Retro Review – Final Fantasy
This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of one of gaming’s biggest franchises, Final Fantasy. Debuting on Japan’s Nintendo Famicom in 1987, legend has it that the game…
Retro Review – Star Wars: Obi-Wan
Coming off the success of Star Wars – Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, LucasArts shifted to designing games based around the brand new prequel film trilogy that George Lucas was…
Retro Review – Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
The quality of the Star Wars Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series is akin to a ride on a roller coaster. It starts out flat, goes extremely high, dips extremely low, extremely…
Retro Review – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Coming four years after the release of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast does away with the Dark Forces name that started…
Retro Review – Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
A long time ago, in an age before games were monetized in 88 different ways before they even hit gamers, the way developers (and publishers) stretched the life of their…
Retro Review – Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
When I first played the follow-up to Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, in 1997, I was amazed at the look of the game. Dark Forces look good at the time but…
Retro Review – Star Wars: Dark Forces
I got my first Windows PC in 1996. I remember it was a custom built Gateway and cost my parents about $3000. It ran Windows 95, connected to the internet…