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Review: Dragon Egg! (TG16) – A Good but Rushed Platformer

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Brian

I’ll get back to my PC Platformers list soon, but I had to do this review first… Platform: PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) Year: Released 9/27/1991 Developer/Publisher: NCS Masaya Title: Dragon Egg! Introduction & Story Dragon Egg! is a cartoony platformer NCS … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 7: Digital-Download 2d games (Part 4)

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Brian

A week and a half for only seven summaries?  Well, some of these are fairly long and detailed, that takes some time.  This update includes a couple of really good games and some with issues, so it’s a nice mix.  … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 6: Digital-Download 2d games (Part 3)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Brian

So, two weeks for what really is only seven summaries. Well, that’s what happens when I don’t do anything at all towards the next update for a whole week after finishing the last one… oh well. I did have this … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 5: Digital-Download 2d games (Part 2)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Brian

This time, 9 full summaries, plus a very little bit on the first four Keen games, mentioning the few differences from the physical releases. Titles Covered in this Update — Capsized (2011) Closure (2012) Commander Keen Episode I: Marooned on … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 4: Digital-Download 2d games (Part 1)

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Brian

… I really need to cut the number of games per update so that I can get these done more often, it’s been almost two weeks again. That said, E3 excitement has distracted me a lot for sure, and indeed … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 3: Physical 3d Games

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Brian

So, only six summaries this time, despite it being almost two weeks.  Ah well.  This update covers all six PC 3d platformers I have physical copies of, not counting Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness because I decided to go with … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries, Part 2 – Physical 2d Games (concluded)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Brian

Sorry again for the couple of weeks of downtime.  My site’s hosting issues should have been addressed now, and it should be up long-term from now on! While the site was down, I completed two updates to my PC Platformers … Continue reading →

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PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries – Intro and Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Brian

I want to keep moving and start on something new, now that the Genesis list is done, so I decided to finally do this list that I have been thinking of writing for at least a year now.  Platformers were … Continue reading →

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Sega Genesis Game Opinion Summaries, Part 16: Letters Wi – Z

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Brian

Final update!  This includes summaries for the last ten games, plus one for a game I just got last week, making for eleven total.  It’s nice to get this done, though playing all these Genesis games again has been great … Continue reading →

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Sega Genesis Game Opinion Summaries, Part 15: U-Wh

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Brian

Only 10 this time, and yet once again the update was much-delayed. That’s mostly because of Viewpoint, that game is great and totally hooked me until I finally finished it! Next time… the last ten games. It’s almost over. Also, … Continue reading →

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