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Crisis Wing is an old-school, arcade-style vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from one man coding crew Pieslice Productions and is published by Eastasiasoft who have been prolific in recent years when it comes to providing us with this type of shooter. Inspired by the likes of Toaplan, a now defunct Japanese coin-op […]

Crisis Wing – PS5 Review

September 27, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / crisis wing / retro / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Back in 2015, we reviewed Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours, which was the latest entry in the famed Darius series of horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em ups from Taito that dates back to 1987. That game earned a solid 7 from us with our take away being that it was decently polished shoot ’em up but one […]

Dariusburst: Another Chronicle EX+ – PS4 Review

July 29, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / dariusburst / horizontally-scrolling / shoot em up by Richie

Much like Namco, Capcom have never been afraid to dip into their rich arcade history for a cheeky compilation. They’ve put out coin-op ports and collections on every console generation and now it’s the turn for the previous generation to get theirs (or current if you’re still struggling to source […]

Capcom Arcade Stadium – PS4 Review

May 28, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / capcom / capcom arcade stadium / coin-op / retro by Richie

We’ve been quite excited about R-Type Final 2 ever since it was announced a couple of years ago (as a Kickstarter project) and it’s finally arrived. If you don’t know, R-Type is shoot ’em up royalty. A series that goes back to the golden age of the arcades with the first game hitting […]

R-Type Final 2 – PS4 Review

May 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / difficult difficult lemon difficult / horizontally-scrolling / r-type / r-type final 2 / shoot em up / space by Richie

It may not carry the same weight that it did forty years ago but the name Space Invaders is still huge when it comes to gaming. It is considered to be one of the great grandfathers of gaming. Not the first arcade game by any means but the first to catch […]

Space Invaders Forever – PS4 Review

December 15, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / classic gaming / coin-op / forever / intergalactic bastards / retro / space invaders 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

We very recently reviewed Darius Cozmic Collection Console which is a compilation of home conversions of the various Darius arcade games. Now any kid of the ’80s and ’90s knows that home conversions of arcade games rarely lived up to the originals, although this did get better when the 16-bit consoles came in […]

Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade – PS4 Review

June 22, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / darius / old school / retro / shoot em up by Richie

Following on from last year’s iOS and Android versions, Pac-Man 256, continues Namco’s trend of reinventing their most famous franchise in the same way that the two Championship Edition games did last generation. Namco have never been shy to wheel out our favourite pizza-based icon after all and the game […]

Pac-Man 256 – PS4 Review

June 24, 2016 in PS4 tagged arcade / billy mitchell / coin-op / namco / pac-man 256 by Richie

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