Posts Tagged ‘snk’
Virtual Vox Pop: What’s on your King of Fighters XIII wishlist?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s King of Fighters XIII. As a longtime fan of SNK Playmore various 2D properties, the gaming community’s eye-roll reaction to the recent King of Fighters XIII announcement left me saddened. [...]
Virtual Vox Pop: What’s You Favorite Metal Slug Game?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s your favorite Metal Slug game. Metal Slug XX, the upgraded multi-player version of the underrated Metal Slug 7, is headed to the Japanese XBLA sometime next year as SNK Playmore’s [...]
Review: Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo)
As a writer, I really value the art of crafting a description that accurately conveys an idea that I’m expressing to the reader. It doesn’t necessarily have to be witty, just clear and concise. So when it came time to describe Baseball Stars 2 visuals to an associate who’d never seen SNK’s classic in action [...]
Virtual Vox Pop: What’s The Worst 2D Game That You’ve Ever Played?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s craptacular games. You know a game is a substandard mess of epic proportions when you and your friends try to justify its existence. 1993′s Power Moves was, without a shiver [...]
Virtual Vox Pop: What’s The Most Money You’ve Spent On A Videogame?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s expensive game purchases. Unless you’re feasting on a steady downloadable content from the likes of Popcap, PSN, Virtual Console, Wii Ware, and Xbox Live Arcade, chances are that you’ve found [...]
Review: Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Dreamcast)
Garou: Mark of the Wolves, considered by many as one of SNK’s Holy Four (along with King of Fighters ’98, Last Blade, and Metal Slug 3), is slated to make its grand debut on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. Garou‘s re-release has been a long time coming for SNK die-hards, so before the debate sparks regarding [...]
X-List: The 4 Video Games That I Need Before I Die
There are a handful of games that have never received follow-ups, truly deserved another series entry, or simply left questions that diehards need answered. I present to you the four games that I need before I taste the reaper’s cold touch.
Bits and Bytes: 8/16/2009
Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks. 16-bit Celebration Can you believe that it’s been 20 years since the debuts of Hudson/NEC’s TurboGrafx-16 and Sega’s Genesis? Retronauts [...]
Review: King of Fighters XII (Xbox 360)
I don’t take well to change. When I was 12 years old, for example, the move from elementary school to junior high school, collapsed my world. I hated shuffling from class to class. I hated being separated from dear classmates that I had grown to love over the previous 6 years. I hated the new [...]
New King of Fighters XII Trailer Highlights Gameplay Depth
Ignition Entertainment has released yet another King of Fighters XII vid, which highlights the fighter’s combat mechanics. Sousai attacks, guard attacks, and deadlock counters are all on display, set to the street fightin’ sounds of Blondie’s “One Way Or Another.” If you’re ready to rumble, King of Fighters XII will be available for purchase on [...]
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