Author: Trevor Gould

Accolade Sports Collection compiles five early ’90s sports titles showing their age. I’m not sure how “classic” these 30-plus-year-old games actually are, or if they make for a collection that’s “epic,” but since I own three of these five as cartridges, they’re quasi-classics for me. Is this a package worth owning on the Nintendo Switch? Let’s briefly start with the pair of games I hadn’t previously owned, and that’s the baseball title Hardball and its sequel. I respect the original Hardball for all it offered back in the day, for launching a series, and for its appearance in the intro…

Described as “A classic Sci-fi visual novel,” Never 7 – The End of Infinity looks more like a dating sim, at least judging by its odd screenshots. This confused state evidently is an accurate reflection of some conceptual issues. While the director wanted to lean heavily into science fiction, his superiors insisted that “cute girls” were needed to sell the game. They should’ve trusted the director, as the vn didn’t sell well back then—but 25 years later, it has a shot at redemption. Will Never 7 – The End of Infinity expand its audience beyond VN enthusiasts? I suspect the…