Friday, 12 June 2015

JURASSIC PARK COLLECTION: VOLUME 1


Jurassic Park is awesome. Anyone who says otherwise has only seen the third movie. With Jurassic Park being released in the UK today, I'd thought we'd take a look at some of the games inspired on the franchise. There's a ton based on the first movie alone so let's dig in...

Thursday, 11 June 2015

PYROTECHNICA


Pyrotechnica, created by Colin Parrott, was released by Psygnosis in 1995, only a few months after Descent. But the release is not the only thing the two games share...

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

X-FILES: SEASON 1 - PART 2


Season 1's second disc on the DVD set continues to expand the show beyond it's initial alien premise. It even contains one of the best and well loved episodes of the entire series that is scarily plausible.

Monday, 8 June 2015

RACE MANIA


Race Mania is a fun top-down racing game from 1995 that plays a lot like Micro Machines, the absolute classic that was once the cause of many a broken friendship. This Flair developed racer takes this one step further by demanding underhanded strategies if you want to get anywhere. Its slogan is "Fair Play Strictly Prohibited" after all...

Friday, 5 June 2015

SIMANT: THE ELECTRONIC ANT COLONY


Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an ant? Probably not, but Maxis attempts to answer this question in 1991 with SimAnt, one of the many lesser known games in their Sim franchise.

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

SIMPARK: THE NATURE PARK YOU BUILD AND EXPLORE!


SimPark looks like your standard management strategy game. It is part of Maxis' Sims franchise after all, but this 1996 release has something different about it. It's, ya know, for kids...