Reviews (F-L)
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SCEA |
face.zip |
NTSC |
Faces of Death |
(Joshua Meeds) |
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Source is included - Easily converted to PAL.
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SCEI |
fatal.lzh |
NTSC |
Fatal Fantasy VII Preview |
(Team Fatal) |
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Three screen (Japanese coverdisk?) demo of a visually beautiful Final
Fantasy skit. As polished as you'd expect from Team Fatal, but too short
to act as anything but a sugar-laden preview. Japanese text abounds.
Stick a CD in the drive if you'd like background music.
Takes quite a long time to upload.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEI |
fcemu2.lzh |
NTSC |
Famicom Emulator? |
(???) |
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I think this is an emulator for the Famicom (NES), but extra files are
required and there is no English documentation. I'll keep working at it.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEI |
flower_3.zip |
NTSC |
My Flower |
(Makoto Okuzumi) |
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The long-time neglected grow'em-up genre at last gains another title.
You play a milk-maid style character - probably named Heidi, and your
bizarre mission is to entice objects out of the ground by twirling over
them. (In case you've played this before, but just can't figure it out,
the 'grow-quota' can be found at the bottom of the screen).
Altered substantially since I last saw this, the game now includes a two
player co-operative mode and a larger-than-screen scrolling map. The
two player mode favours one player, sometimes annoyingly forcing the
other to negotiate peril off-screen - as in the old 'Blues Brothers' (Titus)
game.
Overall, enchantingly weird.
Fans of grow'em-up games should also check out 'Pssst' (Ultimate)
on their Spectrums.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEE |
follow.zip |
NTSC |
Follow my Camera |
(Lewis Evans) |
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Source is included.
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SCEA |
ftptest.zip |
NTSC |
The Appointed Station |
(???) |
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2d shoot'em-up lusciously rendered in 3d.
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SCEA |
gasgar.zip |
NTSC |
Gasgar vs. Gasgar |
(Gregg Gorczowski) |
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SCEI |
gasgirl.lzh |
NTSC |
Gas Girl |
(K.K. ?) |
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Hmmm, difficult to explain this one delicately...
The scenario is set when the girl (of Gas Girl fame) is abducted in her sleep.
She is hurled into a 2d platform world (rendered beautifully in 3d), and
must presumably find her way to freedom. Not having been able to grab so
much as a bed-side lamp as a weapon, the resourceful girl harnesses the power
of trapped wind to eliminate the bad guys and help to propel herself around.
The game graphics and animation are absolutely beautiful (quite in contrast with
the subject material).
My major criticism is that some of the jumps are hair-tearingly hard to make.
Although I don't dig toilet humour, I'm willing to
set my repulsion aside for the sake of such an otherwise rollicking game.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEE |
gem.zip |
PAL |
Gem Hunter |
(Casper Nielsen) |
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Work submitted for Middlesex University's 3D games course.
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SCEE |
grav12.zip |
BOTH |
Gravitation (v1.2) |
(James Shaughnessy) |
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SCEE |
gravfg.zip |
BOTH |
Gravitation (Fame Game Version) |
(James Shaughnessy) |
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SCEI |
hasire86.lzh |
NTSC |
??? |
(Fox Factory) |
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SCEI |
hitps.lzh |
NTSC |
??? |
(Hideki Naito) |
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Source included - easily converted to PAL.
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SCEA |
h_dance.zip |
? |
Holli Dance |
(David White) |
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Requires PSCommUtil.
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SCEI |
hover120.lzh |
NTSC |
Hover Racing |
(Sato Tomokazu) |
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This game is H-O-T!
Cross WipeOut with Micro Machines, add dashes
of Mario Kart and F-Zero and churn in your Yaroze for many hours of
enjoyable play-time. There are 4 hover-carts, 9 twisting-turning 3d
race tracks and 12 ambient/dance/jungle tunes that will make your
ears bleed as much as WipeOut used to.
Memory card support for lap-times and replay videos, and a 2-player
race mode just add to the sparkle. The only downside is the upload time.
If the guys responsible haven't been snapped up already, I'll eat my joypad. Go get it!
(JTR - Reviewed 7th January 1998)
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SCEE |
hsfk05a.zip |
PAL |
Hunt, Seek, Find and Kill |
(Colin Adams) |
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SCEI |
insects.lzh |
NTSC |
Insects |
(Iijima) |
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An intriguing little puzzle game. You (a ladybird) have to reach the
goal square on a 10x10 2d map without being physically blocked by the
persuing scorpions. To do this you must push blocks, get help from other
insects and generally utilise the lie of the land to your advantage.
Will be very suitable for those into heavy lateral thinking.
Creepy, mildly irritating music. English text.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEE |
itslove.zip |
PAL |
It's Love |
(Graeme Evans) |
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Hey Arnie - put down that gun and add a bit of love to the world...
Enraged by the mindless violence which seems to play such a key part in
many of today's games, Graeme offers a most relaxing Yaroze experience.
Simple Simon style button-pushing is accompanied by a soothing
soundtrack as you attempt a mission of untold kindness. What starts out
as a calming diversion soon becomes a frantic dash to try to beat the
time limits, which are moderately challenging.
The game occasionally does unspecified quirky things - and it's best to
reset and retry if this happens. Otherwise, simple but spot on!
Takes a while to load.
(JTR - Reviewed 21st April 1998)
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SCEI |
kyuri.lzh |
NTSC |
? |
(Team Kyuri) |
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SCEI |
labyrin.lzh |
NTSC |
??? |
(???) |
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SCEE |
lander2_1.zip |
? |
Lander |
(Peter Black) |
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SCEI |
layd100.lzh |
NTSC |
Laydion - Limit Breaker |
(Uny - Hideki Hara) |
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There's this long, straight tunnel, right, and you have to get your
futuristic F1 car from one end to the other in the least time possible.
This is no ordinary tunnel, mind. Great big square obstacles litter this
tunnel and you have to crash in to as few of them as possible in order
to keep your speed up and get the best time.
In essence a very simple game, and as is the case with many simple games,
it works very well.
My main criticism would be that the brake button doesn't seem to get
much use (the obstacles can all be avoided without slowing down).
Additionally, the obstacles can just be crashed through - ones which bounced
you back (losing more time) might encourage better speed regulation.
A fun, if limited game (there's only one track). Give it a razz, you might
like it.
(In case you were wondering, my best limit from a few plays is 1:45:833)
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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SCEI |
lonely.lzh |
NTSC |
??? |
(LowTec) |
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Tetris in binary.
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SCEE |
looter.zip |
? |
Alien Looter |
(Ben James) |
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SCEI |
lwing.lzh |
NTSC |
Little Wing |
(???) |
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Surely a first, this game places you at the centre of a paper aeroplane
competition. Adjust the weightings and foldings of your plane before
launching it in a manner reminiscent of the early Olympics-type games
(and countless golf games) by pressing your button when the sweeping
value is close to the one you want.
If you do well, you can go and see the professor to trade in your plane
for a better model (Concorde, an F-16 and a 747 all make appearances).
The game moves at a sedate, relaxing pace and cute characters abound. It
is however difficult to know how to adjust and throw your plane to best
effect - this is probably explained in Japanese. Would greatly benefit
from a 2 human player battle mode.
There are 5 tunes and a large Japanese storyline amongst the
myriad of files to be uploaded.
(JTR - Reviewed 8th January 1998)
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