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Turret Rampage is a one-tower tower-defense shooter from solo developer KhudO and is published by budget kings eastasiasoft. It got a PC release late last year and is now here on a PSN packed in, as ever, with an identical PS4 version. You place as the titular turret as you defend […]

Turret Rampage – PS5 Review

February 5, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged easy platinum / mini-game / simple / tower defense / turret rampage by Richie

Stickman’s Arena is a top-down auto-shooter from eastasiasoft. It’s the latest entry into a genre popularised by Vampire Survivors that has, so far, had a series of fairly mediocre games show up on PSN. So, can Stickman’s Arena improve on such recent games as Remedium Sentinels and Hero Survival? The game itself gives you a […]

Stickman’s Arena – PS5 Review

December 19, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto-shooter / brotato / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / stickman's arena by Richie

Excessive Trim is the latest effort from Panda Indie Studio best known for their long line of vertically-scrolling shoot ’em ups published by eastasiasoft. We’ve reviewed quite a lot of their games and while their last one, Feeble Light, was awful, we generally like what they do. This game is a […]

Excessive Trim – PS5 Review

November 5, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / panda indie studio / retro / vertically scrolling by Richie

Super Jagger Bomb is an arcade action title from Spanish software soloist CheapeeSoft Games. However, anyone who ever frequented an arcade in the ’80s will definitely recognise where this game gets its inspiration from. With its jumping, floating and bomb-collecting action, this game is very much a clone of Tehkan’s […]

Super Jagger Bomb – PS5 Country

October 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / bomb jack / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / super jagger bomb by Richie

Casual Challenge Players’ Club is a top-down pool game from Yume Game Studio and is part of a larger series of anime-based casual titles. The top-down view is how most pool/snooker games were presented back in the ’80s and ’90s until the now typical 3D view became the way to do […]

Casual Challenge Players’ Club

October 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged apooling / casual challenge players' club / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / pool by Richie

Thunder Kid II: Null Mission came out on PC a couple of years ago and now lands on PS4 and PS5 courtesy of eastasiasoft. Grizz reviewed the first game here not too long ago and this seems to very much follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. You play as […]

Thunder Kid II: Null Mission – PS4/PS5 Review

June 17, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / null mission / retro aesthetic / short / thunder kid by Gareth

Pretty Girls Breakers! is a bat and ball Arkanoid style game that comes to us by way of Zoo Corporation as part of their on-going Pretty Girls series. It’s published by Eastasiasoft who are known for their cheap and cheerful, easy to Platinum ports. While we’ve seen this style of game a lot […]

Pretty Girls Breakers! – PS5 Review

March 8, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged arkanoid / bat and ball / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / manga / pretty girls breakers 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

This week’s Ratalaika comes in the form of a first person puzzler. Don’t Touch This Button! is a light hearted take on the genre, with each room giving you clues how to complete it. You just have to take each clue with a pinch of salt. There are 65 rooms […]

Don’t Touch This Button! – PS5/PS4 Review

September 28, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cheap / clues / don't touch this button / easy platinum / first person / opposite / puzzle / ratalaika / short by Gareth

Dojoran is a “1bit platformer” from Brazilian one-man dev team Nautlander and is this week’s offering from Finnish publishers, Ratalaika Games. Presented in stark black and white, is an unassuming looking platformer but one that will soon get your cursing thanks to its surprisingly aggressive difficulty curve. You play as some […]

Dojoran – PS5 Review

September 27, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 1-bit / 2d / dojoran / easy platinum / platformer / ratalaika by Richie

Virtuous Western is a 2D puzzle game that’s dressed up like a run and gun shooter but is far from being one of those. It comes to us from Nibb Games via the ever-prolific publishers, Ratalaika Games. As such you should know what to expect from this one in terms […]

Virtuous Western – PS4 Review

September 7, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / cowboys / easy platinum / puzzle / ratalaika / retro / shooter by Richie

Pinkman+ is the latest offering from Finnish Platinum purveyors, Ratalaika Games and is a 2D platformer which comes from one-man dev team, Green Dinosaur Games. The obvious inspiration, both in terms of gameplay and visuals, is Super Meat Boy and N+ but with the twist that the titular Pinkman has a jetpack which […]

Pinkman+ – PS5/PS4 Review

March 19, 2021 in Reviews tagged 2d / easy platinum / easy trophies / pinkman++ / platformer / ratalaika / super meat boy by Richie