Game Recommendations | mariteaux

Game Reviews

Here's a selection of retro games I either felt were really good and recommend you check out or I thought were interesting enough to talk about for some other reason. Game screenshots are captured by me, sometimes on emulator and sometimes on real hardware, should I have the hardware to do that.

Games are recommended on a four-point scale like those "strongly agree/disagree" questions you get on surveys. This scale goes "Strongly", "If you like this kinda game", "Watch it online", and "Avoid at all costs" from best to worst. It's one part how likely I am to replay the game and one part how likely I am to recommend it to fans of that game's genre. I'm not in the business of objectivity, just what's fun to me. No reason to play a game if you're not having fun, yeah?

Now featuring an RSS feed for new game reviews! You should totally be using RSS if you're not—it's a way for tiny sites like us to let you know when we've updated without needing to rely on social media to do it. Here's a good roundup of some modern ones; I'm sure if you're bright enough to use an old PC in 2025, you can find a good one for your system.

I will have more consoles and more recommendations for you all in the future!

My ten most recent reviews:

Year Name Platform Publisher Score Reviewed
2005 Guitar Hero PS2 RedOctane 3/4 June 20, 2025
2007 Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s PS2 Activision 4/4 June 20, 2025
2006 Guitar Hero II PS2 Activision 4/4 June 20, 2025
2003 Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion PS2 THQ 2/4 June 13, 2025
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom PS2 THQ 4/4 June 13, 2025
1999 Gran Turismo 2 PSX Sony 4/4 August 22, 2024
2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 PSX Activision 3/4 June 24, 2023
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone PSX EA Games 2/4 June 21, 2023
2001 Doom GBA Activision 4/4 June 20, 2023
1995 Doom PSX Williams 3/4 January 19, 2022

Systems index:

Game Boy Advance All Reviews Game List
PlayStation All Reviews Game List
PlayStation 2 All Reviews Game List