When I think of a person that’s truly a fan of SEGA’s body of work, no one comes to mind before Terry “Valkor” Lewis, editor-in-chief of The Other View. From the Genesis’ time to the present day, he’s stuck faithfully by SEGA’s side. Today, he’s here to talk Dreamcast as our week-long reflection continues. What [...]
Beat ‘em ups is a genre that fueled my early gaming years. Looking back at hundreds (thousands?!) of dollars I had dropped into arcades around New York City, the vast majority of those Benjies fired up Captain America and The Avengers, Double Dragon, Final Fight, The Simpsons, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In all honesty, [...]
DJ Jazzy Jeff may be best known for being tossed on his ass by Uncle Phil every week, but the part-time TV star is actually an accomplished, Grammy Award winning producer, and famous turntablist. As such, it’s only fitting that he’s joining the legendary Grandmaster Flash, DJ Shadow, DJ AM, and other wax-masters in Activision’s [...]
King of Fighters XII‘s July 28th release date is just mere days away, but Ignition Entertainment is still cranking out the vids. This time out, a full match. Also, we’ve received an e-mail stating that a patch will be available on launch day for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game [...]
A few weeks ago, 2D fighting fans were all jazzed at the news that the horribly named Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is headed to the good ol’ USA, despite the fact the majority of gamers probably won’t recognize more than a handful (if that much) of the Tatsunoko roster. Regardless, props to Capcom for [...]
Tecmo may have permanently cemented itself into the hearts of sports gamers with Tecmo Bowl/Tecmo Super Bowl (NES), but the company also dabbled into a rather lively, arcade-style game of hoops with Tecmo NBA Basketball (NES) and Tecmo Super NBA (Genesis/SNES). Besides the out-of-control rips, there wasn’t much in the way of defense, which made [...]
Today, Ignition unveiled new King of Fighters XII info that’s sure to please fighting fans that miss the arcade experience of days past. Although word of online play was previously announced, the depth of it was kept on the hush hush. But not anymore! KOF XII will feature global online play (no region restrictions!), and [...]
Ignition Entertainment, the U.S. publisher of King of Fighters XII, has deftly handled the promotion of SNK Playmore’s much-anticipated hi-definition fighter by catering to its dedicated fanbase. As detailed a few days ago, Ignition Entertainment allowed the fans to decide which box art would grace the covers of the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 home [...]
If you’re one thats keen on playing fighting games with a control pad, two thoughts immediately come to mind: 1) you probably didn’t endure rigorous arcade competition back in the heyday of arcades, and 2) my Geese Howard in King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match will totally beast you. Totally. Dedicated stick-warriors and those that [...]
Of all gaming genres, puzzlers have remained the most loyal to their 2D roots, embracing a simplicity of play so addictive that even my non-gamer girlfriend fires up Bubble Shooter, Tetris, and Zuma on a regular basis. Titles featuring “match similar items/colors” , in particular, have stuck with the X-Y plane style, as the simple [...]
