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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

Cross-platform games are nothing new, but looking back at Flashback: The Quest For Identity is a little ridiculous. While originally for the Amiga, Flashback has appeared on everything from DOS to the Sega CD. I played the version for the Super Nintendo, as it was my main gaming console of the era, so that is the version I played for review.

Flashback was developed by Delphine Software International, the same people behind the similar (though graphically simpler) title, Another World.

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There are few games as unique and downright strange as the original “Ecco the Dolphin”. It was really hard, it had a very eerie atmosphere and most of all, it had an insanely weird story. “Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future”, the fourth and final title in the Ecco series, manages to retain all of the difficulty and eeriness of the original series and makes a perfect transition from 2d to 3d.

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If you are like me, then you love the Xbox 360, but hate the horrible D-pad on the controller. Sure, there are ways to crack open that bad boy and mod it to work better, but since this is me we’re talking about, I know the disaster that would likely follow.

Enter the Madcatz Street Fighter IV Fightpad.

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On a very special episode of “Barrel Roll!”, we discuss R-Type Dimensions, the Resident Evil 5 demo, Phantasy Star Portable, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, Crackdown and Battalion Wars 2 in our “what we’ve been playing” section.

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