Mini-Review

All the joys of a classic Game Boy Shooter, just without the eye strain. This month, Retsuzan’s “Game Buddy” franchise arrived on Steam. As the name implies, each entry in the seven-game series evokes the ...

Retro fans, you’re going to like this wild child. With its succession of elemental-themed abilities gained every time you defeat a boss, Berserk Boy is likely to be compared with the Mega Man franchise. But ...

Sunsoft’s NES title receives an unessential follow-up more than three decades later. Recently, Sony and Microsoft have begun to port some of their exclusives onto PC. But beyond a few mobile-based spin-offs, Nintendo has been ...

The projectile-packed pioneer returns in a reasonably priced, feature-rich arcade port. Although Toaplan’s efforts ranged from eroge mahjong (1986’s Mahjong Sisters) to platformers (1990’s Snow Bros), the studio is best known for their pioneering shoot ...

Showing my enemies what a good beat is like.  Savant – Ascent REMIX offers a curious twist on the twin-stick shooter. In keeping with the genre, you’ll use the right analog nub to aim bullets ...

A mild advancement on the 1982 arcade game. There’s a possibility you might not have played 1982’s Quantum. Although the vector graphics-based title was included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, the original cabinet had ...

Mr. Run and Jump and Dive and Swear and Throw the Controller Mr. Run and Jump is a title, the name of the game’s protagonist, but also a tidy synopsis of mechanics.  Originally released in ...

Making it through life with an oversized polearm.  Following a night of voracious eating and drinking, armor-clad Lance fell into a deep sleep. While slumbering, a duplicitous army of skeletons stole his treasure and made ...

Blasting gophers like Caddyshack’s Carl Spackler. 2009’s Retro Game Challenge cultivated a love for retro games that never actually existed. That title and its sequel, the Japan-only GameCenter CX: Arino no Chōsenjō 2, presented players ...

Let’s get this out of the way: Wall World is a near-plagiaristic copy of Dome Keeper. Just like Bippinbits’ title, you drill your way into a planet, unearthing essential resources. As you quarry, you’ll discover ...