Tag Archives: Year: 1989

Advanced Lawn Mower Simulator

“Get Your Mower Runnin’, Head Out on the Highway.”

When a games magazine thought to keep an April Fool’s Day prank running for nearly a year and a half, the end result could only be the ultimate gag game. Are you a bad enough dude to mow the lawn?

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Human Killing Machine

“I Got No Face, No Name. I’m Just a Human Killing Machine.”

In the days before The World Warrior, a British computer games publisher pitched their own Street Fighter sequel to Capcom. Despite rejection, development continued. Step aside, Ryu: “Kwon is Strong.”

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Energy

“Ashe is the Color of Your Energy.”

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Annihilate the demonic beast army as the world’s greatest ESP warrior! But is this assignment one that you should consider turning down?

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Friday the 13th

“Look What You Did to Friday the 13th!”

Gather ’round the campfire, and listen to the legend of 8-bit Jason Voorhees. Is it truly the terror it is made out to be, or is there a happy ending to this horror story?

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Bad Street Brawler

“Bad Street Brawler’s Baadasssss Song.”

The Power Glove-promoting punch ’em up gets put on trial. Plus, a walk down the street that lead to this game coming to the NES.

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Castlevania: The Adventure

“Castlevania: Adventure on the Go!”

A review of Castlevania’s first outing on the Game Boy — not to mention, one of the first two platformers for the handheld, period. Does the game successfully miniaturize the vampire-killing experience?

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