Title: Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Company: Brøderbund Software, Konami
Platform: NES
Rating: E for Everyone
Original Release: 1991

Similar to its predecessor, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, the game Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational game that charges the player with the task of finding and capturing the titular criminal mastermind. Along the way, however, the player has to travel through time and capture Carmen Sandiego’s henchmen before they can go after Carmen herself.

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Q: What is the Classic Game Review of the Week?
A: As many of you know, I do video game reviews in association with Orange Lounge Radio. Every week, DarkSakura picks a “classic game of the week” that she recommends her fellow gamers take out of their vaults and play. Well, DarkSakura and myself got to talking, and thought it would be fun if, in addition to my regular video game reviews, I added another review article: The Classic Game Review of the Week. While I won’t be reviewing the same games that DarkSakura chooses (she usually chooses her game on the same day as the show), it should prove to be a fun way to look back at some of the “classic” games we used to love.

Title: ActRaiser
Company: Quintet, Enix (Square Enix)
Platform(s): SNES, Wii Virtual Console
Rating: E for Everyone 10+
Original USA Release: November 1991

Rated as one of the greatest games of all time by GameSpot, ActRaiser is a game quite unlike any other of its time. ActRaiser combines elements from other popular games at the time such as city and building simulators such as Sim City and side-scrolling action games like Super Metroid. It’s a unique combination that had never been seen before.

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