The term Metroidvania is not a new one. It’s existed since the late 90s and has evolved from a hacked-together mixture of two existing games’ titles to a legitimate subgenre with a hardcore following, regularly breaking into mainstream gaming discussion Video game genre titles are a total nightmare, but I want to hone in onContinue reading “Metroidvania is a Bad Term (But Not for the Reason You Think)”
Tag Archives: SNES
10/13/20 ActRaiser (1991)
ActRaiser (1991) by Quintet and published by Enix for SNES. This is one of the first games ever developed for the Super Nintendo, and it’s quite the way to kick off a console’s library. ActRaiser feels like a game that someone really wanted to make because they had a great idea. In it, you areContinue reading “10/13/20 ActRaiser (1991)”
Dungeon Master (1987)
Dungeon Master (1987) developed and published by FTL Games for DOS, Amiga, Apple IIgs, SNES, TurboGrafx-CD, PC-98, and more. This is a real gem for fans of Dungeon-crawling RPGs. As with many, many games of this era, Dungeon Master takes heavy influence from Dungeons and Dragons, with a few simplifications for the limits of theContinue reading “Dungeon Master (1987)”
8/27/20- Utopia: Creation of a Nation
Utopia: Creation of a Nation (1993) by Celestial Software, published by Gremlin Interactive (love that name) for SNES, originally released on Amiga and DOS. This one’s great. Utopia was initially conceived by its creators as an attempt to improve on the SimCity concept by introducing more involved social elements. In what is essentially SimCity onContinue reading “8/27/20- Utopia: Creation of a Nation”
Taigen Moon Works 