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Street Fighter II review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 June 2008 05:17 (A review of Street Fighter II)

This game was released in Brazil only this version I am talking about, released by TecToy. This is Street Fighter 2 which you know it is kind of weird it got released in 1997 well Brazil were still getting games on the Master System I have no clue why though. Street Fighter 2 is very different from other versions such as characters are replaced E. Honda, Zangief, Dhalsim and Vega are not here and are replaced with Balrog, Sagat and M. Bison (these are playable from the start as in World Warrior these were only CPU characters you could not unlock them). The graphics are good for an 8 bit system but as it is the Sega Master System the moves have been limited so you will not to be able to perform all the moves from other versions. This is a good port it even adds music which in 8 bit it sounds good and also adds an announcer voice which is OK. If you do want to play this version get a Master System emulator and find the ROM because finding the cartridge would be too hard as it was only released in Brazil.

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Indy

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 June 2008 04:53 (A review of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)

I got rid of my Sega Master System and this is the only game I have left and to be honest I hate Indiana Jones and the game on Master System is no better it was just bad.

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Sonic Blast review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 June 2008 04:42 (A review of Sonic Blast)

Sonic Blast on the Sega Master System was a game that was only released in Brazil in 1996. The games stages are pretty short and the game is fairly easy though the controls are a little slow at responding at times but this is a good Sonic title and is worth checking out.

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3 Games can you do them all in the time limit?

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 28 May 2008 08:25 (A review of Nintendo World Championships 1990)

Nintendo World Championships this was not out in shops it was only for the Championship where players would see who is the fastest at doing these games. I was only very young while this took place which only happened in the US which I am not from there as I am from the UK. The games feature a certain target on each stage on once that has been done it will take you to the next game.

The game has Super Mario Bros in this one you have to get 50 coins to by doing it faster will give you more time to do the next stage. Rad Racer is the next game and in this game you must complete a race and again you have to do it as fast as possible so you will get plenty of time to do the next challenge. The next game and final one is Tetris really here just get a high score. After doing these games it will give you a score of each game and the time it had taken to complete.

I have played this and it is good but with it only been a championship cartridge I am not going to rate it top but as each game Mario is the best on here no doubt about it. The rating is not so good only 4 this is not a full game which is something you will already know if you are reading this. I did play this game but only with on an emulator.

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Terrible

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 25 May 2008 04:22 (A review of Action 52)

Who would want this pile of garbage Action 52 is one of the worst games I have played the games they are flat out boring and the 52 games well most have problems and at least one I recall does not work.

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Elephants with Diabetes im Serious

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 22 May 2008 05:59 (A review of Packy and Marlon)

This was from a website just to give you more information and more detail into the game

"A side-scrolling adventure game that helps children and teens with diabetes improve their diabetes self-management. Rats and mice invaded diabetes summer camp and scattered all the food and diabetes supplies throughout the woods, lakes, mountains, playgrounds, and haunted cabins. Packy and Marlon are diabetic elephants who thwart the invaders and find all the missing supplies. To stay in good shape during four simulated days, players must keep their character's diabetes under control by measuring and monitoring blood glucose, taking insulin, selecting a balanced diet in three meals and three snacks a day, and handling diabetes emergencies."

As for what I think the game is very slow and what you have to do is get food such as breakfast and find it there is bits of it all around the level. Before that you see one of the elephants with a needle. I don't like this game personally it might be good for people who are diabetic as it may help them in some sort of way. I personally knew nothing about this game I just was looking for Rom files and found this game. But I think it's a very depressing game it should of not been made it's not one that will make you happy and I have a feeling people who bought this game and who were diabetic did not like this. So as for this I cannot rate it as I am not diabetic but it may be useful for people who are diabetic. If you don't believe me about this game I will even show you cause I am not even making this up.

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Nickelodeon GUTS This game is boring

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 22 May 2008 05:06 (A review of Nickelodeon GUTS)

Do you Have it? This is Nickelodeon GUTS some American TV show into a game we never had this here in England. This game is like American Gladiators which is another SNES game that was bad this is also bad. The game is short and has some really bad games on the game the controls are hard and really thats all I have to say about it. The graphics are decent though for the games age.2/10

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GTAIV better then ever

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 17 May 2008 06:45 (A review of Grand Theft Auto IV)

Grand Theft Auto one of the best selling series out there and I have played them all and have not been disappointed. Grand Theft Auto IV is finally here and does not fail to disappoint Rockstar North in Scotland have really done their best to make sure that this game is top quality which it is. Grand Theft Auto has taken a big change for once this game looks, feels and plays realistic.

