Tag Archives: PC

First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2 (PlayPark English Version)

Posted on July 19, 2015 by ryan

Sega news doesn’t get much cooler or more random than what happened yesterday with Phantasy Star Online 2. As you may know, PSO2 does, in fact, have a localized English version. However, it is based out of Asia, and was … Continue reading →

Posted in Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Online 2 | Tagged English, PC, Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star Online 2, PlayPark, PSO, PSO2, SEA, Windows | Leave a comment

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – Ryo Hazuki DLC

Posted on January 14, 2014 by ryan

One Ryo Hazuki DLC for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PC Steam version), $1.59. I’ll try it.

Posted in After Burner, Hang-On, OutRun, Shenmue, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Space Harrier, Sumo Digital, Yu Suzuki | Tagged DLC, PC, Ryo Hazuki, Shenmue, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Steam, Sumo Digital | 4 Comments

Two Hours With Aliens: Colonial Marines

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ryan

Originally Released: 2013 Version Played: PC (Steam) With the news today of Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation turning out to be a Pretty Cool Thing, I decided to give one of the Steam games in my collection a go: Aliens: Colonial Marines. OK, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alien | Tagged Alien: Isolation, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Creative Assembly, Gearbox, PC, Sega, Steam | Leave a comment

Thoughts – Shining in the Darkness

Posted on January 4, 2014 by ryan

Originally Released: 1991 (Sega Genesis) Version Played: PC (Steam) Shining in the Darkness is a first-person dungeon crawler that marks the start of the long-running, genre-spanning, Shining series. While the most famous Shining games on the Genesis are the strategy-RPG … Continue reading →

Posted in Shining Force, Shining in the Darkness, Shining Series | Tagged 3DS, Genesis, Greg Martin, PC, Sega, Sega 3D Classics, Shining Force, Shining in the Darkness, Steam | 1 Comment

Thoughts – ESWAT: City Under Siege

Posted on January 2, 2014 by ryan

Originally Released: 1990 Version Reviewed: PC (Steam) ESWAT starts innocuously enough: you begin the game playing as a police officer moving through a black and purple cityscape, mowing down thugs with your pistol in proper Rolling Thunder / Shinobi style. … Continue reading →

Posted in ESWAT | Tagged City Under Siege, ESWAT, Genesis, Mega Drive, PC, Sega, Steam | Leave a comment

Thoughts – Sonic Generations (SPOILERS!)

Posted on January 1, 2014 by ryan

Released: November 3, 2011 Version Reviewed: PC (Steam) After what seems like uh… generations, I finally finished Sonic Generations. I’m not sure why it took me so long, because I really enjoyed the game, but here I am watching the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sonic | Tagged Casino Nights DLC, PC, Sonic Generations, Sonic the Hedgehog, Steam | 2 Comments

First Impressions: Genesis Games on Steam

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ryan

While I’ve spend dozens, if not hundreds, of hours playing Genesis games on the Wii Virtual Console, I just recently jumped into the world of the Sega Genesis Classics Collection on Steam. A far cry from the load-screen-heavy collections on … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets of Rage | Tagged emulation, ESWAT, Genesis, PC, quality, Review, Sega, Steam, Streets of Rage 2 | Leave a comment

Kiss Me Sweet: The Sakura Wars Localization Project

Posted on September 6, 2012 by ryan

Despite being one of Sega’s most successful franchises in Japan, the musical-troupe-managing/dating sim/SRPG series Sakura Taisen has had a minimal presence in the West. While there have been a few Sakura Wars (the localized title) anime and manga adaptations released, … Continue reading →