WinBack: Covert Operations (PS2)

Year of Release: 2001
Genre: Action, Shooter

A terrorist group know as The Crying Lions takes control of the GULF complex, a military command center that controls a weapon of mass destruction. The Secretary of Defense responds to the threat by tasking the unfortunately named Special Covert Action Team (S.C.A.T.) to reclaim it. Winback was released as Operation: Winback in Australia and Europe.

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DuckTales: Remastered (PS3)

DuckTales: Remastered (PS3)

Year of Release: 2014
Genre: Platformer

DuckTales: Remastered is a remake of Capcom’s NES classic. The game was announced during Capcom’s PAX East 2013 panel. DuckTales: Remastered features the surviving original voice cast, including Scrooge’s original voice actor Alan Young. The graphics are a 2.5D blend of three-dimensional backgrounds and 2D sprites. The classic 8-bit music has been remastered by Jake ‘Virt’ Kaufman to create more modern sounding takes of the classic tunes.

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Double Dragon

Double Dragon (Atari Lynx)

Year of Release: 1987
Genre: Fighting, Beat’em Up
Platform: SNES, NES, Sega Master System, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64, PC, Atari ST, Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Jaguar, Game Boy, Genesis/Megadrive, Game Gear, Atari Lynx, Android, Wii U, PS4

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South Park

South Park

Year of Release: 1998
Genre: Action, First-Person Shooter
Platform: N64, PS1, PC

South Park is a first person shooter from Acclaim designed by Turok developer Iguana Entertainment originally released for the Nintendo 64, then later ported to PC and PlayStation.

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