Sid Meier's Civilization II - a highly addictive game for some or is it ?...

Sid Meier's Civilization II is a turn-based method video game in the Civilization series, developed and posted by MicroProse. It used to be launched in 1996 for PCs, and later ported to the PlayStation  which was owned by Activision.

(civilization 2 ,front cover,source bing)

(If you're thinking of playing this game on newer pc then you need emulator .Game is a 16 bit program, so it might not usually run on 64 bit new Windows.But it can run via emulators exampl. Dosbox..etc)

Players construct a civilization from a primitive tribe, competing with rival computer- or human (in some editions)-controlled civilizations. They control cities and gadgets in a quest to guarantee their civilization's dominance—either by way of conquering all different civilizations or via manufacturing superior area technology.

(game has many evolve stages of civilization,source -=-)

Civilization II was once a selling hit, with sales of round three million through 2001, and has received several awards and placements on "best video games of all time" lists. It used to be accompanied with the aid of Civilization III.

(map is clear and easy to read/play-on,source -=-)

Gameplay of the game :

Player start by picking 1 of 21 historical civilization or create custom-name civilization.Game is on Tiled map.playing against rival computer civilizations.Until whole map is conquered.

(civilization evolve through many stages,source -=-)

Game is historical trend and might also now not be ''everyone's cup of tea'' however still fashionable  and  addictive game if you are into retro games.The source of game that remainded you of the old fashion hits.

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.5/10

TMNT videogame - is retro tmnt a video game really too boring to play ?

Created first by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird started as a comic book.First comic book was created in 1984.

Later in 1987, Eastman and Laird licensed Turtles to Playmates Toys. Between 1988 and 1997, Playmates produced Turtles toys consisting of round four hundred figures and dozens of motors and playsets.

(first original series of ninja turtle was very unique ,source bing)

Influenced with the aid of the success of He-Man, G.I. Joe and Transformers, which had promoted toy traces with animated series, Playmates labored with the animation studio Murakami-Wolf-Swenson to produce the first Turtles animated series, which premiered in 1987 and ran for nearly a decade.

 It delivered Turtles factors such as their color-coded masks, catchphrases, love of pizza and awesome personalities. To make it desirable to mother and father and tv networks, the collection had a lighter tone than the comics, with no expletives, much less violence and much less threatening villains. In the United Kingdom and some different European regions, the franchise used to be renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for the violent connotations of the phrase "ninja".

(nintendo tmnt game.source -=-)

The first Turtles video recreation was once launched for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989, the first of a number of developed by means of the Japanese enterprise Konami. It offered about 4 million copies, making it one of the bestselling NES games. In response to issues that the collection was once drifting from its origins, Eastman and Laird posted an editorial in the comedian in 1989, writing: "We've allowed the wacky aspect to happen, and revel in it very much. 

All the while, though, we've got stored the originals very a great deal ours." Eastman later stated there was once "some stuff that we desire we hadn't stated sure to", and Laird wrote of his dislike for the softer tone of the animated series.

(There's many realeses of tmnt ,source -=-)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, recognized as Geki Kame Ninja Den[a] in Japan and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe, is a 1989 side-scrolling action-platform sport for the Nintendo Entertainment System launched by using Konami. In North America it used to be posted underneath Konami's Ultra Games imprint in the US and the equal PALCOM manufacturer in Europe and Australia.

Alongside the arcade recreation (also developed through Konami), it was once one of the first video video games primarily based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, being launched after the show's 2nd season. The recreation bought greater than four million cartridges worldwide.

(so many even unofficial pictures since 1984)

Overall great classic that still has die hard fans with very collectable and desired items always for sale .

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.9/10

Original colourful icon from the 80s ...The Pac-Man

 Who would not recognise original colorful iconic game with lot of maze ?Of course Pac-man.

Game which has many ghosts but only one main character.

(pac-man has many colouful characters which are ''the enemy'',source bing)

 

Pac-man game design commenced in early 1979, directed through Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. 

(pac-man maze are full of dots which are for points or for change,source-=-)

Iwatani desired to create a recreation that ought to enchantment to ladies as properly as men, due to the fact most video games of the time had topics of hostilities or sports.

