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We normally open our reviews by saying what genre the falls under and that’s usually pretty straightforward. With BALL x PIT, the latest game by Brooklyn’s own Kenny Sun, it’s just not as clear how to classify it. The problem is that the game is three different genres but in […]

BALL x PIT – PS5 Review

October 15, 2025 in PS5 tagged arcade / arkanoid / ball x pit / dopeness / roguelike / town building by Richie

Mamorukun ReCurse! is a remaster of Mamorukun Curse! a shoot ’em up that was released in Japanese arcades only back in 2008. Developed by G.rev for Sega NAOMI hardware, it never really had much of a profile over here aside from a 2013 release on the PS3 in North America (us Europeans/ex-Europeans […]

Mamorukun ReCurse! – PS5 Review

September 25, 2025 in PS5 tagged arcade / mamorukun recursed / port / remaster / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Irem Collection Volume 3 is a collection of three arcade shoot ’em ups from Irem, the classic coin-op company. And this one offers up three arcade-perfect ports, as well as a Turbografix/PC Engine one, and they’re all shoot ’em ups, which is a running theme for these collections so far. As […]

Irem Collection Volume 3 – PS5 Review

July 9, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / irem collection volume 3 / shoot em up by Richie

Fighting games are a tricky thing to get right. In many ways, the audience is well-served by the big guns. Indie efforts are there but, without the backing behind them, they can flounder a little. Pocket Bravery by Statera Studio is a retro-inspired fighting game that has been around for […]

Pocket Bravery – PS5 Review

April 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / brazilian / combos / fighting game / local multiplayer / online multiplayer / pocket bravery / statera studios / story mode / survival by Mike

3D Don’t Die Mr Robot is an arcade style dodging game from UK dev team Infinite State games and is a sequel, of sorts, to their 2014 original Don’t Die Mr Robot. Now, we’ve got a soft spot for Infinite State Games here. The original game was one of the first […]

3D Don’t Die Mr Robot

March 17, 2025 in PS5 tagged 3d don't die mr robot / arcade / dodging / eastasiasoft / infinite state games by Richie

Rage of the Dragons NEO is a tag-team fighting game port of an original 2002 SNK coin-op originally coded by Japanese devs Noise Factory who also put out other SNK hits such as Sengoku 3, King of Fighters: Maximum Impact and a couple of the later Metal Slug games. Originally intended as a sequel to Double […]

Rage of the Dragons NEO – PS5 Review

November 25, 2024 in PSVR tagged arcade / fighting game / neo geo / port / rage of the dragons / SNK by Richie

Irem Collection Volume 2 is a compilation of arcade games from legendary coin-op company Irem who have a history dating back to the ’70s. This, of course, follows up from Volume 1 which featured three shoot ’em ups (two vertical, one horizontal) but this volume now has a bit of a run-and-gun […]

Irem Collection Volume 2 – PS5 Review

November 14, 2024 in PS5 tagged air duel / arcade / compilation / gunforce / irem / retro by Richie

Super XYX is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes from indie dev Team Grybanser Fox and is published by eastasiasoft, as so many modern indie shoot ’em ups are. And it feels very much in keeping with a lot of other eastasiasoft shooters, even if this is the first partnership […]

Super XYX – PS5 Review

October 23, 2024 in PS5 tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / shoot em up / super xyx / vertically scrolling by Richie

I’ll be honest, anything on itch.io is a mystery to me. It’s one of the PC storefronts I tend to ignore when looking for new games to try. GoobnBalloons originally saw the light of day there for free. Now an updated version has arrived with more content, improved visuals and […]

GoobnBalloonsDX – PS4 Review

October 5, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Balloons / campaign mode / goobnballoonsdx / iconicarts / local multiplayer / Pang / score attack / twin-stick shooter by Mike

Night Slashers: Remake is an update of the well-regarded 1993 beat ’em up from Data East and is brought to us by the safe pair of hands that is Forever Entertainment who are behind a lot of remakes such as 2020’s Panzer Dragoon: Remake and 2022’s House of the Dead one. The original arcade […]

Night Slashers: Remake – PS5 Review

September 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / coin-op / night stalkers / port / remake / renegade 3 is the worst game of all time by Richie

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn is a scrolling beat ’em up from Tengo Project, best known for recently revamping old games like Wild Guns, The Ninja Warriors and Pocky & Rocky. We also fondly remember their work on the Xbox 360 shoot ’em up Omega Five, which is one of the greatest games ever made (and […]

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn – PS5 Review

September 12, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / natsume / NES / retro / shadow of the ninja reborn by Richie

SUNSOFT is Back! is a retro compilation featuring three games from the kind-of-legendary-ish Japanese arcade and console developer. Okay, we’re not heaping a ton of praise on them but, they were never up there with Capcom, Namco and others but they did have some moments. Now, while their work might not […]

SUNSOFT is Back! – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / retro / sunsoft by Richie