Games - Reviews by Dr Doom

Games - Reviews by Dr Doom

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Dr Doom SUBS ● 30th Nov 2016		Video Game Molar Maul - Imagine (1983)	Rated 5/10 The wonderful thing about ZXSpectrum games being fairly easy and cheap to programme, manufacture and distribute is that a game based on dental hygiene can make it onto the shelves before being poo-poo'ed by a marketing department asking 'Are you insane?' It may not be the best game ever but it's certainly different. Unlikely to be revamped for PS4 anytime soon.... 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 15th Nov 2016		Video Game Deathchase - Micromega (1983)	Rated 7/10 I was one of the ignorant fools who mistakenly called this 3D Deathchase - I'm blaming the cassette artwork. It may look primitive nowadays but at the time this game was Hi-Adrenaline stuff. Those trees seemed to positively hurtle towards you. Exciting stuff for it's time, the only problem being that it got a bit samey even with the innovation of day turning into night. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 9th Nov 2016		Video Game Punch-Out!! - Nintendo (1984)	Rated 7/10 Another game that I loved playing back in the arcade in the mid to late 80s. I'm reviewing this from distant memory but I recall thinking it was really playable and light hearted. 'Fighting' games got serious pretty quick and strayed into territory I'm not too interested in but this was FUN - It must have been as I kept pumping coins in even though I was totally rubbish at playing it! 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 24th Sep 2016		Video Game Death Race - Exidy (1976)	Review At the time this game was considered controversial for it's levels of excessive violence. Just look at the screenshot - terrifying!!!! I suspect the lurid cabinet art was twisting peoples minds. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 3rd Sep 2016		Video Game The Empire Strikes Back - Atari (1985)	Rated 7/10 I don't remember this one and after a bit of research I can see why. Two years after the success of the Star Wars arcade game came this follow up which was merely a modification of the original. Arcade owners had the choice to convert their existing Star Wars cabinets to house this new game at considerable cost. The problem being that the new game is inferior to the old one! The At-At level is pretty cool but the real problem is the final level. Dodging asteroids is something of an anti-climax and simply can't compete with the previous finale of destroying the Death Star. With the original Star Wars still doing good business there was little incentive for arcades to convert to this new game (unless they had two machines) making it something of a rarity. Not a bad game but one destined to forever be compared to it's classic predecessor. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 2nd Sep 2016		Video Game Star Wars - Atari (1983)	Rated 10/10 Although it may seem primitive nowadays this game rocked my world in 1983 and I can't imagine ever not being under it's spell. It may be simple but it caught the mood of Star Wars perfectly. An emulator can't really do justice to the reverse joystick control and great sound effects and music booming out of the cabinet. Although I loved this game I was also a bit rubbish at it. As soon as more than two tie-fighters appeared I would panic. I would dearly love to play this in an arcade again. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS ● 15th Jul 2016		Video Game Dragon's Lair - Cinematronics (1983)	Rated 3/10 A very important and controversial game. Using new Laserdisc technology this game LOOKED amazing in 1983 and I remember kids crowding round it any time someone was brave enough to waste some money playing it. The game was unreasonably tricky to complete and a joyless task at that. Visuals 10 vs Gameplay 0. Thankfully we can now watch a complete walkthrough on Youtube and save our pocket money! 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?