PGA Tour Golf

Also known as: N/A

Developer: Sterling Silver Software

PGA Tour Golf isn't just a solid video game of golf, it's also a licensed, solid video game of golf. That means that aside from having "PGA" in the title, three of the four courses in the game are officially licensed courses. Florida's TPC Sawgrass, Potomac's TPC Avenel, and La Quinta's PGA West Stadium are all licensed, with the fourth course, Sterling Shores, being a fictional course (named after the developers) exclusive to the game. The courses aren't the only licensed content, though, as the names of sixty real-life professional golfers appear on the leaderboards during the tournaments. If you were a golf nut back when this was released in 1991, you'd be in heaven. If you're a golf nut right now and enjoy the history of the sport, then you've got a solid golf game full of names from three decades ago. Anyway, PGA Tour Golf isn't the greatest golf game ever made, and it's not perfect, but for golf purists that want more realistic simulation of the sport, then PGA Tour Golf is a solid choice.

Review added: 06/02/2022

Phantasy Star II

Also known as:  Phantasy Star II: Kaerazaru Toki no Owari ni (Japan)

Developer: Sega

Phantasy Star was a great RPG for the Sega Master System. Phantasy Star II tried to blow it away with improvements in every way imaginable, and a really good story to boot. Taking place one thousand years after the events of the original Phantasy Star, the planet Algo has prospered since the original game, with a giant computer named “Mother Brain” taking care of everything…and yes, you guessed it, much of the game revolves around ol’ Mother Brain. You get put in the shoes of Rolf and an assortment of characters that you can recruit to join your party. Along the way to the credits, you’ll get some twists and turns before finally seeing the game come to an end. It's a fantastic old-style RPG with turn-based combat and plenty of grinding involved for leveling up and saving up money, well worth playing for any fan of older RPGs. But, if you're spoiled by more modern RPGs, or just simply dislike needing to grind levels to advance on in the game, you may not appreciate it as much as I do. For its time, though, there weren't many RPGs better. I prefer the original Phantasy Star slightly over this game, but not by much.

Review added: 09/22/2019

Pringles: The Game

Also known as: N/A

Developer: Future Driver

I totally expected this homebrew game to be terrible, but it's surprisingly not that bad. In fact, with some more work, Pringles: The Game probably would have been pretty dang good. As it currently is, with 12 levels across 3 worlds (all themed after Pringles flavors), it's actually pretty fun...unfortunately, unlike the old Pringles commercials that said, “Once you pop, the fun don’t stop,” once you pop Pringles: The Game in, the fun doesn't last. It took me maybe 5 minutes total to complete every level…and that may be me overestimating the time. With more content, I can only imagine that this could have been a very solid game. Instead, it's impressive for what it is, but merely passable and feels more like a demo for what it could have been rather than a finished product.

Review added: 08/04/2019