Retro
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PC
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo review
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is a delightful action-adventure that wears its Game Boy Advance inspiration on its sleeve. From the…
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Neon Nostalgia: Utopia Must Fall
During the early Eighties, a battle of display technologies divided arcade games. Games Like Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, and Q*bert…
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Changing the Formula with Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary
There’s a strong possibility that Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary might not make a positive first impression on longtime series fans.…
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Breakout Beyond review
Despite turning half a century old next year, Breakout resists retirement. Following Adam Nickerson’s respectable 2022 reimagining of the property,…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute
Our world needs more side-scrolling mecha action. For years, that essential was fulfilled by Tokyo-based Nippon Computer System (or NCS),…
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Antonblast review
When my mind feels like it’s been overclocked and becomes inundated with an overabundance of thoughts, chaos often helps me…
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Taito Milestones 3 review
There are two troubling trends affecting retro game anthologies. The first is the habitual shortage of historical context. Although being…
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Snow Bros. Wonderland review
2017’s Kirby’s Blowout Blast offered a resourceful 3D spin-off for its habitually 2D lead. In definitive Kirby style, enemies became…
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Rage of the Dragons NEO review
Although 1987’s Double Dragon wasn’t the first brawler, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun / Renegade’s spiritual successor undoubtedly helped popularize the genre.…
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Irem Collection Volume 2 review
The three pillars in the run-and-gun pantheon are Metal Slug, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, and Contra. In this writer’s mind, franchises…
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