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Ratings and Labels

This page explains how we grade the games reviewed on the magazine.

Ratings

PRESENTATION
Attract mode, on-screen instructions, game options... In short: everything but the game itself.

GRAPHICS
Variety, detail and effectiveness of screen pictures, quality of animation, smoothness of movement.

SOUND
Variety and effectiveness of sound effects, technical and aestethical quality of tunes.

ORIGINALITY
How original and innovative is the game?

HOOKABILITY
How strongly does the game make you want to play it?

LASTABILITY
How long will it keep its hold on you?

EMULATION QUALITY
Accuracy of emulation compared to the actual arcade machine.
This rating was removed from the magazine in January 2004 as the bug reporting process was relocated into the Raine forum.

OVERALL
With all the above ratings in, this is it! The reviewers' opinion on the game in general.

Labels

SIZZLER
Remarkable games with an overall score between 90 and 94%. We definitely consider it a good game, however they may not match everyone's tastes.

 

RAINE MEDAL AWARD
Undoubtfully a game above all others! The Raine Gold Medal is awarded to games with an overall score of 95% or more.


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