No Nonsense Review: Q Bert PS1

Takes the classic arcade and expands it on the original Playstation as you explore this world and the more areas you clear, the more it opens up for up. The gameplay is brilliant, but I would say it is more for fans of the original arcade game.

No Nonsense Review: Sonic the Hedgehog Then vs. Now

As you might of guess it's a tiny retrospective on the Sonic game. Limited to those I have played or seen vids on You Tube. Sonic back in the 1990s really meant a great game. I know I am getting sentimental here, but those Sonic games everyone talks about 1,2 3 and yes Sonic and Knuckles are all great games. Solid gameplay, great story and hell even the music as dated as it is...I love the music too and have fond memories of repeatedly playing the game. Not that all Sonic games on the Sega Genesis were all that good though. Sonic Spinball is nothing but a lousy Sonic themed pinball game. Then there is Sonic 3D Blast, which is down right horrible. I knew that even way back then, Sega thought that could shovel any crap with the name Sonic on it and knew people would flock to the stores and buy it.

Mind you this was all before that terrible Sonic 2006 game, which brought a new word in the Sonic lexicon, Bestiality. Look at the vids and you see I am right, what were they thinking a hedgehog and a human woman. People are just going to think that.

Before this the world saw Sonic CD, on the ill fated Sega CD. I played it on an emulator. Pretty good game. Then there are the Sonic Adventure games. After that Sega lost focus.

Has anyone here ever played Sonic Rush PSP. or The Sonic Advance games on the GBA. They make Sonic 3D Blast seem like a good game. 

No Nonsense Review: Namco Museum Battle Collection PSP

On the surface, just a collection of 17 classic arcade games and 4 remixed versions of classic titles.

I know I could get into the description of all the games, but I won’t bore you with that. Just to post a list of them.

Galaxian (1979)
Pac-Man (1980)
King & Balloon (1980)
Rally-X (1980)
New Rally-X (1981)
Galaga (1981)
Bosconian (1981)
Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
Dig Dug (1982)
Xevious (1982)
Mappy (1983)
The Tower of Druaga (1984)
Grobda (1984)
Dragon Buster (1985)
Motos (1985)
Dig Dug II (1985)
Rolling Thunder (1986)

My personal favs are Mappy, Dig Dug, Xevious and Galaga.

In short, the remixes are

Pac-Man Arrangement
Dig Dug Arrangement
Galaga Arrangement
New Rally-X Arrangement

Pacman is fun. This one has bosses who as soon as you hit a power pellet explodes into mini ghosts which for a brief time you gobble up.

Dig Dug is interesting. The power up and the various levels make it a really good game.

Galaga is IMPOSSIBLE. There is no clear way to beat the bosses in this game.

New Rally X is pure fun. Oh sure it’s more or less the same as the original, but with better graphics. Which only improves things, and I think even today’s gamers will have fun with this one.