(whether is new or old version pac-man as game is iconic classic)

 Although the concept for the Pac-Man persona used to be the picture of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has stated he additionally rounded out the Japanese persona for mouth, kuchi (Japanese). 

The in-game characters had been made to be adorable and colourful to enchantment to youthful players.

Gameplay :

(simple explanation of this game...)

Game is situated in a maze where character chase other main character Pac-Man .If Pac-Man is caught by a any color ghost, he will lose a life and the whole game ends when all lives are lost.

overall rating:

Hard to fault.Iconic game from iconic 80s era ,great nostalga except graphic (yes there is lot of new version's of pac-man) and maze background which is kinda like map,still Pac-Man as game is retro-gem ! :)

Cubeblogstation rating :
8.5/10

RC DE GO - Is it just one of many forgotten retro gems?...

 One of the first rc games. RC de GO!

                                     (appart from g-net ,rc de go game was also published on psone,source bing)

This game was created and developed through Taito and posted with the aid of Acclaim Entertainment. It was to be proven at Taito's sales space at the 2000 Tokyo Game Show.

(gameplay has very similar idea to simply win and get to next level ,source-=-)

In 2004, Acclaim offered all of their intellectual property to Throwback Entertainment after going bankrupt. In 2011, Throwback offered the Re-Volt IP to South Korean business enterprise We Go Interactive. 

The acquisition protected RC de GO!.

RC de Go! is a racing video recreation developed via Taito, first launched to Japanese arcades in 1999 for Taito's G-NET system.

 It was once later launched for the PlayStation, with publishing in North America and PAL territories treated via Acclaim Entertainment.

(In last few levels speed is also very limited and max out at 60km/h ,source -=-)

The recreation acquired commonly high-quality opinions from video sport critics, evaluating it to RC Pro-Am.

Game it self is great but graphic wise is getting a bit old now but still a classic retro to play.

In game you have view as if you control rc car in real life (shame graphic is old).

Another thing is speed max out at 60km/h which in these day's can be lot more.Game never had another series which is a bit shame as with upgraded graphic and more items this game could have been awesome.Overall a standard classic worth playing again.

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.8/10

The Witcher 3 - The game that used to be game of the year...from GOG.

 The game that was once a game of the year.The WITCHER 3.

Bit about gameplay :

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an motion role-playing sport with a third-person perspective. Players manipulate Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer recognised as a Witcher.

(lot of different creatures,source bing)

Geralt walks, runs, rolls and dodges, and (for the first time in the series) jumps, climbs and swims.He has a range of weapons, inclusive of bombs, a crossbow and two swords (one metal and one silver).

The metal sword is used in particular to kill people whilst the silver sword is extra wonderful in opposition to creatures and monsters. Players can draw out, change and sheathe their swords at will. 

(game can be a bit disturbing at times,source -=-)

There are two modes of melee attack; mild assaults are quick however weak, and heavy assaults are gradual however strong.Players can block and counter enemy assaults with their swords. 

Swords have confined staying power and require normal repair. In addition to bodily attacks, Geralt has 5 magical signs and symptoms at his disposal: Aard, Axii, Igni, Yrden and Quen. 

Aard prompts Geralt to unleash a telekinetic blast, Axii confuses enemies, Igni burns them, Yrden slows them down and Quen provides gamers a temporary, protecting shield. 

(main character of the game is Geralt,source -=-)

The symptoms use stamina, and can't be used indefinitely. Players can use mutagens to expand Geralt's magic power.

The Witcher 3 game it self is great build on structure of similar to open space games like (GTA..etc) but in medevil times.

Game it self is very selective even thought open space game allow you to travel in any direction of the map.Map is designed to let you go only certain places also game is quite complex in terms of potions and other items and require certain knowledge to play which can make it boring and you might struggle to go through levels.

Cubeblogstation rating :
9.2/10

Additional links :

 - additional blog review post click here

Streets of Rage - an unforgetable but forgetable retro classic...

 First release of this game was in August 2, 1991.Yes the talk is about Streets of Rage video-game.

