remake

X-Out (pronounced ‘Cross Out’ apparently) Resurfaced is a remaster of an old horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up which originally began life on the Commodore 64 before being ported to better computers such as the ZX Spectrum and the Amiga. Indeed, it is the Amiga version that seems to be the source for […]

X-Out Resurfaced – PS5 Review

February 21, 2025 in PS5 tagged remake / retro / shoot em up / x-out by Richie

The Thing Remastered is a third-person shooter/horror title that began life in 2002. Originally developed by Computer Artworks, the game received some okay reviews back in the day. It wasn’t the most technically accomplished game of the PS2/Xbox era but fans of the John Carpenter movie that the game is based […]

The Thing Remastered – PS5 Review

December 13, 2024 in PS5 tagged john carpenter / nightdive studio / remake / Remastered / the thing by Richie

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

Contra: Operation Galuga is a run and gun shooter that continues the legacy of the long running Contra series, one that started in the arcades of Japan in 1987, and brings it to modern consoles. Not that the series has ever gone that many years without a new entry. But, anyway, […]

Contra: Operation Galuga – PS5 Review

April 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / contra: operation galuga / remake / retro / run and gun by Richie

The fiftieth anniversary celebrations continue for Atari with Caverns of Mars: Recharged, a remake of their 1981 vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up (ish) of the same name (minus the Recharged bit, of course). The original game which was one of their home-only titles, rather than a coin-op, saw you making your way […]

Caverns of Mars: Recharged – PS4 Review

March 8, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 1980s / atari / caverns of mars / recharged / remake / shoot em up by Richie

XIII is a first-person spy shooter which has had something of an interesting history that we really have to talk about before we get into the merits of the game itself. Based on the Belgian comic of the same name, XIII was originally released in 2003. We played, finished and liked […]

XIII (Remake) – PS5 Review

September 19, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged first-person shooter / remake / spy / thriller / xiii 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

The latter years of Sega’s Mega Drive were a tumultuous time. With the looming threat of 32-bit powerhouse consoles on the horizon, to a casual observer, you would have been forgiven to think that the days of 16-bit were nigh. Despite this, 1994 proved to be one hell of a […]

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World – PS4 Review

May 30, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Artdink / Asha / Mega Drive / Monster World / remake / Wonder Boy by Grizz

Arguably the highest profile release at the start of this new generation is Demon’s Souls. How it’s come to this I don’t know, a remake of game that at one point wasn’t even going to be released in the West has come to spearhead the exclusive line up at a […]

Demon’s Souls – PS5 Review

November 27, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / dark souls / demon's souls / difficult / online / pure bladestone / remake / remaster / rpg by Gareth

Some remakes make lots of sense. Resident Evil 2, Final Fantasy 7 and current PlayStation Country favourite Kingdoms of Amalur all deserved a new lease of life in this generation but who here remembers Neighbours From Hell? It was a 2003 puzzler that landed on PC, Gamecube and the original Xbox and came from […]

Neighbours Back From Hell – PS4 Review

October 25, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged comedy / neighbours back from hell / puzzle / remake / spy vs spy by Richie

The source code for all three Panzer Dragoon titles is lost to time supposedly, but that hasn’t stopped the original Panzer Dragoon getting the remake treatment and now it’s landed on the PS4. There aren’t many Saturn games that get the credit they deserve nor do we generally see them […]

Panzer Dragoon: Remake – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged on rails / Panzer Dragoon / remake / Saga / Sega Saturn / shooter / short / Zwei by Gareth

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is a compendium of the two classic PS1 skateboarding games and it has finally been released to much acclaim and huge outpourings of nostalgic glee. Sure, we live in an age where a lot of well-loved games get a fresh coat of paint and […]

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – PS4 Review

September 7, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged remake / Remastered / rodney mullen is lord / skating / tony hawk by Richie