Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy | Video Review

Developer: Vicarious Visions

Publisher: Activision

Reviewed on: PlayStation 4

Available on: PlayStation 4

Released: June 30^th 2017

The original Crash Bandicoot games, created by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation, are some of my favourite platformers ever made; so much so that I've reviewed Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped here on my blog. But this review isn't for those three games, this review is for the newly released Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy which is a remake of the aforementioned three games.

After having played all three of the original games recently, I was wondering how Vicarious Visions (the developer of the remake) were going to be able to modernise the originals with them still holding up so strong after all these years. Luckily, they did a great job in updating the games for PlayStation 4 systems, making them look crisper than ever before. But it's when you properly sink your teeth into the gameplay that problems start to arise...

Marble Madness | Video Review

Developer: Rare

Publisher: Milton Bradley

Reviewed on: NES

Available on: Arcade, NES, Game Boy, Master System

Released: 1989

I'm not entirely sure how I came across Marble Madness, but it's a game I've been wanting to play for quite a long time now. I'm a big fan of Super Monkey Ball and one of it's main inspirations is none other than Marble Madness. With me not having the money to get my hands on the arcade version of the game, I settled for the NES port which is considered to be a very faithful recreation of the original version of the game.

So, let's dive in and take a look at Marble Madness and see if it lives up to the positive things I've heard about it!