As the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection demonstrated, the company once known as Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation was an industry powerhouse. Beyond the two dozen arcade and console adaptations found on the anthology, SNK would later ...
Read More »Hellbound review
Hellbound looks good and plays decently, but suffers from a dearth of weaponry and enemy types, two essentials of the first-person shooter genre. If you’re looking for a three-hour fix of retro fragging goodness, this ...
Read More »Starlit Adventures Golden Stars review
The Switch version of Starlit Adventures Golden Stars removes all the micro-transactions of the mobile release. The result allows the game’s retro-rooted play to shine, without all of the bothersome coercion and persistence to sign ...
Read More »Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town review
Games don’t have to center around unremitting tension, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town reminds us. A perfect companion piece to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mineral Town’s agricultural affairs are wonderfully tranquil and have ...
Read More »Darius Cozmic Collection Console review
Collectors might call them rarities, less fervent fans might call them filler, but there’s a bit of redundancy and at least one series omission in Taito’s latest compilation. But that shouldn’t stop shooter supporters from ...
Read More »Namco Museum Archives Vol 1 & 2 review
Each of the two volumes of Namco Museum Archives offers a mix of arcade, NES-exclusive, and an original eight-bit ‘demake’. Many of the games are still great, but the museum’s interiors are a bit too ...
Read More »Pity Pit review
Beware retro adventurers: there’s more frustration that fun in Pity Pit. If you do jump into the economically priced title, expect short-lived enjoyment. As games like Dig Dug (1982), Boulder Dash (1984), Mr. Driller (1999), ...
Read More »SuperMash review
SuperMash is a clever concept, building its own games from two genres of your choosing. Occasionally, the mix delivers something playable, but often the results are a primitive jumble. In SuperMash, a simulated game console ...
Read More »SEGA AGES G-LOC: Air Battle review
With the gyroscopic-like arcade set-up, G-LOC: Air Battle can feel a bit dated. But it’s a notable entry in both designer Yu Suzuki’s body of work and SEGA history. The second half of the ...
Read More »Bubble Bobble 4 Friends review
Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob are back with serviceable sequel that won’t burst your bubble but won’t bowl you over with creativity, either. Few games have a legacy as enduring as Bubble Bobble. Originally released ...
Read More »