Payback (video game) Payback (video game) Payback is a video game by Apex Designs. It was originally one fan's project to make an Amiga clone of "Grand Theft Auto". In the author's own words, ""every effort has been made to ensure that Payback beats GTA in every way."" The game was eventually expanded into a commercial release, and in 2002 Apex Designs announced plans to bring it to Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and the Game Boy Advance (GBA). The Mac version was speedily released, but there is still no word on the Windows version's released date. A version for the GP2X handheld has since
Mother (video game series) series as neglected by Nintendo in North America, which only received one of the three "Mother" releases. Donlan added that the series' oddities did not lend towards Western popularity. RPGamer's Jordan Jackson noted that the series is "known for its wacky sense of humor, originality, and its very young protagonists", and "Kotaku" Luke Plunkett said that the games were distinct from all other video games in that they stirred "genuine emotion in players beyond ... 'excited' and 'afraid with a "charming", "touching", and "tragic" story, which he credited to its creators' pedigrees from outside the video game industry. "Mother" received