Tag Archives: Compilation

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story review

Boasting skilled curation, Digital Eclipse delivers a mixed-medium digital museum dedicated to the life of Jeff Minter. With each image, video interview, and playable game, it builds a strong argument that the developer commonly known ...

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Irem Collection Vol. 1 review

Strictly Limited isn’t just one of the publishers- it also describes the amount of enjoyment found in this rushed compilation. For many, Irem (officially, Kabushikigaisha Airemu Software Engineering) is best known for the R-Type series. ...

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VISCO Collection review

Revisiting the golden era of arcade gaming Across a fifteen-year period between 1986 and 2001, VISCO Corporation created 38 arcade games. What’s remarkable about this span isn’t just how prolific the Kyoto-based developer was. It’s ...

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The Making of Karateka review

Most of today’s retro compilations offer only brief glimpses into the development process. But The Making of Karateka chronicles the journey with the meticulousness of an academic historian and the flair of a multimedia artist. ...

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Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster review

Tragically overlooked in the early 2000s, Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster unites two innovative role-playing adventures into one, remarkable, deck-building bundle. Success is never guaranteed in gaming. Despite earning critical acclaim upon its ...

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Taito Milestones 2 review

Despite the lack of historical material and a few obligatory clunkers, Taito Milestones 2’s emulation is top-notch thanks to Hamster’s habitual diligence.   As a retro anthology, 2002’s Taito Milestones was a bit lackluster. The ...

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Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles review

Take the initiative and enjoy this pair of uplifting RPG-musical classics. In most modern role-playing games, geopolitical tensions and world-ending threats are pervasive. But as the rereleases of 1999’s Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little ...

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Turrican Anthology Volume II review

Turrican’s latest collection offers five different titles. Three of them are a variation on the same game, another is the series’ low-point, and the last inclusion is a single-level‘ score attack’. Instead of facing this ...

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Turrican Anthology Volume 1 review

A trio of 16-bit series entries, a director’s cut, and a single-stage score attack await Turrican fans who didn’t already purchase Flashback. Between the duplication of titles across the previous collection, splitting the anthology across ...

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