Grumpy Old Git Gaming

Crash Bandicoot is a 1996 platformer developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation One. The player controls Crash, a genetically enhanced bandicoot created by the mad scientist Doctor Neo Cortex. The story follows Crash as he aims to foil Cortex's plans for world dominance and rescue his girlfriend, Tawna, a female bandicoot also created by Cortex. The game is played from a third-person perspective, in which the camera trails behind Crash, though some levels feature forward-scrolling and side-scrolling perspectives. I thought that this game was really pretty good—not the best platformer that I have ever played—but it was certainly a lot of fun and kept me coming back. I liked the off-the-wall humour and had to pause to laugh at this game more than once. It was nice to see a game developed that didn't take itself all too seriously and allowed the player to just have fun goofing around. The mechanics were fairly solid, and I never had t...

Cover Girl Strip Poker, alternately titled Cover Girl Poker, is a 1991 erotic game based upon five-card poker and was originally developed and self-published by Emotional Pictures. It was released for the Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, CDTV, and CD32 home computer systems. Cover Girl Strip Poker is the original Danish title; it was retitled Cover Girl Poker outside of Denmark in the rest of Europe, and the title was subsequently reverted to Cover Girl Strip Poker for the European CDTV and CD-ROM DOS releases. Emotional Pictures was a subsidiary of the Danish company InterActive Vision A/S. Personally, I thought that this game was complete garbage. I mean, I knew that it was bad, but wow. The gameplay is dull and repetitive, with nothing on offer here that you couldn't find in several other games of the time. The gameplay is shocking, plain, and simple. The AI is just stupid; I can't really think of any other way to put it. Once you have the computer responses worked out, it is a cas...

Conker's Bad Fur Day is a 2001 platform game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game follows Conker, a greedy, hard-drinking red squirrel who must return home to his girlfriend after a binge-drinking session. Most of the game requires the player to complete a linear sequence of challenges that involve jumping over obstacles, solving puzzles, and fighting enemies. A multiplayer mode in which up to four players can compete against each other in seven different game types is also included. It is the second installment in the Conker series, after Conker’s Pocket Tales. Although visually similar to Rare's previous games, such as Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day was designed for mature audiences and features graphic violence, alcohol and tobacco use, profanity, vulgar humour, fourth wall breaks, and pop culture references.     I really loved playing through this game and thought that it was a fantastic way to send the N64 off, until the...

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a 1999 real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios, published by Electronic Arts, and released exclusively for Microsoft Windows in August 1999. The game is the sequel to the 1995 game Command & Conquer. It features new semi-3D graphics, a more futuristic sci-fi setting, and new gameplay features such as vehicles capable of hovering or burrowing. The main story of the game focuses on a second war between the UN-backed Global Defence Initiative (G.D.I.) and the cult-like Brotherhood of Nod, both seeking to rule over an Earth that is undergoing rapid ecological collapse. Tiberian Sun was one of the most anticipated games of 1999. Its development suffered numerous delays, with several features being cut before release. However, it was a commercial success and received positive reviews from critics, despite some of the technical bugs in the game. The dark atmosphere, foreboding soundtrack, and slow-paced gameplay of Tiberian Sun received...

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge is an expansion pack to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, developed by Westwood Studios. The game was released in North America on October 9, 2001. The game is centred on a shadowy ex-Soviet figure named Yuri, who has established a secret army of his own and poses a threat to the free will of the world. The gameplay is a literal copy-paste of Red Alert 2, but with new FMV sequences, additional units, and new locations.   I thought that this game was wild and completely off-the-wall, but in the best way possible. It was crazy that this game's plot went from a fairly standard C&C-type plot to going to the literal moon! Yuri was the perfect villain for this game, and the fact that the U.S. and Soviets were forced to make peace to stop him tied him into the Tiberium timeline almost flawlessly. The new units and structures that were made available were excellent, and I really liked the new depth they added. However, I did think that a Yuri...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy game that was released for Windows on October 24, 2000, as the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Red Alert 2 picks up at the conclusion of the Allied campaign of the first game. Its expansion pack is Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, released a year later, in 2001. Red Alert 2 was principally developed by Westwood Pacific in collaboration with Westwood Studios. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 contains two playable factions, the Soviets and the Allies, which both previously appeared in Command & Conquer: Red Alert. The single-player campaign is structured in an alternate-ending mode as opposed to a progressive story mode. Like its predecessor, Red Alert 2 features a large amount of full-motion video cutscenes between missions and during gameplay, with an ensemble cast including Ray Wise, Udo Kier, Kari Wuhrer, and Barry Corbin.   For me, I found Red Alert 2 to be a definite improvement over the first g...