retro

If you look at the screenshots, you may already have an idea of how you feel about this one. The unfortunate side effect of reviewing games over an amount of time, is that you will inevitably encounter trends or tropes that just keep coming back and it becomes very difficult […]

Glam’s Incredible Run: Escape from Dukha – PS4 Review

April 21, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged challenging / Escape from Dukha / Formulaic / Glam's Incredible Run / platformer / retro by Grizz

Something strange is going in the world of Neo Geo games. Having just reviewed Andro Dunos 2, the sequel to a little known Neo Geo shoot ’em up from the ’90s, we now find ourselves reviewing another Neo Geo sequel. This time we’re returning to Ganryu, a 2D slash ’em up platformer. […]

Ganryu 2 Hakuma Kojiro – PS4 Review

April 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / ganryu 2 / neo geo / retro / shinobi by Richie

Moto Roader continues the recent trend of obscure old console games getting ported to modern consoles and certainly this is pretty damned obscure. The original Moto Roader was a top-down futuristic racer which came out for the PC Engine in 1989 and, aside from a Wii Virtual Console appearance, it’s never had […]

Moto Roader – PS5 Review

February 21, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged moto roader / pc engine / racer / retro / super sprint / top down by Richie

The clumsily-named QUByte Classics – The Humans by Piko, is a port of a handful of versions of The Humans, a retro-puzzle game from the ’90s that feels a bit like Lemmings but plays a little more like The Lost Vikings but if you’re not familiar, don’t worry. We’ll tell you all about it. In any […]

The Humans by Piko – PS4 Review

February 19, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / amiga / Collection / lemmings / megadrive / PC / port / puzzle / retro / the humans by Richie

We shouldn’t need to tell you what Breakout: Recharged is. Aside from the screenshots which give it all away immediately, the original Breakout is really one of the cornerstones of classic gaming. Space Invaders had the shooting covered, Pac-Man was the mazey collect ’em up and Breakout was the classic bat and ball versus wall game. The natural […]

Breakout: Recharged – PS5 Review

February 12, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arkanoid / atari / bat and ball / breakout recharged / remaster / retro by Richie

Indie game devs love the retro scene. That’s reflected in visuals more often than not, but gameplay can also be heavily influenced by games from the past regardless of the genre. Rise of the Third Power is one such game, with developer Stegosoft basically making a SNES JRPG but it’s […]

Rise of the Third Power – PS4 Review

February 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / jrpg / retro / rise of the third power / SNES / turn-based by Gareth

Demoniaca: Everlasting Night is the latest title from budget kings EastAsiaSoft. A port of the 2019 PC game, Demoniaca is a gothic metroidvania that combines a dark aesthetic with an unusually complex fighting system. The overall effect being a mix of Dead Cells and King of Fighters. The story is a tale of vengeance. […]

Demoniaca: Everlasting Night – PS5 Review

January 27, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / demonaica / eastasiasoft / metroidvania / retro by Richie

Risk System is a 2D horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes to us from Wisconsin-based coders, Newt Industries and is a port of the original PC release which came out in 2019. You play as Alys, a pilot who has to take on a race of energy parasites that have […]

Risk System – PS4 Review

January 11, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / horizontally-scrolling / retro / risk system / risk vs. reward / shoot em up by Richie

Horatio Goes Snowboarding is an arcade-style mix of two genres, the obvious snowboarding part and another section that is a basic traffic-avoiding game in the style of Frogger. It comes to us by way of Infinite State Games, the studio behind the fantastic Rogue Aces and the maddeningly addictive Don’t Die, Mr […]

Horatio Goes Snowboarding – PS5 Review

December 22, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / horace goes skiing / horatio goes snowboarding / retro / snowboarding / sports / zx spectrum by Richie

Space Elite Force 2 in 1 is a compilation of two shoot ’em ups by Moraes Studio, a small Brazilian-based studio headed up by Alysson Moraes. For your small sum of money you get ports of his 2018 shooter Space Elite Force and its 2020 sequel Space Elite Force II. Both games are […]

Space Elite Force 2 in 1 – PS4 Review

November 28, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / compilation / easy platinum / retro / shoot em up / space force elite by Richie

Gynoug continues Ratalaika Games recent trend of porting obscure old shoot ’em ups to modern systems. As with their previous port, Gleylancer, this game is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up that was first released in 1991 on the Sega Megadrive (American readers will know it better as Wings of Wor). The game […]

Gynoug – PS5 Review

November 16, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / gynoug / horizontally-scrolling / Mega Drive / port / remaster / retro / shoot em up by Richie

Milli & Greg is the latest effort from Brazilian developers 2ndBoss and is best described as a 16-bit styled 2D retro platformer. Yes, we’ve had a lot of those recently, especially in the indie space, but can this one stand above the others or is it just another retro throwback? In […]

Milli & Greg – PS4 Review

November 7, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / 2d / milli & greg / platformer / retro by Richie