Disney Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Imprecise controls hold it back

First things first: for some reason, some people want to complain about the relatively brief length of this re-imagining of the Castle of Illusion. To that, I say 1) this is a $15 downloadable title, and 2) as it stick... Read Full Review

Pac-Man Championship Edition

Fuel

OutRun2

Daytona USA

Taito Legends

SoulCalibur IV

Pure

SoulCalibur II

Daytona USA

Great port of the ARCADE version, but veterans of the home conversion(s) will miss the extras.

Finally...though it took far far longer than it ever should have, Daytona fans FINALLY have the home conversion that they've been waiting for, begging for, screaming for...one that is truer to its arcade forefather than ... Read Full Review

Burnout Paradise

Good but simply not great

FIrst things first: Criterion deserves a lot of credit for releasing Burnout Paradise, as opposed to Burnout Retread. Clearly they were willing to take some chances with spicing up the old Burnout formula to bring fans... Read Full Review

SoulCalibur IV

The soul still...flickers.

Anyone who was lucky enough, back on 9/9/99, to play the original Soul Calibur for the very first time on their brand-spanking-new Sega Dreamcasts can tell you what an amazing, mind-blowing, truly visceral experience tha... Read Full Review

Hydro Thunder Hurricane

Shows all the signs of being better than its forefather...yet somehow isn't.

Back in 1999, when the original Hydro Thunder made its way from the arcades to the brand-new Sega Dreamcast as a launch title, gamers making their foray into the next generation were instantly treated to an exhilarating,... Read Full Review

Taito Legends

Pretty much what you'd expect.

Yep, it's another compilation of games from the arcade days of yore. As a kid who grew up in the 80s who spent countless hours playing Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Donkey Kong and all the other classics, I never ... Read Full Review

Test Drive Unlimited

Not sure what to make of this one.

Having enjoyed the second half of my honeymoon in Oahu, and being a big fan of racing games, I had no trouble parting with $29 for a used copy of TDU. Quite sadly, that's pretty much where my lack of troubles with TDU e... Read Full Review

Pure

No open worlds...no ultra-realistic physics...just a simple good time!

With all of the emphasis on open-world, go-anywhere-type racers, a game like Pure almost seems destined to get lost in the shuffle. Despite each track having multiple paths, you CAN'T really go too far off the beaten pa... Read Full Review

Daytona USA 2001

Still a classic

Ah, Daytona. Anyone who's ever had the pleasure of playing Daytona USA in the arcades against seven other racers can tell you what a blast this game was (and still is!). And yes, the Saturn port had its fair share of p... Read Full Review

OutRun2

Simple...really REALLY simple...but fun.

If there was ever a game that screamed "RENTAL!", OutRun 2 is it. This title's gameplay is so simplistic it makes Daytona look like Gran Turismo by comparison! Having said that, what OutRun2 lacks in depth and substanc... Read Full Review

Pinball FX

Pretty graphics and tables (minus the extreme one) are ultimately undermined by too much speed and not enough finesse.

Having not played pinball in years, and curious to how realistic playing a little pinball on my 360 might be, I decided to download Pinball FX. Once I saw that there were three more tables available (one of which was fr... Read Full Review

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

It's a wonderfully worthy 80s arcade flashback moment...only this time the quarters stay IN your pockets.

There's a very good reason why so many arcade games back in the day ramped up in difficulty so quickly: to keep rabid players shoving yet more of their precious quarters into the machines, hoping they'd find a way to "g... Read Full Review

Pac-Man Championship Edition

Pac-Man goes to a Rave! Would be great with more responsive controls.

Ahhh...Pac-Man. As a 10-year-old in 1980 I couldn't get enough of the little yellow guy. Neither, apparently, could a whole lot of other people, who not only loved playing the game but who picked up some of the most sh... Read Full Review

SoulCalibur

Sometimes, dead is better.

Like many Dreamcast owners back in 1999, one of the first titles I purchased for my brand-new 128-bit powerhouse was Soulcalibur. Like many Dreamcast owners, I played it and played it and played it some more, first enjo... Read Full Review

Aces of the Galaxy

Most will love it or hate it.

I've never been that big a fan of games that feel like they're playing YOU instead of the other way around. Despite Aces of the Galaxy (not the best title for a videogame, but this game's use of dialog leaves a lot to b... Read Full Review

Midway Arcade Treasures 3

Time is not kind.  Time is cruel.  Time is a ****

As Angela Bassett once said in a movie called "Strange Days", memories were meant to fade for a reason.  Sure, in videogame land, sometimes popping in old 2D sprite-based classics like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Time Pilot, Frogg... Read Full Review

Fuel

Gentlemen, start your frustration.

For some reason, it seems like many players want to bend over backwards to like FUEL. At times I've been one of them, though it's hard to find reasons why, exactly: the game's sense of speed tends to be lacking, the ma... Read Full Review

SoulCalibur II

I remember the first time I popped in Soul Calibur for the Dreamcast way back in 1999. Suffice it to say that, at the time, it not only boasted by far the most striking visuals ever seen in a console fighting game, but ... Read Full Review