https://www.justgamesretro.com Classic console and computer game reviews Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:47:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/terminator-3-war-of-the-machines https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/terminator-3-war-of-the-machines#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:24:14 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=16331 Reading Time: 16 minutesA worse version of Battlefield 1942 as either slow Terminators or weak Humans.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/terminator-3-war-of-the-machines/feed 8 https://www.justgamesretro.com/extras/alien-c64 https://www.justgamesretro.com/extras/alien-c64#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:58:22 +0000 http://justgamesretro.com/?p=8916 Reading Time: 12 minutes A rare strategy game based on the first movie. Can you guide the Nostromo's six remaining crew to beat the Alien?]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/extras/alien-c64/feed 2 https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/parasite-eve https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/parasite-eve#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:00:22 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=15772 Reading Time: 13 minutesOfficer Aya Brea's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad (six) Day(s).]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/parasite-eve/feed 0 https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/d https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/d#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:02:52 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=14909 Reading Time: 9 minutesOne of the 3DO's most successful releases in Japan, we take a look at the FMV adventure as released on the PlayStation.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/psx/d/feed 2 https://www.justgamesretro.com/apple/wizardry-v-the-heart-of-the-maelstrom https://www.justgamesretro.com/apple/wizardry-v-the-heart-of-the-maelstrom#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:11:39 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=16520 Reading Time: 18 minutesThe last and most accessible of the Wireframe Wizardries.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/apple/wizardry-v-the-heart-of-the-maelstrom/feed 10 https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/star-trek-conquest-online https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/star-trek-conquest-online#comments Fri, 30 May 2025 06:57:28 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=15379 Reading Time: 19 minutesA decent online strategy game atop a wildly speculative digital card market. Not even Q could keep it from being snapped into the Continuum.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/star-trek-conquest-online/feed 2 https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/dead-on-the-money https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/dead-on-the-money#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2025 21:01:55 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=16392 Reading Time: 13 minutesInvestigate a murder case with some polygons that sometimes look like Lenny Briscoe, then prosecute it in court. The case, not Lenny's character model.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/dead-on-the-money/feed 3 https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/deer-hunter https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/deer-hunter#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:05:01 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=15225 Reading Time: 13 minutesThe game that cracked the casual market. Hunt deer in three locations and try to bring home the big bucks.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/deer-hunter/feed 4 https://www.justgamesretro.com/nes/castlevania-ii-simons-quest https://www.justgamesretro.com/nes/castlevania-ii-simons-quest#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:14:05 +0000 https://www.justgamesretro.com/?p=14675 Reading Time: 18 minutesI try to play through the notorious sequel without help and - no surprise - it doesn't go well.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/nes/castlevania-ii-simons-quest/feed 4 https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/the-matrix-online https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/the-matrix-online#comments Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:25:47 +0000 http://justgamesretro.com/?p=13344 Reading Time: 22 minutesWhat is the Matrix? In this case, a now-defunct MMO that was the most ambitious role-playing game ever released... for about three months.]]> https://www.justgamesretro.com/win/the-matrix-online/feed 11