Classic

Parasol Stars is a port of a 1991 platforming game that many younger readers will not have heard of. But, older readers may not have either. It was a sequel to a game in a beloved arcade series but it wasn’t an arcade game. Instead it was initially developed for […]

Parasol Stars – PS5 Review

July 5, 2024 in PS5 tagged Classic / parasol stars / platformer / port / retro / taito by Richie

Cotton Reboot! is, as the name suggests, a reboot of the popular cult shoot ’em up, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. The original was a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up, developed by Japanese developers Success. This reboot however comes by way of a dev team called Beep and they’ve done quite a lot with […]

Cotton Reboot! – PS4 Review

July 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Classic / cotton reboot! / horizontally-scrolling / retro / shoot em up / witches by Richie

When it comes to genre-defining, all-time classic coin-ops, it doesn’t get more iconic than Taito’s famous Bubble Bobble series. The series has been punctuated with iterations ever since it’s original 1986 release, certainly more than the three that Bubble Bobble 4 Friends dual meant title suggests. To be honest, the story of the […]

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! – PS4 ...

November 19, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bubble bobble 4 friends / Classic / coin-op / neo-retro / retro / update by Richie

The classic FPS train keeps rolling. It wasn’t long ago that we were talking about Doom Eternal and Ion Fury, both of which led the charge for retro flavoured FPS gameplay, utilising either a time honoured franchise name and carrying things forward or by digging up old technology and making […]

Project Warlock – PS4 Review

June 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Buckshot software / Classic / doom / fps / Hexen / Project Warlock by Grizz

Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions have been released as a pack on the PS4. If you’ve never heard of Baldur’s Gate then you’re probably just about young enough to still have hope in your life. They were a big deal in the world of CRPGs when they […]

Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions – PS4 ...

October 31, 2019 in PS4 tagged baldur's gate / baldur's gate ii / Classic / crpg / Enhanced edition / siege of dragonspear / the black pits / throne of bhaal by Gareth

Back when I started gaming there were only two heavyweights in the console war. In one corner you had the Sega Mega Drive, my original console and responsible for the formative years of my gaming life, providing me with such classics as Afterburner II, Sonic and Streets of Rage, all excellent […]

Super Star Wars – PS4/ Vita Review

January 24, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged Classic / ps4 / SNES / Super Star Wars by Grizz