Waratte Iitomo! Tamolympic (“It’s OK to Laugh! Tamolympic”) is a party mini-game collection based on the Japanese TV show of the same name. The show was a daily hour-long comedy variety show featuring recurring guests and various skits and interviews, hosted by the shades-wearing comedian Tamori (whose real name is Kazuyoshi Morita). It aired from … Read more
Wally o Sagase! is an adventure video game based on the Japanese translation of the Where’s Waldo franchise. The game was developed by TOMY for for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console, and was released in Japan in 1993. The single-player top-down perspective adventure game, similar to that of The Legend of Zelda, … Read more
WakuWaku Ski Wonder Spur (“WakuWaku” is onomatopoeia that indicates excitement) is a competitive Mode 7 racing game that revolves around skiing. The game is structurally similar to Super Mario Kart: the player character and up to seven opponents compete across a series of distinctly-themed cups with three courses apiece and can acquire power-ups to make … Read more
Wakataka Oozumou: Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu (“Wakataka Sumo: Brothers Dream Fight”) is a sumo wrestling game for the Super Famicom. The name Wakataka refers to two famous brothers — Wakanohana and Takanohana — who both made Yokozuna rank, the highest ranking for a sumo wrestler. Unusually for a sumo wrestling game, each match is dictated … Read more
Wagyan Paradise is the third Wagyan Land game for the Super Famicom and the sixth game in the series overall. It features two new “Wagyan” dinosaur protagonists who alternate between stages: Takuto (a green male Wagyan) and Karin (a pink female Wagyan). Wagyan Paradise introduces a brand new array of post-level mini-games, a staple of … Read more
A game that features four modes that allows players and AI to fight each other in a number of different venues. Each mode is wholly distinct from one another, and spans a breadth of different genres. Each can also support a different number of human players, with the rest either controlled by AI or turned … Read more
Vortex was one of the few games designed to use the SNES Super FX 1 chip, a custom-made graphics accelerator RISC processor. The game is a 3D shooter similar to Star Fox by the same development studio, but with some subtle differences. Players can morph their vehicle at any time from the standard walker to … Read more
Dig & Spike Volleyball is a volleyball game where the player can choose from two different venues, each with their own rules. They can either choose an indoor event, where they can choose from International teams and compete in a 6 v. 6 person squad with rules and regulations, giving it an authentic feel. There … Read more
The Lawnmower Man is the game based on the 1992 movie of the same name (itself loosely based on a Stephen King short story) starring pre-Bond fame Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist working for Virtual Space Industries in “Project 5”, a secret research that attempts to increase the intelligence of primates using … Read more
Bart’s reality goes virtual when he is strapped into Martin Prince’s Virtual Reality experiment at the elementary school science fair. Each virtual reality program represents a stage in the game that Bart must play through in order to escape the machine before the programs crash. The game consists of three side-scrolling platform stages and three … Read more