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I love licensed NES games. I love the sound they make as I yank them out of my system and hurl them against the wall. The relentless plundering through the morass in search of something worth playing and finding the occasional surprise is always delightful, and why I keep coming back to this column over […]
Posts Tagged ‘revenge of the license’
Revenge of the License: Five NES Games That Missed the Point
July 24th, 2016 
Michael Crisman 
Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sega 
Tags: 8-bit, activision, AD&D, c64, dos, FCI, ghostbusters, hal, heroes of the lance, ljn, master system, nes, new ghostbusters II, Nightmare on Elm Street, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pack-in-video, Pool of Radiance, rambo, rambo first blood part II, rare, revenge of the license, sega, SSI, star trek, star trek the next generation 
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Revenge of the License: Board Games
May 15th, 2016 Michael Crisman The most obvious shortcut you can take as a game developer is to make a game out of something that is already a game. Chess programs have been used to sell people on the idea of home computers since the 1970s, every version of Windows has shipped with Solitaire built right in, and casino games […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sega, Sony Tags: axis & allies, board game, clue, console, diplomacy, Doom, genesis, hasbro, megadrive, microprose, monopoly, nes, pac-man, parker bros, pc, playstation, random games, revenge of the license, Risk, sculptured software, sega No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Dark Seed
April 17th, 2016 Michael Crisman Over the lifespan of this column, we’ve looked at games licensed from every conceivable medium: blockbuster films, television shows, comic books, sporting events, fashion dolls, a casino, a restaurant, table top role-playing games, and even real life. Just when you sit back and think you’ve covered every conceivable thing a game company could pay money […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News Tags: ad, adventure, amiga, cancelled, dark seed, dos, Giger, h. r. giger, horror, pc, playstation, ps1, revenge of the license, saturn, sega cd No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Trump Castle II (PC)
April 3rd, 2016 Michael Crisman “Michael,” said my editor with a cruel, evil twinkle in his eye, “have I got a dream assignment for you.” I steeled my nerves and through sheer force of will managed to avoid the loud, noisy gulp which I have learned only fuels Carl’s sadistic side. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder, buddy-like.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: amiga, baccarat, blackjack, capstone, casino, craps, donald trump, gambling, ibm, pc, poker, revenge of the license, roulette, slots, trump castle No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Boxing Games and Karma
February 28th, 2016 Michael Crisman Humanity has some personality quirks we’ve spent the last several thousand years failing to breed out of existence. Chief among these is our desire to watch one person pulverize another in combat. No less a philosopher than the Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 remarked of the human race, “It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves.” Once […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: activision, atari, boxing, evander holyfield, evander holyfield's real deal boxing, final bout, genesis, Intellivision, James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing, james buster douglas, karma, Mattel, mike tyson, mike tyson's punch-out, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, punch-out, real deal, revenge of the license, sega, sports 1 Comment »
Revenge of the License: World’s Scariest Police Chases (PS1)
February 14th, 2016 Michael Crisman One of these days I will learn not to open my mouth and express any opinions about video games when I’m around my editor. Innocuous comments made over Facebook chats often wind up condemning me to a week’s worth of misery. I point out how awful some game looks, and before I can finish the […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sony Tags: activision, driving, fox interactive, playstation, ps one, ps1, racing, revenge of the license, sony, uds, unique development studios, world's scariest police chases 1 Comment »
RotL: Star Trek – Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator
January 31st, 2016 Michael Crisman “Any suggestions, Admiral?” “Prayer, Mr. Saavik. The Klingons don’t take prisoners.” Space…the final frontier. These aren’t the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. They’re not the voyages of any starship–at least not yet. If you want to make Captain, if you want to sit in the big chair, if you’d rather be out hopping galaxies instead […]
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Revenge of the License: Bart & the Beanstalk (GB)
January 17th, 2016 Michael Crisman Let’s play pretend. You’re a highly-paid, highly-intelligent defense lawyer. You specialize in helping people accused of doing bad things to clear their names. But today, while sitting in your office preparing briefs, a bizarre new case drops in your lap, one which could set a precedent for not only legal but gaming history as well. […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 1994, acclaim, ad, bart & the beanstalk, bart simpson, game boy, revenge of the license, software creations, the simpsons No Comments »
Revenge of the License: No Escape (SNES)
January 10th, 2016 Michael Crisman In October of 2014, I proclaimed The Ring: Terror’s Realm on the Sega Dreamcast the absolute worst licensed video game ever made. It fails in so many spectacular ways and creates such a train wreck of confusion and absurdity that I devoted an entire article to explaining this point. A little over a year later, […]
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Revenge of the License: Willow
December 27th, 2015 Michael Crisman Now that we’ve reached the final column of the year, I want to end on a high note rather than just trash-talk another piece of crap. It’s been a few months since I wrote about anything Famicom-related, so back to the 8-bit scene we go! Today’s entry is my chance to gab about and gush […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, action, ad, adventure, capcom, famicom, nes, revenge of the license, role playing game, rpg, willow No Comments »