Although it used to be one of the most famous Sega franchises in the 1990s, no new reliable Streets of Rage video games have been launched for over 25 years after Streets of Rage 3, with the exception of rereleases of the first three video games by more than a few Sega recreation compilations.

(streets of rage artwork,source internet)

Sega is mentioned to have tried to deliver the collection to the Saturn, and early in the manufacturing cycle for Sega's Dreamcast a demo tentatively titled Streets of Rage four used to be made by Ancient.Non of it succesfully continued. 

(streets of rage had simple design but some unique levels,source bing)

It confirmed a character comparable to Axel battle a team of enemies. Neither the Saturn nor the Dreamcast game, however, got here to fruition. 

(when you have that feel good last moment before you complete level,source -=-)

Backbone Entertainment later pitched a new Streets of Rage recreation to Sega, however this task additionally failed to proceed.

(there are many unofficial remakes of the original streets of rage,source -=-)

Numerous unofficial fan-made tasks and remakes have been developed, inclusive of Beats of Rage and Streets of Rage Remake.

Although game was very popular in 90s the game had not had many sequels or any new games releases

which means game didn't had any follow up (after first 3 sequels) which makes this one of the most ''unluckiest'' game ever produced.This game still has retro-fans which shows on numbers of unofficial copies created over the years.Great retro classic.

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.5/10

Deathtrap Dungeon - a video game you maybe never heard of but maybe seen before...

Little bit of info:

Deathtrap Dungeon started as a book created by Ian Livingstone .

This book was published in 1984 by Puffin books.Later re-published by Wizard books.(2002).

(game has certain interesting scenes,source bing)

First game was published in 1998 called Deathtrap Dungeon.

Genre of this video-game is action-adventure.

(sandbox addition of items is one of the main features that made this game great,source -=-)

Gameplay of this video-game : 

The gameplay of this game is action-adventure, with the participant taking the function of an adventurer either the Amazon "Red Lotus" or the barbarian "Chaindog", who at the invitation of a wizard explores a sequence of dungeons and out to overcome each monsters and traps to discover riches.

(despite having unique gameplay and some great features game it self never became popular amongst players,source -=-)

Summary:

The book is actually more interesting than game it self as game lack of excitement and long story does not make every player wanting to play this classic .Game also score low with mixed reviews on other platform review sites.

This game is definitely one of the worst game that could have been one of the best.

                                                  (playstation version of Deathtrap Dungeon,source bing)

Cubeblogstation rating :
4.5/10

DOOM - a one of the best selling game of it's time (1994)

''Doom is the best selling game of 1994''...shame it's 2023.

                                 (best selling game of 1994 getting old now,source google)

In the beginning Doom was created in 1992 but it only took 2 years to become best selling game of 1994.(without amazon or ebay or any social media back then ).

The improvement of the authentic Doom commenced in 1992, when John Carmack developed a new recreation engine, the Doom engine, whilst the relaxation of the identity Software crew completed the Wolfenstein 3D prequel, Spear of Destiny. 

                                   (official original doom logo ,half sized ,source -=-)

The recreation launched in an episodic structure in 1993, with the first episode on hand as shareware and two greater episodes accessible by way of mail order. The first episode was once generally designed with the aid of John Romero. 

The title proved extraordinarily popular, with the full model of the sport promoting one million copies. The time period "Doom clone" grew to become the identify for new style now acknowledged as first-person shooters for countless years.

                                                     (re-painted original character from doom,source bing)

The authentic recreation featured eight weapons, designed in such a way that no weapon grew to become out of date after the acquisition of another. 

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                                                                               (new version of doom,source bing)

With the participant carrying all of these weapons at once, the method of "gun juggling"—rapidly switching between the weapons relying on circumstance—can be employed. Outside of fight mechanics, Doom ranges frequently function mazes, colored key playing cards and hidden areas. 

(retro game remind good old 90s,source-=- )

Due to technical limitations, the participant ought to now not leap or seem to be up and down in the traditional series. These points had been brought in more recent titles.These game is old but has seen so many revivals and even original version still been sold that these game is solid retro classic.

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.5/10

Catechumen - is this one of the top worst game of all time?

