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The VideoKid is an indie arcade title from London-based devs Pixeltrip and gamers of a certain age will instantly recognise its main inspiration which is the classic Atari coin-op Paperboy. As with that game, The Videokid has you playing as a delivery boy, skating along an isometric-viewed road and delivering […]

The VideoKid – PS4 Review

18 Dec, 2018 in PS4 tagged 80's / arcade / paperboy / retro / the videokid / voxels by Richie

GUNGRAVE VR U.N has just released for PSVR. GUNGRAVE VR has also released (read the review here before continuing with this one) and you can buy both with the GUNGRAVE VR: Loaded Coffin Edition bundle. Think of this as a DLC add-on for GUNGRAVE VR, even though they are two […]

GUNGRAVE VR U.N – PSVR Review

9 Dec, 2018 in PSVR tagged arcade / bullet time / first person / gungrave / shooting / side scrolling / third-person / u.n / vr by Gareth

GUNGRAVE VR has just released for PSVR. GUNGRAVE VR U.N has also released (read the review here) and you can buy both with the GUNGRAVE VR: Loaded Coffin Edition bundle. Based on the anime and using the PS2 titles as a framework this is another shooting game for VR, though […]

GUNGRAVE VR – PSVR Review

9 Dec, 2018 in PSVR tagged arcade / bullet time / first person / gungrave / shooting / third-person / u.n / vr by Gareth

In 2018, the vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up, a genre that once dominated the videogaming scene, is something of a niche type of game and this port of a 1997 Sega Saturn conversion of a 1995 Japanese coin-op is a particularly odd choice for a PS4 release but here we are […]

Game Tengoku: CruisinMix – PS4 Review

29 Nov, 2018 in PS4 tagged 90s / arcade / game tengoku / jaleco / shoot em up by Richie

When it comes to real pinball, not the virtual stuff that Zen have been pumping out with their popular Pinball FX series, the original kings of it were probably Williams, the American company behind such well received tables as The Addams Family, Twilight Zone and Pin*Bot. This compilation of tables […]

Pinball FX3: Williams Pinball (Volume One) – PS4 Review

19 Oct, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / fx3 / pinball / retro / williams / zen by Richie

It’s not everyday that you get a bullet hell shoot ’em up inspired by Korean mythology but Shikhondo – Soul Eater is one such game thanks to it coming to us from Korean developers DeerFarm. They recently introduced the game on the official PlayStation blog which really set up it up as […]

Shikhondo: Soul Eater – PS4 Review

27 Aug, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / bullet-hell / shikhondo / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

Of the myriad of shoot ’em ups to grace PSN over the last few years, the original Aces of the Luftwaffe was in our bottom three. That was due to it being very obviously a mobile phone game with autofiring and a hell of a lot of grinding. It was […]

Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron – PS4 Review

31 Jul, 2018 in PS4 tagged aces of the luftwaffe / arcade / shoot em up / squadron by Richie

If you’ve followed the illustrious career of Jeff Minter, you’ll know what to expect from any game that the veteran coder releases and Tempest 4000 is exactly that. The original Tempest was a 1981 arcade shoot ’em up which placed you on the rim of a cylinder. You could circle […]

Tempest 4000 – PS4 Review

23 Jul, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / jeff minter / retro / shoot em up / tempest 4000 by Richie

Race Arcade is something of a throwback. Sure, it’s not unusual for games to hark back to the days of 2D retrogaming, if anything it’s unusual when an indie game doesn’t, but this title really aims to capture that bygone era. It is the latest release from Iceflake Games (a little […]

Race Arcade – PS4 Review

20 Jul, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / mantis burn racing / racing / super sprint by Richie

While any arcade puzzle title that isn’t Tetris tends to feel like a bit of a Johnny Come Lately kind of effort, it’s easy to forget that Lumines has been around as a series since 2004. Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s music-laden take on the falling blocks type of puzzler has had quite a few outings […]

Lumines Remastered – PS4 Review

30 Jun, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / falling blocks / lumines / puzzle / rez / tetris by Richie

This update of the 2016 PC title Riddled Corpses is a cross-buy title for PS4 and Vita that would give you cirrhosis of the liver if there was a drinking game based on current trends in the indie games market. Twin-stick shooter? Drink! Rogue-lite? Drink! Pixel graphics! Drink! Zombies! DRINNNKKKKK! But despite […]

Riddled Corpses EX – PS4/Vita Review

4 Jun, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged arcade / retro / rogue-lite / twin stick / zombies by Richie

The original Disco Dodgeball found some success as an enticing party game that lacked longevity. 82 Apps have returned with a rejigged version with some new features. Can the new coat of paint reinvigorate a title that ran out of steam? Disco Dodgeball Remix’s gameplay remains unchanged from the original. […]

Disco Dodgeball Remix – PS4 Review

28 May, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 82 apps / arcade / disco dodgeball remix / online multiplayer / party game by Mike