Ys X: Nordics (PC) Review

It's been a long time since I started playing video games, having grown up in the 80s and 90s. I have watched series come and go being a steady favorite of mine before either being shut down due to a badly selling entry or making some insane turn somewhere and just ceasing to be what made me so excited to see each new entry. To this end I don't think I hold up too many series as flawless and loving every game in the series. Ys was one such series... until today, when I found myself not wanting to continue after giving it more then it's due time (14 hours in this case). This isn't a review of a bad game necessarily, but it is one of a game that, if it could think, might wonder why it's part of this franchise.

Jazz Jackrabbit Collection (PC) Review

This collection has been a long time coming. About 5 years ago, I picked this one up as part of a holiday sale dirt cheap, wanting an old classic I remembered fondly as a kid. At the time, I only played the shareware and even then only because a friend had that. But I remembered having fun as a kid, and for literally a buck, I was able to give it a shot. Unfortunately this is not a game that aged well.

Now before we begin, this is not so much one game as a game pack, containing both the main title and a little Christmas episode, so I reviewed them both in sections. Also, while this experience I reviewed is BASICALLY out of the box, it is not exactly. As per most MS-DOS games, modern controllers are not exactly well supported. As such I used a program to emulate keyboard buttons to an Xbox controller to gain that functionality back. I have listed the program in my specs at the end of the review, but whether you use that or another of your choice, I highly recommend doing so.

• Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM versions
• Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare '95