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A mediocre 1990 NES platformer based off Toei’s mascot and Jules Verne’s *Around the World in Eighty Days*. In the words of Bubsy, “What could pawsibly go wrong?” A lot, as it turns out. Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0

Isometric run and gun shooters are far from Scott’s forte, but he gives this classic Sega one a go and includes a sneak preview for a far off episode to pad this one out. Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0

A Kunio-kun game, heavily localized into a story with likely very different meaning, but fortunately the story isn’t very important in this game. The real question is, how does this game hold up as a multiplayer game, and is it fun in single player? Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0

The first Final Fantasy released in Europe, and definitely an oddball among the early titles simply because it was composed by Nobuo Uematsu. Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami did a good job on that side, but did the rest of the team do anywhere near as well? Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0

Chunsoft’s notable DS visual novel was well received, but not universally. Scott is not objective enough to see meaningful faults in a game he enjoys so much though, so this is instead a 17 minute, essentially spoiler-free really crappy love letter. Fortunately, he does eventually find a few things he doesn’t like about one of […]

Probably the best side-scrolling shooter on the SNES, UN Squadron is also one of the best licensed games from its era. The games soundtrack can speak for itself, so Scott takes some time to talk about some of the oddities involving plane selection and describes the bosses in such a way that it kind of […]

Beyond Oasis is an action-adventure game in the same vein as Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, so Scott obviously compares it to that, but more generally speaks about how the game holds up. Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0

Crystalis, an early action RPG in the same vein as Legend of Zelda, and a game that interestingly had a Game Boy Color remake. How well does it hold up to more modern gaming conventions? Scott talks about this as well as complaining a lot about the story and music changes of the remake, he […]

Answering the question as to whether a Genealogical Roguelite can be fun, while analyzing certain aspects of it and listening to some of its fantastic soundtrack. Scott talks about the fantastic intro and tutorial sections, before moving on to the story, castle generation, heir generation and finishing up by coming back to the story and […]

The mostly good and occasional bad segments of a rare breed of game that attempts to combine disjoint action and strategy or simulation elements in a largely successful manner. Scott covers a bit of how both sides work, as well as some specific levels and bosses on the action side, the intro and ending and […]

In this episode, we specifically talk about the gameplay, including the ball materials, hazards and stages of Within a Deep Forest, before getting to the ending and what he liked and disliked about the game. Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0The post Within a Deep Forest appeared first on Gamepad in Hand.

In this short episode, Scott briefly covers Princess Maker 2, discussing what he feels the game did well, especially in its influences as well as spending an inordinate amount of time complaining about what he disliked, especially what he found creepy. Intro/Outro Music: “Chibi Ninjas” by Eric Skiff under CC BY-SA 3.0The post Princess Maker 2 appeared first on Gamepad in Hand.

Scott covers the good and bad of Adventures of Lolo, including enemies, levels and game mechanics.The post Adventures of Lolo appeared first on Gamepad in Hand.