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Cotton Fantasy is a shoot ’em up that is part of the celebrated Cotton series which is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. We’ve already seen a few ports of some of the other games with Cotton Reboot!, Panorama Cotton and various others all making it to PSN in the last year or so. This […]

Cotton Fantasy – PS4 Review

May 19, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / cotton fantasy / japanese / rainbow cotton / shoot em up by Richie

Wildcat Gun Machine is a twin-stick shooter and is the debut title from Australian coders Chunkybox Games. The game uses an isometric viewpoint and cartoony art style (similar to Hades or Bastion) but has a direct, action-packed gameplay focus that honestly isn’t a million miles away from something like Doom. Well, with a little imagination. […]

Wildcat Gun Machine – PS4 Review

May 16, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / chunkybox games / isometric / shooter / twin-stick shooter / wildcat gun machine by Richie

The House of the Dead is a series that has had more chances then most Sega franchises. There were ports on the Wii and PS3, but the original title has always been missing from these modern (from two generations ago!) releases, with them instead concentrating on 2 onwards. Forever Entertainment, […]

The House of the Dead: Remake – PS4 Review

April 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / light gun / remake / saturn / sega / the house of the dead / uwe boll / zombies by Gareth

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

Slipstream is a racing game from Brazilian-based coder Sandro Luis de Paula, otherwise known as Ansdor. Set somewhere in the 1990s, this arcade-style driving game is a love letter to the Out Run games, ’80s neon visuals, ’90s arcades and synth music and it certainly turned heads when it was released on […]

Slipstream – PS5 Review

April 6, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 80's / 90s / arcade / driving / out run / racing / slipstream / synth by Richie

Andro Dunos II is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Picorinne Soft and it really highlights what an usual time this is for the indie games market. You see, the original Andro Dunos, itself also a shoot ’em up, came out in 1992 as a Neo Geo game. It’s not particularly well-known and […]

Andro Dunos II – PS4 Review

March 30, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged andro dunos 2 / andros townsend though / arcade / coin-op / horizontally-scrolling / shoot em up by Richie

Despite the ‘cover’ art and name suggesting this might be a Bomberman/Dynablaster clone, Dyna Bomb isn’t quite what we expect. This one comes to us from 7 Raven Studios and is a 2D arcade-action puzzler that doesn’t have any strong comparisons with other games and there might be a reason for that but […]

Dyna Bomb – PS4 Review

February 23, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / dyna bomb / platformer / puzzler by Richie

Okinawa Rush is a 2D beat ’em up from London-based Sokaikan Limited. Released on Steam back in May 2021, it garnered decent reviews before reaching a wider audience thanks to a Switch release in October the same year. But now it’s here on PS4 and we have to say, we […]

Okinawa Rush – PS4 Review

February 7, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / coin-op / fighting / karate / okinawa rush / shinobi / street fighter 2 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

Nuclear Corps is an arcade/puzzler which comes by way of the PlayStation Talents programme. It’s full title is actually Nuclear Corps: Veterans in Fukushima and it is inspired by the Fukushima disaster in 2011 where an earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown of a nuclear energy plant in Japan. That day a group […]

Nuclear Corps – PS4 Review

December 7, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / lost vikings / nuclear corps / PlayStation Talents / puzzle by Richie

Screeching onto the PlayStation like the result of a one night stand between Micro Machines and Burnout, Milestone’s Hot Wheels Unleashed is an adrenalin-fueled love letter to the brand and quirky racers in general. Viewed from a third-person perspective, Hot Wheels Unleashed tasks players with racing their perfectly created mini […]

Hot Wheels Unleashed – PS5 Review

November 5, 2021 in PS5 tagged arcade / creative / hot wheels / racing / toys by Richie