July has been an eventful month, not least because I caught a nasty bout of Covid halfway through. We saw Dinosaurs return to the cinema screen, Wimbledon return to London and a welcome return to form for both Marvel and DC.
Jurassic World: Rebirth was a touch better than the last two movies in the franchise, but still tread old ground by being another trek through a jungle. Perhaps playing DinoPark Tycoon (1993 MECC) is the better option. If you enjoyed Fantastic Four: First Steps as much as I did, revisit the classic comic book in digital form with Fantastic Four: Interactive CD-ROM Comic Book! (1995 Pixel Technologies & Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc). Sorry, no Superman stuff (you can find a bunch in the Batman vs Superman Collection), but it's the best blockbuster movie I've seen in quite some time. The hyperbole may be setting in, but it might just be my favourite big-screen iteration of the man of steel yet. Quite the statement considering the theatre is where I likely caught Covid.
If you're wanting for some sport, you can't get much better than Virtua Tennis (2000-2002 SEGA Corporation). The first game in the series is one of the best ways to swing a digital racquet ever. It almost makes me want to take up the sport. Almost.
But the best of the month have nothing to do with the tenuous links to popular culture. They are old-school adventures through-and-through. Golden Gate (1997 Ix Entertainment & Panasonic Interactive Media Company) wows is a cozy treasure hunt set in a contemporary San Francisco that has more puzzles than people. Lastly, Missing on Lost Island (2000 Mayhem Studios & Riki computer games) captures that old-school LucasArts feel that kept me glued to it until completion. And it's not just because it has pirates in it. There's also aliens.
I've a few updates to mention too. Extreme Assault has its MP3 soundtrack added as a separate download - something I was planning to add originally but forgot. Horror Zombies from the Crypt got upgraded to version 4 which meant adding a bunch of manuals, the Atari ST version and updates to the emulators. Likewise Ghost in the Shell has also updated its emulator to make use of new graphical enhancements. I've also added the Japanese artbook and US manual as well as other improvements. Check out each game's review page or the Game Updates section for more information.
That's it for this month! I'll see you at the end of August for more, unless Covid rears its ugly head again.
That's it for this month! I'll see you at the end of August for more, unless Covid rears its ugly head again.
Click on the images below to head on over to the game page.
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1993 MECC
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Strategy-Management-Dinosaurs!
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1995 Pixel Technologies & Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc
Windows 3.1
Edutainment-Comic Book-Marvel
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1997 Ix Entertainment & Panasonic Interactive Media Company
Windows '95
Adventure-Point and Click-Mystery
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2000 Mayhem Studios & Riki computer games
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1999-2002 SEGA Corporation
Windows + DreamCast / Arcade
Sport-Tennis
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DeleteMissing on Lost Island and Golden Gate! They're both games I requested earlier this year, so thank you for them. I'm glad to hear you had a good time with them.
ReplyDeleteSorry you came down with COVID. Let that be a lesson to people not to assume it has disappeared. Far from it. I feel justified in still wearing a mask on public transport now, despite the occasional amused glances. As for the cinema, it's probably best to book seats behind people rather than in front of them.
Speaking of the cinema, you've whetted my appetite to see Fantastic Four now. Superman was great, although I felt his other metahuman friends were redundant, as if DC was determined to tie him to a larger superhero universe. As for Jurassic, it was greatly improved over the previous films by having a personable cast which didn't include Chris Pratt. Oh, so mean. I know. The sauropods were strangely moving, too.