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Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES repro cart)

I've been hammering this game all week, played the first few hours quite a few times i first got hold of the tranlated rom in 2000. Managed to snag a repro cart earlier in the year so i can play it on my USA Snes and Sony CRT combo. It looks lush and the game is an absolute stunner, even better than it's prequel Secret Of Mana in my opinion. 20 hours in and the bosses are now getting a bit tough.















Radiant Silvergun (XBLA)

In the past i've been a bit mean to this game, writing it off as a bit overrated, even though it was the game that got me into modern shmups (from at the time being a PSX Jrpg fanatic). Over the last week or so i've been putting a lot of time in and the game has really clicked for me. It's currently the game i go to just for a quick couple of credits before i walk the dog each night.



and i've just finished..........












The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

My girlfriend and i resumed my xmas 2009 save a couple of weekends back and just managed to finish off the last dungeon this evening. I enjoyed the game but the tacked on Wii controls let me down on a few occasions leading to plenty of frustration. I also feel it lacks a little bit of the character that Wind Waker had but i know plenty of people will feel otherwise about that.

Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti (Famicom)

If ever there's a title worth owning a Famicom for it's this little gem from Namco. As you can tell from the screenshots this game is a parody of the main Splatterhouse series and also a spoof of various horror films (and Jacko's Thriller music video!)















I absolutely love the look of this game, from the awesome boxart right through to the wonderful super deformed sprites. In fact writing this just makes me want to pick up a Famicom AV and a copy of the game again!

Wanpaku Graffiti plays very much like an 8 bit version of the other Splatterhouse titles, walk from left to right killing enemies with your trusty bat and fighting a number of memorable bosses along the way. It's the quirkiness of the games look and feel which give it an edge in my opinion and because of this i prefer it to the other games in the series.

Here's a snippet of gameplay:

Now playing: Sunday evening gaming

Lunar: The Silver Star (Mega CD)

Only played the first couple of hours of this, was originally playing the PSP remake but didn't enjoy the isometric layout and the loading times, the original Mega CD version however is strictly overhead 2d & is full of 16 bit charm which is exactly what i'm currently in the mood for.















Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (360)

I've had this on the shelf for a while after grabbing it preowned at £5, it's exactly as the reviews have said - basically a Burnout game! Good job i absolutely love the older Burnout games then really.















Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Fired this up for the first time since late 2009, i've never finished it as i seem to be completely shit when it comes to 3d platformers. Struggling to add to my star count which is currently at 53.

Amazing.....

In the last two weeks i've played through the newly released Deus Ex: Human Revolution on both PC and 360, i have to say i was blown away by the game and will no doubt be writing a gushing blog review of it soon!