  Catechumen is a pc video game from early 2000 which wasn't very succesfull at all .Catechumen's first-person shooter gameplay is very comparable in many respects to Quake game.Only difference is gameplay and characters.

(gameplay has nice old-school graphic,source bing)

 Gameplay even though is very old fashion but graphic of this game is ''TOP NOTCH'' for the year it's been made(2000).

The participant travels via 18 special ranges that gradually get darker and extra demonic. The first stages take region in Rome and round the Roman Colosseum. 

As the participant ventures deeper and deeper into the Roman catacombs, he sooner or later reaches Hell itself. As the participant progresses, he receives weapons given to him by means of a variety of angels.

(Chatachumen pc game ,source -=-)

Catechumen is set in the 12 months A.D. 171 for the duration of the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, a persecutor of Christians. During this period, new Christian converts have been guided by way of a mentor for at least a 12 months in which the new converts have been referred to as Catechumen. 

The game's opening cutscene exhibits that the player's mentor and fellow brethren have been captured with the aid of demon-possessed Roman troopers and locked in the deepest Roman catacombs. 

(sword is used to shot beam stuff at enemy)

Being a Catechumen, it is the player's job to delve into the Roman catacombs to free them. With the assist of a variety of angels, the participant subsequently frees his brethren at the cease of the recreation by way of banishing the chief of the demons, Satan, lower back into the underworld.

Game it self feels very monotone and unrelated with any movie or other games which makes it hard to like and enjoy playing for longer time.

Cubeblogstation rating :
4.5/10

Battlefield 2142 is this game a 2006 best first-person shooter?...

Battlefield 2142 is a one of the first modern version of firstperson-shooter games.Game it self was developed by DICE company and published by EA.

(a classic game with futuristic gameplay,source bing)

 Battlefield consists of two gameplay modes, Conquest and Titan, the latter of which can solely be performed on-line in multiplayer maps (without the use of adjustments ("mods")).

(adding vehicles to online first-person shooter makes this game so much better when it was released in 2006)

 Both modes assist varying numbers of players, up to 64, relying upon the server a participant chooses to be part of online.

 The single participant mode consists of a most of sixteen players, which consists of 15 AI bots. Commander Mode from Battlefield two returns, as one participant from every group can observe and both take delivery of or flip down the position of turning into commander. 

(game has some interesting design ,source -=-)

The participant in the commander function has integral roles in the game, such as deploying UAV's, artillery strikes, airdropping elements or motors for their team.

(game still has some retro fans for a reason,source -=-)

As game it self is old and online multiplayer stopped in 2014 ,so there's not much to this game other then reminder of how great good-old fashion games used to be.

Cubeblogstation rating :
7.5/10

Road Rash - one of the first racing game implemented into other games by EA...

 Road Rash was once one of the first video games conceived with the amazing EA following the company's choice to commence growing video games internally. 

(graphic can always tell the game is old but still it's a nice RETRO classic ,source bing)

The game's programmers Dan Geisler and Carl Mey had been employed by means of EA to create a banked street impact for Mario Andretti Racing, then being developed as an NES title. 

(something this game has a lot is crashes,specially playing it for first time,-=- )

When the NES hardware proved incapable of rendering the favored effect, center of attention shifted to a bike racing recreation for the extra effective Sega Genesis.

(this is the cover,source-=-)

Road Rash is a 1991 racing and vehicular fight video sport in the beginning developed and posted by way of Electronic Arts (EA) for the Sega Genesis. It used to be in consequence ported to a range of modern structures by using differing companies. 

(if this game was made into modern version,this is how it would look in real life or very high graphic,source bing)

The recreation is situated round a sequence of bike races at some point of California that the participant need to win to enhance to higher-difficulty races, whilst attractive in unarmed and armed fight to restrict the different racers.

 (gameplay can be fun ,-=-)

The game is old and apart from obvious racing (which many games offer too) and crashes (which even a gta offer higher graphic) this game doesn't give anything else also it's quite old so it make sense that there wasn't many people wanting to play this game anymore.

Cubeblogstation rating :
5.5/10 ★★★