile Command style attack cannons and Tetris style repair methods. In this game you are attempting to build and defend your base fort against nefarious sea invaders who will shoot their boat cannons at your walls and try to land their soldiers to capture your base.

The game is played in rounds and in between each round you get to repair your walls with Tetris style brick shapes, attempting to create a completely enclosed space, preferably with enough squares to fit some cannons in to shoot back at the invading horde. If you fail to completely enclose one of the three castles on your stretch of land then you lose a life. It feels horrible when the timer is ticking down and you just can't get the correct shape of wall you need to fill in that tiny gap, but then feels amazing when (with one second to go) it appears and you punch the air as your flag is raised once more above your castle!

The invading army includes ships that fire normal cannons to knock your walls down, as well as fire ships which should be the first ones you take out because when their shot hits the land then it leaves a scorched hole which you cannot build over in the repair phase. This then makes the later rounds difficult as you struggle to maintain and expand your base. You need four mini squares together to place a cannon, so if they take out the land you may become helpless to fire back. Any cannons that you have previously placed that are not now surrounded by a complete wall will not fire in the next round. When trying to take out the enemy ships it may be useful to remember that there is quite a fast pace to this game and you may wish to shoot where you think the enemy fleet is going, rather than where it currently is, so that by the time your cannonball has flew across the screen it does not just drop into the sea.

The invading armada may also land soldiers when they re... Read the rest of this Review
Pit Fighter
05-04-16 09:21 AM
A reminder of my childhood - fighting for money
Pitfighter was the very first fighting game I played. I had spent a few hours on the coin-operated arcade version with amazing graphics and was very excited when I found this version for the Sega Master System sitting on the shelves of my local video game store.

As far as fighting games go, this is your basic punch-and-kick-fest, with each character having slightly different special moves. Buzz is your generic big-built wrestling style character, Ty is your agile kickboxer and Kato is a karate black belt who throws awesome palm punches to the face.  In addition to your dangerous body parts, you can use many objects that you find littered around the fighting arena, including knives, crates and even a motorbike! Also keep an eye out for the 'Power Pill' that will temporarily increase the power of your character and be aware of the crowd, who may decide from time to time to randomly join in the fight, attempting to stab your character (tough crowd).

Every few fights you compete in a 'Grudge Match' which is basically an extra round where you fight against a clone of your own character and the winner is the person who can knock their opponent down three times, earning a bit of extra bonus cash if you win. Between matches there is a mysterious leather-clad character in a mask who likes to taunt you and this ends up being the final bad guy who you fight in a 'Championship Match'.

Graphics: 6
This is a very violent game (duh) and although I had played the stunning arcade version first, I still thought the Master System version did ok given the limitations of this console. The animations are still fun and retain that unique feel that comes from the way the original animations were created, using live actors rather than simply being redrawn. Though obviously a fair bit of this was lost in the conversion to a 'lesser' console.

Sound: 3
The fighting sound effects are fine if you want to sound like you are slam dunking a depress... Read the rest of this Review

Monkeyboy123's Game History
Super Mario Kart (snes),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   The House of the Dead 2 (dc),   Mortal Kombat 4 (n64),   Mortal Kombat 4 (n64),   Mortal Kombat 4 (n64),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Super Mario 64 (n64),   Super Mario 64 (n64),   Super Mario 64 (n64),   Super Mario 64 (n64),   Super Mario 64 (n64),   Tomb Raider (psx),   Championship Pool (snes),   Championship Pool (snes),   Lunar Pool (nes),   Championship Pool (gen),   Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (gen),   American Pool (psx),   Grand Theft Auto 2 (psx),   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Eye of the Beholder (snes),   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Eye of the Beholder (scd),   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Eye of the Beholder (scd),   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Eye of the Beholder (snes),   X-Men - Mutant Apocalypse (snes),   Hardcore Pool (gba),   Virtual Pool 64 (n64),   Virtual Pool 64 (n64),   Championship Pool (snes),   Home Alone (snes),   Home Alone (snes),   Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960619) (mame),   Super Mario Kart (snes),   Super Mario World (snes),   Super Mario World (snes),   Super Mario World (snes),   Mortal Kombat Trilogy (psx),   Mortal Kombat Trilogy (psx),   Tomb Raider (psx),   Breath of Fire III (psx),   Mario Kart 64 (n64),   Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (n64),   Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (n64),   GoldenEye 007 - NGPA Edition V1.0 (n64),   GoldenEye 007 - NGPA Edition V1.0 (n64),  
 
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