Articles by Peter Malek

Acclaim, Acclaim… once the darlings of American third-party publishing houses, they fell into disrepute in the mid-’90s by increasingly releasing games that simply weren’t the best of Saturn — or…

What hasn’t been said about SNK’s sweet, sweet Metal Slug[question_mark] Initially a NEO GEO game, it was ported to Saturn in early 1997 by Yumekobo and is one of the…

A late 1997 “complete version” of a 1996 PS1 release, Banpresto’s Time Bokan is a colorful vertical cute-em-up featuring all the vehicles from all the Bokan series up until that…

Released in time for Halloween 1997, Atlus’ Ronde is an SRPG set in the Majin Tensei universe. Strange crystal statues have been unearthed, and one comes to life as the…

A 1995 science fiction-themed shmup, Taito’s Gekirindan, or “Time Travel Shooting,” is an overhead vertical scroller in the vein of the DonPachi games. The Saturn conversion of the arcade original…

The 1998 Japan-only Saturn port of Time Commando sees you taking on the role of Stanley Opar, a special forces soldier thrust through various time periods with a goal of…

“I wanted to make a game about the sensation of flying…” so said then-Sonic Team head Yuji Naka. After pumping out Sonic hit after hit on the Genesis / MegaDrive,…

Jungle Park, developed by several software houses and unleashed on Saturn in Japan in 1998, is an unusual point-and-click puzzle / action game, with mini-games here and there. You live…

Released by Scholar in 1996, Minami no Shima ni Buta ga Ita ~Lucas no Daibouken~ (roughly: The Pig of South Island: Lucas’ Great Adventure) sees you control a portly pig….

Ported from the PC FX by Success and published on Saturn by Human in 1997, Blue Breaker is an RPG that features anime FMV scenes, lots of gorgeous still art,…