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Nightmare Circus is a beat’em-up mixed with elements from platform games and fighting games, made for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The hero, Raven, is trying to put an end to the nightmarish circus that only appears on stormy nights. He has to fight twisted and warped circus denizens through a variation of deadly circus levels.

46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron (which translates to “The Story of 4 600 000 000 Years: The Evolution Theory”) is an unusual role-playing game that puts the player in control of an evolving creature. The playable character is a fish at the beginning of the game; after completing the “fish stage”, it becomes a reptile, and … Continue reading “46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron”

Timing smiled on Gremlin with this licensed Formula 1 simulation, as Nigel’s long quest for a championship had finally come good. The game was pitched somewhere in between a full-blown simulation like F1 GP and action games like Continental Circus. Only 12 cars were in each race, which could last from between 3 and 20 … Continue reading “Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing”

The second part in Electronic Arts’ hockey series. It features the NHLPA license (so it has real player names), but not the NHL license (so it doesn’t have NHL team names). Gameplay is altered only slightly over the predecessor. Regular season and Playoff modes are available. Goalies have improved AI, there are more foul play … Continue reading “NHLPA Hockey 93”

NHL All-Star Hockey ’95 is the standard hockey game complete with an NHL and NHLPA license complete with all 26 NHL teams and over 650 players from the 1993-94 NHL season including Mark Messier, Mario Lemieux, Jeremy Roenick and the Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky. The standard modes apply including Exhibition, Season and Playoffs which … Continue reading “NHL All-Star Hockey 95”

NHL 98 features much faster and refined gameplay (now using four action keys instead of two, removing the need to double-tap to perform some actions), along other new features such as “in-the-fly” tactics developed by Marc Crawford, then manager of the Colorado Avalanche and new commentary lines from Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh and a … Continue reading “NHL 98”

1997 edition of EA’s NHL sport simulation series. Improvements in this edition come mostly in the graphical arena, with a refined version of the “virtual stadium” system that adds new camera angles (including the classical top-down one strangely missing from NHL 96), and polygonal players instead of the bitmap-based ones with motion-captured animations. Other extras … Continue reading “NHL 97”

NHL 96 was the first EA Sports game to feature Virtual Stadium technology, which resulted in a 3D feel and multiple camera angles. The NHL license ensures that real teams and players of the era are included, with a full league and playoff system. Many game options can be toggled – the infamous fighting is optional, … Continue reading “NHL 96”

NHL 95 was EA Sports’ third licensed ice hockey game, promising the fastest action in the series to date. The action is viewed top-down, and can be played with or without realistic penalties. There is a full season mode, allowing you to guide a team through all 84 matches, with the option of injuries potentially putting … Continue reading “NHL 95”

After establishing themselves in the virtual rinks, EA combined both NHL and NHLPA licenses in NHL ’94, allowing them to feature all 26 real teams (including both expansion teams) and players of the new NHL season for the first time in the series. Aside from the licenses, the gameplay for this edition sees for the … Continue reading “NHL 94”