A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
S. Prysm Destroyer is a side-scrolling 2.5D run’n gun shooter published by EastAsiaSoft for under ten bucks. While the retro gameplay is appreciated, the incredibly steep difficulty is not. This action shooter reminds me of Hard Corps Uprising, an often forgotten and more methodical Contra clone published by Konami. Meaning, the action isn’t a crazy […]
Magical Drop on Gameboy Color has a 2-player link cable VS mode but it doesn’t actually do anything – pointless.
Originally released on PC last year, Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists is an indie Metroidvania designed around exploring and sequence breaking. Loaded with secrets in a compact world, this is one exploratory action puzzle game done right. The biggest difference with this indie release is that it puts its focus on exploration, not combat. While combat […]
3D Don’t Die Mr. Robot, published by EastAsiaSoft for ten dollars, is an arcade arena action game designed around obtaining a high score by avoiding danger. Its simple approach and addicting, fast-paced gameplay makes it one of those “just one more run” type games that you can easily play for five minutes or an hour. […]
The original O.W.L. Projekt launched in late 2024. Now, approximately four months later, O.W.L Projekt 2 is released and can be seen as DLC from the first game since nothing new is introduced in this sequel. With the goal of guiding the wizard to the end tile, this simple puzzle game is approachable and slow […]
Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! and Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair! feature interchangeable 2-player link cable mini games. One is a digital way to play Rock, Paper, Scissors and the other is an Othello clone. Plus, players can swap text message using the GBC’s IR Port. Those text messages can also be printed using […]
Released in October 1990, Sega’s Game Gear was their answer to Nintendo’s Gameboy. In total, there were over 360 games released for the Game Gear with just over 100 supporting the Gear-To-Gear link cable. In other words, nearly 1/3 of all GG games supported multiplayer. Here are a list of all multiplayer Gear-To-Gear link cable […]
When the Gameboy Color version of Perfect Dark is connected to the N64 game via the Transfer Pak, four cheats become unlocked. The coolest part is this Transfer Pak functionality was adopted into the Xbox and Switch Online ports too. See it here.
Developed by Programancer and published by Retroware, Prison City is not only a modern, retro game done right, it hits a high mark for new old games. In short, it is awesome and a must play especially if you grew up in the NES era. Prison City is a side scrolling action game that combines […]
Ratalaika Games, Shinyuden, and Sunsoft teamed up once again to re-release another 16-bit SNES title. For the first time, Japan exclusive Justice Ninja Casey is available in English and has been outfitted with welcomed, built-in cheats and gameplay options. A princess has been kidnapped by ninjas but Casey, a young mulleted ninja, takes it upon […]
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