The first thing when coming in to this game I had problems the screen was too dark you can't hardly see a thing. I configured the brightness and contrast which did solve the problem.

You play as Niko Bellic who is a a Serbian veteran of the Bosnian War now makes his way to America in Liberty City. Niko meets his cousin Roman Bellic who has lived in Liberty City for 15 years which he says he is living the American Dream. Niko is not like any other character from the previous Grand Theft Auto games for one he is funny and the other reason he gives the choice sometimes if he wants to kill a person.

Liberty City has changed a lot more as it looked in Grand Theft Auto 3 it is bigger and looks more beautiful. There is Times Square which with the graphics used it looks amazing every bit of this game looks fantastic. Rockstar games have really made the game top quality I have never seen anything as great as what they have done here.

Niko has a phone which is carry around with him which you can phone people to do extra jobs, make prank calls to the cops, fire department or the paramedics, you get a camera on your phone which you will use in some missions. If you get sick of driving you can phone up Roman who gets you a taxi to take you a places for free but sometimes he's to full and the man is not that nice at all. I want to know if anyone else thought one of the taxi drivers looks like Sadam Hussein because I think he does which is funny.

The driving on Grand Theft Auto has changed a whole lot it feels a whole lot more realistic but it harder in the game at first. Driving at speed takes quite sometime to slow down and if you are speeding and crash you will fly out of the window.

The radio stations to me feel a bit dull I don't really like the music on them and I have never herd any of the songs at all. If you don't like the radio stations you can put your own music in the game. The theme of this game though is excellent which is Soviet Connection by Micheal Hunter you here a remix version at the start up of the game.

Now as I said with Niko having a choice to kill people can change the game a little bit which is one of the new features to Grand Theft Auto.

The blood in the game is better shooting someone you will blood all over there face and body as well as when Niko gets shot you will see blood come out from him nice to see more of that. The shooting can be good though a hate auto aim I use free aim that way a get better shots. The police now have a 6 star wanted level and on the map you can see where the cops are so you try and dodge them much easier if you can but they can be hard and annoying at times.

Grand Theft Auto is one of the best games of all time and here you have a masterpiece with some of the best graphics of all time. If anyone needs a great game it's Grand Theft Auto IV just if your going to buy it for kids make sure they are responsible and not to be stupid to copy anything from the game.

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360 is great but has big issues

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 15 May 2008 05:52 (A review of Microsoft Xbox 360 (X360) console)

XBOX 360 is an OK console it's not the best by far due to having so many problems the Red Ring of Death is the most common then the disc tray. Microsoft should have made this system long lasting and they never I think it's for people to waste there money on another one. Even the elite XBOX gets the same problems and all that money you spend on the system is just over the top. Don't get me wrong XBOX 360 has some great quality games but the system certainly is not top quality.

Sony and Nintendo make great consoles which are long lasting as my PS2 lasted about 5 years before that went and Nintendo most of theres last very long.

As I said XBOX 360 is a great console but it has problems and if your warranty has ended then thats your XBOX done for. I still own mine but I might get rid of it after i am finished with GTA IV. One last thing I am definitely not a fanboy.

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Mario & Sonic finally together

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 10 May 2008 08:21 (A review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is the best Olympic game that is out there is pure fun all the way. The game features a whole load of events such as athletics, gymnastics, shooting, rowing, archery, aquatics, fencing, and table tennis also included the dream events. The dream events are nothing really to do with the Olympics and are fun.

You can chose from all your favorite characters from the Mario and Sonic series also add your Mii into the action. I found a problem as my favorite game character Donkey Kong was not added and he is part of Mario. My favorite to play in what the game offers is Sonic, Shadow, Blaze, Wario and Browser. My favorite on the game is the skeet shooting and the aquatics events which have you in the pool. The game wears you out easy but you will want to keep playing because it does get very addictive.

The only problem is that the Wii has some trouble on games such as the table tennis as i found it does not respond well to that game and a few others but it does not really matter as you will be busy enjoying the other games it has to offer.

This features online connection but only to the leader board with records i am trying to really beat. Anyone looking for fun buy this game it is great to play as a single player and multiplayer. This is really worth the money a must have for anyone who owns the Wii. Finally Sega do a good job after a lot of there games lately of been bad this makes up for it.

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