Zoom Reviews – American 3D Pool by Zeppelin(C64)

Rapid fire reviews of a single game – brief and to the point (theoretically) Developer: Steven WaltersPublisher: Zeppelin Games Billiards. A game with endless appeal to a purveyor of precision sports such as myself. Skill and accuracy are the key to the game of hitting small balls with a stick into holes. Simple to understand,… Continue reading Zoom Reviews – American 3D Pool by Zeppelin(C64)

A-Z of Sports – Tiny Toons ACME All-Stars – Multi-sport mayhem

Football? T-T-That’s not all, folks!” – Segazoom In 2024, Looney Tunes Wacky World Of Sports was released to limited fanfare and limited quality. Every time I see it in a digital storefront, I wistfully remember when the Warner Brothers cartoon properties were used to play sports with such joy. The year was 1994, the console… Continue reading A-Z of Sports – Tiny Toons ACME All-Stars – Multi-sport mayhem

Speed Puzzle Power: Cleopatra Fortune

Speed Puzzle Power is my place to highlight the wonders of speed and reflex oriented puzzlers. We’re starting right with my personal favourite. -Segazoom Taito was a powerhouse in the 1990s. Best-in-class shooters in Darius, unique experimental fighting games in Fighters Impact and Psychic Force, pursuing perfection in single-screen platformers with the Bubblun dragons and expanding on that clear-the-screen… Continue reading Speed Puzzle Power: Cleopatra Fortune

Sonic All Stars Racing: Transformed

This review was originally written for Push-Start a long time ago. Consider this version 2, heavily edited for readability and style. -Segazoom Given the well-established format of a kart racer, Sumo Digital could have easily gone the simple route for a sequel and just pumped out new tracks and characters, changing almost nothing. Instead, they… Continue reading Sonic All Stars Racing: Transformed

Sonic Adventure 2

An Xbox 360 review copy of the game and Battle DLC was provided for the purposes of this review. This is a mirror (with some readability edits) of the review held here: http://www.push-start.co.uk/game-review/game-review-sonic-adventure-2-xbox-360ps3pc/“   Sonic has had a very varied past. From the highest highs of Sonic 3 + Knuckles to the lowest lows of Sonic 2006. On the Dreamcast,… Continue reading Sonic Adventure 2