Original Release: Altron, unreleased, Game Boy Color A half-hearted crack at 2D pool from a publisher that was mostly Japan-only Billiard Club (GBC, Altron, unreleased) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! With any 2D pool game, the big question to ask is “does this outdo Side Pocket” … this really doesn’t, in any…
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AMF BOWLING
Original Release: unreleased (Game Boy Color, leaked 2020) An almost-complete bowling game, would have been the first to bear the AMF name had it not been canceled AMF Bowling (GBC, Vicarious Visions, unreleased) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! Though AMF was once one of the biggest brands in the sport, they didn’t…
CHINESE CHECKERS
Original Release: Mazters Creation, 2007, PC A simple but well-designed Chinese Checkers game created with Adventure Game Studio Chinese Checkers (PC, Mazters Creation, 2007) Where to Buy: Freeware – download here A solid little freeware adaptation of Chinese Checkers, this title is kinda stripped down to the bone but has a good interface and serves…
BEAT THE HOUSE
Original Release: Spirit of Discovery, 1992, PCOther Releases: PC (Windows 3.1 version, 1995) One of the earliest casino packages to aim for Vegas atmosphere, Beat The House does a decent job of that as well as representing its collection of games Beat the House (MS-DOS, Spirit of Discovery, 1992) Where to Buy: eBay How to…
3D POCKET POOL
Original Release: Titus, 2001, Game Boy Color An interesting sprite-scaling “psuedo-3D” take on the game that pushes the GBC, and actually turns out to be kinda decent 3D Pocket Pool (GBC, Titus, 2001) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! Around the year 2000 there was an odd trend of developers trying to push…
NFL BLITZ
Original Release: Midway, 1997, ArcadeOther Releases: N64/PS1/PC/GBC (1998) Midway gave football the NBA Jam treatment with this simplified and ultra-violent take on the sport NFL Blitz 2023 (N64 / anons / 2022) Where to Buy: Freeware – download here How to Emulate: coming soon! Review by: C. M0use NFL Blitz isn’t really my personal jam,…
SOCCER YAROU
Original Release: Coconuts Japan, 1999, Wonderswan The first soccer release for Wonderswan (AFAIK) and really not a good one Soccer Yarou (Wonderswan, Coconuts Japan, 1999) Where to Buy: Play-AsiaHow to Emulate: coming soon! Soccer Yarou is one of those obscure Japan-only titles that generated little interest in its heyday and thus has extremely little English-language…
SHIN NIHON PRO WRESTLING
Original Release: TOMY, 1999, Wonderswan Released very early in the Wonderswan’s life, this New Japan title is simple and recalls much older arcade wrestling games Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling (Wonderswan, TOMY, 1999) Where to Buy: Play-AsiaHow to Emulate: coming soon! Representing the promotion more commonly known as New Japan in the West, this Shin Nihon/Nippon…
SOCCER BRAWL
Original Release: SNK, 1992, ArcadeOther Releases: Neo Geo CD (1995) SNK’s first tilt at arcade soccer prior to the Super Sidekicks series, Soccer Brawl offers a simplified 5 vs 5 game with robots and weapons Soccer Brawl (Arcade, SNK, 1992) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: Arcade Emulation Guide For whatever reason, you just…
LAS VEGAS EGA CASINO
Original Release: Ted Gruber Software, 1987, PCOther Releases: Enhanced PC Version (1991) An early DOS casino game collection that uses a simple keyboard-based interface that recreates slots, video poker and blackjack Las Vegas EGA Casino (PC, Ted Gruber, 1991) Where to Buy: Abandonware (download here) How to Emulate: MS-DOS Emulation Guide These days casino apps…